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Welcome to Football Benchmark
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
European club tournaments – a crystallization of powers
Ahead of the 2018/19 Champions League and the Europa League finals, the KPMG Football Benchmark team have analysed some key factors that influenced the last stages of the two tournaments.
The latest developments in the two competitions showed that beyond the fundamental role of big money, other aspects, such as prudent strategic squad development, along with passion, hunger for success and determination can also make a difference and can create awe-inspiring memories for all football lovers.
European club tournaments – a crystallization of powers
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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