Ligue 1 · former league club
- Monaco 43 shared
- Marseille 43 shared
- Lyon 42 shared
- Paris Saint-Germain 37 shared
- Sevilla 9 shared
- Newcastle United 7 shared
- Valencia 7 shared
- West Ham United 6 shared
- Fiorentina 6 shared
- Arsenal 4 shared
- Atlético Madrid 4 shared
- Everton 4 shared
- Liverpool 4 shared
- Inter 4 shared
- Tottenham Hotspur 4 shared
- Juventus 4 shared
- Chelsea 4 shared
- Real Sociedad 4 shared
- Leicester City 4 shared
- Napoli 4 shared
- Nice 51 shared
- Lille 46 shared
- Sochaux 45 shared
- Rennes 40 shared
- Bastia 40 shared
- Nîmes 38 shared
- Bordeaux 37 shared
- Montpellier 36 shared
- Metz 35 shared
- Toulouse 34 shared
- Lens 29 shared
- Strasbourg 28 shared
- Caen 28 shared
- Nantes 27 shared
- Nancy 27 shared
- Le Havre 25 shared
- Lorient 24 shared
- Angers 22 shared
- Valenciennes 22 shared
- Troyes 21 shared
- Brest 21 shared
- Auxerre 17 shared
- Amiens 14 shared
- Dijon 14 shared
- Guingamp 12 shared
- Ajaccio 12 shared
- Paris FC 12 shared
- Reims 10 shared
- Clermont 10 shared
- Olympiakos 9 shared
- Le Mans 9 shared
- Sunderland 7 shared
- Real Betis 6 shared
- Sporting CP 6 shared
- Konyaspor 6 shared
- Gazélec Ajaccio 6 shared
- Hamburger SV 5 shared
- Real Zaragoza 5 shared
- Feyenoord 5 shared
- Porto 5 shared
- Evian 5 shared
- Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 shared
- Mainz 4 shared
- VfL Bochum 4 shared
- Panathinaikos 4 shared
- Ankaragücü 4 shared
- Gaziantep FK 4 shared
- Kayserispor 4 shared
- Granada 4 shared
Famous players who played for Saint-Étienne
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 2011–2013, 2011
- Michel Platini 1979–1982
- Kurt Zouma 2011–2013, 2011–2014, 2014
- Yohan Cabaye 2019–2020
- Mathieu Debuchy 2018–2021
- William Saliba 2018, 2018–2019, 2019–2020
- Dimitri Payet 2007–2011
- Piotr Świerczewski 1993–1995
- Blaise Matuidi 2007–2011
- Laurent Blanc 1993–1995
- Daisuke Matsui 2008–2009
- Hélder Postiga 2006
- Roger Milla 1984–1986
- Neven Subotić 2018–2019
- Wahbi Khazri 2018–2022
- Eliaquim Mangala 2022
- Benoît Assou-Ekotto 2015–2016
- Gérald Passi 1992–1994
- Kevin Mirallas 2008–2010
- Ľubomír Moravčík 1990–1996
- Fredy Guarín 2006–2007, 2007–2008
- Willy Sagnol 1995–1997
- Wesley Fofana 2018–2019, 2019–2020
- Rémy Cabella 2017–2018, 2018–2019
- Jordan Veretout 2016–2017
- Gélson Fernandes 2009–2012
- Grégory Coupet 1993–1997
- Johnny Rep 1979–1983
- Didier Zokora 2004–2006
- Bernard Lacombe 1978–1979
- Aimé Jacquet 1960–1973
- Bafétimbi Gomis 2004–2009
- Stéphane Ruffier 2011–2021
- Allan Saint-Maximin 2013–2015
- Augusto Fernández 2009–2010
- Carlos Bocanegra 2010–2011
- François Clerc 2012–2016
- Yann M'Vila 2018–2020
- Mevlüt Erdinç 2013–2015
- Benoît Trémoulinas 2014
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.