The 10 most valuable players in the world right now 🤑 (CIES)

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·4 June 2025

The 10 most valuable players in the world right now 🤑 (CIES)

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As the summer 2025 transfer window officially opens next Monday, June 16, the Football Observatory of the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES) revealed this Wednesday its ranking of the 100 players with the highest transfer value in the world. In other words, the 100 most expensive players in the world currently.

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Here is the top 10!

10) Florian Wirtz - Bayer Leverkusen - 122.3 million euros
9) Julian Alvarez - Atlético de Madrid - 126 million euros
8) Cole Palmer - Chelsea - 126.5 million euros
7) Vinicius JR - Real Madrid - 130.4 million euros
6) Pedri - FC Barcelona - 143.7 million euros
5) Jamal Musiala - Bayern Munich - 154.8 million euros
4) Kylian Mbappé - Real Madrid - 192.5 million euros
3) Jude Bellingham - Real Madrid - 233.8 million euros
2) Erling Haaland - Man.City - 239.6 million euros
1) Lamine Yamal - FC Barcelona - 402.3 million euros

No PSG player appears in this top 10! The first Parisian in this ranking is João Neves, in 13th position, with a transfer value estimated at 117.8 million euros.

Following are Désiré Doué (17th - 108.7 million euros), Bradley Barcola (25th - 98.8 million euros), and Warren Zaïre-Emery (31st, 92.5 million euros).