Lyon forward Karim Benzema has finished the season with an overall rating of 160 points, the highest in the French Ligue 1 for any forward, while Bordeaux’s Yoann Gourcuff tops the rating of midfielders with 144.06 points.
Benzema had no credible rivals throughout the season, with Bordeaux’s Marouane Chamakh the only one to offer some resistance for a rather short spell. Benzema picked up 60 rating points in his last 3 appearances alone, to return his top spot.
Meanwhile Gourcuff, who did not enjoy such dominance among midfielders in the Ligue 1, engineered something of a revolution in May, earning around 100 rating points in 4 appearances! Despite losing more than 18 rating points in the last game of the season, Gourcuff still managed to finish the season at the top of the FTBL rating of best French Ligue 1 midfielders.
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