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| Karlheinz Förster | 3272' | 37 | 37 | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| Jean-Pierre Papin | 3258' | 37 | 37 | - | 3 | 19 | 2 | - | - |
| Joseph Bell | 3150' | 35 | 35 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Jean-François Domergue | 2942' | 35 | 32 | 3 | - | - | 5 | - | - |
| Alain Giresse | 2830' | 33 | 33 | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Klaus Allofs | 2774' | 31 | 31 | - | 1 | 13 | 3 | - | - |
| Abdoulaye Diallo | 2080' | 31 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 6 | - | - |
| Yvon Le Roux | 2637' | 31 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| Bernard Genghini | 2229' | 28 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Patrick Delamontagne | 1604' | 26 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| Franck Passi | 2132' | 26 | 25 | 1 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - |
| William Ayache | 1787' | 23 | 21 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Claude Lowitz | 1925' | 22 | 22 | - | 2 | - | 6 | - | - |
| Pape Fall | 1067' | 15 | 11 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Ali Bouafia | 391' | 12 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Benoît Cauet | 658' | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| Patrick Appriou | 454' | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Patrice Eyraud | 460' | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Abédi Pelé | 496' | 6 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Moise Regina | 409' | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Eric Mura | 335' | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - |
| François Brisson | 114' | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Didier Santini | 234' | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Andre Basile | 94' | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Henri Stambouli | 180' | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gerald Di Giorgio | 90' | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Frederic Meyrieu | 22' | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jean-Claude Durand | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alfredo Fernandez | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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