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Agent fees: 2024-25
Every Premier League and EFL club's total payments to intermediaries — the figure each club is required to publish each year under FA rules. Sourced from the FA's annual intermediary disclosure.
| # | Club | League | Agent fees paid | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea | Premier League | £60m | |
| 2 | Manchester City | Community Shield | £52m | |
| 3 | Manchester United | Premier League | £33m | |
| 4 | Aston Villa | Premier League | £25m | |
| 5 | Newcastle United | Premier League | £24m | |
| 6 | Arsenal | Premier League | £23m | |
| 7 | Liverpool | Community Shield | £21m | |
| 8 | West Ham | — | £19m | |
| 9 | Leeds United | Premier League | £19m | |
| 10 | Tottenham Hotspur | Premier League | £18m | |
| 11 | Brighton & Hove Albion | — | £17m | |
| 12 | AFC Bournemouth | Premier League | £16m | |
| 13 | Brentford | Premier League | £15m | |
| 14 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | Premier League | £14m | |
| 15 | Nottingham Forest | Premier League | £13m | |
| 16 | Fulham | Premier League | £13m | |
| 17 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | £12m | |
| 18 | Leicester City | Championship | £9.8m | |
| 19 | Everton | Premier League | £9.2m | |
| 20 | Southampton | Championship | £8.9m | |
| 21 | Ipswich Town | Championship | £6.3m | |
| 22 | Burnley | Premier League | £5.3m | |
| 23 | Sheffield United | Championship | £4.4m | |
| 24 | Hull City | Championship | £3.2m | |
| 25 | Norwich City | Championship | £2.6m | |
| 26 | Middlesbrough | Championship | £2.5m | |
| 27 | Luton Town | League One | £2.4m | |
| 28 | West Bromwich Albion | Championship | £2.4m | |
| 29 | Cardiff City | League One | £2.4m | |
| 30 | Sunderland | Premier League | £2.2m | |
| 31 | Watford | Championship | £2.1m | |
| 32 | Stoke City | Championship | £1.9m | |
| 33 | Swansea City | Championship | £1.7m | |
| 34 | Coventry City | Championship | £1.6m | |
| 35 | Queens Park Rangers | Championship | £1.4m | |
| 36 | Bristol City | Championship | £1.3m | |
| 37 | Huddersfield Town | League One | £1.2m | |
| 38 | Blackburn Rovers | Championship | £1.2m | |
| 39 | Millwall | Championship | £1.1m | |
| 40 | Plymouth Argyle | League One | £1.0m | |
| 41 | Preston North End | Championship | £954k | |
| 42 | Sheffield Wednesday | Championship | £798k | |
| 43 | Wrexham | Championship | £785k | |
| 44 | Derby County | Championship | £707k | |
| 45 | Portsmouth | Championship | £696k | |
| 46 | Chelsea | Premier League | £623k | |
| 47 | Birmingham City | Championship | £590k | |
| 48 | Oxford United | Championship | £573k | |
| 49 | Bolton Wanderers | League One | £472k | |
| 50 | Charlton Athletic | Championship | £431k | |
| 51 | Stockport County | League One | £421k | |
| 52 | Blackpool | League One | £375k | |
| 53 | Barnsley | League One | £368k | |
| 54 | Lincoln City | League One | £294k | |
| 55 | Manchester City | Community Shield | £289k | |
| 56 | Fleetwood Town | League Two | £284k | |
| 57 | Peterborough United | League One | £275k | |
| 58 | Burton Albion | League One | £263k | |
| 59 | Port Vale | League One | £262k | |
| 60 | Rotherham United | League One | £262k | |
| 61 | Wycombe Wanderers | League One | £244k | |
| 62 | Gillingham | League Two | £236k | |
| 63 | Arsenal | Premier League | £221k | |
| 64 | Manchester United | Premier League | £205k | |
| 65 | Cambridge United | League Two | £198k | |
| 66 | Carlisle United | National League | £193k | |
| 67 | Bristol Rovers | League Two | £188k | |
| 68 | Stevenage | League One | £187k | |
| 69 | Reading | League One | £186k | |
| 70 | Bradford City | League One | £179k | |
| 71 | Leyton Orient | League One | £172k | |
| 72 | Mansfield Town | League One | £160k | |
| 73 | Aston Villa | Premier League | £160k | |
| 74 | MK Dons | — | £159k | |
| 75 | Doncaster Rovers | League One | £153k | |
