Which Positions Hold Morocco’s €859.3m Player Value? Midfield Leads

Morocco’s 50 most valuable footballers are worth a combined €859.3 million, but the largest share of that value does not sit in attack.

It sits in midfield.

The September 25, 2026 baseline of the Atlas Lions Insider Market Value Tracker contains 15 midfielders worth €320.8 million, representing 37.3% of the entire Top-50 valuation.

Morocco has considerably more attacking players in the ranking — 23 — but they combine for slightly less at €315.5 million, or 36.7%.

The remaining 12 defenders account for €223 million, or 26.0%.

The difference between midfield and attack is only €5.3 million, but looking deeper into the individual positions reveals a more distinctive structure: central midfield is Morocco’s most valuable positional group, right-back is heavily influenced by Achraf Hakimi, and centre-forward represents a much smaller share of the total than the two wing positions.

Morocco player market value by position

For this analysis, players are grouped according to the primary position recorded in the Atlas Lions Insider tracker.

Midfield therefore holds the largest share despite containing eight fewer players than attack.

That does not mean Morocco has a stronger midfield than attack in sporting terms. Market value reflects factors including age, club level, contract situation, performance and transfer-market demand.

But within the same valuation framework, the positional distribution provides another way to understand where Morocco’s player value currently sits.

Central midfield leads every individual position at €188m

Breaking the three broad groups into their specific positions produces an even clearer picture.

Central midfield is the clear leader.

Eight players combine for €188 million, equivalent to almost 22% of the entire €859.3 million Top-50 value.

Ayyoub Bouaddi drives much of that total at €80 million, followed by Neil El Aynaoui at €30 million and Samir El Mourabet at €22 million.

Azzedine Ounahi (€18m), Imrân Louza (€14m), Soufiane El-Faouzi (€9m), Bilal Nadir (€8m) and Yassin Belkhdim (€7m) complete the group.

Bouaddi alone accounts for 42.6% of the central-midfield total, so the position is not evenly distributed.

But even without him, the other seven central midfielders still combine for €108 million.

Morocco’s midfield value extends beyond central midfield

Central midfield is only part of the story.

Morocco also has four attacking midfielders worth a combined €100 million.

Ismael Saibari leads that group at €55 million, followed by Bilal El Khannouss at €35 million. Ilias Chair and Rayane Bounida add €5 million each.

Defensive midfield contributes another €32.8 million through Oussama Targhalline (€16m), Sofyan Amrabat (€10m) and Reda Belahyane (€6.8m).

Together, the three midfield categories reach €320.8 million.

The age profile also matters. Morocco’s U23 market-value analysis showed that 16 players aged 22 or younger already account for €278.8 million of the complete Top-50 value.

Several of the most valuable young players in that group are midfielders, including Bouaddi, El Khannouss and El Mourabet.

That helps explain why midfield holds such a large share of Morocco’s current market valuation.

Attack has the most players — but does not lead in total value

Attack is Morocco’s largest positional group numerically.

The Top 50 contains:

nine left wingers,

eight right wingers,

and six centre-forwards.

Together they account for 23 of the 50 players and €315.5 million.

That is almost half of the entire Top 50 by player count, yet only 36.7% by value.

The biggest attacking category is left wing at €129.5 million.

Abde Ezzalzouli leads at €40 million, followed by Amine Adli and Eliesse Ben Seghir at €20 million each.

Sofiane Diop (€15m), Osame Sahraoui (€9m), Couhaib Driouech (€7.5m), Anass Zaroury (€7m), Oussama Idrissi (€6m) and Amine Harit (€5m) complete the group.

The depth is notable: no other specific position has as many Top-50 players as left wing.

Right wing adds another €116m

Morocco’s right-wing pool contains eight players worth €116 million.

Brahim Díaz leads the group at €35 million, followed by Chemsdine Talbi at €25 million.

Gessime Yassine and Ilias Akhomach are valued at €12 million each, Ayoube Amaimouni-Echghouyab at €10 million, Jones El-Abdellaoui and Othmane Maamma at €8 million each, and Zakaria Aboukhlal at €6 million.

Combining the two wing positions produces a striking figure:

17 wingers worth €245.5 million.

That is 28.6% of the entire Top-50 valuation.

Morocco therefore has considerable numerical and market-value depth in wide attacking positions even though attack as a whole narrowly trails midfield.

Centre-forward accounts for €70m

The contrast appears at centre-forward.

Six players in the Top 50 are classified primarily as centre-forwards, with a combined value of €70 million.

Hamza Igamane leads at €18 million, narrowly ahead of Youssef En-Nesyri at €17 million.

Yanis Begraoui is valued at €12 million, Yassir Zabiri at €9 million, Tawfik Bentayeb at €8 million and Soufiane Rahimi at €6 million.

That means Morocco’s six centre-forwards represent only 8.1% of the entire €859.3 million Top-50 value.

The comparison with the wings is substantial.

Left and right wingers together are worth €245.5 million — more than three times the €70 million held by centre-forwards.

That does not establish that Morocco is weak at striker.

Market value and national-team quality are not interchangeable, and the valuations are influenced strongly by age and transfer economics.

