Ulsan Lee Dong-kyung ranks first in K-League market value... The best potential is Kim Gunhee in Incheon

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Lee Dong-kyung (Ulsan HD) beat foreign players such as Andrea Compagno (Jeonbuk Hyundai) to rank No. 1 in the K-League 1 market value.

Lee Dong-kyung was at the top of the ranking table with 1.6 million euros (about 2.73 billion won) in the K League 1 player market value ranking announced by transfer media outlet Transfer Room on the 27th (Korea time).

Lee Dong-kyung was honored as the K League 1 Most Valuable Player (MVP) last season by scoring 13 goals and 11 assists in 34 games at the Gimcheon Sangmu and one assist in 2 games at Ulsan after being discharged from the military.

Due to this performance, he has been consistently on board with the national team recently under the call of coach Hong Myung-bo, and has challenged the 2026 FIFA World Cup in North and Central America.

After Lee Dong-kyung, the second to fourth places were all filled with foreign players.

Jeonbuk striker Compagno (Italy) followed Lee Dong-kyung with 1.5 million euros (about 2.56 billion won), while Yago Carriello and Eric Parias (Brazil) from Ulsan were evaluated at 1.3 million euros (about 2.22 billion won) and 975,000 euros (about 1.66 billion won), respectively.

Lee Seung-woo (Jeonbuk) ranked fifth with 926,000 euros (about 1.58 billion won), Kim Bong-soo (Daejeon Hana Citizen) ranked sixth with 882,000 euros (about 1.5 billion won), and Byun Jun-su (Kimcheon) ranked seventh with 870,000 euros (about 1.48 billion won).

Jeonbuk midfielder Auberdan (Brazil) ranked in the top 10 with 846,000 euros (about 1.44 billion won), Shin Min-ha (Gangwon FC) with 832,000 euros (about 1.42 billion won), and Kang Sang-yoon (Jeonbuk) with 807,000 euros (about 1.38 billion won).

In the potential rankings set by the media for players under the age of 24, Incheon United center back Kim Gun-hee ranked first with 81 points out of 100. Kim Geon-hee's market value is 777,000 euros (about 1.33 billion won).

Byun Jun-su then ranked second with 80.7 points, and Shin Min-ha and Seo Myung-kwan (Ulsan) tied for third with 79.8 points. Ko Young-joon of Kangwon ranked fifth with 78.9 points.

In addition, Jin Si-woo (Pohang, 77.6 points), Park Sung-hoon (77.4 points), Hwang Do-yoon (77.1 points, FC Seoul, 76.9 points), Kim Ha-joon (76.6 points, Jeonbuk) ranked 6th to 10th.

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