# List of most expensive association football transfers

The following is a list of most expensive association football transfers, which details the highest transfer fees ever paid for players, as well as transfers which set new world transfer records. The first confirmed record transfer was of Willie Groves from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa for £100 in 1893 (equivalent to £14,000 in 2023). This occurred just eight years after the introduction of professionalism by the Football Association in 1885. The current transfer record was set by the transfer of Neymar from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for €222 million (£200 million) in August 2017.

## Highest transfer payments in association football

Most of the transfers on this list are to clubs under UEFA's jurisdiction, with most of the purchasing clubs being from England, Italy, and Spain.
Romelu Lukaku appears on this list three times for moves to Manchester United, Inter Milan, and Chelsea. Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo and Kai Havertz appear on the list twice. All of the players on the list are of European (UEFA), South American (CONMEBOL) or African (CAF) origin. There are currently no players on the list from the remaining regions; North America (CONCACAF), Asia (AFC) and Oceania (OFC).
    As of 31 January 2025
Top 50 most expensive association football transfers :
| Rank | Player | From | To | Position | Fee (€ million) | Fee (£ million) | Year |
| 1 | Neymar | Barcelona | Paris Saint-Germain | Forward | €222 | £200 | 2017 |
| 2 | Kylian Mbappé | Monaco | Paris Saint-Germain | Forward | €180 | £163 | 2018 |
| 3 | Philippe Coutinho | Liverpool | Barcelona | Midfielder | €145 | £105 | 2018 |
| 4 | João Félix | Benfica | Atlético Madrid | Forward | €126 | £112.9 | 2019 |
| 5 | Enzo Fernández | Benfica | Chelsea | Midfielder | €121 | £106.8 | 2023 |
| 6 | Antoine Griezmann | Atlético Madrid | Barcelona | Forward | €120 | £107 | 2019 |
| 7 | Jack Grealish | Aston Villa | Manchester City | Midfielder | €117 | £100 | 2021 |
| 8 | Declan Rice | West Ham United | Arsenal | Midfielder | €116.6 | £100 | 2023 |
| 9 | Moisés Caicedo | Brighton & Hove Albion | Chelsea | Midfielder | €116.2 | £100 | 2023 |
| 10 | Romelu Lukaku | Inter Milan | Chelsea | Forward | €115 | £97.5 | 2021 |
| 11 | Ousmane Dembélé | Borussia Dortmund | Barcelona | Forward | €105 | £97 | 2017 |
| 11 | Paul Pogba | Juventus | Manchester United | Midfielder | €105 | £89 | 2016 |
| 13 | Jude Bellingham | Borussia Dortmund | Real Madrid | Midfielder | €103 | £88.5 | 2023 |
| 14 | Eden Hazard | Chelsea | Real Madrid | Forward | €100 | £89 | 2019 |
| 14 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | Juventus | Forward | €100 | £88 | 2018 |
| 14 | Harry Kane | Tottenham Hotspur | Bayern Munich | Forward | €100 | £86.4 | 2023 |
| 14 | Gareth Bale | Tottenham Hotspur | Real Madrid | Forward | €100 | £86 | 2013 |
| 18 | Antony | Ajax | Manchester United | Forward | €95 | £82 | 2022 |
| 19 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United | Real Madrid | Forward | €94 | £80 | 2009 |
| 20 | Joško Gvardiol | RB Leipzig | Manchester City | Defender | €90 | £77 | 2023 |
