A total of 19 Iranian players have been valued at or above 1 million Euro.
Sardar Azmoun, the Zenit forward is at the top of the list at € 23 mn followed by Mehdi Taremi of Porto FC with € 13 mn.
Both these players have been making the headlines recently. Taremi has made plenty of waves after that spectacular scissors kick goal against Chelsea in addition to his earlier goal in the previous round against Juventus in the UEFA Champions League. Taremi did his reputation a world of good by such performance and consequently his market value which is expected to increase significantly in the coming months.
Azmoun, on the other hand, has been slotting them in with Zenit. He is top of the Russian Premier League goal scorers chart with 15 goals.
Despite the quoted figures by TransferMarket, a specialist website that monitors players’ values and transfers, it is highly unlikely that Zenit or Porto will part with their respective Iranian players at those prices. Azmoun will not be released for less than 50 million euros, while Taremi is approaching the €30 million mark.
However, the rest of the legionnaires have not fared anywhere near the exceptional Azmoun and Taremi. Alireza Jahanbakhsh has seen his value spiral dive after two disappointing seasons in the Premier League with Brighton.
The highest valued domestic league player is Mehdi Ghaedi who is valued at €1,6 million and sits at number 11 on the list. Two players who are not in this current list but making significant progress should appear in the chart soon (their value top the €1 million). These two are club mates Shahab Zahedi and Allahyar Sayyadmanesh of the Ukrainian club Vorya.
LIST OF TOP VALUED IRANIAN PLAYERS
| # | Player | Age | Market value million | in US$ |
| 1 | Sardar Azmoun | 26 | € 23.00 | $ 27,558,600.00 |
| 2 | Mehdi Taremi | 28 | € 13.00 | $ 15,576,600.00 |
| 3 | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | 27 | € 5.00 | $ 5,991,000.00 |
| 4 | Ali Gholizadeh | 25 | € 4.00 | $ 4,792,800.00 |
| 5 | Kaveh Rezaei | 29 | € 3.20 | $ 3,834,240.00 |
| 6 | Saman Ghoddos | 27 | € 3.00 | $ 3,594,600.00 |
| 7 | Milad Mohammadi | 27 | € 2.80 | $ 3,354,960.00 |
| 8 | Mehrdad Mohammadi | 27 | € 2.50 | $ 2,995,500.00 |
| 9 | Alireza Beiranvand | 28 | € 2.00 | $ 2,396,400.00 |
| 10 | Karim Ansarifard | 31 | € 1.80 | $ 2,156,760.00 |
| 11 | Mehdi Ghayedi | 22 | € 1.60 | $ 1,917,120.00 |
| 12 | Sadegh Moharrami | 25 | € 1.50 | $ 1,797,300.00 |
| 13 | Ahmad Nourollahi | 28 | € 1.40 | $ 1,677,480.00 |
| 14 | Amir Abedzadeh | 27 | € 1.30 | $ 1,557,660.00 |
| 15 | Majid Hosseini | 24 | € 1.20 | $ 1,437,840.00 |
| 16 | Ehsan Hajsafi | 31 | € 1.10 | $ 1,318,020.00 |
| 17 | Mehdi Torabi | 26 | € 1.10 | $ 1,318,020.00 |
| 18 | Morteza Pouraliganji | 28 | € 1.00 | $ 1,198,200.00 |
| 19 | Amir Arsalan Motahari | 28 | € 1.00 | $ 1,198,200.00 |