As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 12,
1996

                      Registration No. 33-______
                                   
                                   
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549
                                 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                   Under
                        The Securities Act of 1933


                              IMC GLOBAL INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     Delaware                                          36-3492467
(State or other jurisdiction                           I.R.S.
Employer
     of incorporation)                              Identification
No.)

2100 Sanders Road, Northbrook, Illinois                     60062
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                    (Zip
Code)


                             1988 Stock Option
                              and Award Plan
                         (As Amended and Restated)
                         (Full title of the plan)
                         
                            Marschall I. Smith
                          Senior Vice President,
                       Secretary and General
                              Counsel IMC Global
                              Inc.
                             2100 Sanders Road
                        Northbrook, Illinois
                        60062
                              (708) 272-9200
  (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent
                                 for service)
                                 
                                 
                    CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                   
                                     Proposed      Proposed
                    Amount to be     Maximum       Maximum      Amount
                    of
                     Registered      Offering     Aggregate
Registra-
     Title of                       Price Per      Offering     tion
Fee
    Securities                        Share
Price
                   to be registered
                           
Common Stock,                           $38.50
$13,297.42
$1.00 par value     1,000,000      (1)           $38,500,000
per share           shares                       (1)
Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights     1,000,000      (2)           (2)           (2)


(1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
     and, pursuant to Rules 457(h)(1) and 457(c) under the Securities Act
     of 1933, based upon the average of the high and low sale prices of
     the Common Stock of IMC Global Inc. on The New York Stock Exchange
     Composite Tape on January 11, 1996.
     
(2)  The Company's Preferred Stock Purchase Rights initially are carried
     and traded with the shares of Common Stock of the Company being
     registered hereunder.  Value attributable to such Preferred Stock
     Purchase Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the
     Common Stock.
                             PART II
                   INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
                    REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                               
                               
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

          The following documents heretofore filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by IMC
Global Inc. (the "Company") are incorporated herein by
reference:

          (a)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
     the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995.

          (b)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
     for the quarter ended September 30, 1995.

        (c)  The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K
     filed August 17, 1995 and October 17, 1995.

          (d)  The description of the Company's common
     stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"),
     which is contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-
     A filed with the Commission on March 6, 1989 under Section
     12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
     "Exchange Act"), including any subsequent amendment or any
     report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
     
          (g)  The description of the Preferred Stock Purchase
     Rights which is contained in the Registration Statement on
     Form 8-A filed with the Commission on June 23, 1989, under
     the Exchange Act, including any
subsequent amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.

          All documents filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
respective dates of
filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities

          Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

          The legal matters in connection with the issuance and
due authorization of the Common Stock offered hereby have been
passed upon by Marschall I. Smith, Esq., Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary of the Corporation.  As of
November 1, 1995, Mr. Smith was the beneficial owner of 27,210
shares of IMC Global Inc.'s Common Stock.


Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers


          Reference is made to Section 145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware which provides
for indemnification of directors and officers in certain
circumstances.  The Company has insurance to indemnify its
directors and officers for those liabilities in respect of
which
such indemnification insurance is permitted under the laws of
the State of Delaware.

          The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation

provides that to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law a

director shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or

its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of duty as a

director.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed

          Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits

          The Exhibits accompanying this Registration Statement
are listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index.


Item 9.  Undertakings


      (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
                               
                               
          (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or
sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:


          (i)  To include any prospectus required by
     Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

          (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
     events arising after the effective date of this
     Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
     amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
     aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
     information set forth in this Registration Statement.
     
          (iii)  To include any material information with
     respect to the plan of distribution not previously
     disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material
     change to such information in this Registration Statement;
     
          provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
          (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-
effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
          (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post
effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
          (b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
          (c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in
the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
                                   SIGNATURES
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds
to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Northbrook, Illinois, on this 12th day of
January, 1996.


                              IMC GLOBAL INC.