| 20 | Neymar | Paris Saint-Germain | Al Hilal | Forward | €90 | £77 | 2023 |
| 20 | Gonzalo Higuaín | Napoli | Juventus | Forward | €90 | £75.3 | 2016 |
| 23 | Harry Maguire | Leicester City | Manchester United | Defender | €87 | £80 | 2019 |
| 24 | Romelu Lukaku | Everton | Manchester United | Forward | €85 | £75 | 2017 |
| 24 | Jadon Sancho | Borussia Dortmund | Manchester United | Midfielder | €85 | £73 | 2021 |
| 26 | Virgil van Dijk | Southampton | Liverpool | Defender | €84.5 | £75 | 2018 |
| 27 | Kai Havertz | Bayer Leverkusen | Chelsea | Midfielder | €84 | £71 | 2020 |
| 28 | Luis Suárez | Liverpool | Barcelona | Forward | €82.3 | £65 | 2014 |
| 29 | Wesley Fofana | Leicester City | Chelsea | Defender | €80.5 | £70 | 2022 |
| 30 | Romelu Lukaku | Manchester United | Inter Milan | Forward | €80 | £74 | 2019 |
| 30 | Nicolas Pépé | Lille | Arsenal | Midfielder | €80 | £72 | 2019 |
| 30 | Kepa Arrizabalaga | Athletic Bilbao | Chelsea | Goalkeeper | €80 | £71.6 | 2018 |
| 30 | Aurélien Tchouaméni | Monaco | Real Madrid | Midfielder | €80 | £69.4 | 2022 |
| 30 | Lucas Hernandez | Atlético Madrid | Bayern Munich | Defender | €80 | £68 | 2019 |
| 30 | Darwin Núñez | Benfica | Liverpool | Forward | €80 | £64 | 2022 |
| 36 | Jhon Durán | Aston Villa | Al Nassr | Forward | €77 | £64.5 | 2025 |
| 37 | Zinedine Zidane | Juventus | Real Madrid | Midfielder | €76 | £46.6 | 2001 |
| 38 | Ángel Di María | Real Madrid | Manchester United | Forward | €75.6 | £59.7 | 2014 |
| 39 | Kai Havertz | Chelsea | Arsenal | Midfielder | €75.3 | £65 | 2023 |
| 40 | Matthijs de Ligt | Ajax | Juventus | Defender | €75 | £67.5 | 2019 |
| 40 | Frenkie de Jong | Ajax | Barcelona | Midfielder | €75 | £65 | 2019 |
| 40 | Julián Álvarez | Manchester City | Atlético Madrid | Forward | €75 | £64.4 | 2024 |
| 40 | Randal Kolo Muani | Eintracht Frankfurt | Paris Saint-Germain | Forward | €75 | £64.2 | 2023 |
| 40 | Rasmus Højlund | Atalanta | Manchester United | Forward | €75 | £64 | 2023 |
| 40 | James Rodríguez | Monaco | Real Madrid | Midfielder | €75 | £63 | 2014 |
| 40 | Kevin De Bruyne | VfL Wolfsburg | Manchester City | Midfielder | €75 | £55 | 2015 |
| 46 | Arthur | Barcelona | Juventus | Midfielder | €72 | £66 | 2020 |
| 48 | Victor Osimhen | Lille | Napoli | Forward | €70 | £65 | 2020 |
| 48 | Thomas Lemar | Monaco | Atlético Madrid | Midfielder | €70 | £63 | 2018 |
| 48 | Rodri | Atlético Madrid | Manchester City | Midfielder | €70 | £63 | 2019 |
| 48 | Alexander Isak | Real Sociedad | Newcastle United | Forward | €70 | £63 | 2022 |
| 48 | Alisson | Roma | Liverpool | Goalkeeper | €70 | £62.2 | 2018 |
| 48 | Mykhailo Mudryk | Shakhtar Donetsk | Chelsea | Forward | €70 | £62 | 2023 |
| 48 | Casemiro | Real Madrid | Manchester United | Midfielder | €70 | £60 | 2022 |
| 48 | Dominik Szoboszlai | RB Leipzig | Liverpool | Midfielder | €70 | £60 | 2023 |
| 48 | Sandro Tonali | Milan | Newcastle United | Midfielder | €70 | £60 | 2023 |
| 48 | Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | Napoli | Paris Saint-Germain | Forward | €70 | £59 | 2025 |
| 48 | Omar Marmoush | Eintracht Frankfurt | Manchester City | Forward | €70 | £59 | 2025 |
| 48 | Dušan Vlahović | Fiorentina | Juventus | Forward | €70 | £58.3 | 2022 |

