Transfermarkt values six Nigerian players in Italy’s Serie A at a combined €59.5 million. Samuel Chukwueze and Akor Adams both sit among the division’s top 10 Africans. The ranking filters players by African nationality and lists their market values.
The Top Ten
Chukwueze ranks sixth, at €20 million. The AC Milan winger sits behind Senegal’s Assane Diao, Ivory Coast’s Ange-Yoan Bonny and Evan Ndicka, Senegal midfielder Pape Matar Sarr, and Ivory Coast’s Christ Inao Oulaï.
His valuation follows an eventful summer at Milan. Chukwueze scored against Manchester United and supplied two assists in a 4-2 pre-season victory in Wrocław. He also started Nigeria’s 2-1 win over Madagascar in September. In the team’s next match, a 3-0 defeat by Guinea-Bissau, he didn’t leave the bench.
Adams ranks joint-ninth at €15 million, level with Ivory Coast’s Odilon Kossounou and Cameroon’s Frank Anguissa. The 26-year-old striker joined Venezia permanently from Sevilla in July and signed a contract that runs until June 2030. Before the move, he scored 10 goals in 37 appearances for the Spanish club.
Six Nigerian Valuations
Maduka Okoye ranks joint-16th at €10 million, making him the highest-ranked goalkeeper among the African players on the list. Senegal and AC Monza goalkeeper Demba Thiam is the only other African goalkeeper on the chart, at 42nd.
Ebenezer Akinsanmiro, 21, is Nigeria’s youngest representative. He ranks 23rd, with a valuation of €7 million. The Monza midfielder remains contracted to Inter and spent the 2025/26 campaign on loan at Pisa.
Fisayo Dele-Bashiru is valued at €6 million and ranks joint-24th. The Lazio midfielder joined the Rome club in July 2025 and has earned 19 caps for Nigeria.
Kevin Akpoguma completes the Nigerian group at joint-46th, with a listed value of €1.5 million. The 31-year-old centre-back plays for Frosinone and is part of the club’s 2026/27 Serie A squad.
What the Ranking Measures
Transfermarkt’s ranking puts the six players’ combined market value at €59.5 million. Chukwueze accounts for €20 million of that total, while Adams is listed at €15 million. Okoye is valued at €10 million, Akinsanmiro at €7 million, Dele-Bashiru at €6 million, and Akpoguma at €1.5 million.
Two Nigerians make the African top 10, and six feature among Serie A’s 50 most valuable African players. These figures cover player valuations, not salaries or transfer fees. The article provides no numbers for either wages or fees. It also gives no club revenue, contract terms beyond Adams’s stated end date, or details of negotiations behind the listed valuations.
The ranking was reported Saturday, 3rd October, 2026. The players’ club situations differ: Adams has made a permanent move to Venezia, Akinsanmiro remains contracted to Inter while playing for Monza, and the article identifies Chukwueze with AC Milan, Dele-Bashiru with Lazio, and Akpoguma with Frosinone.