Cristiano Ronaldo Falls in Top 100 Transfer Values, Lionel Messi Exceeds $300M

Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is now worth less than Chelsea's Eden Hazard in terms of transfer value, according to a new study from the Football Observatory of the International Centre for Sports Studies (CIES).

Barcelona's Lionel Messi remains the most valuable player inside the top 100, with youngsters such as Liverpool's Raheem Sterling and Juventus' Paul Pogba now considered among the most valuable transfer commodities in football.
CIES provides the top 20 in euros, converted to U.S. dollars and pound sterling below:

Top 20 Transfer Values

Rank	Player	Club	Age	Transfer Value in Millions (USD)	GBP Value
1	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	27	288.4-317.1	188.2-206.9
2	Eden Hazard	Chelsea	24	151.8-168.2	99.0-109.7
3	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	30	127.9-140.7	83.5-91.9
4	Neymar	Barcelona	23	101.0-111.0	66.0-72.6
5	Sergio Aguero	Manchester City	27	88.2-96.9	57.7-63.4
6	Raheem Sterling	Liverpool	20	83.1-91.3	54.3-60.0
7	Paul Pogba	Juventus	22	79.3-87.1	51.8-57.0
8	Diego Costa	Chelsea	26	78.8-86.7	51.5-56.7
9	Alexis Sanchez	Arsenal	26	76.4-84.1	50.0-55.0
10	James Rodriguez	Real Madrid	23	70.4-77.5	46.1-50.7
11	Luis Suarez	Barcelona	28	67.6-74.4	44.2-48.6
12	Antoine Griezmann	Atletico Madrid	24	66.5-73.1	43.5-47.8
13	Cesc Fabregas	Chelsea	28	66.1-72.7	43.3-47.5
14	Isco	Real Madrid	23	64.5-70.9	42.2-46.4
15	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	21	60.3-66.4	39.4-43.3
16	Gareth Bale	Real Madrid	25	57.8-63.6	37.8-41.6
17	Philippe Coutinho	Liverpool	22	56.8-62.6	37.1-40.9
18	Thibaut Courtois	Chelsea	23	56.7-62.4	37.1-40.8
19	Oscar	Chelsea	23	53.6-59.0	35.0-38.6
20	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	27	50.3-55.4	32.9-36.2

CIES

You can view the full  top 100 @ http://www.football-observatory.com/IMG/pdf/mr06_eng.pdf