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| Dominique Dropsy | 3420' | 38 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jean-Christophe Thouvenel | 3308' | 38 | 38 | - | 3 | - | 3 | - | - |
| Patrick Battiston | 3110' | 35 | 35 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Uwe Reinders | 3026' | 35 | 35 | - | 5 | 15 | 3 | - | - |
| Gernot Rohr | 2924' | 34 | 33 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| Thierry Tusseau | 2895' | 33 | 33 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Jean Tigana | 2797' | 32 | 32 | - | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| René Girard | 2778' | 31 | 31 | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| Alain Giresse | 2536' | 29 | 29 | - | 2 | 9 | - | - | - |
| Marc Pascal | 1430' | 25 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | - | - |
| Bernard Lacombe | 1849' | 23 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - | - |
| Pascal Malbeaux | 1311' | 21 | 12 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Laurent Lassagne | 1371' | 18 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Alain Roche | 1495' | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| Léonard Specht | 1529' | 18 | 18 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Hassan Hanini | 597' | 10 | 4 | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Denis Bourdoncle | 437' | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Jean-Charles De Bono | 527' | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Bernard Gimenez | 148' | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Chalana | 134' | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
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