Neymar Becomes No. 1 Most Valued Player In Europe And Messi Followed check C. Ronaldo Position

The CIES Football Observatory has published its annual rankings of most valuable players in the top five European leagues (the Premier League, La Liga, Ligue 1, Serie A and the Bundesliga).

 

The list is made up based on their worth, factors including age, position, contract duration, performance and international status.

On the list, Brazilian and PSG superstar, Neymar piped his former Barcelona teammate, Lionel Messi to the top of the list with a value of €213million, while the Argentine footballer scooped the second spot with €202.2m worth.

 

Tottenham Hotspur striker, Harry Kane is ranked third on the list as he's valued at (£172m).

One of the shocking disclosure on the list was Ballon D'Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo, who surprisingly is the 49th most valuable player in Europe, according to the Football Observatory. 

 

See the full list of the top 100 most valuable footballers in the World. 1. Neymar (PSG) - £188m 2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - £178.5m 3. Harry Kane (Tottenham) - £172m 4. Kylian Mbappe (PSG) - £170m 5. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) - £154m 6. Dele Alli (Tottenham) - £151.25m 7. Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City) - £148m 8. Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) - £145. 5m 9. Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) - £132m 10. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) - £130m 11. Leroy Sane (Manchester City) - £124m 12. Mo Salah (Liverpool) - £124m 13. Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) - £122m 14. Luis Suarez (Barcelona) - £113.6m 15. Marcus Rashford (Manchester United) - £112m 16. Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona) - £108.6m 17. Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City) - £108.25m 18. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) - £105.6m 19. Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus) - £99.8m 20. Alvaro Morata (Chelsea) - £95.3m 21. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) - 95m 22. Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) - £92.2m 23. Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) - £91m 24. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) - £90m 25. Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona) - £89.6m 26. Saul Niguez (Atletico Madrid) - £88.5m 27. Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) - £87.2m 28. Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) - £87.1m 29. Christian Eriksen (Tottenham) - £86.8m 30. Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) - £86.1m 31. Marc-Andre ter Stegen (Barcelona) - £85m 32. Ousmane Dembele (Barcelona) - £84.7m 33. John Stones (Manchester City) - £82.7m 34. Ederson (Manchester City) - £82.5m 35. Eric Dier (Tottenham) - £82.1m 36. Edinson Cavani (PSG) - £81.7m 37. Dries Mertens (Napoli) - £79.3m 38. Koke (Atletico Madrid) - £78.5m 39. Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid) - £78m 40. N'Golo Kante (Chelsea) - £77.1m 41. Timo Werner (RB Leipzig) - £77.1m 42. Kyle Walker (Manchester City) - £76.9m 43. Tiemoue Bakayoko (Chelsea) - £76.2m 44. Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) - £75.5m 45. Isco (Real Madrid) - £75.4m 46. Ciro Immobile (Lazio) - £75.2m 47. Nicolas Otamendi (Manchester City) - £74.8m 48. Anthony Martial (Manchester Utd) - £72.4m 49. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) - £71m 50. Fabinho (Monaco) - £70m 51. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City) - £68.3m 52. Radja Nainggolan (Roma) - £68m 53. Toni Kroos (Real Madrid) - £67.1m 54. Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea) - £66.5m 55. Jan Oblak (Atletico Madrid) - £66m 56. Son Heung-Min (Tottenham) - £64.1m 57. Thomas Lemar (Monaco) - £64m 58. Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona) - £63.8m 59. Marquinhos (PSG) - £63.4m 60. Elseid Hysaj (Napoli) - £62.2m 61. Andrea Belotti (Torino) - £62.1m 62. Christian Pulisic (Borussia Dortmund) - £61. 2m 63. Hector Bellerin (Arsenal) - £60.5m 64. Davinson Sanchez (Tottenham) - £60.5m 65. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) - £60. 2m 66. Marcos Alonso (Chelsea) - £60.2m 67. Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) - £60m 68. Niklas Sule (Bayern Munich) - £59m 69. Sadio Mane (Liverpool) - £58.5m 70. Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) - £57.5m 71. Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina) - £57.5m 72. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) - £57.1m 73. Edin Dzeko (Roma) - £56.7m 74. Alexis Sanchez (Arsenal) - £56.7m 75. Julian Draxler (PSG) - £56.2m 76. Florian Thauvin (Marseille) - £55.8m 77. Casemiro (Real Madrid) - £55.5m 78. Marco Verratti (PSG) - £55.4m 79. Corentin Tolisso (Bayern Munich) - £55.3m 80. Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) - £54.75m 81. Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea) - £54.7m 82. Cesar Azpilicueta (Chelsea) - £54.1m 83. Nabil Fekir (Lyon) - £53.6m 84. Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) - £53.2m 85. Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) - £51.5m 86. Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) - £51.5m 87. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) - £51.4m 88. Jemerson (Monaco) - £48.9m 89. Nathan Redmond (Southampton) - £48.5m 90. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) - £48.3m 91. David Silva (Manchester City) - £48m 92. Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich) - £47m 93. Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham) - £46.5m 94. Marco Asensio (Real Madrid) - £45.2m 95. Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan) - £45m 96. Harry Maguire (Leicester City) - £44.9m 97. Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) - £44.8m 98. Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich) - £44.7m 99. Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma) - £44.6m 100. Andreas Christensen (Chelsea) - £44.3m