Transfers

What MLS clubs paid to sign players from abroad, what they were paid to sell them, and the fees clubs in the league paid each other. Clubs rarely announce fees; nearly every figure here is a press report, so these are anchors, not accounts. The record is thick from 2024 on and thin before, where only the deals later stories mention made it. The biggest fee in is $26.5M for Son Heung-Min (2025); the biggest out is $27M for Miguel Almiron (2019).

Between MLS clubs $1M $2M $5M $10M $20M 2026: Rafael Navarro, Colorado Rapids to Saint Louis City SC, $12M 2026: Dejan Joveljic, Sporting Kansas City to Seattle Sounders, $6M 2026: Owen Wolff, Austin FC to Sporting Kansas City, $4.5M 2026: Tai Baribo, Philadelphia Union to D.C. United, $4M 2026: Cole Bassett, Colorado Rapids to Portland Timbers, $2.65M 2026: Joao Klauss, Saint Louis City SC to LA Galaxy, $2.38M 2026: Brooklyn Raines, Houston Dynamo to New England Revolution, $1.6M 2026: Joseph Rosales, Minnesota United FC to Austin FC, $1.5M 2025: Evander, Portland Timbers to FC Cincinnati, $12M 2025: Djordje Mihailovic, Colorado Rapids to Toronto FC, $8M 2025: Luciano Acosta, FC Cincinnati to FC Dallas, $5M 2025: Daniel Gazdag, Philadelphia Union to Columbus Crew, $4M 2025: Dejan Joveljic, LA Galaxy to Sporting Kansas City, $4M 2025: Jack McGlynn, Philadelphia Union to Houston Dynamo, $2.1M 2026 2024 2022 2020 2018 2016 2014 2012 2010 2008 2006 2004 2002 2000 1998 1996

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Transfer fees by season, one mark per cash deal in dollars, on a logarithmic scale: each gridline step is a doubling or more.

2026

player from to move fee up to kind reported sources
Rafael Navarro Colorado Rapids Saint Louis City SC within MLS $12M $12.25M cash 1
Dejan Joveljic Sporting Kansas City Seattle Sounders within MLS $6M — cash 1
Owen Wolff Austin FC Sporting Kansas City within MLS $4.5M $7.6M cash 1 2
Tai Baribo Philadelphia Union D.C. United within MLS $4M $4.6M cash 1 2
Tristan Blackmon Vancouver Whitecaps Inter Miami within MLS $3M — bid, no deal 1
Cole Bassett Colorado Rapids Portland Timbers within MLS $2.65M $3.7M cash 1
Joao Klauss Saint Louis City SC LA Galaxy within MLS $2.38M — cash 1
Georgi Minoungou Seattle Sounders Colorado Rapids within MLS $2M — allocation money 1
Brooklyn Raines Houston Dynamo New England Revolution within MLS $1.6M $2M cash 1 2
Joseph Rosales Minnesota United FC Austin FC within MLS $1.5M — cash 1
Jayden Nelson Vancouver Whitecaps Austin FC within MLS $1.25M — allocation money 1
Jacob Shaffelburg Nashville SC Los Angeles FC within MLS $1M — allocation money 1
Braian Ojeda Real Salt Lake Orlando City SC within MLS — $1.77M allocation money 1
Brayan Vera Real Salt Lake CF Montréal within MLS — $1.55M allocation money 1
Dante Sealy CF Montréal Colorado Rapids within MLS — $2.5M allocation money 1
David Ayala Portland Timbers Inter Miami within MLS — $2.15M cash 1
Jakob Glesnes Philadelphia Union LA Galaxy within MLS — $2.2M allocation money 1
Luca Bombino Los Angeles FC San Diego FC within MLS — $1.1M allocation money 1

2025

player from to move fee up to kind reported sources
Evander Portland Timbers FC Cincinnati within MLS $12M $12.15M cash 1
Djordje Mihailovic Colorado Rapids Toronto FC within MLS $8M $9M cash 1 2
Luciano Acosta FC Cincinnati FC Dallas within MLS $5M $6M cash 1
Daniel Gazdag Philadelphia Union Columbus Crew within MLS $4M $4.5M cash 1
Dejan Joveljic LA Galaxy Sporting Kansas City within MLS $4M — cash 1
Leonardo Campana Inter Miami New England Revolution within MLS $2.5M $3.25M allocation money 1
Jack McGlynn Philadelphia Union Houston Dynamo within MLS $2.1M $3.4M cash 1 2
Chicho Arango Real Salt Lake San Jose Earthquakes within MLS $1.4M — allocation money 1
Aliyu Ibrahim Houston Dynamo Columbus Crew within MLS — $1.2M cash 1
Indiana Vassilev Saint Louis City SC Philadelphia Union within MLS — $1.25M allocation money 1
Jesus Ferreira FC Dallas Seattle Sounders within MLS — $2.3M allocation money 1
Josh Atencio Seattle Sounders Colorado Rapids within MLS — $1.6M allocation money 1
Ted Ku-DiPietro D.C. United Colorado Rapids within MLS — $1.4M cash 1

2024

player from to move fee up to kind reported sources
Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty Toronto FC CF Montréal within MLS — $1.3M allocation money 1

2022

player from to move fee up to kind reported sources
Kellyn Acosta Colorado Rapids Los Angeles FC within MLS $1.1M $1.5M allocation money 1

2021

player from to move fee kind reported sources
Jeremy Ebobisse Portland Timbers San Jose Earthquakes within MLS $1.3M allocation money 1

2018

player from to move fee kind reported sources
David Accam Chicago Fire Philadelphia Union within MLS $1M allocation money 1

2017

player from to move fee kind reported sources
Dom Dwyer Sporting Kansas City Orlando City SC within MLS $1.6M allocation money 1

The season is the first one a move affects, so a winter sale is filed under the next year. The fee is the headline figure: the flat fee, or the guaranteed part before add-ons; up to is the most it can reach with them. Allocation money is league budget room traded between clubs, not cash. A bid is an offer that was turned down or came to nothing. Reported is the date of the earliest source. Sources are numbered links to the reports.