FIFA TMS: a record 24,558 international transfers (+7%) & a record $13bn spent (+52%) in 2025
Men's professional football clubs spent a record $13.08bn (€11.1bn as of 31/12/2025) in international transfer fees during 2025, a sum up 52% on 2024 ($8.59bn/€8.24bn), above the previous record set in 2023 ($9.6bn / €8.7bn), for a record total of 24,558 international transfers (+7.7%), according to the Global Transfer Report 2025 published by FIFA
Fédération Internationale de Football Association
on 28/01/2026.
An all-time record of 86,158 international player transfers were completed in 2025 across men's and women's professional and amateur football. Clubs from England were both the number one spender and the number one recipient of transfer fees in 2025, with $3.82bn (€3.25bn) spent on incoming transfers and $1.77bn (€1.5bn) received for outgoing transfers. In terms of the total number of transfers, Brazilian clubs were in the lead with 1,190 incoming and 1,005 outgoing transfers, according to the report from FIFA
Fédération Internationale de Football Association
Founded: 1904
Headquarters: Zurich (Switzerland)
Workforce (on 31/12/2023): 953
Member federations: 211
• Revenue 2023 (first year of the…
TMS, the platform that records international transfers.
This new edition of the Global Transfer Report also includes, for the seventh year running, international women's football transfers (2,440 transfers in 2025, +6.3%), which generated a record $28.6m, 80% more than in 2024.
To consult the FIFA Global Transfer Report 2025, click here .
More than 20,000 international transfers of professional footballers in 2025 for the fourth year running
Global Transfer Report: number of international transfers, sums invested, national associations & clubs involved
Brazilian players were the most transferred (2,326), French players generated the most spending ($1.67bn)
Of the 24,558 transfers completed, 10,226 - or 41.6% - involved players from the ten most common nationalities. Brazilian players accounted for by far the largest share, with 2,326 transfers, followed by players from Argentina (1,207), France (1,185), Nigeria (1,090) and the United Kingdom (1,057). All five of these countries also made up the top 5 in 2024.
French players led the way in terms of clubs’ spending on transfer fees, with $1.67bn being spent to secure their services in 2025. They were followed by players from Brazil ($1.21bn), the Netherlands ($780.7m), Spain ($662.6m) and Germany ($627.6m).
English clubs spent the most ($3.82bn) & earned the most ($1.77bn) on the transfer market in 2025
Clubs from England once again led the way in transfer fee spending, totalling $3.82bn in 2025, a significant increase on their $1.88bn in 2024. Clubs from Germany ($1.28bn), Italy ($1.20bn), France ($953.4m) and Saudi Arabia ($906.9m) completed the top five.
English clubs were also the largest recipients of transfer fees, collecting $1.77bn. They were followed by French clubs with $1.71bn, and then by clubs from Germany ($1.49bn), Italy ($1.10bn) and Spain ($929.1m).
Women's football: from $600,000 in 2018 to $28.6m in transfer fees in 2025
FIFA
Fédération Internationale de Football Association
Founded: 1904
Headquarters: Zurich (Switzerland)
Workforce (on 31/12/2023): 953
Member federations: 211
• Revenue 2023 (first year of the four-year cycle 2023-2026): $1,170m
• Net result 2023: -$578m
• Reserves on 31/12/2023: $3.565bn
Composition of the FIFA Council:
• President: Gianni Infantino (Italy-Switzerland), since 26/02/2016, re-elected by acclamation in Paris (FRA) on 05/06/2019 and in Kigali (RWA) on 16/03/2023
• First vice-president: Sheikh Salman Bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa (Bahrain)
• Vice-presidents: Debbie Hewitt (England), Alejandro Dominguez (Paraguay), Victor Montagliani (Canada), Aleksander Ceferin (Slovenia), Ahmad Ahmad (Madagascar), Sándor Csányi (Hungary) and Lambert Maltock (Vanuatu).
• Members:
- AFC: Kohzo Tashima (Japan), Mariano V. Araneta Jr. (Philippines), Hamad Khalifa Al Thani (Qatar), Haji Hamidin Bin Haji Mohd Amin (Malaysia), Yasser Almisehal (Saudi Arabia), Kanya Keomany (Laos)
- CAF: Fouzi Lekjaa (Morocco), Hany Abo Rida (Egypt), Ahmed Yahya (Mauritania), Djibrilla Hima Hamidou (Niger), Hassan Waberi (Djibouti), Kanizat Ibrahim (Comoros)
- Concacaf: Sonia Fulford (Turks et Caicos), Luis Hernandez (Cuba), Yon de Luisa (Mexico), Rodolfo Villalobos (Costa Rica)
- CONMEBOL: Ednaldo Rodrigues (Brazil), Maria Sol Munoz (Ecuator), Ramon Jesurun (Colombia), Ignacio Alonso (Uruguay)
- OFC: Rajesh Patel (Fiji) and Johanna Wood (New Zealand)
- UEFA: Evelina Christillin (Italy), Georgios Koumas (Cyprus), Dejan Savicevic (Montenegro), Fernando Gomes (Portugal), Razvan Burleanu (Romania) and Bernd Neuendorf (Germany)
• Secretary General: Mattias Grafström (Sweden/Netherlands) succeeded Fatma Samoura (Senegal) on 04/10/2023, as interim secretary general. Formally appointed as Secretary General on 15/05/2024
• Deputy Secretary General:
- Alasdair Bell (United Kingdom): commercial and administrative side
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