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Ligue 1: which clubs have shared the most players?

This season's Ligue 1 clubs, paired up and ranked by the number of footballers who played for both. At the top: Marseille – Monaco, 69 players.

Ligue 1: club pairs with the most shared players

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1Marseille – Monaco69Patrice Évra, George Weah, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
2Marseille – Nice68Patrice Évra, Mario Balotelli, Hatem Ben Arfa
3Lyon – Marseille58Hatem Ben Arfa, Mathieu Valbuena, Emerson
4Marseille – Paris Saint-Germain54George Weah, Adrien Rabiot, Claude Makelélé
5Lille – Marseille54Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Dimitri Payet, Benjamin Pavard
6Lens – Marseille51Seydou Keita, Florian Thauvin, Loïc Rémy
7Monaco – Nice50Patrice Évra, Allan Saint-Maximin, Bora Milutinoviç
8Marseille – Rennes50Hatem Ben Arfa, Steve Mandanda, Sylvain Wiltord
9Marseille – Strasbourg49Frank Leboeuf, Habib Beye, Didier Six
10Lyon – Nice47Hugo Lloris, Hatem Ben Arfa, Loïc Rémy
11Marseille – Toulouse46Adrien Rabiot, André-Pierre Gignac, Fabien Barthez
12Lens – Rennes43Alou Diarra, El Hadji Diouf, John Utaka
13Lorient – Rennes43Tiémoué Bakayoko, Benjamin Moukandjo, Jérémy Morel
14Angers – Rennes43Prince Oniangué, Vincent Pajot, Grégory Bourillon
15Lyon – Monaco42Éric Abidal, Anthony Martial, Jérémy Toulalan
16Monaco – Paris Saint-Germain41Kylian Mbappé, George Weah, Youri Djorkaeff
17Le Havre – Lille41Sofiane Boufal, Ryan Mendes, Yvon Douis
18Paris Saint-Germain – Rennes40Ousmane Dembélé, Désiré Doué, Hatem Ben Arfa
19Lyon – Rennes39Hatem Ben Arfa, Yoann Gourcuff, Nemanja Matić
20Nice – Paris Saint-Germain39Hatem Ben Arfa, Christophe Jallet, Danijel Ljuboja
21Paris FC – Paris Saint-Germain39Jérémy Ménez, Kevin Trapp, Jonathan Ikoné
22Lille – Lyon38Samuel Umtiti, Éric Abidal, Abédi Pelé
23Lille – Monaco37Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Éric Abidal, Djibril Sidibé
24Nice – Strasbourg37Morgan Schneiderlin, Danijel Ljuboja, Morgan Sanson
25Lens – Lille37Loïc Rémy, Bernard Lama, Nolan Roux
26Monaco – Rennes36Breel Embolo, Tiémoué Bakayoko, Shabani Nonda
27Le Havre – Rennes36Steve Mandanda, Alou Diarra, Abdoulaye Diallo
28Lorient – Marseille35Seydou Keita, André Ayew, Jordan Ayew
29Lens – Paris Saint-Germain35Alphonse Areola, Serge Aurier, Bernard Lama
30Lille – Strasbourg35Gérard Soler, Abdelkrim Merry, Frank Farina
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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.