Ligue 1 · former league club
- Marseille 37 shared
- Monaco 19 shared
- Paris Saint-Germain 19 shared
- Lyon 15 shared
- Lens 46 shared
- Lille 43 shared
- Strasbourg 35 shared
- Metz 28 shared
- Sochaux 28 shared
- Nantes 27 shared
- Troyes 27 shared
- Reims 27 shared
- Amiens 25 shared
- Rennes 24 shared
- Nancy 24 shared
- Saint-Étienne 22 shared
- Bordeaux 21 shared
- Bastia 21 shared
- Nîmes 21 shared
- Angers 21 shared
- Nice 20 shared
- Caen 19 shared
- Le Havre 18 shared
- Montpellier 18 shared
- Le Mans 18 shared
- Lorient 17 shared
- Brest 16 shared
- Ajaccio 15 shared
- Guingamp 14 shared
- Dijon 14 shared
- Toulouse 13 shared
- Paris FC 12 shared
- Auxerre 10 shared
- Gazélec Ajaccio 9 shared
- Clermont 7 shared
- Olympiakos 6 shared
- Evian 4 shared
Famous players who played for Valenciennes
- Vincent Aboubakar 2010–2013
- Mathieu Debuchy 2021–2023
- Jean-Pierre Papin 1984–1985
- Roger Milla 1977–1979
- Ivica Osim 1975–1976
- Jorge Burruchaga 1992–1993
- Carlos Sánchez 2007–2013
- Arthur Masuaku 2013–2014
- Jean-Christophe Bahebeck 2013–2014
- Carl Medjani 2014
- Majeed Waris 2014
- Moussa Niakhaté 2013–2016, 2014–2017
- Didier Six 1972–1977, 1987
- Benjamin Moukandjo 2020–2021
- Benjamin Angoua 2010–2014
- Gaëtan Bong 2009–2013
- Foued Kadir 2009–2013
- Bruno Metsu 1975–1979
- Jaba Kankava 2021
- Siaka Tiéné 2008–2010
- Lucas Tousart 2014–2015, 2015
- Lucas Chevalier 2021, 2021–2022
- Anthony Le Tallec 2012–2015
- Tae-hee Nam 2009–2011
- Saliou Ciss 2013–2014
- Dominique Dropsy 1970–1973
- Milan Biševac 2008–2011
- Nicolas Isimat-Mirin 2010–2013
- Djamel Belmadi 2007–2009
- Kenny Lala 2011–2015
- Nicolas Penneteau 2006–2014
- Lebo Mothiba 2017–2018
- Jean-Louis Leca 2008–2013, 2009–2013
- Guy Ndy Assembé 2009–2010
- Adama Coulibaly 2014–2015
- Nuno da Costa 2015
- Thomas Dossevi 2005–2007, 2013–2014
- Mathieu Dossevi 2010–2014
- Abdeslam Ouaddou 2006–2008
- Bernard Chiarelli 1952–1958
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.