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The year is almost at an end and as such Transfermarkt has now completed all of its market value updates of the major leagues across the world. Through well-considered increases or decreases to player market values three or four times a year, we keep an eye on the form, fitness and all-round standing of almost every player across the sport. And, as a result of these minor changes, clubs and entire leagues see their overall market value rise or fall over the course of the calendar year. So which major European leagues saw their market value rise the most in 2025 and which ones actually saw a sharp decrease in value over the last 12 months?

To no great surprise, the league that saw the biggest increase in market value over the course of 2025 was of course the Premier League. With an eye-watering increase of €1.09 billion to where it now stands at a total market value of €12.5bn, the English top-flight is not only comfortably the most valuable league in world football but also gained more market value than the next three leagues combined. In second place was Ligue 1, which saw a €352m increase in market value to €3.8b, in third was Serie A which gained €350m in market value to rise to €5.4b in total market value and then the Bundesliga took fourth place with a €325m increase to €4.8b. LaLiga, which remains the second most valuable league in the world, saw the sixth highest increase in market value as its market value rose by €301m to €5.5b.

Outside of the traditional big five European leagues, the top-flight that gained the most market value in 2025 was none other than the Turkish Süper Lig. Over the course of the last 12 months the league has gained €223m in market value and made significant ground on the sixth most valuable league in the world, which happens to be Liga Portugal, which only gained €108m in market value in 2025. As the chart above illustrates, the Polish Ekstraklasa splits the two European heavyweights in our 2025 charts, having gained €131m in market value in 2025. In ninth place is the Norwegian Eliteserien, which gained €57m in market value and rounding up the top 10 is the Belgian Jupiler Pro League which gained €32m in market value.

However, not every top-flight gained market value in 2025. As we can see from the table above, three major leagues actually lost market value this year. The Swiss Super League dropped to the 15th most valuable league in Europe this year after losing €19m in market value, but that was unfortunately outdone by the Eredivisie, which lost €68m in total market value in 2025 – which now makes it the eighth most valuable league in Europe. But no league lost more market value than the Austrian Bundesliga, which shed 17% of its total market value in 2025 after losing €75m over the course of the last 12 months.