£81m-rated PSG ace, £90m-rated Spurs star: 10 most valuable male & female players compared

Women’s football has never been so popular. Just last month, Barcelona Femení smashed the world record for the highest attendance at the women’s football match, with 91,648 fans crammed into the Nou Camp.

As a result of the increased interest in the women’s game, the value of female players is also skyrocketing. Free transfers may still be the norm in women’s football, but there have been some eye-catching deals in recent years.

Danish striker Pernille Harder moved to Chelsea in 2020 for a reported sum of £250,000, for example, while Lyon reportedly brought Australian defender Ellie Carpenter for more than £100,000 in the same year.

These figures are still a long way off the amount of cash that is splashed about in men’s football, however.

We used evaluations from Transfermarkt and Soccerdonna to compare the top 10 most valuable players in men and women’s football.

10) Dušan Vlahović (Juventus) – £76.5 million

9) Neymar (PSG) – £81 million

8) Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City) – £81 million

7) Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) – £81 million

6) Phil Foden (Manchester City) – £81 million

5) Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) – £90 million

4) Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) – £90 million

3) Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) – £90 million

2) Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) – £135 million

1) Kylian Mbappé (PSG) – £144 million

It’s no surprise Kylian Mbappé is currently the player with the highest market value in men’s football.

The Frenchman has scored 35 goals and racked up 20 assists for PSG in all competitions this season, outshining both Messi and Neymar.

Mbappé is reportedly set to move to Real Madrid this summer – with his PSG contract expiring at the end of the season, Los Blancos would be saved from paying an eye-watering sum