- CIES have released list of top 100 most valuable players in world football
- Premier League is best represented with 42 stars featuring in the table
- Highest value player in the world is calculated to be worth whopping £339million
At just 17, Lamine Yamal has been calculated as the most valuable player in world football – with CIES determining the Barcelona star to be worth £339million.
Yamal has spearheaded Hansi Flick’s side’s title triumph in LaLiga and run defenders ragged all season having already established himself as a superstar for club and country.
Even if there was a club willing or able to pay his estimated worth, Barcelona would still have the power to say no given Yamal’s new contract.
He has a release clause set prohibitively set at €1billion (£841m) and seems set to be the jewel in Barcelona’s crown for years to come.
The make-up of the CIES list is a fascinating one, with the Premier League dominating the rankings compiled by the Football Observatory research group.
The English top flight has 42 players in the top 100, while LaLiga have 19 in second place.
Lamine Yamal has been named the most valuable player in world football by CIES
The Barcelona youngster is still 17 but has already stamped his authority on the world game
Behind Yamal, with a worth of £201m is Erling Haaland in second place. He’s ahead of Real Madrid supremo and fellow striker Kylian Mbappe (£161m).
Interestingly, Mbappe is not the most valuable Real player on the list, as Jude Bellingham slots in one place ahead of him and the Frenchman is also the oldest player in the top 10 at 26.
Bellingham is given a value of £196m having started life in Spain’s capital in impressive fashion, albeit without silverware this term.
Cole Palmer is the only other English player in the top 10, slotting in at No 8 behind Jamal Musiala, Pedri and Vinicius Jr.
Palmer is valued at £106m and would perhaps have been even higher but for some struggles in front of goal over the second half of the Premier League season.
Liverpool fans checking for where Florian Wirtz features, ahead of his impending British record move to the Reds, will find him in 10th place.
His value is calculated to be worth £102m, which is less than the fee Liverpool are expected to pay – given their last offer was £109m.
Arne Slot’s side will be pleased with where Jeremie Frimpong is valued, given they paid a release clause of £29.5m.
Kylian Mbappe slots in at No 4 behind Real Madrid team-mate Jude Bellingham
| 1. Lamine Yamal £339m | 2. Erling Haaland £201m |
| 3. Jude Bellingham £196m | 4. Kylian Mbappe £161m |
| 5. Jamal Musiala £130m | 6. Pedri £120m |
| 7. Vinicius Jr £109m | 8. Cole Palmer £106m |
| 9. Julián Álvarez £105m | 10. Florian Wirtz £102m |
| 11. Rodrygo Goes £101m | 12. Pau Cubarsí £99m |
| 13. João Neves £98m | 14. Bukayo Saka £96m |
| 15. Morgan Rogers £95m | 16. Benjamin Šeško £95m |
| 17. Désiré Doué £91m | 18. Xavi Simons £89m |
| 19. Lautaro Martínez £88m | 20. Alexander Isak £86m |
| 21. Michael Olise £85m | 22. Sávio Moreira £84m |
| 23. Joško Gvardiol £84m | 24. Declan Rice £84m |
| 25. Bradley Barcola £82m | 26. Ryan Gravenberch £82m |
| 27. Kenan Yildiz £82m | 28. Nicolas Jackson £80m |
| 29. Federico Valverde £80m | 30. Dominik Szoboszlai £78m |
| 31. Warren Zaïre-Emery £77m | 32. Cody Gakpo £77m |
| 33. Kai Havertz £76m | 34. Arda Güler £76m |
| 35. Aurélien Tchouaméni £76.27m | 36. Piero Hincapié £76m |
| 37. Alejandro Balde £75m | 38. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia £74m |
| 39. Enzo Fernández £73m | 40. Levi Colwill £73m |
| 41. Gabriel Martinelli £73m | 42. Phil Foden £72m |
| 43. Fermín López £71m | 44. Pablo Gavi £71m |
| 45. Dean Huijsen £70m | 46. Moisés Caicedo £70m |
| 47. William Saliba £69m | 48. Raphinha £69m |
| 49. Estêvão Willian £69m | 50. Pablo Barrios £68m |
| 51. Endrick £68m | 52. Noni Madueke £67m |
| 53. Alexis Mac Allister £67m | 54. Rico Lewis £67m |
| 55. Rasmus Höjlund £67m | 56. Jérémy Doku £65m |
| 57. Carlos Baleba £65m | 58. Tijjani Reijnders £65m |
| 59. Marcus Thuram £64m | 60. Eduardo Camavinga £63m |
| 61. Nuno Mendes £63m | 62. Hugo Ekitike £63m |
| 63. Vitinha £63.00 | 64. Omar Marmoush £60m |
| 65. Samu Aghehowa £59m | 66. Anthony Gordon £59m |
| 67. Viktor Gyökeres £59m | 68. Ilya Zabarnyi £59m |
| 69. Alessandro Bastoni £58m | 70. Aleksandar Pavlović £58m |
| 71. Yankuba Minteh £58m | 72. Trent Alexander-Arnold £57m |
| 73. João Pedro £57m | 74. Martin Ödegaard £57m |
| 75. Mateo Retegui £57m | 76. Loïs Openda £57m |
| 77. Hugo Larsson £56m | 78. Santiago Castro £55m |
| 79. Willian Pacho £54m | 80. Jeremie Frimpong £54m |
| 81. Lucas Beraldo £54m | 82. Bart Verbruggen £54m |
| 83. Murillo £53m | 84. Nicolò Barella £53m |
| 85. Alejandro Garnacho £52m | 86. Amadou Onana £52m |
| 87. Brennan Johnson £52m | 88. Giuliano Simeone £52m |
| 89. Jamie Gittens £51m | 90. Evanilson £51m |
| 91. Darwin Núñez £51m | 92. Luis Díaz £51m |
| 93. Ousmane Dembélé £51m | 94. Mika Biereth £50m |
| 95. Milos Kerkez £50m | 96. Moise Kean £50m |
| 97. Rafael Leão £50m | 98. Yann Aurel Bisseck £49m |
| 99. Achraf Hakimi £48m | 100. Jhon Durán £48m |
His true market cost would have been at the £55.4m mark, according to the stats boffins.
Champions League winners PSG have the most players in the top 100 of any side, with 11 featuring.
The highest value of those is Joao Neves in 13th (£99m).
Bukayo Saka is listed as the most valuable Arsenal player in 14th place (£96m), only just ahead of Aston Villa star Morgan Rogers (£95m).
PSG have 11 players in the top 100 and Joao Neves is highest of those stars on the list
Florian Wirtz is seemingly Liverpool-bound and is ranked No 10 in the world’s most valuable
Bart Verbruggen is the world’s most valuable goalkeeper, according to the stats boffins
Unsurprisingly, the attacking players feature far higher in the top 100. But what of the goalkeepers and defenders?
Brighton’s 22-year-old stopper Bart Verbruggen is the surprise top ranked keeper, worth an estimated £54m.
The Seagulls are well represented with Carlos Baleba (£66m) and Joao Pedro (£57.7) also in the top 100.
Europe’s big five leagues are of course the best represented but there are a few exceptions.
Samu Aghehowa and Viktor Gyökeres are the two players plying their trade in Portugal to make the top 100, valued at £60m and £59.5m respectively.
Jhon Duran, the former Aston Villa man now playing in Saudi Arabia, is No 100 and worth £48m.
