GOAT Rank · 138

Greatest Athletes from France

This ranking is led by Zinedine Zidane, Antoine Griezmann and Fabien Barthez. GOAT Rank currently ranks 138 eligible athletes from France using verified career records across dominance, peak, longevity, honours and statistics.

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According to GOAT Rank's current model, Zinedine Zidane ranks #1 on this list with a GOAT Score of 90.6.

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3184

Amélie Mauresmo

70.4

Sport: Tennis
Career: 1993–2009
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Amélie Mauresmo

3216

Théo Faure

70.1

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2016–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Théo Faure

3351

Trévor Clévenot

68.5

Sport: Volleyball
Career: 2012–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 78.0

Athlete: Trévor Clévenot

3364

Eunice Barber

68.3

Sport: Athletics
Career: 1993–2009
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 86.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Eunice Barber

3421

Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut

67.6

Sport: Esports
Career: 2018–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 97.0
Dominance: 93.0
Statistics: 98.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut

3454

Arnaud Massy

67.2

Sport: Golf
Career: 1902–1930
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 92.0
Dominance: 74.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Arnaud Massy

3628

Jean-Philippe Gatien

65.4

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1985–2000
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Jean-Philippe Gatien

3656

Désiré Nonka-Maho Doué

65.1

Sport: Football
Career: 2023–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 75.0
Dominance: 65.0
Statistics: 72.0
Honours: 75.0
Longevity: 40.0

Athlete: Désiré Nonka-Maho Doué

3665

Vincent "Happy" Cervoni

65.0

Sport: Esports
Career: 2012–2021
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 82.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 88.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Vincent "Happy" Cervoni

3707

Damien Éloi

64.6

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1987–2012
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 92.0

Athlete: Damien Éloi

3766

Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey

64.1

Sport: Esports
Career: 2012–2021
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey

3808

Kenny "KennyS" Schrub

63.6

Sport: Esports
Career: 2011–2022
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 94.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 86.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Kenny "KennyS" Schrub

3863

Simon Gauzy

63.0

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2010–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 85.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 82.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Simon Gauzy

3894

Claude Bergeret

62.6

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 1971–1985
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 90.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Claude Bergeret

3933

7ckngMad

62.2

Sport: Esports
Career: 2011–2019
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 78.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: 7ckngMad

3953

Ali "AmaNEk" Saleh

61.9

Sport: Esports
Career: 2014–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 88.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Ali "AmaNEk" Saleh

3968

Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux

61.7

Sport: Esports
Career: 2007–2021
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 76.0
Statistics: 84.0
Honours: 76.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux

3996

Maurice Trintignant

61.3

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 1950–1964
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 68.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 68.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Maurice Trintignant

4027

Emmanuel Lebesson

61.0

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2006–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 78.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Emmanuel Lebesson

4041

René Arnoux

60.7

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 1978–1989
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 70.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 68.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: René Arnoux

4045

Ceb

60.6

Sport: Esports
Career: 2012–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 80.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 84.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Ceb

4066

Romain Grosjean

60.2

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 2009–2020
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 68.0
Statistics: 82.0
Honours: 62.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Romain Grosjean

4077

Jacques Laffite

60.0

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 1974–1986
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 68.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 66.0
Longevity: 82.0

Athlete: Jacques Laffite

4150

Jean Alesi

58.7

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 1989–2001
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 80.0
Dominance: 66.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 62.0
Longevity: 84.0

Athlete: Jean Alesi

4168

Quentin Robinot

58.3

Sport: Table Tennis
Career: 2009–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 78.0
Dominance: 68.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 74.0
Longevity: 80.0

Athlete: Quentin Robinot

4196

Patrick Tambay

57.8

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 1977–1986
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 66.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 62.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Patrick Tambay

4197

Jean-Pierre Beltoise

57.8

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 1966–1974
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 66.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 62.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Jean-Pierre Beltoise

4201

Didier Pironi

57.7

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 1978–1982
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 88.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 66.0
Longevity: 58.0

Athlete: Didier Pironi

4211

Jean-Pierre Jarier

57.5

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 1971–1983
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 60.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 56.0
Longevity: 86.0

Athlete: Jean-Pierre Jarier

4216

Esteban Ocon

57.4

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 2016–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 66.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 62.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: Esteban Ocon

4217

Pierre Gasly

57.4

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 2017–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 66.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 62.0
Longevity: 72.0

