Ligue 1
Ligue 1

The French Ligue 1 is a quality league. Known for their incredible ability to train and give opportunities to young players, Ligue 1 is a great league.

Ligue 1

The French Ligue 1 is a quality league. Known for their incredible ability to train and give opportunities to young players, Ligue 1 is a great league.

European Leagues Ligue 1

TOP PERFORMING CFs: LIGUE 1 22-23

With stellar performances when played at the front of PSG’s attack, Lionel Messi recorded a ridiculous average rating in a Back 5 defense.

PlayerRatingDefenseMinutes PlayedTeam
Lionel Messi9.69Back 5900PSG
Lionel Messi8.74Back 4782PSG
Kylian Mbappé8.69Back 4912PSG
Kylian Mbappé8.50Back 51664PSG
Alexandre Lacazette8.31Back 42171Lyon
Alexandre Lacazette7.91Back 5649Lyon
Jonathan David7.72Back 42657Lille
Gaëtan Laborde7.65Back 4563Nice
Junya Ito7.56Back 5537Reims
Amine Gouiri7.42Back 41349Rennes
Alexis Sánchez7.35Back 52302Marseille
W. Ben Yedder7.33Back 41761Monaco
Florian Sotoca7.27Back 5523Lens
Terem Moffi7.24Back 4941Nice
Folarin Balogun7.13Back 42068Reims
Terem Moffi7.11Back 41355Lorient
Elye Wahi7.05Back 42086Montpellier

Conditions for the presented data: 

– Minimum minutes played in the season: 450 minutes (equivalent to 5 full games) per type of defense played (Back 4 or Back 5);

Data from FBref.

European Leagues Ligue 1

TOP PERFORMING Ms AND Ws: LIGUE 1 22-23

With several players having very good seasons, the most notable performance goes to Enzo Le Fée, Lorient’s midfielder and one of the most promising players in this position.

PlayerRatingDefenseMinutes PlayedTeam
Lionel Messi8.84Back 51065PSG
Rémy Cabella8.25Back 42346Lille
Neymar8.23Back 5844PSG
Enzo Le Fée8.20Back 42418Lorient
Marco Verratti8.18Back 51386PSG
Marco Verratti8.12Back 4808PSG
Romain Faivre7.99Back 5704Lorient
Youssouf Fofana7.99Back 5630Monaco
Martin Terrier7.94Back 4976Rennes
Téji Savanier7.93Back 42212Montpellier
B. van den Boomen7.82Back 42569Toulouse
Himad Abdelli7.81Back 5780Angers
Florian Tardieu7.80Back 5870Troyes
Maxence Caqueret7.80Back 5616Lyon
Johan Gastien7.79Back 4628Clermont
Vitinha7.71Back 51806PSG
Seko Fofana7.65Back 52822Lens
Benjamin André7.64Back 42646Lille
Nabil Bentaleb7.58Back 51297Angers
Laurent Abergel7.57Back 5623Lorient
Fabián Ruiz7.52Back 51070PSG
Benjamin Bourigeaud7.47Back 42795Rennes
Bradley Barcola7.44Back 41020Lyon
Gaëtan Laborde7.44Back 4976Nice
Nabil Bentaleb7.44Back 41192Angers
Corentin Tolisso7.40Back 5484Lyon
Florian Sotoca7.40Back 51948Lens
Nicolas Pépé7.39Back 4504Nice
Valentin Rongier7.39Back 52762Marseille
Dango Ouattara7.36Back 41368Lorient
Sofiane Boufal7.32Back 4491Angers
Pierre Lees-Melou7.31Back 42628Brest
Enzo Le Fée7.29Back 5610Lorient
Aleksandr Golovin7.25Back 41944Monaco
Amine Gouiri7.24Back 4941Rennes
Azor Matusiwa7.24Back 42061Reims
Maxence Caqueret7.24Back 42151Lyon
Jonathan Bamba7.21Back 42513Lille
Youcef Belaïli7.15Back 4905Ajaccio
Youssouf Fofana7.15Back 42366Monaco
Junya Ito7.14Back 42095Reims
Ludovic Blas7.14Back 41766Nantes
Fabián Ruiz7.13Back 4791PSG
Hicham Boudaoui7.13Back 41332Nice
Karl Toko Ekambi7.10Back 41193Lyon
André Gomes7.08Back 41506Lille
Khéphren Thuram7.08Back 41512Nice
Salis Abdul Samed7.04Back 52624Lens
Edon Zhegrova7.01Back 4894Lille
Johan Gastien7.01Back 51975Clermont

Conditions for the presented data: 

– Minimum minutes played in the season: 450 minutes (equivalent to 5 full games) per type of defense played (Back 4 or Back 5);

Data from FBref.