But the difference does show that considerably more of Morocco’s current player-market value is located in wide attackers than in conventional No. 9s.

Right-back looks exceptionally valuable — but Hakimi changes the picture

Defence accounts for €223 million, or 26% of Morocco’s complete Top-50 value.

Right-back alone contributes €130 million.

At first glance, that makes right-back Morocco’s second-most valuable specific position, only behind central midfield.

But there is an important concentration effect.

Achraf Hakimi is valued at €80 million.

He therefore accounts for 61.5% of the entire right-back total.

The other three Top-50 right-backs — Noussair Mazraoui (€18m), Zakaria El Ouahdi (€17m) and Omar El Hilali (€15m) — combine for €50 million.

This is exactly why positional totals need context.

Right-back is clearly a valuable group in the tracker, but its €130 million total is disproportionately influenced by Morocco’s joint-highest-valued player.

The same concentration pattern appears elsewhere in the dataset. Atlas Lions Insider’s current-squad market-value analysis found that a relatively small group of high-value players accounts for a large share of the senior camp’s overall valuation.

Centre-back and left-back combine for €93m

The remaining defensive value is considerably lower.

Five centre-backs combine for €60 million.

Chadi Riad leads at €20 million, followed by Nayef Aguerd at €15 million and Abdelhamid Aït Boudlal at €12 million. Issa Diop (€8m) and Redouane Halhal (€5m) complete the Top-50 group.

At left-back, three players combine for €33 million: Souffian El Karouani at €15 million, Anass Salah-Eddine at €12 million and Adam Aznou at €6 million.

Together, centre-back and left-back are therefore worth €93 million — still below the €130 million attached to the four right-backs.

Again, Hakimi explains much of that difference.

Why there are no goalkeepers in the Top 50

One position is missing entirely from the table: goalkeeper.

That is not because the tracker excludes goalkeepers.

No Moroccan goalkeeper currently reaches the €5 million market-value cutoff required to enter the Top 50.

Yassine Bounou, Morocco’s highest-valued goalkeeper in the current senior group, is listed separately below the cutoff at €3 million. Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti, Munir El Kajoui and Alaa Bellaarouch also sit outside the Top 50.

This is an important example of why market-value data should not be treated as a ranking of sporting importance.

Goalkeepers often follow different valuation patterns from outfield players, while age also matters significantly in transfer-market estimates.

Bounou remains part of Morocco’s senior squad despite sitting outside the Top-50 valuation cutoff.

The absence of goalkeepers therefore describes the market-value distribution, not the importance of the position to the national team.

Three positions hold more than half of Morocco’s total value

Central midfield, right-back and left wing are the three most valuable individual positional groups.

Together they account for:

€447.5 million.

That represents 52.1% of Morocco’s entire €859.3 million Top-50 player value.

Yet those three positions contain only 21 of the 50 players.

This adds another layer to the concentration already identified elsewhere in the Atlas Lions Market Intelligence series.

The league-value analysis showed that Ligue 1, the Bundesliga, Premier League and La Liga hold 79.4% of the total.

The club analysis shows that those players are nevertheless widely dispersed between individual teams.

And the positional analysis now shows that value is not distributed evenly across the pitch either.

Different forms of concentration can therefore coexist.

What the positional breakdown tells us

The most important finding is not simply that midfield ranks first.

The difference between midfield and attack is too small for that alone to be particularly meaningful.

The more useful insight is the structure underneath the totals.

Morocco’s market value is supported by a particularly valuable central-midfield group.

Its attacking depth is concentrated heavily on the wings.

Its centre-forward valuation is considerably smaller.

And a large part of its defensive valuation comes from one exceptional right-back in Hakimi.

Those distinctions matter when using market-value data to understand the player pool.

They also create a useful baseline.

Future updates can show whether Morocco’s value becomes more balanced across positions, whether one area starts pulling away, or whether emerging players change the distribution entirely.

September 25, 2026 positional snapshot

Total Top-50 market value: €859.3m
Midfield: €320.8m — 37.3%
Attack: €315.5m — 36.7%
Defence: €223m — 26.0%
Most valuable specific position: Central midfield — €188m
Most represented position: Left wing — 9 players
Winger value: €245.5m — 17 players
Centre-forward value: €70m — 6 players
Right-back value: €130m — 4 players
Hakimi’s share of right-back value: 61.5%
Goalkeepers in Top 50: 0

Methodology

This analysis uses the Atlas Lions Insider Market Value Tracker baseline dated September 25, 2026.

The tracker covers Morocco’s 50 highest-valued players in the current dataset, with a combined reference market value of €859.3 million.

Players were classified according to the primary position recorded in the tracker.

For the broad positional comparison, central midfield, attacking midfield and defensive midfield were grouped as midfield. Left wing, right wing and centre-forward were grouped as attack. Centre-back, right-back and left-back were grouped as defence.

Goalkeepers are not intentionally excluded; none currently reaches the €5 million Top-50 cutoff.

Market values are Transfermarkt reference estimates and should not be interpreted as transfer fees, asking prices or definitive measures of player ability.

Atlas Lions Insider calculated the positional totals, player counts, shares and concentration figures from the recorded September 25 dataset. Future tracker snapshots will allow changes in this positional distribution to be measured over time.