Tallest: 2 · Year
By quarter-hour; stoppage time counts as the 45th or 90th minute.
Tallest: 2 · Minute
France's matches with known line-ups from their first recorded cap to their last.
| With them | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 0% |
| Without them | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 60% |
| Andrzej Buncol | Poland | 1 |
| Andrzej Szarmach | Poland | 1 |
| Bryan Robson | England | 1 |
| Graham Rix | England | 1 |
| Grzegorz Lato | Poland | 1 |
| Janusz Kupcewicz | Poland | 1 |
| Józef Młynarczyk | Poland | 1 |
| Kenny Sansom | England | 1 |
| Marek Dziuba | Poland | 1 |
| Mick Mills | England | 1 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 11 Oct 1980 | v Cyprus | 7–0 | 76′ | pen | Extended lead | 5–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1980 |
| 11 Oct 1980 | v Cyprus | 7–0 | 40′ | pen | Extended lead | 4–0 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1980 |
| 25 Feb 1979 | v Luxembourg | 3–0 | 80′ | — | Extended lead | 3–0 | UEFA Euro qualification 1979 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 10 Jul 1982 | v Poland | 2–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Third-place play-off |
| 16 Jun 1982 | v England | 1–3 | started, off 74′ | 74 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Group stage |
| 11 Oct 1980 | v Cyprus | 7–0 | — | — | 2 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1980 |
| 25 Feb 1979 | v Luxembourg | 3–0 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1979 |
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.