Ligue 1 · former league club
- Marseille 42 shared
- Lyon 23 shared
- Monaco 18 shared
- Paris Saint-Germain 14 shared
- Montpellier 53 shared
- Saint-Étienne 38 shared
- Bordeaux 30 shared
- Toulouse 30 shared
- Strasbourg 26 shared
- Nice 25 shared
- Brest 25 shared
- Lens 24 shared
- Angers 24 shared
- Metz 23 shared
- Bastia 22 shared
- Auxerre 21 shared
- Guingamp 21 shared
- Lorient 21 shared
- Reims 21 shared
- Valenciennes 21 shared
- Gazélec Ajaccio 21 shared
- Troyes 20 shared
- Paris FC 20 shared
- Sochaux 19 shared
- Lille 19 shared
- Rennes 18 shared
- Nancy 18 shared
- Caen 18 shared
- Amiens 17 shared
- Le Havre 15 shared
- Ajaccio 14 shared
- Clermont 14 shared
- Nantes 12 shared
- Le Mans 11 shared
- Dijon 9 shared
- Evian 5 shared
Famous players who played for Nîmes
- Éric Cantona 1991–1992
- Laurent Blanc 1992–1993
- Aliou Cissé 2008–2009
- Christophe Galtier 1994–1995
- Nabil El Zhar —
- Benjamin Moukandjo 2009–2011
- Guy Demel 1999–2000
- Andrés Cubas 2020–2021
- Liassine Cadamuro 2017–2018
- Wilson Oruma 1999–2000
- Mehdi Mostefa 2007–2011
- Jean-Pierre Adams 1970–1973
- Nolan Roux 2020–2021
- Ivan Bek 1940–1943
- Mehmed Baždarević 1996–1997
- René Girard 1973–1980, 1988–1991
- Frédéric Piquionne 2000–2001
- Andy Delort 2009–2010
- William Ayache 1991–1992
- Téji Savanier 2015–2019
- Rachid Alioui 2016–2019
- Jordan Ferri 2018–2019
- Denis Bouanga 2018–2019
- Paul Bernardoni 2018–2020
- Jonathan Ayité 2009–2011
- Philippe Vercruysse 1991–1993
- Olivier Boscagli 2017–2018
- Alexandre Villaplane 1927–1929
- Steve Mounié 2015–2016
- Fadil Vokrri 1989–1990
- Hassan Akesbi 1955–1961
- Robert Malm 2008–2009
- Vilmos Kohut 1939–1940
- Lys Mousset 2023
- Ufuk Talay 2001–2002
- Renaud Cohade 2001–2004
- Faitout Maouassa 2018–2019
- Ludovic Butelle 2010–2011
- Steeven Langil 2006–2007
- Jan Poortvliet 1984–1987
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.