Messi, Payet, Mbappe: Ligue 1 2021/22 top scorers and most assists - in pictures

We take a look at who are the French top-flight hot shots and supply kings

LIGUE 1 TOP SCORERS 2021/21: =8) Ui-jo Hwang (Bordeaux) Nine goals in 18 games. AFP

=8) Mohamed Bayo (Clermont) Nine goals in 17 games. AFP

=3) Gaetan Laborde (Rennes/Montpellier) 10 goals in 22 games. AFP

=3) Amine Gouiri (Nice) 10 goals in 22 games. AFP

=3) Martin Terrier (Rennes) 10 goals in 21 games. AFP

=3) Ludovic Ajorque (Strasbourg) 10 goals in 20 games. AFP

=3) Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) 10 goals in 20 games. AFP

2) Jonathan David (Lille) 12 goals in 22 games. Reuters

1) Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco) 13 goals in 21 games. AFP

LA LIGUE MOST ASSISTS 2021/22: =9) Benjamin Bourigeaud (Rennes) Five assists in 22 games. AFP

=9) Gaetan Laborde (Rennes/Montpellier) Five assists in 22 games. AFP

=9) Caio Henrique (Monaco) Five assists in 20 games. AP

=9) Remi Oudin (Bordeaux) Five assists in 19 games. AFP

=9) Kevin Volland (Monaco) Five assists in 19 games. AFP

=9) Ibrahima Sissoko (Strasbourg) Five assists in 19 games. AFP

=9) Lovro Majer (Rennes) Five assists in 14 games. AFP

=9) Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) Five assists in 12 games. AFP

=6) Yacine Adli (Bordeaux) Six assists in 22 games. AFP

=6) Moses Simon (Nantes) Six assists in 18 games. AFP

=6) Teji Savanier (Montpellier) Six assists in 18 games. AFP

=4) Amine Gouiri (Nice) Seven assists in 22 games. AFP

=4) Ludovic Ajorque (Strasbourg) Seven assists in 20 games. Reuters

3) Dimitri Payet (Marseille) Eight assists in 18 games. AFP

2) Jonathan Clauss (Lens) Nine assists in 21 games. AFP

1) Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) Nine assists in 20 games. AFP

The Ligue 1 schedule is currently taking a break until February with the French Cup competition taking over for one week.

Kylian Mbappe, Lionel Messi and Co at Paris Saint-Germain have opened up a huge 11-point lead over second-placed Nice at the top of the table, with Marseille two points further back in third.

At the other end, Saint Etienne prop up the table with just 12 points from 21 games, five points shy of second-bottom Lorient, who are in turn two behind 18th-placed Metz.

Last season, Mbappe comfortably topped the goalscoring charts with 27 goals, seven clear of Memphis Depay - who joined Barcelona from Lyon last summer - and Wissam Ben Yedder at Monaco.

Leading the assist table was Depay with 12, two ahead of Dimitri Payet at Marseille and Nimes' Zinedine Ferhat.

You can find out who is leading the way for goals and assists so far this season by flicking through the gallery above. To move on to the next photo, click on the arrows, or if using a mobile device, simply swipe.