                              By:   Robert C. Brauneker
                                    Robert C. Brauneker
                                    Executive Vice President
                                    and Chief Financial
                                    Officer
                                    
                                    
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of
1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities indicated on this 12th day
of January, 1996.
WENDELL F. BUECHE
Wendell F. Bueche
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer and
(Principal Executive Officer)


ROBERT C. BRAUNEKER
Robert C. Brauneker
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting and Financial
Officer)


JAMES D. SPEIR
James D. Speir
President, Chief Operating
  Officer and Director
RAYMOND F. BENTELE
Raymond F. Bentele
Director


FRANK W. CONSIDINE
Frank W. Considine
Director


DAVID B. MATHIS
David B. Mathis
Director


JAMES M. DAVIDSON
Dr. James M. Davidson
Director


THOMAS H. ROBERTS, JR.
Thomas H. Roberts, Jr.
Director


RICHARD A. LENON
Richard A. Lenon
Director


BILLIE B. TURNER
Billie B. Turner
Director



*By:  MARSCHALL I. SMITH
      Marschall I. Smith
      Attorney-in-Fact
     INDEX TO EXHIBITS TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8


Exhibit   Description of Exhibit
*4.1           1988 Stock Option and Award Plan, as amended and
          restated.
 4.2           Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IMC
          Global Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
          to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
          October 21, 1994).
          
 4.3           Rights Agreement dated June 21, 1989 between the
          Company and The First National Bank of Chicago, as
          amended, (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35
          to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
          fiscal year ended June 30, 1989 and to the Company's
          Current Report on form 8-A/A dated September 7,
          1995).
          
 4.4           Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference
          to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
          July 2, 1991).
          
*5        Opinion of Marschall I. Smith

*23.1     Consent of independent auditors.

*23.2     Consent of Marschall I. Smith (included in the
opinion
          filed as Exhibit 5).
*24            Powers of Attorney.


*    Filed herewith.
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 12,
1996

                      Registration No. 33-______
                                   
                                   
                    SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          Washington, D.C. 20549
                                 FORM S-8 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                   Under
                        The Securities Act of 1933

                              IMC GLOBAL INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

     Delaware                                          36-3492467
(State or other jurisdiction                           I.R.S.
Employer
     of incorporation)                              Identification
No.)

2100 Sanders Road, Northbrook, Illinois                     60062
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                    (Zip
Code)

                             1988 Stock Option
                              and Award Plan
                         (As Amended and Restated)
                         (Full title of the plan)
                         
                            Marschall I. Smith
                          Senior Vice President,
                       Secretary and General
                              Counsel IMC Global
                              Inc.
                             2100 Sanders Road
                        Northbrook, Illinois
                        60062
                              (708) 272-9200
  (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent
                                 for service)
                                 
                                 
                    CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
                                   
                                     Proposed      Proposed
                    Amount to be     Maximum       Maximum      Amount
                    of
                     Registered      Offering     Aggregate
Registra-
     Title of                       Price Per      Offering     tion
Fee
    Securities                        Share
Price
                   to be registered
                           
Common Stock,                           $38.50
$13,297.42
$1.00 par value     1,000,000      (1)           $38,500,000
per share           shares                       (1)
Preferred Stock
Purchase Rights     1,000,000      (2)           (2)           (2)

(1)  Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee
     and, pursuant to Rules 457(h)(1) and 457(c) under the Securities Act
     of 1933, based upon the average of the high and low sale prices of
     the Common Stock of IMC Global Inc. on The New York Stock Exchange
     Composite Tape on January 11, 1996.
     
(2)  The Company's Preferred Stock Purchase Rights initially are carried
     and traded with the shares of Common Stock of the Company being
     registered hereunder.  Value attributable to such Preferred Stock
     Purchase Rights, if any, is reflected in the market price of the
     Common Stock.
                             PART II
                   INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE
                    REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                               
                               
Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference

          The following documents heretofore filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") by IMC
Global Inc. (the "Company") are incorporated herein by
reference:

          (a)  The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for
     the fiscal year ended June 30, 1995.

          (b)  The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
     for the quarter ended September 30, 1995.

        (c)  The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K
     filed August 17, 1995 and October 17, 1995.

