Ligue 1 is a competition French football clubs. The league is contested by 20 clubs and recently attract big name football players to the league Neymar Jr, Lionel Messi, David Beckham joined the league. It’s difficult to hold a record for long-period of time but some center forwards set records that looks impossible to break yet in upcoming years. Delio Onnis holds list of Ligue 1 leading goal scorers of all-time.
Delio Onnis | Italy | Goals: 299 | nick named (EL Tano) is a former footballer who still hold the record 299 goals in the Ligue 1, 1 goal less to make it 300. He played most of his pro career as player for AS Monaco, Stade de Reims, and Sporting Toulon Var. Since joining AS Monaco in 1973 until 1980, he scored most goals of his career upto 187 in 232 games.
Records:
- Twice Leading Goalscorer in Division 1.
- Onnis went on to win four back-to-back scoring titles in 11 seasons between 1973 to 1984.
- French Division 2 Top Goal Scorer in 1976-77.
Bernard Lacombe | France | Goals: 255 | Lacombe is a professional retired football player from France. He began pro career as player home country (Lyon) in 1969. Lacombe played most of his career at Lyon and Bordeaux and scored more than 141 goals for the two clubs. He played single season at (Saint-Étienne) where scored 14 goals in a season.
Records :
- He won Copa de France Championship:1985–86, 1986–87.
- Second all-time leading Goal scorer.
Hervé Revelli | France | Goals 216 | Revelli is a French footballer who is retired played most of the career for two clubs (Saint-Etienne) and Nice. During the career with these two clubs, Revelli managed to score 216 goals in 389 matches. Currently no professional football players yet reached the top goal scorers list of Ligue 1.
Records:
- He is the joint-top scorer in the Derby Rhône-Alpes.
- Revelli scored 31 Ligue 1 goals during the calendar year of 1969.
- He having won the French Championship a joint-record seven times.
| Player | Goals | Matches | Club | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Delio Onnis | 299 | 449 | Monaco, Reims, Tours, Toulon | Retired |
 Bernard Lacombe | 255 | 497 | Lyon, Saint-Étienne, Bordeaux | Retired |
| Hervé Revelli | 216 | 389 | Saint-Étienne, Nice | Retired |
| Roger Courtois | 210 | 288 | Sochaux, Troyes | Retired |
| Thadée Cisowski | 206 | 286 | Metz, RC Paris, Valenciennes | Retired |
| Roger Piantoni | 203 | 394 | FC Nancy, Reims, Nice | Retired |
| Joseph Ujlaki | 190 | 438 | Stade Français, Sète, Nîmes, Nice, RC Paris | Retired |
| Fleury Di Nallo | 187 | 425 | Lyon, Red Star | Retired |
 Carlos Bianchi | 179 | 220 | Reims, Paris Saint-Germain, Strasbourg | Retired |
 Gunnar Andersson | 179 | 234 | Marseille, Bordeaux | Retired |
Ligue 1 leading goal scorers list of all-time won’t remain same, one day or with in few years the record most goals will be broken.