List of Olympique Lyonnais players

The title started a national record-breaking streak of seven successive league championships.

Olympique Lyonnais' record appearance-maker is Serge Chiesa, who made 542 total competitive appearances between 1969–1983.

[1][2] In 1981, Chiesa surpassed Fleury Di Nallo who was the first player in the club's history to make 400 competitive appearances.

Di Nallo is the club's all-time leading goalscorer with 222 and finished his career at Lyon with 495 total appearances.

[4][5] Coupet and Govou, alongside Juninho Pernambucano, are the only players to have played on all seven of the club's league-winning championship teams.

Serge Chiesa is the most capped player for Lyon with 542 games in all competitions, including 475 league appearances.
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Grégory Coupet appeared in 518 matches for Lyon, second-most in the club's history.
Fleury Di Nallo is Lyon's all-time top goalscorer, with 222 goals.
Anthony Lopes appeared in 489 matches for Lyon between 2012 and 2024.
Sidney Govou spent 10 years at the club and won seven league titles.
Alexandre Lacazette has scored 182 goals for Lyon, making him the club's second highest all-time goalscorer.
Juninho Pernambucano scored 100 goals during 8 seasons with Lyon and is considered as one of the best players in the club history.
Raymond Domenech spent seven seasons at Lyon and later went on to manage the France national team .
Vikash Dhorasoo had two stints at Lyon and amassed over 200 appearances.
Hugo Lloris made 202 appearances for Lyon and later captained the France national team to a World Cup win in 2018 .
Mahamadou Diarra made 198 appearances for Lyon and captained the Mali national team .
Nabil Fekir was club captain between 2017 and 2021.
Ernest Schultz was one of the first players in Lyon history to get called up to the France national team .
On 16 October 2021, Rayan Cherki became the youngest player to reach 50 appearances in Lyon's history, at 18 years old and 60 days.
Karim Benzema , the 2022 Ballon d'Or winner, scored 66 goals in 148 appearances for Lyon.
Jacek Bąk appeared in over 100 club matches.
Jean Tigana spent four seasons at Lyon and later managed the club.
Michael Essien made 96 appearances for Lyon and is the former captain of the Ghana national team .
Nicolás Tagliafico won the 2022 World Cup as a Lyon player.
Lucas Paquetá appeared in 80 games for Lyon, scoring 21 goals.