Top 20 French Footballers of All Time

Honorabale Mentions:

Bixente Lizarazu
Karim Benzema
David Trezeguet
Youri Djorkaeff
Manuel Amoros

20. Alain Giresse

Positions: Center midfielder, attacking midfielder

Rating: 86

19. David Ginola

Positions: Winger, second striker

Rating: 87

18. Paul Pogba

Positions: Center midfielder, defensive midfielder

Rating: 87

17. Jean Tigana

Positions: Center midfielder, defensive midfielder
Rating: 87

16. Didier Deschamps

Positions: Defensive midfielder

Rating: 87

15. Claude Makelele

Positions: Defensive midfielder

Rating: 87

14. Fabien Barthez

Positions: Goalkeeper

Rating: 87

13. Marcel Desailly

Positions: Center back, defensive midfielder

Rating: 88

12. Robert Pires

Positions: Winger, attacking midfielder

Rating: 88

11. Lilian Thuram

Positions: Full back, center back

Rating: 88

10. Laurent Blanc

Positions: Center back, full back

Rating: 88

9. Franck Ribery

Positions: Winger, side midfielder

Rating: 89

8. Eric Cantona

Positions: Center forward, second striker

Rating: 90

7. Patrick Vieira

Positions: Center midfielder, defensive midfielder

Rating: 90

6. Jean-Pierre Papin

Positions: Center forward

Rating: 91

5. Raymond Kopa

Positions: Attacking midfielder, side midfielder

Rating: 91

4. Just Fontaine

Positions: Center forward

Rating: 92

3. Thierry Henry

Positions: Center forward, second striker

Rating: 92

2. Zinedine Zidane

Positions: Attacking midfielder, center midfielder

Rating: 94

1. Michel Platini

Positions: Attacking midfielder, side midfielder

Rating: 95

All-Time France XI