Football agent fees paid by clubs: Agent Service Fee Market
The median published figure in the Agent Service Fee Market is 654.70 USD across 3 figures from 1 source's own page in USD (range 280 to 888.10 USD; 2 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.
2 of the 7 named sources read in full publish a figure; 5 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
By year and association
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| year2019 | 654.7USD | 654.7 to 654.7USD | 1 |
| year2023 | 888.1USD | 888.1 to 888.1USD | 1 |
| year2024 | 20.2% | 20.2 to 20.2% | 1 |
| associationEngland | 280USD | 280 to 280USD | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIFA, agent service fees reach all-time high in 2023 | 888.1USD | 2023 | 2026-10-12 |
| FIFA, agent service fees reach all-time high in 2023 | 654.7USD | 2019 | 2026-10-12 |
| FIFA, agent service fees reach all-time high in 2023 | 280USD | England | 2026-10-12 |
| FIFA, 2024 annual report on football agents | 20.2% | 2024 | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (4)
- FIFA, agent service fees reach all-time high in 2023, read 2026-10-12:
In 2023, clubs paid USD 888.1 million in agent service fees, the highest-ever amount and an increase of 42.5% on 2022
- FIFA, agent service fees reach all-time high in 2023, read 2026-10-12:
This represents an increase of 42.5% compared to the level of spending in 2022, and even surpasses the previous record from 2019 (USD 654.7 million) by more than one third.
- FIFA, agent service fees reach all-time high in 2023, read 2026-10-12:
Similarly, European clubs employed 86.6% of all engaging-club agents and 82.6% of all releasing-club agents. The largest amount of agent service fees were paid by clubs from England, with a combined total of more than USD 280 million.
- FIFA, 2024 annual report on football agents, read 2026-10-12:
Despite the 20.2% decrease compared to the record set in 2023, the figure represents the second-highest-ever total for a full year. The number is also well above the previous milestone from 2019 (USD 654.7 million).
Read in full, publishes no figure
5 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- FIFA, club agent service fees reach new heights in 2025, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- FIFA, ten years of international transfers, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- FIFA, latest agents news (the report release feed), read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- The FA, football agent fees and transactions for 2025-26 published, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- The FA, publication of payments and transactions (previous period), read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
2 of the 7 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 5 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 1 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in USD (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 3 figures, never sentences; 32 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the annual series from FIFA's own agent reports (USD 888.1m in 2023, a 20.2% fall in 2024, USD 1.37bn in 2025) set beside The FA's published per-club fees for England, so the site can answer what a market pays and what a single club paid; the derivation is the join nobody publishes - spend per licensed agent per association (FIFA's total over the register's headcount), the England share of the world total, and the year-on-year change per club
32 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (8)
- FIFA, club agent service fees reach new heights in 2025(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FIFA, agent service fees reach all-time high in 2023(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FIFA, 2024 annual report on football agents(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FIFA, ten years of international transfers(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FIFA, latest agents news (the report release feed)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The FA, football agent fees and transactions for 2025-26 published(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The FA, publication of payments and transactions (previous period)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- FIFA, ten years of international transfers (report PDF)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the Agent Service Fee Market is 654.70 USD across 3 figures from 1 source's own page in USD (range 280 to 888.10 USD; 2 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.
2 of the 7 named sources read in full publish a figure; 5 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
Agent Service Fee Market, year 2023: median 888.10 USD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Agent Service Fee Market, year 2019: median 654.70 USD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Agent Service Fee Market, year 2024: median 20.20 percent across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Agent Service Fee Market, association England: median 280 USD across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Cite as: "footballagentindex.com Agent Service Fee Market", updated 2026-10-25, https://footballagentindex.com/datasets/agent-service-fee-market/.
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Questions this data answers
How much do clubs actually pay agents - per year, per association, per confederation - and which clubs pay the most?
The median published figure in the Agent Service Fee Market is 654.70 USD across 3 figures from 1 source's own page in USD (range 280 to 888.10 USD; 2 sources publish a figure), read 12 October 2026.
Where do the figures in the Agent Service Fee Market come from?
Every figure is quoted from its source's own page and dated (last read 12 Oct 2026). 7 named sources were read and 2 publish a figure; the 5 that publish none are recorded as not published, never estimated.