which french player has the most premier league appearances

Sylvain Distin has made the most career appearances by a Frenchman in the Premier League, with 469 appearances.

	NAME	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	Sylvain Distin S. Distin	469	40,618	451	7	0.01	6	13	0
2	Nicolas Anelka N. Anelka	364	28,142	318	125	0.34	48	173	7
3	Hugo Lloris H. Lloris	361	32,222	361	0	0.00	1	1	0
4	Steed Malbranque S. Malbranque	336	25,599	301	39	0.12	55	94	6
5	Gaël Clichy G. Clichy	325	27,039	299	3	0.01	18	21	0
6	William Gallas W. Gallas	321	27,453	305	25	0.08	3	28	0
7	Patrick Vieira P. Vieira	307	25,281	284	31	0.10	34	65	0
8	Moussa Sissoko M. Sissoko	295	22,245	247	16	0.05	23	39	0
9	Louis Saha L. Saha	289	17,856	188	85	0.29	20	105	12
10	Charles N'Zogbia C. N'Zogbia	281	19,462	220	28	0.10	36	64	0
11	Patrice Evra P. Evra	278	23,324	268	7	0.03	21	28	0
12	Mikaël Silvestre M. Silvestre	275	21,881	246	9	0.03	19	28	0
13	Bacary Sagna B. Sagna	267	22,641	255	4	0.01	19	23	0
14	Thierry Henry T. Henry	258	21,313	235	175	0.68	74	249	23
15	Olivier Giroud O. Giroud	255	14,456	152	90	0.35	27	117	2
16	Laurent Koscielny L. Koscielny	255	21,417	245	22	0.09	2	24	0
17	Kurt Zouma K. Zouma	247	19,588	219	15	0.06	3	18	0	0	141	46	5	13,192	196	6
18	Lucas Digne L. Digne	234	18,262	211	6	0.03	32	38	0	3	140	29	8	14,067	285	25
19	N'golo Kanté N. Kanté	227	18,428	209	12	0.05	17	29	0	0	155	42	0	15,556	206	8
20	Samir Nasri S. Nasri	220	15,618	181	36	0.16	41	77	1
21	Anthony Martial A. Martial	209	13,158	149	63	0.30	27	90	3	0	347	162	5	7,479	768	76
22	Franck Queudrue F. Queudrue	201	16,769	193	12	0.06	19	31	0
23	Morgan Schneiderlin M. Schneiderlin	200	15,401	174	13	0.07	3	16	0
24	Robert Pirès R. Pirès	198	14,225	161	62	0.31	41	103	4
25	Younes Kaboul Y. Kaboul	197	16,205	185	12	0.06	5	17	0