          (d)  The description of the Company's common
     stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"),
     which is contained in the Registration Statement on Form 8-
     A filed with the Commission on March 6, 1989 under Section
     12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
     "Exchange Act"), including any subsequent amendment or any
     report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
     
          (g)  The description of the Preferred Stock Purchase
     Rights which is contained in the Registration Statement on
     Form 8-A filed with the Commission on June 23, 1989, under
     the Exchange Act, including any
subsequent amendment or report filed for the purpose of
updating such description.

          All documents filed by the Company pursuant to
Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act after
the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement
which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the
respective dates of
filing of such documents.

Item 4.  Description of Securities

          Not applicable.

Item 5.  Interests of Named Experts and Counsel

          The legal matters in connection with the issuance and
due authorization of the Common Stock offered hereby have been
passed upon by Marschall I. Smith, Esq., Senior Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary of the Corporation.  As of
November 1, 1995, Mr. Smith was the beneficial owner of 27,210
shares of IMC Global Inc.'s Common Stock.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers

          Reference is made to Section 145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware which provides
for indemnification of directors and officers in certain
circumstances.  The Company has insurance to indemnify its
directors and officers for those liabilities in respect of
which
such indemnification insurance is permitted under the laws of
the State of Delaware.

          The Company's Restated Certificate of Incorporation

provides that to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law a

director shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or

its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of duty as a

director.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed

          Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits

          The Exhibits accompanying this Registration Statement
are listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index.

Item 9.  Undertakings

      (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
                               
                               
          (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or
sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement:

          (i)  To include any prospectus required by
     Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;

          (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
     events arising after the effective date of this
     Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
     amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
     aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
     information set forth in this Registration Statement.
     
          (iii)  To include any material information with
     respect to the plan of distribution not previously
     disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material
     change to such information in this Registration Statement;
     
          provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
          (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-
effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be
the initial bona fide offering thereof.
          (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post
effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
          (b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes
that, for purposes of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual
report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be
a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall
be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
          (c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of
1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than
the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in
the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is
asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant
will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been
settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
                                   SIGNATURES
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds
to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on
Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in Northbrook, Illinois, on this 12th day of
January, 1996.

                              IMC GLOBAL INC.

                              By:   Robert C. Brauneker
                                    Robert C. Brauneker
                                    Executive Vice President
                                    and Chief Financial
                                    Officer
                                    
                                    
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of
1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities indicated on this 12th day
of January, 1996.
WENDELL F. BUECHE
Wendell F. Bueche
Chairman of the Board,
Chief Executive Officer and
(Principal Executive Officer)

ROBERT C. BRAUNEKER
Robert C. Brauneker
Executive Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Accounting and Financial
Officer)

JAMES D. SPEIR
James D. Speir
President, Chief Operating
  Officer and Director
RAYMOND F. BENTELE
Raymond F. Bentele
Director

FRANK W. CONSIDINE
Frank W. Considine
Director

DAVID B. MATHIS
David B. Mathis
Director

JAMES M. DAVIDSON
Dr. James M. Davidson
Director

THOMAS H. ROBERTS, JR.
Thomas H. Roberts, Jr.
Director

RICHARD A. LENON
Richard A. Lenon
Director

BILLIE B. TURNER
Billie B. Turner
Director

*By:  MARSCHALL I. SMITH
      Marschall I. Smith
      Attorney-in-Fact
     INDEX TO EXHIBITS TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

Exhibit   Description of Exhibit
*4.1           1988 Stock Option and Award Plan, as amended and
          restated.
 4.2           Restated Certificate of Incorporation of IMC
          Global Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1
          to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
          October 21, 1994).
          
 4.3           Rights Agreement dated June 21, 1989 between the
          Company and The First National Bank of Chicago, as
          amended, (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35
          to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
          fiscal year ended June 30, 1989 and to the Company's
          Current Report on form 8-A/A dated September 7,
          1995).
          
 4.4           Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference
          to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated
          July 2, 1991).
          
*5        Opinion of Marschall I. Smith

*23.1     Consent of independent auditors.

*23.2     Consent of Marschall I. Smith (included in the
opinion
          filed as Exhibit 5).
*24            Powers of Attorney.

*    Filed herewith.