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Most Expensive Signings of All Time
This list features the most expensive player transfers in football history.
RANK | FOOTBALLER | FROM | TO | FEE | YEAR |
1 | Neymar | Barcelona | Paris Saint-Germain | €222 million (£200 million) | 2017 |
2 | Kylian Mbappé | Monaco | Paris Saint-Germain | €180 million (£165.7 million) | 2017 |
3 | Alexander Isak | Newcastle United | Liverpool | €144.5 million (£125 million) | 2025 |
4 | João Félix | Benfica | Atlético Madrid | €126 million (£113 million) | 2019 |
5 | Enzo Fernández | Benfica | Chelsea | €121 million (£106.8 million) | 2023 |
6 | Antoine Griezmann | Atlético Madrid | Barcelona | €120 million (£107 million) | 2019 |
7 | Philippe Coutinho | Liverpool | Barcelona | €118.4 million (£105 million) | 2018 |
8 | Jack Grealish | Aston Villa | Manchester City | €117.7 million (£100 million) | 2021 |
9 | Florian Wirtz | Bayer Leverkusen | Liverpool | €117.5 million (£100 million) | 2025 |
10 | Declan Rice | West Ham United | Arsenal | €116.5 million (£100 million) | 2023 |
11 | Moisés Caicedo | Brighton & Hove Albion | Chelsea | €116.3 million (£100 million) | 2023 |
12 | Romelu Lukaku | Inter Milan | Chelsea | €115 million (£97.5 million) | 2021 |
13 | Ousmane Dembélé | Borussia Dortmund | Barcelona | €105 million (£96.8 million) | 2017 |
14 | Paul Pogba | Juventus | Manchester United | €105 million (£89.3 million) | 2016 |
15 | Jude Bellingham | Borussia Dortmund | Real Madrid | €103 million (£88.5 million) | 2023 |
16 | Eden Hazard | Chelsea | Real Madrid | €100 million (£89 million) | 2019 |
17 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | Juventus | €100 million (£88.3 million) | 2018 |
18 | Harry Kane | Tottenham Hotspur | Bayern Munich | €100 million (£86.4 million) | 2023 |
19 | Gareth Bale | Tottenham Hotspur | Real Madrid | €100 million (£85.3 million) | 2013 |
20 | Antony | Ajax | Manchester United | €95 million (£81.3 million) | 2022 |
21 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Manchester United | Real Madrid | €94 million (£80 million) | 2009 |
22 | Joško Gvardiol | RB Leipzig | Manchester City | €90 million (£77 million) | 2023 |
23 | Neymar | Paris Saint-Germain | Al-Hilal | €90 million (£77.6 million) | 2023 |
24 | Gonzalo Higuaín | Napoli | Juventus | €90 million (£75.3 million) | 2016 |
25 | Harry Maguire | Leicester City | Manchester United | €86.6 million (£80 million) | 2019 |
26 | Jadon Sancho | Borussia Dortmund | Manchester United | €85 million (£73 million) | 2021 |
27 | Romelu Lukaku | Everton | Manchester United | €84.8 million (£75 million) | 2017 |
28 | Virgil van Dijk | Southampton | Liverpool | €84.4 million (£75 million) | 2018 |
29 | Luis Suárez | Liverpool | Barcelona | €82.3 million (£65 million) | 2014 |
30 | Wesley Fofana | Leicester City | Chelsea | €80.9 million (£70 million) | 2022 |
31 | Romelu Lukaku | Manchester United | Inter Milan | €80 million (£74 million) | 2019 |
32 | Nicolas Pépé | Lille | Arsenal | €80 million (£72 million) | 2019 |
33 | Kepa Arrizabalaga | Athletic Bilbao | Chelsea | €80 million (£71.6 million) | 2018 |
34 | Hugo Ekitike | Eintracht Frankfurt | Liverpool | €80 million (£69 million) | 2025 |
35 | Aurélien Tchouaméni | Monaco | Real Madrid | €80 million (£68.3 million) | 2022 |
36 | Lucas Hernandez | Atlético Madrid | Bayern Munich | €80 million (£68 million) | 2019 |
37 | James Rodríguez | Monaco | Real Madrid | €80 million (£63 million) | 2014 |
38 | Zinedine Zidane | Juventus | Real Madrid | €77.5 million (£46.2 million) | 2001 |
39 | Jhon Durán | Aston Villa | Al-Nassr | €77 million (£64.5 million) | 2025 |
40 | Benjamin Šeško | RB Leipzig | Manchester United | €76.5 million (£66.3 million) | 2025 |
41 | Kevin De Bruyne | VfL Wolfsburg | Manchester City | €75.7 million (£55 million) | 2015 |
42 | Ángel Di María | Real Madrid | Manchester United | €75.6 million (£59.7 million) | 2014 |
43 | Kai Havertz | Chelsea | Arsenal | €75.3 million (£65 million) | 2023 |
44 | Matthijs de Ligt | Ajax | Juventus | €75 million (£67.8 million) | 2019 |
45 | Frenkie de Jong | Ajax | Barcelona | €75 million (£65 million) | 2019 |
46 | Bryan Mbeumo | Brentford | Manchester United | €75 million (£65 million) | 2025 |
47 | Nick Woltemade | VfB Stuttgart | Newcastle United | €75 million (£64.9 million) | 2025 |
48 | Victor Osimhen | Napoli | Galatasaray | €75 million (£64.8 million) | 2025 |
49 | Julián Álvarez | Manchester City | Atlético Madrid | €75 million (£64.4 million) | 2024 |
50 | Randal Kolo Muani | Eintracht Frankfurt | Paris Saint-Germain | €75 million (£64.2 million) | 2023 |
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