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Welcome to KPMG Football Benchmark, an interactive platform providing in-depth understanding and analysis of the business of Football.
An extensive wealth of data - from the business performance of football clubs to the estimation of players´ market values - is presented in a dashboard format, enabling comparison and evaluation to support critical decision-making.
As the primary business intelligence source of Football industry insight and knowledge, the KPMG Football Benchmark tool aims to deliver significant value and to improve data democratization.
Welcome to Football Benchmark
Champions League round of 16 – the richer take it all?
14 out of the 16 teams relaunching their Champions League last-16 bid are from the so-called big five football leagues.
Once again, the line-up in the final 16 underlines the correlation between financial power and on-pitch results.
Ahead of the next clashes in the first legs of the round of 16, the KPMG Football Benchmark team have analysed this year’s UCL contenders from a business perspective.
Champions League round of 16 – the richer take it all?
KPMG Player Valuation
Top 50 players by market value
(in € million, 1st January 2019)
| Name (Age) | Club | Nat | Value (€ million) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neymar (27) |  |
 |
229.1 |
| 2 | Mbappé (20) | |
 |
215.0 |
| 3 | Messi (32) |  |
 |
203.3 |
| 4 | Salah (27) |  |
 |
168.3 |
| 5 | Kane (25) |  |
 |
151.1 |
| 6 | E. Hazard (28) |  |
 |
148.2 |
| 7 | De Bruyne (28) |  |
|
129.4 |
| 8 | Griezmann (28) |  |
|
125.6 |
| 9 | Pogba (26) |  |
|
119.3 |
| 10 | Coutinho (27) | |
|
118.2 |
| 11 | Sterling (24) | |
|
109.8 |
| 12 | C. Ronaldo (34) |  |
 |
107.3 |
| 13 | Firmino (27) | |
|
102.9 |
| 14 | R. Lukaku (26) | |
|
102.2 |
| 15 | Dele Alli (23) | |
|
100.7 |
| 16 | L. Sané (23) | |
 |
100.0 |
| 17 | Dybala (25) | |
|
95.0 |
| 18 | Kroos (29) |  |
|
93.5 |
| 19 | Icardi (26) |  |
|
90.0 |
| 20 | Ter Stegen (27) | |
|
89.2 |
| 21 | Agüero (31) | |
|
88.7 |
| 22 | G. Jesus (22) | |
|
87.5 |
| 23 | S. Mané (27) | |
 |
87.3 |
| 24 | Lewandowski (30) |  |
 |
86.9 |
| 25 | Kanté (28) | |
|
85.0 |
| 26 | Alisson (26) | |
|
84.2 |
| 27 | Eriksen (27) | |
 |
84.0 |
| 28 | Varana (26) | |
|
81.4 |
| 29 | Luis Suárez (32) | |
 |
80.7 |
| 30 | Jan Oblak (26) | |
 |
79.6 |
| 31 | Ederson (25) | |
|
79.5 |
| 32 | Saúl Ñíguez (24) | |
 |
79.2 |
| 33 | O. Dembélé (22) | |
|
75.2 |
| 34 | Asensio (23) | |
|
74.5 |
| 35 | Casemiro (27) | |
|
74.2 |
| 36 | Umtiti (25) | |
|
72.5 |
| 37 | Koke (27) | |
|
71.4 |
| 38 | Isco (27) | |
|
70.0 |
| 39 | Rashford (21) | |
|
70.0 |
| 40 | Pjanic (29) | |
 |
69.3 |
| 41 | Bale (29) | |
 |
69.2 |
| 42 | James R. (27) | |
 |
68.3 |
| 43 | Mahrez (28) | |
 |
68.1 |
| 44 | Van Dijk (28) | |
 |
67.9 |
| 45 | Aubameyang (30) |  |
 |
67.6 |
| 46 | Kimmich (24) | |
|
67.1 |
| 47 | Lemar (23) | |
|
66.2 |
| 48 | Thauvin (26) |  |
|
65.7 |
| 49 | Rüdiger (26) | |
|
65.4 |
| 50 | Stones (25) | |
|
65.0 |
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