Ligue 1 · former league club
- Marseille 75 shared
- Monaco 35 shared
- Lyon 34 shared
- Paris Saint-Germain 25 shared
- Napoli 6 shared
- Borussia Dortmund 5 shared
- Fiorentina 4 shared
- Real Sociedad 4 shared
- Nîmes 53 shared
- Rennes 38 shared
- Nice 36 shared
- Saint-Étienne 36 shared
- Strasbourg 31 shared
- Sochaux 31 shared
- Nantes 30 shared
- Bordeaux 29 shared
- Toulouse 29 shared
- Bastia 29 shared
- Lens 27 shared
- Lille 24 shared
- Caen 24 shared
- Reims 23 shared
- Ajaccio 22 shared
- Brest 21 shared
- Metz 20 shared
- Troyes 19 shared
- Nancy 18 shared
- Angers 18 shared
- Valenciennes 18 shared
- Clermont 17 shared
- Lorient 16 shared
- Amiens 16 shared
- Auxerre 14 shared
- Le Havre 14 shared
- Guingamp 12 shared
- Dijon 11 shared
- Evian 10 shared
- Le Mans 9 shared
- Gazélec Ajaccio 9 shared
- Sivasspor 7 shared
- Genoa 6 shared
- Panathinaikos 4 shared
- Espanyol 4 shared
- Gençlerbirliği 4 shared
- Braga 4 shared
- Paris FC 4 shared
Famous players who played for Montpellier
- Olivier Giroud 2010–2012
- Éric Cantona 1989–1990
- Laurent Blanc 1983–1991
- Roger Milla 1986–1989
- Carlos Valderrama 1987–1991
- Mamadou Sakho 2021–2023
- Younès Belhanda 2009–2013
- Gerónimo Rulli 2019–2020
- M'Baye Niang 2014
- Wahbi Khazri 2022–2025
- Nozomi Hiroyama 2003–2004
- Emir Spahić 2009–2011
- Gérald Passi 1981–1985
- Rémy Cabella 2009–2014, 2022
- Stéphane Sessègnon 2016–2018
- Lucas Barrios 2014–2015
- Mousa Tamari 2023–2025
- Aliou Cissé 2001–2002
- John Utaka 2011–2013
- Ellyes Skhiri 2014–2015, 2015–2019
- Ramy Bensebaini 2015–2016
- Anthony Vanden Borre 2016–2017
- Jonathan Ikoné 2017–2018
- Nordi Mukiele 2017–2018
- Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa 2007–2013
- Benjamin Stambouli 2010–2014
- Aljoša Asanović 1992–1994
- Nikola Maksimović 2024–2025
- Ryad Boudebouz 2015–2017
- Bruno Bellone 1988–1989
- Jacques Santini 1981–1983
- Siaka Tiéné 2013–2015
- Henri Bedimo 2011–2013
- Elye Wahi 2020–2023
- Morgan Sanson 2013–2017
- Marco Estrada 2010–2013
- Roberto de Assis Moreira 2001–2002
- Rémy Vercoutre 1996–2002
- Tino Costa 2008–2010
- Valère Germain 2021–2023
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.