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 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 66.7% |
| Without them | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 66.7% |
| Abdullah Sulaiman Zubromawi | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Adrian Ilie | Romania | 1 |
| Adrian Mutu | Romania | 1 |
| Ahmed Al-Dokhi | Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Aldair | Brazil | 1 |
| Alexandr Mostovoi | Russia | 1 |
| Alexey Smertin | Russia | 1 |
| Allan Nielsen | Denmark | 1 |
| Andrei Fedkov | Russia | 1 |
| Arístides Rojas | Paraguay | 1 |
| Russia | 1 | 1 |
Finals and qualifying campaigns alike.
| 10 Oct 1998 | v Russia | 3–2 | 81′ | — | Winning goal | 3–2 | UEFA Euro qualification 1998 |
In a recorded line-up, on the scoresheet or booked. “—” where the line-up isn't known.
| 18 May 2002 | v Belgium | 1–2 | came on 80′ | 10 | — | — | Friendly |
| 17 Apr 2002 | v Russia | 0–0 | came on 60′ | 30 | — | — | Friendly |
| 13 Feb 2002 | v Romania | 2–1 | came on 46′ | 44 | — | — | Friendly |
| 11 Nov 2001 | v Australia | 1–1 | came on 81′ | 9 | — | — | Friendly |
| 10 Oct 1998 | v Russia | 3–2 | — | — | 1 | — | UEFA Euro qualification 1998 |
| 12 Jul 1998 | v Brazil | 3–0 | came on 57′ | 33 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Final |
| 28 Jun 1998 | v Paraguay | 1–0 | came on 69′ | 51 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Round of 16 |
| 24 Jun 1998 | v Denmark | 2–1 | came on 64′ | 26 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 18 Jun 1998 | v Saudi Arabia | 4–0 | started | 90 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · Group stage |
| 12 Jun 1998 | v South Africa | 3–0 | came on 73′ | 17 | — | — | FIFA World Cup 1998 · 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.