Brasileirão Série A
Brazil · top flight · #7 by transfer spend
The Brasileirão Série A is Brazil's top flight and ranks #7 in the world by disclosed incoming fees across the three most recent seasons. Across the full record it has spent €2,221m and received €3,376m.
| Season | Spent | Received | Net | Incoming moves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | €70.1m | €84.0m | −€13.8m | 127 |
| 2025/26 | €530m | €629m | −€98.7m | 742 |
| 2024/25 | €605m | €609m | −€3.7m | 950 |
| 2023/24 | €298m | €411m | −€113m | 881 |
| 2022/23 | €202m | €245m | −€43.4m | 920 |
| 2021/22 | €126m | €278m | −€152m | 809 |
| 2020/21 | €79.0m | €213m | −€134m | 772 |
| 2019/20 | €143m | €315m | −€171m | 619 |
| 2018/19 | €124m | €388m | −€263m | 693 |
| 2017/18 | €43.7m | €205m | −€162m | 559 |
Disclosed fees only. Undisclosed deals are excluded rather than estimated.
Every read on Brasileirão Série A
4 months to 2026-12-31: Neymar's contract at Santos, against a €180.0m peak valuation
What the club stands to hold or lose as the contract runs down. The dates and the valuation are on record; the outcome is not.
€530m in, €629m out: Brasileirão Série A's 2025/26 ledger across 742 moves
What the league paid, what it recouped, and the 85% of its business that carried no fee at all.
1st on the list: how Flamengo's €42.0m for Lucas Paquetá sits against its own midfielders
The club has bought 7 midfielders for a disclosed fee in this record. Here is where this one lands.
€471m in, €569m out: Brasileirão Série A's 2025/26 ledger across 479 moves
What the league paid, what it recouped, and the 80% of its business that carried no fee at all.
5 months to 2026-12-31: Neymar's contract at Santos, against a €180.0m peak valuation
What the club stands to hold or lose as the contract runs down. The dates and the valuation are on record; the outcome is not.
€42.0m at 1.20× his valuation: Lucas Paquetá to Flamengo, 1st on Brasileirão Série A's 2025/26 list
West Ham to Flamengo for €42.0m. What the price says against the 96 other disclosed fees Brasileirão Série A paid that season.
3.18× the market's number: what Botafogo paid over Santiago Rodríguez's €4.5m valuation
The fee, the valuation, and the 218% gap between them — read against every priced deal Brasileirão Série A did in 2024/25.