The Premier League clubs' total spend on agent fees was announced on Tuesday evening, much to the shock of fans up and down the country - with almost £500million being spent on concluding deals.
The figures include both of the last two transfer windows, starting from the end of the January 2025 window and including the summer period, as well as the January 2026 transfer window. Of course, each passing year it seems as though more and more money is being spent, including promoted teams continuing to spend at least £100million on players per year.
And those figures are not stopping agent fees, either. Here, GIVEMESPORT takes a look at which teams have spent the most on intermediaries in a bid to get deals done - and you may find it mindblowing as to how much the leading side have spent of the collective £460million across each 20 clubs.
Burnley, Everton, Sunderland, Fulham, Nottingham Forest
Perhaps unsurprisingly to most people, it's Burnley that are bottom of the pile this time around. The Clarets simply did not spend as much as their promotion counterparts, and with a fair bulk of their summer signings joining on obligations from their successful Championship campaign, it's seen Scott Parker's men spend just £7.35million on agent fees.
Everton are next up; they likely won't have involved an agent fee in the deal taking Jack Grealish to Merseyside as he was only a loan signing, and given the likes of Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, Tyler Dibling and more were wanting to move, their agent fees won't have been as high as their market value reflected.
Making up the bottom three are Sunderland, who signed in bulk and for a vast amount of money in terms of transfer fees — though they have done that well - alongside Fulham, and signing-happy Nottingham Forest.
Forest brought in plenty of talent once again this summer, including lashing £30million or more on four players this summer, including Dan Ndoye, Omari Hutchinson and James McAtee - but agent fees were relatively low for their deals.
Brentford, Leeds United, Crystal Palace, West Ham, Brighton and Hove Albion
Moving away from the bottom five, we move into sides that have largely been competing in the bottom half of the table this season.
Brentford are the anomaly to that statement. It's been an incredible campaign for Keith Andrews in his first season as a manager, not least in the Premier League - and the Bees currently sit just three points behind Liverpool in the race for Champions League football, having only spent £12.74million on agent fees over the past two windows.
Next come Leeds, who landed stars such as Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Anton Stach and Noah Okafor. Although they've fallen slightly off the boil in recent weeks in the league, they still have breathing space and are well-placed to survive in the top-flight with home games to come against Wolves and Burnley.
Making up the rest of the bottom half are Crystal Palace, West Ham and Brighton - who, until recently, had spent long periods in the bottom half prior to Brighton's recent revival of four wins in five games.
West Ham could be joining Burnley and Wolves in the bottom three by the end of the season, which would make their £18.34million money poorly spent.
Newcastle United, AFC Bournemouth, Tottenham Hotspur, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester United
There are some big hitters on this list, but once again, some have spent their agent fees incredibly poorly.
Newcastle are enduring their worst campaign yet under Eddie Howe, winning just 12 of their 31 games this season - despite the record signing of Nick Woltemade, and the additions of Yoane Wissa, Jacob Ramsey and Anthony Elanga.
Bournemouth have had a drop-off themselves this season, beginning the opening stages of the campaign in the top four, though the loss of Antoine Semenyo to Manchester City and the decimation of their defence over the summer has contributed to them slipping down to 13th.
Tottenham are in eighth, and they've had the worst season of any. There is a genuine chance that Spurs could be relegated, which would arguably be the biggest shock in Premier League history, alongside Leicester City winning the title in 2016. That makes their £21.38million on agent fees seem like dreadful spending.
And then come bottom side Wolverhampton Wanderers in seventh, spending an incredible £25.96million in agents fees - though they sit on just 17 points with seven games to go.
In fact, the only side in this quintet who have been impressive are Manchester United. Spending big under Ruben Amorim, it's taken until Michael Carrick's interim spell for them to get firing and now a Champions League place seems all but in their grasp given United's recent form.
Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Aston Villa, Chelsea
It's perhaps no surprise to see the top six teams in this list currently sit as the top six in the Premier League table. At the end of the day, large and continued spending does bring you success on the whole.
What is perhaps slightly odd is seeing Arsenal sitting outside the top four. Bringing the likes of Eberechi Eze, Martin Zubimendi, Viktor Gyokeres and Piero Hincapie to the Emirates Stadium has massively increased Mikel Arteta's chances of finally bringing home the Premier League title - but the Gunners haven't spent more than their title rivals of years gone by with just £32.14million leaving their coffers.
Rounding up the top four are Liverpool's £33.88million, in which they landed the likes of Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike among others in a crucial summer on Merseyside, one which hasn't quite gone to plan for the club so far.
City are third, despite spending money on Marc Guehi and Antoine Semenyo in the winter window to boost their figures, and surprisingly it's Aston Villa in second, eclipsing City by just over £1million.
However, the most jaw-dropping statistic of this entire table is Chelsea's spending on agent fees. £65.10million - more than double that of every team except Liverpool, City and Villa - is enough to put them top spot and by some incredible margin.
It's more than the bottom six teams combined, and perhaps most excruciatingly for fans and Todd Boehly, it's not showing on the pitch. The Blues have won just one of their last five games, sitting six points outside of the top four - and five points clear of the bottom half.
They have games coming up against Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool - and Champions League football may not be a formality next season, despite the huge spending.