| 76 | Walsall | League Two | £146k | |
| 77 | Notts County | League Two | £139k | |
| 78 | Wigan Athletic | League One | £138k | |
| 79 | Forest Green Rovers | National League | £133k | |
| 80 | Crawley Town | League Two | £130k | |
| 81 | Tottenham Hotspur | Premier League | £129k | |
| 82 | Everton | Premier League | £123k | |
| 83 | Chesterfield | League Two | £119k | |
| 84 | Leicester City | Championship | £110k | |
| 85 | West Ham | — | £110k | |
| 86 | York City | National League | £110k | |
| 87 | Northampton Town | League One | £109k | |
| 88 | Salford City | League Two | £107k | |
| 89 | London City Lionesses | — | £106k | |
| 90 | Grimsby Town | League Two | £104k | |
| 91 | Southend | — | £103k | |
| 92 | Colchester United | League Two | £102k | |
| 93 | Exeter City | League One | £100k | |
| 94 | Oldham Athletic | League Two | £95k | |
| 95 | Tranmere Rovers | League Two | £87k | |
| 96 | Sutton United | National League | £83k | |
| 97 | Harrogate Town | League Two | £80k | |
| 98 | Shrewsbury Town | League Two | £76k | |
| 99 | Brighton & Hove Albion | — | £71k | |
| 100 | Liverpool | Community Shield | £70k | |
| 101 | AFC Wimbledon | League One | £61k | |
| 102 | Crystal Palace | Premier League | £60k | |
| 103 | Barrow | League Two | £53k | |
| 104 | Cheltenham Town | League Two | £48k | |
| 105 | Barnet | League Two | £47k | |
| 106 | Birmingham City | Championship | £46k | |
| 107 | Morecambe | National League | £45k | |
| 108 | Swindon Town | League Two | £44k | |
| 109 | Newport County | League Two | £43k | |
| 110 | Woking | National League | £42k | |
| 111 | Crewe Alexandra | League Two | £40k | |
| 112 | Yeovil Town | National League | £36k | |
| 113 | Hartlepool United | National League | £35k | |
| 114 | Bristol City | Championship | £34k | |
| 115 | Accrington Stanley | League Two | £28k | |
| 116 | Bromley | League Two | £28k | |
| 117 | Dagenham & Redbridge | — | £22k | |
| 118 | Scunthorpe United | National League | £22k | |
| 119 | Boreham Wood | National League | £22k | |
| 120 | Eastleigh | National League | £20k | |
| 121 | Sheffield United | Championship | £20k | |
| 122 | AFC Fylde | — | £20k | |
| 123 | Solihull Moors | National League | £20k | |
| 124 | Southampton | Championship | £19k | |
| 125 | Rochdale | National League | £19k | |
| 126 | Newcastle United | Premier League | £17k | |
| 127 | Altrincham | National League | £16k | |
| 128 | Charlton Athletic | Championship | £15k | |
| 129 | Boston United | National League | £14k | |
| 130 | Maidenhead United | — | £13k | |
| 131 | Ebbsfleet United | — | £12k | |
| 132 | FC Halifax | — | £12k | |
| 133 | Torquay United | — | £12k | |
| 134 | Kidderminster Harriers | — | £10k | |
| 135 | South Shields | — | £10k | |
| 136 | Durham | — | £9k | |
| 137 | Sunderland | Premier League | £9k | |
| 138 | Portsmouth | Championship | £8k | |
| 139 | Macclesfield | — | £7k | |
| 140 | Maidstone United | — | £4k | |
| 141 | Kings Lynn Town | — | £3k | |
| 142 | Tamworth | National League | £3k | |
| 143 | Blackburn Rovers | Championship | £2k | |
| 144 | Farsley Celtic | — | £2k | |
| 145 | Darlington | — | £1k | |
| 146 | Eastbourne Borough | — | £1k | |
| 147 | Hereford | — | £935 | |
| 148 | Marine | — | £600 | |
| 149 | Welling United | — | £400 | |
| 150 | Aldershot Town | National League | £286 |
How the FA disclosure works
FA Rule J requires every Premier League and EFL club to declare gross fees paid to intermediaries (commonly called agents) annually. The licensing year runs 1 February to 31 January. The FA collates and publishes the figures around early February the following year.
The figure includes commission paid on transfers AND on contract renewals — so a club with stable squad-keeping efforts will still pay agents through extension fees, even without buying.
Source: Football Association annual intermediary disclosure.
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