### Most expensive player by confederation

| Confederation | Player | From | To | Position | Fee (€ million) | Fee (£ million) | Year |
| CONMEBOL | Neymar | Barcelona | Paris Saint-Germain | Forward | €222 | £200 | 2017 |
| UEFA | Kylian Mbappé | Monaco | Paris Saint-Germain | Forward | €180 | £163 | 2018 |
| CAF | Nicolas Pépé | Lille | Arsenal | Forward | €80 | £72 | 2019 |
| CONCACAF | Christian Pulisic | Borussia Dortmund | Chelsea | Midfielder | €64 | £57.6 | 2019 |
| AFC | Kim Min-jae | Napoli | Bayern Munich | Defender | €50 | £43 | 2023 |
| OFC | Chris Wood | Burnley | Newcastle United | Forward | €29 | £25 | 2022 |
* Neymar, the most expensive South American
* Kylian Mbappé, the most expensive European player
* Nicolas Pépé, the most expensive African player
* Christian Pulisic, the most expensive North American player
* Kim Min-jae, the most expensive Asian player
* Chris Wood, the most expensive Oceania player

## World football transfer record

The first player to ever be transferred for a fee of over £100 was Scottish striker Willie Groves when he together with Jack Reynolds (£50) made the switch from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa in 1893, eight years after the legalisation of professionalism in the sport. It took just another twelve years for the figure to become £1000, when Sunderland striker Alf Common moved to Middlesbrough. It was not until 1928 that the first five-figure transfer took place. David Jack of Bolton Wanderers was the subject of interest from Arsenal, and in order to negotiate the fee down, Arsenal manager Herbert Chapman got the Bolton representatives drunk. Subsequently, David Jack was transferred for a world record fee when Arsenal paid £10,890 to Bolton for his services, after Bolton had asked for £13,000, which was double the previous record made when Sunderland signed Burnley's Bob Kelly a fee of for £6,500.
The first player from outside Great Britain to break the record was Bernabé Ferreyra, a player known as La Fiera for his powerful shot. His 1932 transfer from Tigre to River Plate cost £23k, and the record would last for 17 years (the longest the record has lasted) until it was broken by Manchester United's sale of Johnny Morris to Derby County for £24k in March 1949. The record was broken seven further times between 1949 and 1961, when Luis Suárez Miramontes was sold by Barcelona to Inter Milan for £152k, becoming the first ever player sold for more than £100k. In 1968, Pietro Anastasi became the first £500k player when Juventus purchased him from Varese, which was followed seven years later with Giuseppe Savoldi becoming the first million pound player when he transferred from Bologna to Napoli.
After Alf Common and David Jack, the third player to twice be transferred for world record fees is Diego Maradona. His transfers from Boca Juniors to Barcelona for £3m, and then to Napoli for £5m, both broke the record in 1982 and 1984 respectively. In the space of 61 days in 1992, three transfers broke the record, all by Italian clubs: Jean-Pierre Papin transferred from Marseille to A.C. Milan, becoming the first ever £10m player. Almost immediately, rivals Juventus topped that with the signing of Gianluca Vialli for a fee of £12m from Sampdoria. Milan then completed the signing of Gianluigi Lentini for a fee of £13m which stood as the record for three years.
The 1996 transfer of Alan Shearer from Blackburn Rovers to Newcastle United, for a fee of £15m, kickstarted a year-by-year succession of record breaking transfers: Ronaldo moved the following year to Inter Milan from Barcelona for a fee of £17m, which was followed in 1998 by the shock transfer of his fellow countryman Denílson from São Paulo to Real Betis for a fee of approximately £21m. In 1999 and 2000, Italian clubs returned to their record-breaking ways, with Christian Vieri transferring from Lazio to Inter Milan for £28m, while Hernán Crespo's transfer from Parma to Lazio ensured he became the first player to cost more than £30m. The transfer prompted the BBC to ask "has the world gone mad"? It took two weeks for the record to be broken when Luís Figo made a controversial £37m move from Barcelona to rivals Real Madrid. A year later, Real increased the record again with a signing of Zinedine Zidane for £48 million (150 billion lire).
Zidane's record stood for 8 years, the longest since the 1940s. Real Madrid continued with the Galácticos policy by buying Kaká from Milan for €67 million (£56 million), which was the world record in pound sterling. However, both world record in euro and in pound sterling were broken by Real themselves when signing Cristiano Ronaldo for £80m (€94m) from Manchester United in the same transfer window, Four years later Real Madrid broke the record again after completed the signing of Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur in 2013. Although Real initially insisted that the transfer cost €91.59 million, slightly less than the Ronaldo fee, the deal was widely reported to be around €100 million (around £85.1 million). Documents leaked in 2016 by Football Leaks revealed that instalments brought the final Bale fee up to a total of €100,759,418. In 2016, Manchester United eventually took the record away from Real Madrid, signing French midfielder Paul Pogba for €105 million (£89 million), four years after having released him to Juventus for training compensation.
A year after the Pogba transfer, however, there was a major jump in the record fee. Paris Saint-Germain matched the €222 million buyout fee of Barcelona's Neymar, converted to a reported £198 million by different sources, or £200 million more than double the previous record. This was the first time that the record fee was paid by a French club.

