The CIES Football Observatory has released its list of the world’s most valuable footballers in the world for the year 2015.
According to the team, these are potentially most expensive players on the planet, based on age, ability, contract length and club status.
Top 50 players.
(1) Lionel Messi – Barcelona – 220m
(2) Cristiano Ronaldo -Real Madrid- 133m
(3) Eden Hazard – Chelsea – 99m
(4) Diego Costa – Chelsea – 84m
(5) Paul Pogba – Juventus – 72m
(6) Sergio Aguero -Manchester City – 65m
(7) Raheem Sterling – Liverpool – 63m
(8) Francesc Fabregas – Chelsea – 62m
(9) Alexis Sanchez – Arsenal – 61m
(10) Gareth Bale – Real Madrid – 60m
(11) Neymar – Barcelona – 58m
(12) Angel di Maria – Manchester United – 57m
(13) Mario Gotze – Bayern Munich – 52m
(14) Oscar – Chelsea – 50m
(14) James Rodriguez – Real Madrid – 50m
(16) Luis Suarez – Barcelona – 48m
17) Isco – Real Madrid – 45m
(17) Thibaut Courtois – Chelsea – 45m
(19) Robert Lewandowski – Bayern Munich – 44m
(19) Koke – Atletico Madrid – 44m
(21) Karim Benzema – Real Madrid – 43m
(22) Antoine Griezmann – Atletico Madrid – 42m
(23) Toni Kroos – Bayern Munich – 41m
(24) Thomas Muller – Bayern Munich – 39m
(25) Edinson Cavani – PSG – 38m
(25) Romelu Lukaku – Everton – 38m
(27) Wayne Rooney – Manchester United – 37m
(27) Luka Modric – Real Madrid – 37m
(29) Mesut Ozil – Arsenal – Arsenal – 36m
(29) Christian Eriksen – Tottenham – 36m
(31) David Silva – Manchester City – 35m
(31) Miralem Pjanic – AS Roma – 35m
(31) Manuel Neuer – Bayern Munich – 35m
(31) Jerome Boateng – Bayern Munich – 35m
(35) Sergio Busquets – Barcelona – 34m
(35) Marco Reus – Borussia Dortmund – 34m
(35) Vincent Kompany – Manchester City – 34m
(35) Gonzalo Higuain – Napoli – 34m
(35) Coutinho – Liverpool – 34m
(40) Willian – Chelsea – 33m
(40) Sergio Ramos – Real Madrid – 33m
(40) Ross Barkley – Everton – 33m
(40) Marco Verratti – PSG – 33m
(40) Juan Mata – Manchester United – 33m
(45) Jack Wilshere – Arsenal – 32m
(45) Yaya Toure Manchester City – 32m
(45) Lucas Moura – PSG – 32m
(45) Alexandre Lacazette – 32m
(50) Arturo Vidal – Juventus – 31m