Transfer values: Mbappé back to the top

The last CIES Football Observatory Weekly Post before the summer break presents the top 100 estimated transfer values for players worldwide.

Thanks to his fresh three-year contract extension with Paris St-Germain, Kylian Mbappé (€206M) is back at the top of the list.

The French world champion outranks the previous leader and recent Champions League winner Vinícius Júnior (€185M), as well as the new Manchester City striker Erling Haaland (€153M).

The Portuguese Rúben Dias has the greatest estimated transfer value for a centre back: €110M. Gianluigi Donnarumma (€74M) tops the table for goalkeepers, Trent Alexander-Arnold (€87M) for full backs and Pedri González (€135M) for midfielders.

Benfica’s striker Darwin Núñez (47th, €70M) has the highest valuation for non-big-5 league players.

The 30-year-old Kevin de Bruyne (76th, €57) is the oldest player in the top 100, while 17-year-old Pablo Gavi (73rd, €58M) is the youngest one.

English Premier League clubs dominate the ranking with 41 representatives in the top 100.

Transfer value estimate intervals for all big-5 league footballers are available for free here.

More information on the CIES Football Observatory approach to assess the transfer value of professional football players on a scientific basis is available in this freshly published peer-reviewed paper.

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