### Historical progression

| Year | Player | Selling club | Buying club | Fee (£) |
| 1893 | Willie Groves | West Bromwich Albion | Aston Villa | 100 |
| 1896 | Fred Wheldon | Small Heath | Aston Villa | 350-500 |
| 1903 | Ben Green | Barnsley | Small Heath | 500 |
| 1904 | Alf Common (1) | Sheffield United | Sunderland | 520 |
| 1904 | Andy McCombie | Sunderland | Newcastle United | 700 |
| 1905 | Alf Common (2) | Sunderland | Middlesbrough | 1,000 |
| 1913 | Daniel Shea | West Ham United | Blackburn Rovers | 2,000 |
| 1913 | Tommy Barber | Bolton Wanderers | Aston Villa | 2,000 |
| 1914 | Percy Dawson | Heart of Midlothian | Blackburn Rovers | 2,500 |
| 1920 | David Jack (1) | Plymouth Argyle | Bolton Wanderers | 3,500 |
| 1921 | Tom Hamilton | Kilmarnock | Preston North End | 4,600 |
| 1922 | Syd Puddefoot | West Ham United | Falkirk | 5,000 |
| 1922 | Warney Cresswell | South Shields | Sunderland | 5,500 |
| 1925 | Bob Kelly | Burnley | Sunderland | 6,500 |
| 1928 | David Jack (2) | Bolton Wanderers | Arsenal | 10,890 |
| 1932 | Bernabé Ferreyra | Tigre | River Plate | 23,000 |
| 1949 | Johnny Morris | Manchester United | Derby County | 24,000 |
| 1949 | Eddie Quigley | Sheffield Wednesday | Preston North End | 26,500 |
| 1950 | Trevor Ford | Aston Villa | Sunderland | 30,000 |
| 1951 | Jackie Sewell | Notts County | Sheffield Wednesday | 34,500 |
| 1952 | Hans Jeppson | Atalanta | Napoli | 52,000 |
| 1954 | Juan Schiaffino | Peñarol | Milan | 72,000 |
| 1957 | Omar Sivori | River Plate | Juventus | 93,000 |
| 1961 | Luis Suárez | Barcelona | Inter Milan | 152,000 |
| 1963 | Angelo Sormani | Mantova | Roma | 250,000 |
| 1967 | Harald Nielsen | Bologna | Inter Milan | 300,000 |
| 1968 | Pietro Anastasi | Varese | Juventus | 500,000 |
| 1973 | Johan Cruyff | Ajax | Barcelona | 922,000 |
| 1975 | Giuseppe Savoldi | Bologna | Napoli | 1,200,000 |
| 1976 | Paolo Rossi | Vicenza | Juventus | 1,750,000 |
| 1982 | Diego Maradona (1) | Boca Juniors | Barcelona | 3,000,000 |
| 1984 | Diego Maradona (2) | Barcelona | Napoli | 5,000,000 |
| 1987 | Ruud Gullit | PSV Eindhoven | Milan | 6,000,000 |
| 1990 | Roberto Baggio | Fiorentina | Juventus | 8,000,000 |
| 1992 | Jean-Pierre Papin | Marseille | Milan | 10,000,000 |
| 1992 | Gianluca Vialli | Sampdoria | Juventus | 12,000,000 |
| 1992 | Gianluigi Lentini | Torino | Milan | 13,000,000 |
| 1996 | Ronaldo (1) | PSV Eindhoven | Barcelona | 13,200,000 |
| 1996 | Alan Shearer | Blackburn Rovers | Newcastle United | 15,000,000 |
| 1997 | Ronaldo (2) | Barcelona | Inter Milan | 19,500,000 |
| 1998 | Denílson | São Paulo | Real Betis | 21,500,000 |
| 1999 | Christian Vieri | Lazio | Inter Milan | 32,000,000 |
| 2000 | Hernán Crespo | Parma | Lazio | 35,500,000 |
| 2000 | Luís Figo | Barcelona | Real Madrid | 37,000,000 |
| 2001 | Zinedine Zidane | Juventus | Real Madrid | 46,600,000 |
| 2009 | Kaká | Milan | Real Madrid | 56,000,000 |
| 2009 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United | Real Madrid | 80,000,000 |
| 2013 | Gareth Bale | Tottenham Hotspur | Real Madrid | 86,000,000 |
| 2016 | Paul Pogba | Juventus | Manchester United | 89,000,000 |
| 2017 | Neymar | Barcelona | Paris Saint-Germain | 200,000,000 |

