Ligue 1
- Marseille 56 shared
- Paris Saint-Germain 35 shared
- Lyon 30 shared
- Monaco 29 shared
- West Ham United 11 shared
- Liverpool 8 shared
- Newcastle United 8 shared
- Inter 6 shared
- Leeds United 6 shared
- Crystal Palace 6 shared
- Roma 5 shared
- Tottenham Hotspur 5 shared
- Manchester City 5 shared
- Sevilla 5 shared
- Beşiktaş 4 shared
- Barcelona 4 shared
- Galatasaray 4 shared
- Wolves 4 shared
- Rennes 50 shared
- Valenciennes 46 shared
- Nice 43 shared
- Lille 40 shared
- Metz 36 shared
- Nantes 36 shared
- Strasbourg 33 shared
- Toulouse 32 shared
- Le Havre 32 shared
- Bastia 31 shared
- Sochaux 31 shared
- Saint-Étienne 29 shared
- Montpellier 27 shared
- Angers 27 shared
- Bordeaux 25 shared
- Nancy 25 shared
- Nîmes 24 shared
- Amiens 24 shared
- Brest 23 shared
- Guingamp 21 shared
- Caen 21 shared
- Paris FC 21 shared
- Auxerre 20 shared
- Reims 20 shared
- Troyes 17 shared
- Lorient 17 shared
- Le Mans 16 shared
- Dijon 13 shared
- Ajaccio 12 shared
- Clermont 12 shared
- Gazélec Ajaccio 12 shared
- Fulham 8 shared
- Evian 8 shared
- Rangers 7 shared
- Sunderland 5 shared
- Trabzonspor 5 shared
- Al-Hilal 5 shared
- Hull City 5 shared
- Augsburg 4 shared
- Nottingham Forest 4 shared
- Sampdoria 4 shared
- QPR 4 shared
- Sporting Gijón 4 shared
Famous players who played for Lens
- Raphaël Varane 2010, 2010–2011
- Seydou Keita 2002–2007
- Alphonse Areola 2013–2014
- Thorgan Hazard 2011–2012, 2026–
- Florian Thauvin 2025–
- Mathew Ryan 2025
- Benoît Assou-Ekotto 2004–2006
- Anto Drobnjak 1997–1998
- Loïc Rémy 2008
- Gaël Kakuta 2020–2021, 2021–2022
- Abdukodir Khusanov 2023–2025, 2024
- Alou Diarra 2004–2005, 2005–2006
- El Hadji Diouf 2000–2002
- Papa Bouba Diop 2002–2004
- Marc-Vivien Foé 1994–1999
- Serge Aurier 2009–2011, 2009–2012
- Vladimír Šmicer 1996–1999
- Geoffrey Kondogbia 2010–2011, 2010–2012
- Jean-Clair Todibo 2026–
- Seko Fofana 2020–2023
- Loïs Openda 2022–2023
- Allan Saint-Maximin 2026
- Kevin Danso 2021–2025
- Brice Samba 2022–2025
- Jacek Bąk 2002–2005
- Rigobert Song 2002–2004
- Bernard Lama 1991–1992
- John Utaka 2002–2005
- Przemyslaw Frankowski 2021–2025
- Facundo Medina 2020–2026
- Arthur Masuaku 2026
- Malang Sarr 2024–2026
- Amadou Haidara 2025–
- Odsonne Édouard 2025–
- Nampalys Mendy 2023–2025
- Jussiê 2005–2007
- Abdoulaye Faye 2002–2005
- Adel Taarabt 2006–2007
- Charles Itandje 2001–2007
- Roger Lemerre 1973–1975
Source: Wikidata (CC0), Wikipedia club articles and player infoboxes (years at each club). Youth spells and appearances that look unplayed are left out; volunteer-kept records can contain gaps or errors.