Ligue 1
France · top flight · #4 by transfer spend
The Ligue 1 is France's top flight and ranks #4 in the world by disclosed incoming fees across the three most recent seasons. Across the full record it has spent €7,253m and received €9,591m.
| Season | Spent | Received | Net | Incoming moves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | €326m | €698m | −€372m | 149 |
| 2025/26 | €757m | €1,528m | −€770m | 647 |
| 2024/25 | €972m | €1,094m | −€121m | 652 |
| 2023/24 | €1,186m | €1,351m | −€164m | 712 |
| 2022/23 | €752m | €970m | −€219m | 745 |
| 2021/22 | €487m | €596m | −€109m | 574 |
| 2020/21 | €473m | €538m | −€64.9m | 561 |
| 2019/20 | €860m | €1,171m | −€311m | 572 |
| 2018/19 | €787m | €1,019m | −€232m | 551 |
| 2017/18 | €653m | €627m | +€25.9m | 379 |
Disclosed fees only. Undisclosed deals are excluded rather than estimated.
Every read on Ligue 1
€757m in, €1,528m out: Ligue 1's 2025/26 ledger across 647 moves
What the league paid, what it recouped, and the 82% of its business that carried no fee at all.
22 months to 2028-06-30: Ousmane Dembélé's contract at PSG, against a €120.0m 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.
€742m in, €1,510m out: Ligue 1's 2025/26 ledger across 629 moves
What the league paid, what it recouped, and the 82% of its business that carried no fee at all.
€20.5m under the valuation: Quinten Timber moved to Marseille at 0.18× his market price
The fee, the valuation, and the 82% gap between them — read against every priced deal Ligue 1 did in 2025/26.
€723m in, €1,298m out: Ligue 1's 2025/26 ledger across 429 moves
What the league paid, what it recouped, and the 76% of its business that carried no fee at all.
€63.0m at 1.50× his valuation: Ilya Zabarnyi to PSG, 1st on Ligue 1's 2025/26 list
Bournemouth to PSG for €63.0m. What the price says against the 102 other disclosed fees Ligue 1 paid that season.
2nd on the list: how PSG's €63.0m for Ilya Zabarnyi sits against its own defenders
The club has bought 7 defenders for a disclosed fee in this record. Here is where this one lands.