### Number of record players by country

| Country | Player records | Record selling | Record buying |
| England | 16 | 20 | 19 |
| Italy | 8 | 14 | 18 |
| Argentina | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Scotland | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Wales | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Portugal | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | 1 | 0 | 0 |

### Cumulative transfers

| Player | Paid Transfers | Fees (£ million) |
| Romelu Lukaku | 6 | £352.0 |
| Neymar | 3 | £340.6 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | 4 | £210.3 |
| Ousmane Dembele | 3 | £187.3 |
| Álvaro Morata | 5 | £172.0 |
| Matthijs de Ligt | 3 | £168.2 |
| João Félix | 2 | £162.0 |
| Antoine Griezmann | 3 | £155.0 |
| Philippe Coutinho | 4 | £153.5 |
| Kylian Mbappé | 1 | £153.5 |

## Managers

While players are often purchased for high fees, the fee to release a manager from their contract is a lot less. Usually described as a "compensation fee", the amount paid to the manager's current club is based around several factors including the total salary for the current length of his contract, as well as potential bonuses and sponsorship deals, and additional fees if the club also need to pay compensation to hire a new manager.
For football managers, the list is as follows:
| Rank | Manager | From | To | Transfer fee | Transfer fee | Year | Ref. |
| Rank | Manager | From | To | £ million | € million | Year | Ref. |
| 1 | Julian Nagelsmann | RB Leipzig | Bayern Munich | £21.7 | €25 | 2021 | |
| 2 | Graham Potter | Brighton & Hove Albion | Chelsea | £20 | €23 | 2022 | |
| 3 | André Villas-Boas | Porto | Chelsea | £13.3 | €15 | 2011 | |
| 4 | Vincent Kompany | Burnley | Bayern Munich | £10.2 | €12 | 2024 | |
| 5 | Brendan Rodgers | Celtic | Leicester City | £9 | €10.44 | 2019 | |
| 6 | Ruben Amorim | Braga | Sporting CP | £8.65 | €10 | 2020 | |
| 7 | José Mourinho | Inter Milan | Real Madrid | £6.8 | €8 | 2010 | |
| 8 | Adi Hütter | Eintracht Frankfurt | Borussia Mönchengladbach | £6.5 | €7.5 | 2021 | |
| 9 | Unai Emery | Villarreal | Aston Villa | £5.25 | €6 | 2022 | |
| 10 | Mark Hughes | Blackburn Rovers | Manchester City | £5 | €6.2 | 2008 | |
| 10 | Brendan Rodgers | Swansea City | Liverpool | £5 | €6.2 | 2012 | |
| 10 | Ronald Koeman | Southampton | Everton | £5 | €6 | 2015 | |
| 10 | Maurizio Sarri | Chelsea | Juventus | £5 | €5.55 | 2019 | |
| 14 | Steven Gerrard | Rangers | Aston Villa | £4.5 | €5.2 | 2021 | |
| 15 | Marco Rose | Borussia Mönchengladbach | Borussia Dortmund | £4.36 | €5 | 2021 | |
| 16 | Peter Bosz | Ajax | Borussia Dortmund | £4.3 | €5 | 2017 | |
| 16 | Julian Nagelsmann | 1899 Hoffenheim | RB Leipzig | £4.4 | €5 | 2019 | |
| 18 | Marco Silva | Watford | Everton | £4 | €4.6 | 2018 | |
| 18 | Frank Lampard | Derby County | Chelsea | £4 | €4.68 | 2019 | |
| 20 | Alan Pardew | Newcastle United | Crystal Palace | £3.5 | €4.4 | 2015 | |
| 21 | Manuel Pellegrini | Villarreal | Real Madrid | £3.4 | €4 | 2009 | |
| 22 | Carlo Ancelotti | Paris Saint-Germain | Real Madrid | £3.3 | €3.8 | 2013 | |
| 23 | Christophe Galtier | Lille | Nice | £3 | €3.5 | 2021 | |
| 24 | Steve Bruce | Birmingham City | Wigan Athletic | £3 | €3.4 | 2007 | |
| 24 | Steve Bruce | Wigan Athletic | Sunderland | £3 | €3.4 | 2009 | |
| 26 | Lucien Favre | Nice | Borussia Dortmund | £2.6 | €3 | 2018 | |
| 27 | Leonardo Jardim | Sporting CP | Monaco | £2.3 | €3 | 2014 | |
| 28 | Harry Redknapp | Portsmouth | Tottenham Hotspur | £2 | €2.5 | 2008 | |
| 28 | Roberto Martínez | Swansea City | Wigan Athletic | £2 | €2.5 | 2009 | |
| 28 | Tony Mowbray | West Bromwich Albion | Celtic | £2 | €2.5 | 2009 | |
| 28 | Roy Hodgson | Fulham | Liverpool | £2 | €2.5 | 2010 | |
| 28 | Alex McLeish | Birmingham City | Aston Villa | £2 | €2.2 | 2011 | |
| 28 | Roberto Martínez | Wigan Athletic | Everton | £2 | €2.2 | 2013 | |
| 28 | Gary Rowett | Derby County | Stoke City | £2 | €2.2 | 2018 | |
| 28 | Graham Potter | Swansea City | Brighton & Hove Albion | £2 | €2.2 | 2019 | |
| 36 | Niko Kovač | Eintracht Frankfurt | Bayern Munich | £1.9 | €2.2 | 2018 | |
| 37 | José Mourinho | Porto | Chelsea | £1.7 | €2.5 | 2004 | |
| 37 | Paulo Fonseca | Shakhtar Donetsk | Roma | £1.7 | €2 | 2019 | |
| 39 | Steve Cooper | Swansea City | Nottingham Forest | £1.2 | €1.39 | 2021 | |

