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10%. This is the proportion of French teams in the top 100 of those who, in the world, have the most expensive collectives in this month of October 2025, according to a study signed by the International Center for the Study of Sport (CIES) . 10%, or ten teams from the French football championship.
PSG has the 8th most bankable collective in current football
And Paris Saint-Germain ahead, at more than a billion euros estimated, the eighth most valuable squad in current international football, in a ranking dominated by Real Madrid (at 1.728 billion euros), ahead of Manchester City (1.471 billion). In Ligue 1, the valuation of teams on the transfer market is not quite the same as their performance on the green rectangle.
The most extensive OM in the top 10, unlike RC Lens and Reims
If PSG is ahead of AS Monaco in the Ligue 1 rankings, as in this list of the most bankable “squads”, Stade Rennais is experiencing more difficulties in the game than the valuation of its professionals suggests. With 39 players, Olympique de Marseille has the largest squad of the ten Ligue 1 clubs, compared to thirty at RC Lens and Stade de Reims.
The most expensive squads currently in Ligue 1 according to CIES
Paris Saint-Germain = €1,088 million; €30.2 million average per player
AS Monaco = 425 M€ ; 11,5 M€
Stade Rennais = €321 million; €10.4 million
LOSC Lille = €310 million; €8.4 million
Olympique Marseille = €309 million; €7.9 million
Olympique Lyonnais = €265 million; €7.4 million
OGC Nice = 207 M€ ; 6,3 M€
RC Strasbourg = 206 M€ ; 6,3 M€
RC Lens = 205 M€ ; 6,8 M€
Stade de Reims = €145 million; €4.8 million
