Stephane Guivarc'h tallied the most goals in Ligue 1 in 1996-97, with 22 goals.

most goals by a player in 1997

	NAME	G	SEASON	CLUB	M	MIN	START	G/M	PK
1	Stephane Guivarc'h S. Guivarc'h	22	1996-97	Rennes	36	3,227	36	0.61	6
2	Japhet N'Doram J. N'Doram	20	1996-97	Nantes	35	2,914	34	0.57	2
3	Anderson da Silva A. da Silva	19	1996-97	Monaco	34	2,934	33	0.56	2
4	David Zitelli D. Zitelli	19	1996-97	Strasbourg	35	3,003	34	0.54	2
5	Alain Caveglia A. Caveglia	19	1996-97	Lyon	32	2,658	32	0.59	2
6	Anto Drobnjak A. Drobnjak	18	1996-97	Bastia	33	2,834	32	0.55	1
7	Ludovic Giuly L. Giuly	16	1996-97	Lyon	37	2,270	23	0.43	0
8	Jean Roger Papin J. Roger Papin	16	1996-97	Bordeaux	32	2,221	26	0.50	2
9	Patrice Loko P. Loko	16	1996-97	PSG	38	3,109	38	0.42	0
10	Xavier Gravelaine X. Gravelaine	15	1996-97	Marseille	33	2,825	33	0.45	0
11	Pascal Olivier Nouma P. Olivier Nouma	14	1996-97	Strasbourg	30	2,379	25	0.47	0
12	Ibrahima Bakayoko I. Bakayoko	13	1996-97	Montpellier	27	2,153	24	0.48	0
13	Victor Ikpeba V. Ikpeba	13	1996-97	Monaco	31	2,193	25	0.42	0
14	Miladin Bečanović M. Bečanović	13	1996-97	Lille	30	2,374	28	0.43	4
15	Robert Pirès R. Pirès	11	1996-97	Metz	32	2,748	32	0.34	2
16	Jocelyn Gourvennec J. Gourvennec	11	1996-97	Nantes	37	2,797	32	0.30	3
17	Christopher Wreh C. Wreh	10	1996-97	Guingamp	33	2,746	31	0.30	0
18	Lilian Laslandes L. Laslandes	10	1996-97	Auxerre	27	2,288	27	0.37	0
19	Sylvain Legwinski S. Legwinski	9	1996-97	Monaco	37	3,098	35	0.24	0
20	Thierry Henry T. Henry	9	1996-97	Monaco	36	2,052	20	0.25	0
21	Marc Libbra M. Libbra	9	1996-97	Marseille	35	2,346	26	0.26	0
22	James Debbah J. Debbah	9	1996-97	Nice	26	2,215	24	0.35	2
23	Raí de Oliveira R. de Oliveira	9	1996-97	PSG	35	3,098	35	0.26	1
24	Frédéric Nee F. Nee	9	1996-97	Caen	22	1,598	17	0.41	0
25	Moussa Saïb M. Saïb	8	1996-97	Auxerre	33	2,959	33	0.24	0