# Dutch football transfer record

This is a list of the most expensive transfer fees paid in football in The Netherlands.

## Outgoing transfers

| Rank | Player | From | To | Transfer fee (€ million) | Year |
| 1 | Antony | Ajax | Manchester United | 100 | 2022 |
| 2 | Frenkie de Jong | Ajax | Barcelona | 75 | 2019 |
| 2 | Matthijs de Ligt | Ajax | Juventus | 75 | 2019 |
| 3 | Davinson Sánchez | Ajax | Tottenham Hotspur | 42 | 2017 |
| 4 | Cody Gakpo | PSV | Liverpool | 40 | 2022 |
| 5 | Hakim Ziyech | Ajax | Chelsea | 37 | 2020 |
| 6 | Hirving Lozano | PSV | Napoli | 34 | 2019 |
| 7 | Memphis Depay | PSV | Manchester United | 34 | 2015 |
| 8 | Arek Milik | Ajax | Napoli | 32 | 2016 |
| 9 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | PSV | Manchester United | 30.5 | 2001 |
| 10 | Wesley Sneijder | Ajax | Real Madrid | 27 | 2007 |
| 11 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | Ajax | Real Madrid | 27 | 2009 |
| 12 | Davy Klaassen | Ajax | Everton | 27 | 2017 |
| 13 | Luis Suárez | Ajax | Liverpool | 26.5 | 2011 |
| 14 | Vincent Janssen | AZ Alkmaar | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | 2016 |
| 15 | Georginio Wijnaldum | PSV | Newcastle United | 20 | 2015 |
| 16 | Kevin Strootman | PSV | Roma | 20 | 2013 |
| 17 | Afonso Alves | Heerenveen | Middlesbrough | 20 | 2008 |
| 18 | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | AZ Alkmaar | Brighton | 19 | 2018 |
| 18 | Arjen Robben | PSV | Chelsea | 18.1 | 2004 |
| 19 | Cristian Chivu | Ajax | Roma | 18 | 2003 |
| 20 | Dirk Kuyt | Feyenoord | Liverpool | 18 | 2006 |
| 21 | Daley Blind | Ajax | Manchester United | 17.5 | 2014 |
| 22 | Jaap Stam | PSV | Manchester United | 17 | 1998 |
| 23 | Ryan Babel | Ajax | Liverpool | 16.95 | 2007 |
| 24 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Ajax | Juventus | 16.9 | 2004 |
| 25 | Miralem Sulejmani | Heerenveen | Ajax | 16.25 | 2008 |
| 26 | Dennis Bergkamp | Ajax | Internazionale | 16 | 1993 |
| 27 | Ronaldo Nazario | PSV | Barcelona | 15.5 | 1996 |
| 28 | Luuk de Jong | Twente | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 15 | 2012 |
| 29 | Rick Karsdorp | Feyenoord | Roma | 14 | 2011 |
| 30 | Balázs Dzsudzsák | PSV | Anzhi Makhachkala | 14 | 2011 |
| 31 | Heurelho Gomes | PSV | Tottenham Hotspur | 14 | 2008 |
| 32 | Dušan Tadić | Twente | Southampton | 14 | 2014 |
| 33 | Wilfried Bony | Vitesse Arnhem | Swansea City | 14 | 2013 |
| 34 | Royston Drenthe | Feyenoord | Real Madrid | 14 | 2007 |
| 35 | Christian Eriksen | Ajax | Tottenham Hotspur | 13.5 | 2013 |
| 36 | Jordy Clasie | Feyenoord | Southampton | 13.5 | 2015 |
| 37 | Salomon Kalou | Feyenoord | Chelsea | 12.6 | 2006 |
| 38 | Arouna Koné | PSV | Sevilla | 12 | 2007 |
| 39 | Bryan Ruiz | Twente | Fulham | 12 | 2011 |
| 40 | Ahmed Hossam | Ajax | Marseille | 12 | 2003 |
| 41 | Thomas Vermaelen | Ajax | Arsenal | 12 | 2009 |
| 42 | Quincy Promes | Twente | Spartak Moscow | 11.5 | 2014 |
| 43 | Chidera Ejuke | Heerenveen | CSKA Moscow | 11.5 | 2020 |
| 44 | Frank de Boer | Ajax | Barcelona | 11 | 1998 |
| 45 | Jeremain Lens | PSV | Dynamo Kyiv | 10.3 | 2013 |
| 46 | John Heitinga | Ajax | Atlético Madrid | 10 | 2008 |
| 47 | Jefferson Farfán | PSV | Schalke 04 | 10 | 2008 |
| 48 | Graziano Pellè | Feyenoord | Southampton | 10 | 2014 |
| 49 | Jozy Altidore | AZ Alkmaar | Sunderland | 10 | 2013 |

## Incoming transfers

| Rank | Player | From | To | Transfer fee (€ million) | Year |
| 1 | Steven Bergwijn | Tottenham Hotspur | Ajax | 31.25 | 2022 |
| 2 | Sébastien Haller | West Ham United | Ajax | 22.25 | 2021 |
| 3 | Mateja Kežman | Partizan | PSV | 16.34 | 2000 |
| 4 | Daley Blind | Manchester United | Ajax | 16 | 2018 |
| 5 | Miralem Sulejmani | Heerenveen | Ajax | 16.25 | 2008 |
| 6 | Antony | São Paulo | Ajax | 15.75 | 2020 |
| 7 | David Neres | São Paulo | Ajax | 15 | 2017 |
| 8 | Bruma | RB Leipzig | PSV | 12 | 2019 |
| 9 | Dušan Tadić | Southampton | Ajax | 11.40 | 2018 |
| 10 | Hakim Ziyech | Twente | Ajax | 11 | 2016 |
| 11 | Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink | Twente | PSV | 9 | 2001 |
| 12 | Arouna Koné | Roda JC | PSV | 9 | 2006 |
| 13 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | Heerenveen | Ajax | 9 | 2006 |
| 14 | Nikos Machlas | Vitesse | Ajax | 8.6 | 1999 |
| 15 | Luis Suárez | Groningen | Ajax | 8 | 2007 |
| 16 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Malmö FF | Ajax | 7.8 | 2001 |
| 17 | Dušan Tadić | Groningen | Twente | 7.7 | 2012 |
| 18 | Ferdi Vierklau | Tenerife | Ajax | 7.3 | 1998 |
| 19 | Danko Lazović | Partizan | Feyenoord | 7 | 2003 |
| 19 | Gastón Pereiro | Club Nacional | PSV | 7 | 2015 |
| 19 | Tim Matavž | Groningen | PSV | 7 | 2011 |
| 19 | Kevin Strootman | Utrecht | PSV | 7 | 2011 |
| 19 | Alex | Santos | PSV | 7 | 2004 |
| 24 | Danny Koevermans | AZ | PSV | 6.9 | 2007 |
| 25 | Adam Maher | AZ | PSV | 6.5 | 2013 |

## World Football Transfer Records

| Player | From | To | Transfer fee (€ million) | Year |
| Johan Cruijff | Ajax | Barcelona | 1.2 | 1973 |
| Ruud Gullit | PSV | Milan | 8 | 1987 |
| Ronaldo Nazario | PSV | Barcelona | 13.2 | 1996 |