## Women

This list only includes transfers where a fee amount is reported publicly. Fees are in thousands.
    As of 31 January 2025
| Rank | Player | From | To | Position | Transfer fee | Transfer fee | Transfer fee | Year | Ref. |
| Rank | Player | From | To | Position | £ thousand | € thousand | $ thousand | Year | Ref. |
| 1 | Naomi Girma | San Diego Wave | Chelsea | Defender | £883 | €1,050 | $1,100 | 2025 | |
| 2 | Racheal Kundananji | Madrid CFF | Bay FC | Forward | £685 | €805 | $862 | 2024 | |
| 3 | Barbra Banda | Shanghai Shengli | Orlando Pride | Forward | £582 | €681 | $740 | 2024 | |
| 4 | Keira Walsh | Barcelona | Chelsea | Midfielder | £460 | €550 | $572 | 2025 | |
| 5 | Keira Walsh | Manchester City | Barcelona | Midfielder | £400 | €470 | $470 | 2022 | |
| 6 | Priscila | SC Internacional | Club América | Forward | £378 | €448 | $497 | 2024 | |
| 7 | Mayra Ramírez | Levante | Chelsea | Forward | £384 | €450 | $486 | 2024 | |
| 7 | Lena Oberdorf | VfL Wolfsburg | Bayern Munich | Midfielder | £384 | €450 | $484 | 2024 | |
| 9 | Kika Nazareth | Benfica | Barcelona | Forward | £339 | €400 | $432 | 2024 | |
| 9 | Ewa Pajor | VfL Wolfsburg | Barcelona | Forward | £338 | €400 | $429 | 2024 | |

## Gallery

* Kepa Arrizabalaga, the most expensive goalkeeper
* Joško Gvardiol, the most expensive defender
* Philippe Coutinho, the most expensive midfielder
* Neymar, the most expensive forward and the most expensive footballer
* Kylian Mbappé, the most expensive teenager and the most expensive player in a domestic transfer
* Naomi Girma, the most expensive women's footballer