Premier League Players Collectively 10 Times More Valuable Than MLS
Based on the player valuations at Transfermarkt, the Premier League\'s collective roster is worth approximately 10 times more than Major League Soccer\'s, even with MLS featuring 50 percent more teams and players. The Premier League\'s top 11 players are worth about €1.3 billion; the entire roster of MLS is worth about €1.2 billion.
LaLiga players are collectively 4.3 times more valuable, Serie A (4.1) and Bundesliga (3.7). Even England\'s second division, the English Championship, has a roster about 1.4 times more valuable despite fewer teams.
Here are MLS\' top 10 teams per Opta, along with a nearby team from one of Europe\'s Big Five leagues:
· 61. Columbus Crew (Girona, currently eighth in LaLiga, are 62nd)
· 86. LAFC (Sevilla, 13th in LaLiga, are 87th)
· 95. Inter Miami (Mallorca, 10th in LaLiga, are 96th)
· 97. LA Galaxy (Werder Bremen, 10th in the Bundesliga, are 98th)
· 118. Seattle Sounders (Deportivo Alaves, 19th in LaLiga, are 119th)
· 123. Orlando City (Lecce, 14th in Serie A, are 125th)
· 130. Houston Dynamo (Cagliari, 13th in Serie A, are 129th)
· 151. New York Red Bulls (Espanyol, 16th in LaLiga, are 150th)
· 162. FC Cincinnati (Union Berlin, 13th in the Bundesliga, are 156th)
· 164. Philadelphia Union (Venezia, 19th in Serie A, are 172nd)