centre midfielders with the most goals in history

Séko Fofana and Wylan Cyprien are tied for having the most career goals by a centre midfielder in Ligue 1, with 17 goals.

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  • Data note: Detailed starting positions: player game data complete from 2016-17
NAMEGRatingMMINSTARTG/MAG+APKFKSHSOTWOODTCHTCH-BOXOFF
1Séko Fofana
S. Fofana
17
92
7,958
92
0.18
8
25
1
0
202
62
8
5,816
250
7
2Wylan Cyprien
W. Cyprien
17
74
6,374
74
0.23
9
26
5
3
129
45
2
6,120
58
5
3Téji Savanier
T. Savanier
15
60
5,117
60
0.25
16
31
8
1
115
43
3
4,556
41
0
4Thomas Mangani
T. Mangani
15
100
8,399
100
0.15
10
25
11
0
97
33
3
7,120
90
2
5Pierre Lees-Melou
P. Lees-Melou
15
81
7,087
81
0.19
11
26
1
0
147
37
3
5,508
130
5
6Adrien Thomasson
A. Thomasson
10
85
7,127
85
0.12
21
31
0
0
124
36
5
5,418
316
14
7Valentin Rongier
V. Rongier
10
130
10,981
130
0.08
10
20
1
0
121
35
4
9,708
127
2
8Vincent Sierro
V. Sierro
9
6.57
41
3,539
41
0.22
2
11
4
1
49
18
1
2,560
47
1
9Neymar
Neymar
9
10
899
10
0.90
6
15
4
1
49
23
2
1,017
74
2
10Abdoulaye Touré
A. Touré
9
75
6,377
75
0.12
1
10
7
0
96
29
1
4,267
41
1
11Fabinho
Fabinho
9
40
3,594
40
0.23
3
12
8
0
27
13
0
2,979
42
1
12Vitinha
Vitinha
8
7.93
72
6,000
72
0.11
10
18
1
1
87
33
2
7,398
82
0
13Ellyes Skhiri
E. Skhiri
8
69
6,028
69
0.12
3
11
0
0
62
12
2
4,196
47
0
14Andrey Santos
A. Santos
7
7.18
31
2,751
31
0.23
2
9
0
0
46
13
0
2,185
36
0
15Denis Zakaria
D. Zakaria
7
6.89
29
2,536
29
0.24
2
9
2
0
35
14
0
1,636
50
1
16Florian Tardieu
F. Tardieu
7
6.97
39
3,480
39
0.18
2
9
7
0
33
13
0
3,242
19
0
17Ángel di María
Á. di María
7
19
1,545
19
0.37
9
16
0
0
59
16
3
1,302
91
4
18Neil El Aynaoui
N. El Aynaoui
6
7.00
30
2,514
30
0.20
2
8
2
0
31
14
0
1,696
54
1
19Aleksandr Golovin
A. Golovin
6
30
2,475
30
0.20
5
11
0
1
41
18
0
1,693
58
3
20Youssouf Fofana
Y. Fofana
6
84
7,214
84
0.07
11
17
0
0
105
23
3
5,352
85
3
21Xavier Chavalerin
X. Chavalerin
6
56
4,958
56
0.11
3
9
0
0
50
15
0
2,660
59
4
22Benjamin Bourigeaud
B. Bourigeaud
6
41
3,533
41
0.15
8
14
2
1
91
27
4
2,950
52
1
23Mehdi Abeid
M. Abeid
6
53
4,486
53
0.11
3
9
1
2
74
17
3
3,221
41
2
24Fabián Ruiz
F. Ruiz
5
7.73
28
2,195
28
0.18
1
6
0
0
36
13
0
2,257
42
2
25Hicham Boudaoui
H. Boudaoui
5
72
6,027
72
0.07
6
11
0
0
75
29
0
4,076
88
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