Ligue 1 · former league club
- Marseille 38 shared
- Paris Saint-Germain 33 shared
- Monaco 32 shared
- Lyon 20 shared
- Galatasaray 9 shared
- Sevilla 7 shared
- Aston Villa 6 shared
- Roma 5 shared
- Chelsea 5 shared
- Newcastle United 5 shared
- Liverpool 4 shared
- Tottenham Hotspur 4 shared
- Leeds United 4 shared
- Fiorentina 4 shared
- Angers 41 shared
- Lens 36 shared
- Metz 33 shared
- Rennes 32 shared
- Montpellier 30 shared
- Lille 29 shared
- Bordeaux 28 shared
- Saint-Étienne 27 shared
- Caen 27 shared
- Valenciennes 27 shared
- Toulouse 26 shared
- Nice 26 shared
- Le Havre 26 shared
- Guingamp 25 shared
- Troyes 25 shared
- Bastia 22 shared
- Lorient 22 shared
- Strasbourg 21 shared
- Brest 21 shared
- Ajaccio 20 shared
- Sochaux 19 shared
- Reims 17 shared
- Paris FC 16 shared
- Auxerre 15 shared
- Le Mans 15 shared
- Nancy 14 shared
- Nîmes 12 shared
- Amiens 11 shared
- Dijon 11 shared
- Clermont 11 shared
- Gazélec Ajaccio 10 shared
- Olympiakos 9 shared
- Evian 9 shared
- Lecce 7 shared
- Kayserispor 7 shared
- Panathinaikos 6 shared
- Watford 6 shared
- Hellas Verona 5 shared
- Benfica 5 shared
- Porto 5 shared
- Chievo 5 shared
- Al-Hilal 5 shared
- Burnley 5 shared
- Başakşehir 5 shared
- Mainz 4 shared
- Parma 4 shared
- Genoa 4 shared
- Trabzonspor 4 shared
- Nottingham Forest 4 shared
- Wigan Athletic 4 shared
- Levante 4 shared
- Kasımpaşa 4 shared
- Alanyaspor 4 shared
Famous players who played for Nantes
- Marcel Desailly 1986–1992
- Fabien Barthez 2006–2007
- Didier Deschamps 1985–1989
- Moussa Sissoko 2022–2024
- Emiliano Sala 2015–2019
- Jérémy Toulalan 2001–2006
- Claude Makelélé 1991–1997
- Sylvain Wiltord 2011–2012
- Dimitri Payet 2005–2007
- Christian Karembeu 1990–1995
- Vahid Halilhodžić 1981–1986
- Randal Kolo Muani 2016–2020, 2018–2022
- Fábio 2018–2022
- Lorik Cana 2015–2016
- Kolbeinn Sigthórsson 2015–2019
- Mario Yepes 2002–2004
- Grzegorz Krychowiak 2011–2012
- Vladimir Stojković 2006–2007
- Jorge Burruchaga 1985–1992
- Ivan Klasnić 2008–2009
- Rémy Cabella 2026
- Jordan Veretout 2011–2015
- Rene Krhin 2017–2018, 2018–2020
- Anthony Lopes 2025–2026
- Francis Coquelin 2025–2026
- Mickaël Landreau 1996–2006
- Léo Dubois 2012–2016, 2014–2018
- Ciprian Tătărușanu 2017–2019
- Youssouf Sabaly 2015–2016
- Christian Wilhelmsson 2006–2008
- Diego Carlos 2016–2019
- Amine Harit 2015–2016, 2016–2017
- Moses Simon 2019–2020, 2020–2025
- Alban Lafont 2019–2021, 2021–2026, 2025
- Eray Cömert 2023–2024
- Noureddine Naybet 1993–1994
- Marek Heinz 2007–2008
- Roger Lemerre 1969–1971
- Majeed Waris 2018–2019
- Jean-Charles Castelletto 2020–2025
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.