2019–20 Top 14 season
The 2019–20 Top 14 competition was the 121st French domestic rugby union club competition operated by the Ligue Nationale de Rugby. Two new teams from the 2018–19 Pro D2 season were promoted to Top 14 in place of the two relegated teams, Perpignan and Grenoble.
Playing was suspended after the 17th Matchday due to the COVID-19 pandemic in France. The season was officially cancelled without any winner or relegation/promotion on 6 May.
Teams
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | Previous season |
| Agen | Agen | Stade Armandie | 13,863 | 12th |
| Bayonne | Bayonne | Stade Jean Dauger | 16,934 | Promoted from Pro D2 |
| Bordeaux Bègles | Bordeaux | Stade Chaban-Delmas | 33,500 | 10th |
| Brive | Brive-la-Gaillarde | Stade Amédée-Domenech | 13,979 | Promoted from Pro D2 |
| Castres | Castres | Stade Pierre-Fabre | 12,500 | 7th |
| Clermont | Clermont-Ferrand | Parc des Sports Marcel Michelin | 19,022 | Runners up |
| La Rochelle | La Rochelle | Stade Marcel-Deflandre | 16,000 | Semi-finals |
| Lyon | Lyon | Matmut Stadium de Gerland | 25,000 | Semi-finals |
| Montpellier | Montpellier | Altrad Stadium | 15,697 | Quarter-finals |
| Pau | Pau | Stade du Hameau | 18,324 | 11th |
| Racing | Nanterre | Paris La Défense Arena | 30,681 | Quarter-finals |
| Stade Français | Paris, 16th arrondissement | Stade Jean-Bouin | 20,000 | 8th |
| Toulon | Toulon | Stade Mayol | 18,200 | 9th |
| Toulouse | Toulouse | Stade Ernest-Wallon | 18,754 | Champions |
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
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.Results by round
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 | Games | Points |
| 1 |  Thomas Laranjeira | Brive | 14 | 181 |
| 2 | Anthony Belleau | Toulon | 15 | 171 |
| 3 | Antoine Hastoy | Pau | 14 | 139 |
| 4 | Teddy Iribaren | Racing | 16 | 126 |
| 5 | Julien Dumora | Castres | 12 | 123 |
| 6 | Jonathan Wisniewski | Lyon | 12 | 122 |
| 7 |  Jake McIntyre | Clermont | 9 | 109 |
| 8 |  Ben Botica | Bordeaux Bègles | 13 | 101 |
| 9 | Matthieu Jalibert | Bordeaux Bègles | 9 | 97 |
| 10 | Zack Holmes | Toulouse | 8 | 94 |
Top try scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Games | Tries |
| 1 | Arthur Retière | La Rochelle | 13 | 9 |
| 2 |  Nemani Nadolo | Montpellier | 7 | 7 |
| 2 | Kylan Hamdaoui | Stade Français | 16 | 7 |
| 2 | Thomas Combezou | Castres | 17 | 7 |
| 5 | Teddy Thomas | Racing | 7 | 6 |
| 5 | Xavier Mignot | Lyon | 12 | 6 |
| 5 |  Juan Imhoff | Racing | 13 | 6 |
| 8 | Semi Radradra | Bordeaux Bègles | 9 | 5 |
| 8 | Loris Tolot | Agen | 10 | 5 |
| 8 | Martin Laveau | Castres | 12 | 5 |
| 8 | Anthony Bouthier | Montpellier | 13 | 5 |
| 8 | Daniel Ikpefan | Toulon | 13 | 5 |
| 8 | Joris Jurand | Brive | 14 | 5 |
| 8 | Thibaut Regard | Lyon | 14 | 5 |
| 8 |  Toby Arnold | Lyon | 15 | 5 |
| 8 |  Samuel Marques | Pau | 15 | 5 |
| 8 |  Johann Sadie | Agen | 15 | 5 |
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 | 9 | 74,809 | 8,312 | 13,500 | 6,009 | 59% |
| Bayonne | 9 | 129,795 | 14,422 | 16,630 | 12,517 | 85% |
| Bordeaux Bègles | 9 | 220,662 | 24,518 | 38,503 | 17,172 | 68% |
| Brive | 9 | 97,306 | 10,812 | 12,273 | 9,457 | 68% |
| Castres | 8 | 79,525 | 9,941 | 10,724 | 9,325 | 80% |
| Clermont | 8 | 134,530 | 16,816 | 18,804 | 14,957 | 88% |
| La Rochelle | 8 | 128,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 16,000 | 100% |
| Lyon | 9 | 130,301 | 14,478 | 16,256 | 10,778 | 58% |
| Montpellier | 8 | 91,738 | 11,467 | 16,153 | 8,000 | 63% |
| Pau | 9 | 100,752 | 11,195 | 16,153 | 8,000 | 61% |
| Racing | 9 | 135,384 | 15,043 | 26,292 | 7,102 | 49% |
| Stade Francais | 7 | 72,499 | 10,357 | 14,050 | 8,000 | 52% |
| Toulon | 9 | 122,371 | 13,597 | 17,287 | 12,124 | 75% |
| Toulouse | 8 | 167,253 | 20,907 | 33,000 | 14,573 | 90% |