Continent comparison

Side-by-side football landscape across the five footballing continents — players, clubs, market value, top performers.

Continent	Players	Clubs	Avg age	Total market value	Avg / valued player
Europe (44 countries)	54,652	1,688	31.6	€21.8B	€560K
South America (10 countries)	8,551	152	32.0	€5.89B	€897K
Africa (20 countries)	2,551	—	30.0	€1.98B	€1M
Asia (19 countries)	3,152	118	33.4	€1.01B	€397K
North America (11 countries)	3,545	201	31.6	€993.2M	€413K

Players by continent

Europe

54,652

South America

8,551

Africa

2,551

Asia

3,152

North America

3,545

Market value share

Europe 68.8%
South America 18.6%
Africa 6.2%
Asia 3.2%
North America 3.1%

Top producing countries

Europe

1. Italy 12,574
2. Spain 5,944
3. England 4,138
4. France 4,000
5. Türkiye 3,172

South America

1. Brazil 5,543
2. Argentina 1,963
3. Colombia 374
4. Uruguay 209
5. Paraguay 138

Africa

1. Nigeria 415
2. Senegal 387
3. Ghana 358
4. Cote d'Ivoire 269
5. Cameroon 247

Asia

1. Japan 1,266
2. Korea, South 695
3. China 650
4. Australia 301
5. Qatar 125

North America

1. Mexico 1,816
2. United States 1,395
3. Canada 81
4. Jamaica 77
5. Costa Rica 49

Top career scorers per continent

Europe

1

Cristiano Ronaldo Portugal 796 goals 2

Robert Lewandowski Poland 610 goals 3

Raúl Spain 383 goals

South America

1

Luis Suárez Uruguay 509 goals 2

Hulk Brazil 434 goals 3

Vágner Love Brazil 368 goals

Africa

1

Mohamed Salah Egypt 323 goals 2

Baghdad Bounedjah Algeria 278 goals 3

Sadio Mané Senegal 242 goals

Asia

1

Hisato Sato Japan 272 goals 2

Yoshito Okubo Japan 249 goals 3

Heung-min Son Korea, South 239 goals

North America

1

Cuauhtémoc Blanco Mexico 222 goals 2

Oribe Peralta Mexico 217 goals 3

Álvaro Saborío Costa Rica 210 goals

Most valuable players per continent

Europe

1

Erling Haaland Attack - Centre-Forward · Norway €180M 2

Florian Wirtz Midfield - Attacking Midfield · Germany €140M 3

Pedri Midfield - Central Midfield · Spain €140M

South America

1

Lautaro Martínez Attack - Centre-Forward · Argentina €95M 2

Moisés Caicedo Midfield - Defensive Midfield · Ecuador €90M 3

Enzo Fernández Midfield - Central Midfield · Argentina €75M

Africa

1

Victor Osimhen Attack - Centre-Forward · Nigeria €70M 2

Mohamed Salah Attack - Right Winger · Egypt €50M 3

Ousmane Diomande Defender - Centre-Back · Cote d'Ivoire €45M

Asia

1

Min-jae Kim Defender - Centre-Back · Korea, South €40M 2

Kaoru Mitoma Attack - Left Winger · Japan €40M 3

Abdukodir Khusanov Defender - Centre-Back · Uzbekistan €35M

North America

1

Leon Bailey Attack - Right Winger · Jamaica €28M 2

Edson Álvarez Midfield - Defensive Midfield · Mexico €25M 3

Weston McKennie Midfield - Central Midfield · United States €22M

Most valuable clubs per continent

Europe

1

Real Madrid Spain · 24 players €1.37B 2

Arsenal FC England · 24 players €1.33B 3

Manchester City England · 26 players €1.23B

South America

1

CR Flamengo Brazil · 29 players €183.1M 2

Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras Brazil · 21 players €160.2M 3

Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas Brazil · 27 players €129M

Africa

Club data sparse for this continent in our dataset.

Asia

1

Al-Rayyan SC Qatar · 14 players €73.2M 2

Al-Sadd SC Qatar · 25 players €70.4M 3

Al-Duhail SC Qatar · 13 players €67.1M

North America

1

Inter Miami CF United States · 26 players €77.2M 2

CF América Mexico · 18 players €69.9M 3

Tigres UANL Mexico · 30 players €69.5M