20 World Cup players with a market value exceeding $2.5 billion

The 2026 World Cup will witness the participation of an elite group of the most expensive football stars, in an exceptional edition, not only in terms of the number of participating teams and host countries, but also in terms of the astronomical numbers recorded by the player lists, including 20 stars who topped the list with a market value that exceeded the barrier of 2.5 billion dollars.

The Transfermarkt website revealed a clear dominance of young players in the list with the highest market value, thanks to their technical levels, young ages, and long-term contracts with their clubs, in a list topped by the Spanish Lamine Yamal, the Barcelona player, and the Norwegian Erling Haaland, the Manchester City player, with a total market value reaching $200 million each.



Below is the list of the 20 most expensive players in market value in the 2026 World Cup:

1- Lamine Yamal (Spain): $200 million
2- Erling Haaland (Norway): $200 million
3- Kylian Mbappé (France): $180 million
4- Michael Oliset (France): $150 million
5- Pedri (Spain): $150 million
6- Joao Neves (Portugal): $140 million
7- Vinicius Junior (Brazil): $140 million
8- Vitina (Portugal): $140 million
9- Jude Bellingham (England): $130 million
10- Desiree Doue (France): $120 million
11- Declan Rice (England): $120 million
12- Bukaya Saka (England): $110 million
13- Moises Caicedo (Ecuador): $100 million
14- William Saliba (France): $100 million
15- Jamal Musella (Germany): $100 million
16- Florian Wirtz (Germany): $100 million
17- Julian Alvarez (Argentina): $100 million
18- Ousmane Dembélé (France): $100 million
19- Federico Valverde (Uruguay): $90 million
20- Morgan Rogers (England): $90 million