Top 42 Olympique de Marseille Players of All Time

By YPB TeamApr 22

Vote for the all-time greats of Olympique de Marseille, France's most passionate and historic football club.

1
Jean-Pierre Papin
French striker and 1991 Ballon d'Or winner who scored 182 goals from 1986 to 1992, finishing as league top scorer five times and winning four consecutive titles.
1000pts
2
Josip Skoblar
Yugoslav striker who scored 44 league goals in 1970–71 — a Ligue 1 record that still stands — and is widely regarded as the greatest foreign player in Marseille history.
904pts
3
Emmanuel Aznar
Prolific forward who scored 118 goals across 16 years from 1936 to 1952, winning the 1937 and 1948 league titles with Marseille.
645pts
4
Abedi Pelé
Ghanaian playmaker and three-time African Footballer of the Year who starred across two spells from 1987 to 1993, crowning his time with the 1993 Champions League.
612pts
5
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Gabonese striker who scored 30 goals in a single 2023–24 season, leading Marseille to the Europa League semi-finals.
575pts
6
Samir Nasri
Marseille-born playmaker who came through the club's academy and shone for four seasons from 2004 before joining Arsenal, always citing his hometown club as his football heart.
534pts
7
Laurent Blanc
Elegant French sweeper who anchored Marseille from 1997 to 1999, helping the side finish league runners-up and reach the 1999 UEFA Cup final.
534pts
8
Steve Mandanda
French goalkeeper and club record appearance maker with 613 games across two spells from 2007 to 2022, including the 2010 Ligue 1 title.
496pts
9
Bernard Bosquier
French defender and captain who joined from Saint-Étienne in 1971 and led Marseille to the 1972 league and Coupe de France double.
489pts
10
Marius Trésor
Guadeloupe-born centre-back who made 298 appearances from 1972 to 1980 and was voted one of the finest defenders France has produced.
489pts
11
Marcel Desailly
Powerful French defender who spent one decisive season in 1992–93, helping Marseille beat AC Milan in the Champions League final before joining the Italian club.
489pts
12
Jocelyn Angloma
Guadeloupe-born right-back who joined in 1991 and started the 1993 Champions League final win over AC Milan in Munich.
489pts
13
Éric Di Meco
Marseille-born left-back who served his hometown club across two spells from 1980 to 1994, starting the 1993 Champions League final against AC Milan.
489pts
14
Bernard Casoni
Rugged French centre-back who formed the core of Marseille's defence from 1990 to 1996, winning league titles and the 1993 Champions League.
437pts
15
Alen Bokšić
Croatian striker who topped the 1992–93 Division 1 scoring charts with 23 goals and scored six times in Marseille's Champions League-winning campaign.
437pts
16
Chris Waddle
English winger nicknamed 'Magic Chris' who dazzled the Vélodrome from 1989 to 1992, winning three league titles and reaching the 1991 European Cup final.
437pts
17
Franck Ribéry
Electric French winger who lit up the Vélodrome from 2005 to 2007, starring in the 2006 World Cup run before his move to Bayern Munich.
437pts
18
Basile Boli
Ivorian-French defender who headed the historic winning goal in the 1993 Champions League final against AC Milan, one of the most celebrated moments in Marseille history.
437pts
19
Mamadou Niang
Senegalese striker and captain who scored 100 goals in 227 games from 2005 to 2010, finishing as league top scorer as Marseille won the 2010 title.
437pts
20
Manuel Amoros
French full-back and former Monaco star who joined in 1989, winning three league titles and playing in Marseille's 1991 European Cup final.
437pts
21
Didier Deschamps
Tireless French midfielder who captained Marseille to the 1993 Champions League, becoming the youngest captain to lift the trophy, across spells from 1989 to 1994.
437pts
22
Fabrizio Ravanelli
Italian striker nicknamed 'White Feather' who scored 31 goals in 84 games from 1997 to 1999 and led the line in the 1999 UEFA Cup final.
379pts
23
Florian Thauvin
French winger who emerged as one of Ligue 1's most creative attackers during his peak Marseille seasons from 2016–21, winning the World Cup with France in 2018.
379pts
24
Fabien Barthez
Flamboyant French goalkeeper who kept a clean sheet in the 1993 Champions League final and returned to Marseille for a second spell from 2004 to 2006.
379pts
25
Lucho González
Argentine midfielder signed from Porto in 2009 who drove Marseille to the 2010 Ligue 1 title, the club's first league crown in 18 years.
379pts
26
Robert Pires
French winger who joined from Metz in 1998 and starred as Marseille reached the 1999 UEFA Cup final, before his defining move to Arsenal.
379pts
27
Habib Beye
Senegalese right-back and captain who made 174 appearances from 2003 to 2007, leading the team to two Coupe de France finals.
312pts
28
Mario Zatelli
Forward of the 1930s and 1940s who scored 99 goals across three spells, won the 1937 league title and later returned to coach the club.
312pts
29
André-Pierre Gignac
French striker who scored 77 goals in 186 games from 2010 to 2015, hitting 21 league goals in his final season before leaving for Tigres.
312pts
30
Roger Magnusson
Swedish winger whose dribbling made him a fan favourite in the early 1970s, helping Marseille win back-to-back league titles in 1971 and 1972.
312pts
31
Mathieu Valbuena
Diminutive French playmaker who made 330 appearances from 2006 to 2014, winning the 2010 Ligue 1 title and three consecutive League Cups.
312pts
32
Didier Drogba
Ivorian striker whose single unforgettable season in 2003–04 produced 32 goals in 55 games and fired Marseille to the UEFA Cup final.
235pts
33
Jean Tigana
French midfield great who ended his playing career at Marseille from 1989 to 1991, adding experience and winning two league titles.
235pts
34
André Ayew
Ghanaian forward from Marseille's academy who scored 60 goals in 207 games from 2007 to 2015, winning the 2010 Ligue 1 title and three League Cups.
235pts
35
Mason Greenwood
English forward who shared the 2024–25 Ligue 1 Golden Boot with 21 league goals, helping Marseille finish runners-up and return to the Champions League.
235pts
36
Joseph Alcazar
Interwar forward who scored 92 goals for Marseille between 1927 and 1942, a star of the club's early Coupe de France triumphs.
235pts
37
Dimitri Payet
French playmaker who returned to his spiritual home at Marseille and produced some of the most electrifying performances in Ligue 1 of the 2010s.
146pts
38
Alain Giresse
French playmaker who joined from Bordeaux in 1986 and inspired Marseille to a runners-up finish in 1987, laying foundations for the Tapie golden era.
146pts
39
Gunnar Andersson
Swedish centre-forward and Marseille's all-time record goalscorer with 194 goals from 1950 to 1958, twice finishing as Division 1 top scorer.
146pts
40
Franck Sauzée
French midfielder with a thunderous shot who won league titles across two spells from 1988 to 1993 and started the 1993 Champions League final.
146pts
41
Carlos Mozer
Brazilian centre-back who brought steel to Bernard Tapie's side from 1989 to 1992, winning three straight league titles and reaching the 1991 European Cup final.
0pts
42
Rudi Völler
German World Cup winner who joined in 1992 and formed a lethal partnership with Alen Bokšić, scoring six goals on the way to the 1993 Champions League title.
0pts