List of Olympique Lyonnais players

Olympique Lyonnais is a French professional association football club based in Lyon, Rhône-Alpes, playing in Ligue 1, the top level of the league system, as of the 2010–11 season. The club was formed in 1899 as the football section of sports club Lyon Olympique Universitaire. In 1950, the section split from the club and formed the club that exists today. Lyon played their first competitive match in August 1950. The club's first major honor was winning the 1963–64 edition of the Coupe de France. Lyon won their first ever Ligue 1 title in the 2001–02 season. The title started a national record-breaking streak of seven successive league championships.
Since the club played their first competitive match, more than 500 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club. Olympique Lyonnais' record appearance-maker is Serge Chiesa, who made 542 total competitive appearances between 1969–1983. In 1981, Chiesa surpassed Fleury Di Nallo who was the first player in the club's history to make 400 competitive appearances. Di Nallo is the club's all-time leading goalscorer with 222 and finished his career at Lyon with 495 total appearances. Only six other players have made over 400 appearances for Lyon. Goalkeepers Grégory Coupet and Yves Chauveau made 519 and 490 competitive appearances, respectively, while Sidney Govou appeared in 412. Coupet and Govou, alongside Juninho Pernambucano, are the only players to have played on all seven of the club's league-winning championship teams. Aimé Mignot is the defender with the most appearances for the club with 424 caps. Anthony Réveillère rounds out the list having made exactly 400 appearances for Lyon. Alexandre Lacazette is currently the only active player with more than 300 appearances for the club.

Key

General

Appearances and goals are for first-team official competitive matches only, including Ligue 1, Ligue 2, Coupe de France, Coupe de la Ligue, Trophée des Champions, European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, and several now-defunct competitions — namely the Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup and Inter-Cities Fairs Cup matches.
Players are listed according to the total number of games played. If two or more players are tied, their rankings are determined as follows:
Statistics are corrected as of 14 September 2025. Players marked in bold are still playing for the club.

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Name – First name and last name.Nationality – Representative country.Position – Role on the field of play.Lyon career – Playing career at the club.Appearances – Number of games played.Goals – Number of goals scored.

Positions and colors

300+ appearances

Name	Nationality	Position	Lyon career	Appearances	Goals
		MF		542	132
		GK	1997–2008	519	0
		FW	1960–1974	494	222
		GK	1966–1975 1978–1982	490	0
		GK	2012–2024	489	0
		DF	1955–1966	425	1
		FW	1999–2010	412	77
		DF	2003–2013	400	6
		FW	2010–2017 2022–2025	391	201
		MF	1960–1970	380	67
		MF	2001–2009	344	100
		MF	2009–2017	334	12
		MF	1956–1960 1961–1969	324	8
Cris		DF	2004–2012	310	27