World Cup Player Transfer Market Value Analysis: Spain and Germany have the highest average player value (APV) index in the tournament

World Cup Absolute APV figures (Market Value data from transfermarkt.com):

Key Soccerlytics Insights:

• Spain has the highest APV of all the squads at the World Cup, at 27.04M Euros, which is 221% higher than the World Cup APV of 8.43M Euros
• The World Cup APV is higher than that of the English Premier League (7.35M Euros), Spanish La Liga (5.3M Euros), Italian Serie A (4.2M Euros), German Bundesliga (4.1M Euros) and French Ligue 1 (2.89M Euros)
• Germany (24.43M Euros, 190% higher than World Cup average) and Brazil (20.33M Euros, 141% higher than World Cup Average) have the second and third highest APVs in the tournament respectively (See charts above and below)
• 11 out of 32 World Cup teams have an APV higher than that of the tournament (see chart below)
• Croatia's APV (8.4M Euros) is equal to that of the tournament, while Colombia's APV (8.27M Euros, 2% below World Cup APV) is the highest of all teams with an APV lower than the tournament average
• Australia and Honduras have the lowest APVs of all the teams at the World Cup with an APV of about 0.92M Euros, 89% below that of the tournament average

World Cup Average Player Value Index (Market Value data from transfermarkt.com):