2017–18 Top 14 season
The 2017–18 Top 14 competition is the 119th French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby. Two new teams from the 2016–17 Pro D2 season were promoted to Top 14 in place of the two relegated teams, Grenoble and Bayonne. It marks the second time in a row that both promoted teams had returned on their first opportunity after relegation.
Teams
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Agen | Agen | Stade Armandie | 14,000 |
| Bordeaux Bègles | Bordeaux | Stade Chaban-Delmas Matmut Atlantique | 34,694 42,115 |
| Brive | Brive-la-Gaillarde | Stade Amédée-Domenech | 13,979 |
| Castres | Castres | Stade Pierre-Fabre | 12,500 |
| Clermont | Clermont-Ferrand | Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin | 19,022 |
| La Rochelle | La Rochelle | Stade Marcel-Deflandre | 16,000 |
| Lyon | Lyon | Matmut Stadium de Gerland | 25,000 |
| Montpellier | Montpellier | Altrad Stadium | 15,697 |
| Oyonnax | Oyonnax | Stade Charles-Mathon | 11,400 |
| Pau | Pau | Stade du Hameau | 18,324 |
| Racing 92 | Nanterre | Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir U Arena | 14,000 30,681 |
| Stade Français | Paris, 16th arrondissement | Stade Jean-Bouin | 20,000 |
| Toulon | Toulon | Stade Mayol | 18,200 |
| Toulouse | Toulouse | Stade Ernest-Wallon | 19,500 |
Number of teams by regions
Competition format
The top six teams at the end of the regular season enter a knockout stage to decide the Champions of France. This consists of three rounds: the teams finishing third to sixth in the table play quarter-finals. The winners then face the top two teams in the semi-finals, with the winners meeting in the final at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis.The LNR uses a slightly different bonus points system from that used in most other rugby competitions. It trialled a new system in 2007–08 explicitly designed to prevent a losing team from earning more than one bonus point in a match, a system that also made it impossible for either team to earn a bonus point in a drawn match. LNR chose to continue with this system for subsequent seasons.
France's bonus point system operates as follows:
- 4 points for a win.
- 2 points for a draw.
- 1 bonus point for winning while scoring at least 3 more tries than the opponent. This replaces the standard bonus point for scoring 4 tries regardless of the match result.
- 1 bonus point for losing by 5 points. The margin had been 7 points until being changed prior to the 2014–15 season.
Table
Relegation
Starting from the 2017–18 season forward, only the 14th placed team will be automatically relegated to Pro D2. The 13th placed team will face the runner-up of the Pro D2 play-off, with the winner of that play-off taking up the final place in Top 14 for the following season.Fixtures & Results
Round 1
----Round 2
----Round 3
----Round 4
----Round 5
----Round 6
----Round 7
----Round 8
----Round 9
----Round 10
----Round 11
----Round 12
----Round 13
----Round 14
----Round 15
----Round 16
----Round 17
----Round 18
----Round 19
----Round 20
----Round 21
----Round 22
----Round 23
----Round 24
----Round 25
----Round 26
Relegation playoff
The team finishing in 13th place faces the runner-up of the Pro D2, with the winner of this match playing in Top 14 in 2018–19 and the loser in Pro D2.Playoffs
Semi-final Qualifiers
- Under LNR rules, when a playoff game ends level after extra time, the first tiebreaker is tries scored. Lyon advanced with 2 tries to Toulon's 1.
Semi-finals
----Final
Leading scorers
Note: Flags to the left of player names indicate national team as has been defined under World Rugby eligibility rules, or primary nationality for players who have not yet earned international senior caps. Players may hold one or more non-WR nationalities.Top points scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Points |
| 1 |  Ben Botica | Oyonnax | 315 |
| 2 | Castres | 297 | |
| 3 |  Thomas Ramos | Toulouse | 277 |
| 4 |  Ruan Pienaar | Montpellier | 193 |
| 5 | Jules Plisson | 184 | |
| 6 | Tom Taylor | Pau | 181 |
| 7 | Anthony Belleau | Toulon | 180 |
| 8 |  Jake McIntyre | Agen | 179 |
| 9 | Lionel Beauxis | Lyon | 167 |
| 10 | Morgan Parra | Clermont | 142 |
Top try scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Tries |
| 1 |  Chris Ashton | Toulon | 24 |
| 2 |  Nemani Nadolo | Montpellier | 19 |
| 3 | Toby Arnold | Lyon | 12 |
| 3 | Armand Batlle | Castres | 12 |
| 3 | Julien Dumora | Castres | 12 |
| 3 | Louis Picamoles | Montpellier | 12 |
| 7 |  Juan Imhoff | Racing 92 | 11 |
| 7 | 11 | ||
| 7 | Watisoni Votu | Pau | 11 |
| 10 | Baptiste Couilloud | Lyon | 10 |
| 10 | Yoann Huget | Toulouse | 10 |
| 10 | Cheslin Kolbe | Toulouse | 10 |
| 10 | Josua Tuisova | Toulon | 10 |
Attendances
- Attendances do not include the semi-finals or final as these are at neutral venues.
| Club | Home Games | Total | Average | Highest | Lowest | % Capacity |
| Agen | 13 | 102,345 | 7,873 | 12,517 | 6,104 | 56% |
| Bordeaux Bègles | 13 | 285,432 | 21,956 | 36,253 | 18,251 | 60% |
| Brive | 13 | 134,574 | 10,352 | 12,412 | 9,447 | 74% |
| Castres | 13 | 130,036 | 10,003 | 12,258 | 8,691 | 80% |
| Clermont | 13 | 222,101 | 17,085 | 18,801 | 13,950 | 90% |
| La Rochelle | 13 | 206,751 | 15,904 | 16,000 | 15,000 | 99% |
| Lyon | 13 | 184,041 | 14,157 | 19,205 | 10,069 | 57% |
| Montpellier | 13 | 144,589 | 11,122 | 15,034 | 8,928 | 71% |
| Oyonnax | 13 | 114,775 | 8,829 | 11,400 | 7,345 | 77% |
| Pau | 13 | 184,105 | 14,162 | 18,300 | 10,000 | 77% |
| Racing 92 | 13 | 172,581 | 13,275 | 29,347 | 5,830 | 62% |
| Stade Francais | 13 | 139,175 | 10,706 | 15,350 | 5,678 | 54% |
| Toulon | 14 | 250,116 | 17,865 | 42,000 | 13,500 | 86% |
| Toulouse | 14 | 217,835 | 15,560 | 18,838 | 10,816 | 80% |