The 10 highest valued players in the world

Carlo Garganese

• Updated: 4 Sep 2023 09:08 CDT
• 3 min read

Erling Haaland has pipped Kylian Mbappe to the title of most valuable player in world football.

The Norwegian has picked up where he left off after a 36-goal season for Manchester City. The goalscoring machine is once again banging them in for fun, which has seen his Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) rocket to €137.5 million.

PSG and France superstar Kylian Mbappe was the world's most valuable player for a long time, but Haaland's outrageous goalscoring record - which saw him fire Man City to a historic treble last term - has now seen him better the Frenchman's ETV of €135m.

After his €103m move to Real Madrid and an incredible start to life in Spain, Jude Bellingham beats his Los Blancos teammate Vinicius Jr to third. The young Englishman's value has exploded in recent times, jumping from €100m to €120m over the summer, whereas Vini Jr's ETV sits at €105m.

Next up is a trio of Englishmen, though it could have been a quartet had Jamal Musiala not decided to represent Germany instead. Bukayo Saka, Harry Kane and Phil Foden come in at fifth, sixth and seventh, respectively, with Bayern star Musiala sitting in eighth.

Saka (€102.5m) and Kane (€100m) crack the €100m mark, with Foden's value clocking in at €93.8m and Musiala's at €90.7m. Barcelona wonderkid Gavi (€81.2m) and former Chelsea record signing Enzo Fernandez (€81.1m) complete the top 10.

The 10 most valuable football players in the world

How the values are calculated

Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) explained

Our Player Valuation Model calculates an Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) for more than 240.000 players in the world.

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Our Player Valuation Model calculates an Estimated Transfer Value (ETV) for more than 240.000 players in the world. It uses information on the player's skill, potential, performance, contract duration, position and other statistics to estimate an accurate ETV.

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