Neymar‘s world-record switch to Paris Saint-Germain last summer was the main instigator behind his rise to becoming football’s most valuable player.

The brilliant Brazilian pipped former Barcelona team-mate Lionel Messi in CIES Football Observatory’s charts which rank players from the top five European leagues, on how much they are worth and factoring in age, position, contract duration, performance and international status.

Those figures, totted up, see Neymar hold top spot at €213m while Messi is second (€202.2m).

Tottenham and England striker Harry Kane, who has been shattering records of late, is third with a value of €194.7m.

Neymar’s PSG club colleague, Kylian Mbappe, pulls rank in fourth and is worth €192.1m, and is followed by Juventus forward Paulo Dybala at fifth (€174m).

Kane’s Spurs team-mate Dele Alli (€171.3m) is sixth, Manchester City‘s Kevin de Bruyne occupies seventh spot, followed by Romelu Lukaku, Antoine Griezmann and Paul Pogba at eighth, ninth and tenth respectively.

Surprisingly, Real Madrid legend and Ballon D’or holder Cristiano Ronaldo (€80.4m) is ranked 49th.

Liverpool‘s Egyptian ace Mohamed Salah, who has been one of the stars of the season in the Premier League, is worth €140.5m, and ranked 12th.

Chelsea winger Eden Hazard is 18th on the list, valued at €119.6m.

Meanwhile, Monaco star Thomas Lemar who has been a transfer target for a few Premier League clubs, sits at 57th spot, valued at €72.5m.

AC Milan goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma (€51m) too features in the list but is placed in 95th.