List of Leading Goalscorers For The France National Football Team - Players

Players

  • Goals and appearances are composed of FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Football Championship, and FIFA Confederations Cup matches, as well as numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Players marked in bold are still active and eligible (meaning they have not retired) to play for the national team, while players who are italicized were members of the team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Statistics correct as of 5 June 2012

Position key:

# Name Position National
team career		 Goals Caps Average
1 Thierry Henry FW 1997–2010 51 123 0.42
2 Michel Platini MF 1976–1987 41 72 0.57
3 David Trézéguet FW 1998–2008 34 71 0.47
4 Zinedine Zidane MF 1994–2006 31 106 0.28
5 Just Fontaine FW 1953–1960 30 21 1.42
= Jean-Pierre Papin FW 1986–1995 30 54 0.55
7 Youri Djorkaeff MF 1993–2002 28 82 0.34
8 Sylvain Wiltord FW 1999–2006 26 92 0.28
9 Jean Vincent FW 1953–1961 22 46 0.47
10 Jean Nicolas FW 1933–1938 21 25 0.84
11 Paul Nicolas FW 1920–1931 20 35 0.57
= Eric Cantona FW 1987–1995 20 45 0.44
12 Jean Baratte FW 1944–1952 19 32 0.59
13 Roger Piantoni FW 1952–1961 18 37 0.48
= Raymond Kopa MF 1952–1962 18 45 0.40
15 Laurent Blanc DF 1989–2000 16 97 0.16
= Karim Benzema FW 2007– 15 45 0.33
16 Eugène Maës FW 1911–1913 15 11 1.36
= Hervé Revelli FW 1966–1975 15 30 0.50
= Dominique Rocheteau FW 1975–1986 15 49 0.30
20 Émile Veinante DF 1929–1940 14 24 0.58
= Nicolas Anelka MF 1998–2010 14 69 0.20
= Robert Pirès MF 1996–2004 14 79 0.17
23 Didier Six MF 1976–1984 13 52 0.25
= Maryan Wisnieski FW 1955–1963 12 33 0.36
= Bernard Lacombe FW 1973–1984 12 38 0.31
= Jules Dewaquez FW 1920–1929 12 41 0.29
27 Thadée Cisowski FW 1951–1958 11 13 0.84
= Ernest Vaast MF 1945–1949 11 15 0.82
= Yannick Stopyra FW 1980–1988 11 33 0.33
30 Charly Loubet FW 1967–1974 10 13 0.76
= Joseph Ujlaki FW 1952–1960 10 21 0.47
= Roger Courtois FW 1933–1947 10 22 0.45
= Sidney Govou MF 2002– 10 49 0.20
= Franck Ribéry MF 2006– 10 60 0.16

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