The winter and summer transfer windows in 2022 saw a total of 725 Nigerian players involved, making them the fifth-highest national transfer in the world.
The other two African teams in the top 10 with a combined 515 players and 428 movements are Ghana and Ivory Coast.
According to a document issued by world regulatory organization FIFA, the moves involving these Nigerian players over that time period commanded a total of $104.2m, which is the 19th most in the world.
In the top 10 international transfers of female players, Nigeria was also represented.
Umar Sadiq, who transferred from Almeria to Real Sociedad for €26m plus add-ons, is one of the top Nigerian players in the 2022 transfer market. Emmanuel Dennis joined Premier League newcomers Nottingham Forest from division side Watford for £25 million, and Calvin Bassey completed a €27 million plus add-ons transfer to Ajax.
Following a successful Bundesliga campaign with Union Berlin, Taiwo Awoniyi also moved to Nottingham Forest for £20 million.
While David Okereke completed a €10 million transfer from Belgian powerhouses Club Brugge to Cremonese, Joe Aribo, a midfielder for Glasgow Rangers in the Scottish Premiership, left the Rangers for Southampton and cost the Saints £10 million plus add-ons.
With a total of 2,061 professionals moving throughout the world in 2022, Brazil had the most players transfer there. It cost a total of $843.2m to acquire those players over that time.
The second-highest number of transfers in Europe, totaling 921 moves for £591.5 million, were made by France, who are ranked third in the log and are second on the log with 1,004 moves.
Nigeria comes in fifth while England is in fourth place with 848 transfers totaling £249.7 million.
With 711 players changing teams during the transfer window and a £203.6 million transfer value, Colombia is ranked sixth. Serbia rounded out the top 10 nations with the most players transferred in 2022 with a total of 425 moves, while Spain had a total of 603 players across the transfer windows that cost £262.5 million.