Athlete: Pierre Gasly

4218

François Cevert

57.4

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 1969–1973
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 72.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 66.0
Longevity: 58.0

Athlete: François Cevert

4231

Olivier Panis

57.1

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 1994–2004
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 84.0
Dominance: 64.0
Statistics: 76.0
Honours: 60.0
Longevity: 76.0

Athlete: Olivier Panis

4233

Jean Behra

57.0

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 1952–1959
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 66.0
Statistics: 80.0
Honours: 60.0
Longevity: 68.0

Athlete: Jean Behra

4241

Patrick Depailler

56.8

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 1972–1980
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 82.0
Dominance: 66.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 62.0
Longevity: 70.0

Athlete: Patrick Depailler

4271

Jean-Pierre Jabouille

55.8

Sport: Formula 1
Career: 1974–1981
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 86.0
Dominance: 64.0
Statistics: 78.0
Honours: 58.0
Longevity: 66.0

Athlete: Jean-Pierre Jabouille

4398

shox

51.5

Sport: Esports
Career: 2011–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 78.0
Dominance: 62.0
Statistics: 66.0
Honours: 60.0
Longevity: 74.0

Athlete: shox

5085

apEX

19.3

Sport: Esports
Career: 2020–active
Country: 🇫🇷 France

Peak: 29.0
Dominance: 27.2
Statistics: 25.4
Honours: 25.9
Longevity: 19.1

Athlete: apEX

#	Athlete	Sport	Country	Career	GOAT Score
3184	Amélie Mauresmo	Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1993–2009	70.4
3216	Théo Faure	Volleyball	🇫🇷 France	2016–active	70.1
3351	Trévor Clévenot	Volleyball	🇫🇷 France	2012–active	68.5
3364	Eunice Barber	Athletics	🇫🇷 France	1993–2009	68.3
3421	Mathieu "ZywOo" Herbaut	Esports	🇫🇷 France	2018–active	67.6
3454	Arnaud Massy	Golf	🇫🇷 France	1902–1930	67.2
3628	Jean-Philippe Gatien	Table Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1985–2000	65.4
3656	Désiré Nonka-Maho Doué	Football	🇫🇷 France	2023–active	65.1
3665	Vincent "Happy" Cervoni	Esports	🇫🇷 France	2012–2021	65.0
3707	Damien Éloi	Table Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1987–2012	64.6
3766	Fabien "kioShiMa" Fiey	Esports	🇫🇷 France	2012–2021	64.1
3808	Kenny "KennyS" Schrub	Esports	🇫🇷 France	2011–2022	63.6
3863	Simon Gauzy	Table Tennis	🇫🇷 France	2010–active	63.0
3894	Claude Bergeret	Table Tennis	🇫🇷 France	1971–1985	62.6
3933	7ckngMad	Esports	🇫🇷 France	2011–2019	62.2
3953	Ali "AmaNEk" Saleh	Esports	🇫🇷 France	2014–active	61.9
3968	Edouard "SmithZz" Dubourdeaux	Esports	🇫🇷 France	2007–2021	61.7
3996	Maurice Trintignant	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	1950–1964	61.3
4027	Emmanuel Lebesson	Table Tennis	🇫🇷 France	2006–active	61.0
4041	René Arnoux	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	1978–1989	60.7
4045	Ceb	Esports	🇫🇷 France	2012–active	60.6
4066	Romain Grosjean	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	2009–2020	60.2
4077	Jacques Laffite	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	1974–1986	60.0
4150	Jean Alesi	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	1989–2001	58.7
4168	Quentin Robinot	Table Tennis	🇫🇷 France	2009–active	58.3
4196	Patrick Tambay	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	1977–1986	57.8
4197	Jean-Pierre Beltoise	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	1966–1974	57.8
4201	Didier Pironi	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	1978–1982	57.7
4211	Jean-Pierre Jarier	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	1971–1983	57.5
4216	Esteban Ocon	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	2016–active	57.4
4217	Pierre Gasly	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	2017–active	57.4
4218	François Cevert	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	1969–1973	57.4
4231	Olivier Panis	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	1994–2004	57.1
4233	Jean Behra	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	1952–1959	57.0
4241	Patrick Depailler	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	1972–1980	56.8
4271	Jean-Pierre Jabouille	Formula 1	🇫🇷 France	1974–1981	55.8
4398	shox	Esports	🇫🇷 France	2011–active	51.5
5085	apEX	Esports	🇫🇷 France	2020–active	19.3

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