Comparing every Premier League club’s squad cost to its 2025-26 league position | OneFootball

Newcastle, Tottenham and West Ham are some of the Premier League’s worst underperformers when you compare every club’s total squad cost in transfer fees to their position in the league table.

That’s no great surprise, considering all three clubs are languishing in the bottom half of the table, despite having some expensively assembled squads.

But what about the rest? Who are the sides punching above their weight and which chairmen ought to feel they should be getting more bang for their buck?

Sunderland are by far the biggest overachievers, with the Black Cats assembling their squad for just over than €200million.

The likes of Crystal Palace and Fulham are also doing well for themselves, despite having two of the cheapest assembled squads in the Premier League.

Compared to their fellow top-six rivals, Arsenal have also done well for themselves this season. Mikel Arteta’s team are the current leaders in the Premier League, despite only having the fifth most expensively assembled squad.

However, the same cannot be said of Chelsea. The Blues have assembled the most expensive squad in the Premier League and sit fifth, 13 points off the pace.

We’ve listed every Premier League club by their league position in comparison to their squad’s cost in transfer fees, ranking them in order of the biggest overperformers down to the biggest underperformers.

2. Fulham League Position: 10th Squad cost Position: 17th  Total squad cost: €273.83million Difference: +10

3. Crystal Palace League Position: 9th Squad cost Position: 16th  Total squad cost: €285.24million Difference: +10

7. Leeds  League Position: 16th Squad cost Position: 18th   Total squad cost: €250.19million Difference: +2

8. Everton League Position: 14th Squad cost Position: 12th Total squad cost: €330.2million Difference: +2

11. Liverpool League Position: 4th Squad cost Position: 3rd   Total squad cost: €991.91million Difference: -1

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12. Brighton League Position: 13th Squad cost Position: 11th  Total squad cost: €371.92million Difference: -2