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 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 20% |
| Without them | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 100% |
| Alemão | Brazil | 1 |
| Anatoliy Demyanenko | Russia | 1 |
| Andreas Brehme | Germany | 1 |
| Andrzej Buncol | Poland | 1 |
| Andrzej Szarmach | Poland | 1 |
| Branco | Brazil | 1 |
| Careca | Brazil | 1 |
| Carlos | Brazil | 1 |
| Daniel Veyt | Belgium | 1 |
| Ditmar Jakobs | Germany | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 27 Jun 1984 | v Spain | 2–0 | 90′ | — | Extended lead | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 1984 · Final |
| 14 Oct 1981 | v Republic of Ireland | 2–3 | 9′ | — | Equaliser | 1–1 | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 28 Jun 1986 | v Belgium | 4–2 | started | 120 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Third-place play-off |
| 25 Jun 1986 | v Germany | 0–2 | started, off 66′ | 66 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Semi-final |
| 21 Jun 1986 | v Brazil | 1–1 | came on 99′ | 21 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Quarter-final |
| 5 Jun 1986 | v Russia | 1–1 | came on 76′ | 14 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1986 · Group stage |
| 27 Jun 1984 | v Spain | 2–0 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro 1984 · Final |
| 10 Jul 1982 | v Poland | 2–3 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1982 · Third-place play-off |
| 14 Oct 1981 | v Republic of Ireland | 2–3 | — | — | 1 | — | FIFA World Cup qualification 1981 |
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.