Vinicius, Haaland, Diaz, Gavi: Who had the biggest value increase in 21/22?

After a few years of flattering to deceive in the famous white jersey, the Brazilian winger well and truly exploded into life, scoring and assisting goals for fun.

Across all competitions, Vinicius finished with 22 goals and 20 assists to his name, including the winner in the Champions League final against Liverpool.

Due to his on-pitch brilliance, the former Flamengo man has seen his market valuation over on Transfermarkt rise a considerable amount over the course of the 2021/22 campaign.

And you can check out the top 25 value risers from the season in full below…

Vinicius with the Champions League trophy

The 25 players with the biggest market value increases in 2021/22

25. Bremer (Torino) | +£18.00 million

New market value: £28.00 million | Percentage increase: 200%

24. Marc Guehi (Crystal Palace) | +£18.00 million

New market value: £28.00 million | Percentage increase: 200%

23. Kalvin Phillips (Leeds United) | +£18.00 million

New market value: £45.00 million | Percentage increase: 66.7%

22. Eder Militao (Real Madrid) | +£18.00 million

New market value: £54.00 million | Percentage increase: 50%

21. Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund) | +£18.00 million

New market value: £67.50 million | Percentage increase: 36.4%

Jude Bellingham with Borussia Dortmund

20. Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) | +£18.00 million

New market value: £135.00 million | Percentage increase: 15.4%

19. Nico Schlotterbeck (Freiburg) | +£18.45 million

New market value: £25.20 million | Percentage increase: 273.3%

18. Emile Smith Rowe (Arsenal) | +£19.80 million

New market value: £36.00 million | Percentage increase: 122.2%

17. Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) | +£19.80 million

New market value: £58.50 million | Percentage increase: 51.2%

16. Vitinha (FC Porto) | +£20.70 million

New market value: £27.00 million | Percentage increase: 328.6%

Vitinha with FC Porto

15. Nico Gonzalez (Barcelona) | +£22.05 million

New market value: £22.50 million | Percentage increase: 4900%

14. Tino Livramento (Southampton) | +£22.50 million

New market value: £22.50 million | Percentage increase: n/a

13. Karim Adeyemi (Red Bull Salzburg) | +£22.50 million

New market value: £31.50 million | Percentage increase: 250%

12. Yeremy Pino (Villarreal) | +£22.50 million

New market value: £36.00 million | Percentage increase: 166.7%

11. Rafael Leao (AC Milan) | +£22.50 million

New market value: £45.00 million | Percentage increase: 100%

Rafael Leao with AC Milan

10. Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen) | +£22.50 million

New market value: £63.00 million | Percentage increase: 55.6%

9. Luis Diaz (Liverpool) | +£24.30 million

New market value: £40.50 million | Percentage increase: 150%

8. Hugo Ekitike (Reims) | +£24.66 million

New market value: £25.20 million | Percentage increase: 3233.3%

7. Matheus Nunes (Sporting Lisbon) | +£27.00 million

New market value: £31.50 million | Percentage increase: 600%

6. Aurélien Tchouaméni (AS Monaco) | +£27.00 million

New market value: £54.00 million | Percentage increase: 100%

Aurelien Tchouameni with AS Monaco

5. Arnaut Danjuma (Villarreal) | +£31.50 million

New market value: £45.00 million | Percentage increase: 233.3%

4. Darwin Nunez (Benfica) | +£31.50 million

New market value: £49.50 million | Percentage increase: 175%

3. Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) | +£40.50 million

New market value: £76.50 million | Percentage increase: 112.5%

2. Gavi (Barcelona) | +£54.00 million

New market value: £54.00 million | Percentage increase: n/a

1. Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) | +£54.00 million

New market value: £90.00 million | Percentage increase: 150%

Vinicius takes top spot and his shiny new value of £90 million makes him the joint-third most valuable footballer in the world, behind only Haaland and Kylian Mbappe.

If the Brazilian continues to light up stadiums around the globe in the 2022/23, he will almost certainly have entered into the £100 million and above bracket by this time next year.

The £38.70 million Real Madrid coughed up to sign the 21-year-old in 2018 now looks like an absolute bargain, doesn’t it?