Premier League clubs paid out more than £272m to football agents during 2020-21, an increase of almost £9m on the previous year.
Chelsea were the highest spending club in the top flight, paying over £35.2m to agents between 1 February 2020 and 1 February 2021.
Manchester City (£30.2m), Manchester United (£29.8m) and Liverpool (£21.7m) were the next biggest spenders.
West Brom were the lowest spenders after paying out £4.2m.
In the Championship, the amount spent on agents’ fees was down by more than £9m compared to the previous 12 months.
Second-tier clubs spent £40.8m in total, with Norwich (£6.8m) and Bournemouth (£5.8m) spending the most.
In League One and League Two, the figure spent on agents was slightly down on the previous 12 months.
| Arsenal | £16,462,480 |
| Aston Villa | £8,928,343 |
| Brighton | £7,496,038 |
| Burnley | £4,458,520 |
| Chelsea | £35,247,822 |
| Crystal Palace | £6,760,093 |
| Everton | £14,071,886 |
| Fulham | £9,347,927 |
| Leeds | £7,034,943 |
| Leicester | £12,518,018 |
| Liverpool | £21,652,589 |
| Manchester City | £30,174,615 |
| Manchester United | £29,801,555 |
| Newcastle | £11,349,953 |
| Sheffield United | £7,081,018 |
| Southampton | £6,804,154 |
| Tottenham | £16,520,177 |
| West Brom | £4,222,059 |
| West Ham | £9,689,567 |
| Wolves | £12,598,466 |
| Total | £272,220,223 |
