FIFA confirms transfer window broke all records with women’s transfers growing 80% on 2024

  

More data from the record breaking summer transfer window is emerging with FIFA releasing top line data culled from its Transfer Match System that logs, tracks and clears all international player movement.

FIFA figures say the June 1 to September 2 window (including transfers during the special transfer window from June 1-10 due to the Club World Cup 2025) showed men’s football spending on transfer fees reached $9.76 billion, a new all-time high and an increase of more than 50% against the 2024 summer transfer window.

There were almost 12,000 completed transfers in the men’s game.

Although starting from a very much lower base, FIFA point out that spending in Women’s professional football increased by 80% year-on-year, with more than 1,100 transfers completed and transfer fees totalling $12.3 million.

The USA were the biggest spender, investing more than $4 million, the highest amount ever reported for women’s football. The countries showing the most incoming transfers were Germany, England and the USA.

“We have observed a transfer market in full swing both in men’s and women’s football”, said Emilio Garcia Silvero, FIFA’s Chief Legal & Compliance Officer. “While this is a relevant development in men’s football a year ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026, the increasing figures in women’s football transfers are equally remarkable as they confirm the exponential growth of the women’s game at club level.”

FIFA confirmed other reports that England was the leading country in securing global talent spending a world record $3 billion+ in transfer fees. In terms of the number of incoming transfers, England, Portugal and Brazil occupied the top three positions.

FIFA said the 2025 mid-year results highlight the continuing expansion of international player mobility and the growing scale of the global transfer system.