Major League Soccer
United States · top flight · #10 by transfer spend
The Major League Soccer is United States's top flight and ranks #10 in the world by disclosed incoming fees across the three most recent seasons. Across the full record it has spent €1,729m and received €1,063m.
| Season | Spent | Received | Net | Incoming moves |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | €55.9m | €65.3m | −€9.5m | 86 |
| 2025/26 | €332m | €131m | +€200m | 536 |
| 2024/25 | €316m | €343m | −€26.3m | 567 |
| 2023/24 | €241m | €126m | +€115m | 460 |
| 2022/23 | €155m | €122m | +€32.8m | 452 |
| 2021/22 | €186m | €96.3m | +€89.8m | 456 |
| 2020/21 | €120m | €62.4m | +€58.1m | 423 |
| 2019/20 | €157m | €32.3m | +€125m | 458 |
| 2018/19 | €97.6m | €71.3m | +€26.3m | 386 |
| 2017/18 | €67.6m | €13.3m | +€54.3m | 350 |
Disclosed fees only. Undisclosed deals are excluded rather than estimated.
Every read on Major League Soccer
€332m in, €131m out: Major League Soccer's 2025/26 ledger across 536 moves
What the league paid, what it recouped, and the 71% of its business that carried no fee at all.
10 months to 2027-06-30: Antoine Griezmann's contract at Orlando, against a €150.0m 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.
2.87× the market's number: what Atlanta paid over Tomás Jacob's €1.5m valuation
The fee, the valuation, and the 187% gap between them — read against every priced deal Major League Soccer did in 2025/26.
€298m in, €114m out: Major League Soccer's 2025/26 ledger across 447 moves
What the league paid, what it recouped, and the 68% of its business that carried no fee at all.
11 months to 2027-06-30: Antoine Griezmann's contract at Orlando, against a €150.0m 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.
€22.0m at 1.10× his valuation: Heung-min Son to LAFC, 1st on Major League Soccer's 2025/26 list
Tottenham to LAFC for €22.0m. What the price says against the 143 other disclosed fees Major League Soccer paid that season.
1st on the list: how LAFC's €22.0m for Heung-min Son sits against its own forwards
The club has bought 7 forwards for a disclosed fee in this record. Here is where this one lands.