Tallest: 1 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 1 · Minute
France's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 33.3% |
| Without them | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 66.7% |
| Abdulaziz Al-Anberi | Kuwait | 1 |
| Abdullah Al-Buloushi | Kuwait | 1 |
| Abdullah Mayouf | Kuwait | 1 |
| Ahmed Al-Tarabulsi | Kuwait | 1 |
| Alberto Tarantini | Argentina | 1 |
| Américo Gallego | Argentina | 1 |
| András Törőcsik | Hungary | 1 |
| Andrzej Buncol | Poland | 1 |
| Andrzej Szarmach | Poland | 1 |
| Bernd Förster | Germany | 1 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 10 Jun 1978 | v Hungary | 3–1 | 23′ | — | Opening goal | 1–0 | FIFA World Cup 1978 · Group stage |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 10 Jul 1982 | v Poland | 2–3 | came on 65′ | 25 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Third-place play-off |
| 8 Jul 1982 | v Germany | 3–3 | came on 60′ | 60 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Semi-final |
| 21 Jun 1982 | v Kuwait | 4–1 | came on 59′ | 31 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 16 Jun 1982 | v England | 1–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 10 Jun 1978 | v Hungary | 3–1 | started | 90 | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup 1978 · Group stage |
| 6 Jun 1978 | v Argentina | 1–2 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1978 · Group stage |
Caps, goals and cards count what the sources record: line-ups from about 2003 (World Cups from 1970, friendlies from about 2016), and few scorers in older friendlies — so career totals run low.