Liga Portugal
Portugal · top flight · #9 by transfer spend
The Liga Portugal is Portugal's top flight and ranks #9 in the world by disclosed incoming fees across the three most recent seasons. Across the full record it has spent €2,171m and received €4,710m.
| Season | Spent | Received | Net | Incoming moves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | €150m | €377m | −€227m | 160 |
| 2025/26 | €414m | €549m | −€135m | 638 |
| 2024/25 | €309m | €754m | −€445m | 700 |
| 2023/24 | €300m | €434m | −€133m | 629 |
| 2022/23 | €257m | €669m | −€412m | 619 |
| 2021/22 | €121m | €246m | −€126m | 573 |
| 2020/21 | €233m | €328m | −€94.7m | 642 |
| 2019/20 | €184m | €593m | −€409m | 574 |
| 2018/19 | €118m | €431m | −€313m | 517 |
| 2017/18 | €83.3m | €328m | −€245m | 382 |
Disclosed fees only. Undisclosed deals are excluded rather than estimated.
Every read on Liga Portugal
€414m in, €549m out: Liga Portugal's 2025/26 ledger across 638 moves
What the league paid, what it recouped, and the 85% of its business that carried no fee at all.
3rd on the list: how Benfica's €27.0m for Richard Ríos sits against its own midfielders
The club has bought 7 midfielders for a disclosed fee in this record. Here is where this one lands.
9.50× the market's number: what Sporting paid over Conrad Harder's €2.0m valuation
The fee, the valuation, and the 850% gap between them — read against every priced deal Liga Portugal did in 2024/25.
€27.0m at 1.69× his valuation: Richard Ríos to Benfica, 1st on Liga Portugal's 2025/26 list
Palmeiras to Benfica for €27.0m. What the price says against the 88 other disclosed fees Liga Portugal paid that season.
€383m in, €477m out: Liga Portugal's 2025/26 ledger across 426 moves
What the league paid, what it recouped, and the 79% of its business that carried no fee at all.