All-Time Best Single Season Goal Scorers in French 1st Division Rank Name^ Team Year Games* Goals ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Jozsip Skoblar (1) Marseille 70-71 38/36 44 2 Salif Keita (1) St. Etienne 70-71 38/38 42 3 Carlos Bianchi (1) PSG 77-78 38/38 37 4 Phillipe Gondet Nantes 65-66 38/37 36 5 Gunnar Andersson (1) Marseille 52-53 34/31 35 Serge Masnaghetti Valenciennes 62-63 38 35 7 Roger Courtois (1) Sochaux 35-36 30 34 Just Fontaine (1) Reims 57-58 34/26 34 Carlos Bianchi (2) Reims 75-76 38/38 34 10 Pierre Sinibaldi Reims 46-47 38 33 Thadee Cisowski (1) RC Paris 56-57 34/29 33 12 Jean Baratte Lille 47-48 34/34 31 Gunnar Andersson (2) Marseille 51-52 34/33 31 Thadee Cisowski (2) RC Paris 55-56 34/29 31 Herve Revelli St. Etienne 66-67 38/34 31 16 Andre Abbeglen Sochaux 34-35 30/28 30 Oskar Rohr Strasbourg 36-37 30 30 ? Kemp Metz 46-47 38 30 Bram Appel Reims 52-53 34/32 30 Rene Bliard Reims 54-55 34/32 30 Just Fontaine (2) Reims 56-57 34/31 30 Thadee Cisowski (3) RC Paris 58-59 38/29 30 Ahmed Oudjani Lens 63-64 34/31 30 Jozsip Skoblar (2) Marseille 71-72 38/31 30 Carlos Bianchi (3) Reims 73-74 38/33 30 Delio Onnis (1) Monaco 74-75 38/37 30 Jean-Pierre Papin Marseille 89-90 38/36 30 28 Roger Courtois (2) Sochaux 34-35 30/27 29 Egon Jonsson Lens 56-57 34/32 29 Eugene Njo-Lea St. Etienne 56-57 34/32 29 Salif Keita (2) St. Etienne 71-72 38/29 29 Marc Berdoll Angers 73-74 38 29 Delio Onnis (2) Monaco 75-76 38/33 29 Nenad Bjekovic Nice 77-78 38/29 29 Delio Onnis (3) Monaco 77-78 38/35 29 Delio Onnis (4) Tours 81-82 38/38 29 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ^ Number in parentheses indicates multiplicity of appearances on this list. * Number of games played by team/number of games played by the player. There are some cases when there's no way for me to know how many games were played by the player. Thanks to Didier Fort for providing some of these data.