In our analysis, we evaluate all the French Players who played in the Top 7 European League in the 2023/24 Season (until 2024-05-15). In other words, we evaluate and filter the best performers in all the competitions. Assessing all the positions, coupled with the evaluation of a lot of factors and indicators in their games, we can generate the ratings for the players performances in the specific positions. As a matter of fact, the type of formation played doesnt influence or limit the ratings system.
| National Team | Games Played | Wins | Draws | Loses | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded | Goal Difference | Points |
| France | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 26 | 22 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| Greece | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
| Republic of Ireland | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 6 |
| Gibraltar | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 41 | -41 | 0 |
France qualified for the Euro 2024 in first place in its Qualifying Group. Despite being the favourites to win this group, France were solid defensively and with an excellent attack. As can be seen in the table above, France finished the Euro 2024 Qualification without defeats and only 3 goals conceded in 8 games.
Particularly for France, the Euro 2024 will be the ninth European Competition in a row. In terms of the group drawn, France will play Poland, Austria and the Netherlands. When assessing the National Teams in this group, we can say that this is a difficult group but France should finish on top of the group.
GOALKEEPERS (GKs):
- Brice Samba (Lens – Ligue 1)
- Mike Maignan (AC Milan – Serie A)
- Lucas Chevalier (Lille – Ligue 1)
- Arthur Desmas (Le Havre – Ligue 1)
- Benjamin Lecomte (Montpellier – Ligue 1)
As shown above, Brice Samba is the Best Performing French Goalkeeper. While playing for AC Milan, Mike Maignan is having a solid season in Serie A achieving the 2nd highest average rating among French Goalkeepers.
CENTRE-BACKS (CBs):
- Olivier Boscagli (PSV Eindhoven- Eredivisie)
- Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice – Ligue 1)
- Bafodé Diakité (Lille – Ligue 1)
- William Saliba (Arsenal – Premier League)
- Dan-Axel Zagadou (Stuttgart – Bundesliga)
In terms of the Centre-Backs, the top part is stacked with quality players: as a matter of fact, Olivier Boscagli leads the average rating of the French Centre-Backs. Equally, we can see that he is being followed by Nice’s Jean-Clair Todibo, Lille’s Bafodé Diakité and Arsenal’s William Saliba.
FULL-BACKS (FBs) and WING-BACKS (WBs):
- Jules Koundé (FC Barcelona – La Liga)
- Bradley Locko (Brest – Ligue 1)
- Melvin Bard (Nice – Ligue 1)
- Theo Hernández (AC Milan – Serie A)
- Lucas Hernández (Paris Saint-Germain – Ligue 1)
As shown above, we can see that Barcelona’s Jules Koundé archived the highest average ratings among French Full-Backs and Wing-Backs. Being, without doubt, quality players, Bradley Locko, Melvin Bard, Theo Hernández & Lucas Hernández are four of the best performing players in this positions.
MIDFIELDERS (Ms) and WINGERS (Ws):
- Téji Savanier (Montpellier – Ligue 1)
- Pierre Lees-Melou (Brest – Ligue 1)
- Youssouf Fofana (Monaco – Ligue 1)
- Maxence Caqueret (Lyon – Ligue 1)
- Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain – Ligue 1)
As a result of his great impact in Montpellier’s style of play, Téji Savanier has the highest average rating among all French Midfielders and Wingers. Another case of great impact is Pierre Lees-Melou & Ousmane Dembélé: while playing for teams in great form, they are having incredible performances.
CENTRE-FOWARDS (CFs):
- Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid – La Liga)
- Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain – Ligue 1)
- Marcus Thuram (Inter – Serie A)
- Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco – Ligue 1)
- Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon – Ligue 1)
As can be seen in the graph above, Antoine Griezmann has the highest average rating among all French Centre-Fowards. As a result of their performances, Antoine Griezmann & Kylian Mbappé are significantly ahead of their competition in this position.
THE TOP 26 SQUAD – TOP PERFORMING PLAYERS:
- Olivier Boscagli (PSV Eindhoven – Eredivisie)
- Jean-Clair Todibo (Nice – Ligue 1)
- Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain – Ligue 1)
- Antoine Griezmann (Atlético Madrid – La Liga)
- Téji Savanier (Montpellier – Ligue 1)
All things considered, France has a lot of players competing in the Top 7 European Leagues. Therefore, we can say that the Top 5 of this list features some incredible players like Kylian Mbappé from Paris Saint-Germain and Antoine Griezmann from Atlético Madrid.
As shown above, Warren Zaïre-Emery is the Best Performing Young French player in the Top 7 European Leagues!
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Data from FBref.