100+ Most Expensive Club Transfers in Football History
Club transfer is one of the most fascinating topics in world football. Fans have immense interest in this subject. What is the highest transfer fee in football history? Who is the most expensive transfer in Premier League history? GoalTheBall answers all these questions and lists out the 100+ most expensive transfers in football history.
Neymar holds the record of the most expensive transfer in football history. The Brazilian’s move to PSG made the French giant pay a massive €222m to Barcelona. Meanwhile, the 2nd spot is also a PSG transfer and it’s the €145m (+€35m) move of Mbappe from Monaco to Parc des Princes. Joao Felix is La Liga history’s most expensive transfer with his 126m Euro move from Benfica to Atletico Madrid. Another former Benfica sensation Enzo Fernandez is the most expensive transfer in Premier League history. The Argentine cost Chelsea 121m Euro. You may also, ask, Who is the most expensive English footballer ever? Well, it’s Declan Rice. Rice is followed by Jack Grealish.
100+ Most Expensive Club Transfers
| Player Name & Country | Transfer (Clubs) | Transfer Fee | Year |
| Neymar (BRA) | Barcelona to PSG | €222m | 2017 |
| Kylian Mbappe (FRA) | Monaco to PSG | €145m (+€35m) | 2018 (on loan since ’17) |
| Joao Felix (POR) | Benfica to Atletico Madrid | €126m | 2019 |
| Enzo Fernandez (ARG) | Benfica to Chelsea | €121m | 2023 |
| Philippe Coutinho (BRA) | Liverpool to Barcelona | €120m (+€40m) | 2018 |
| Antoine Griezmann (FRA) | Atletico Madrid to Barcelona | €120m | 2019 |
| Moises Caicedo (ECU) | Brighton to Chelsea | €117m (+€17.5m) | 2023 |
| Declan Rice (ENG) | West Ham to Arsenal | €117m (+€6m) | 2023 |
| Jack Grealish (ENG) | Aston Villa to Manchester City | €117m | 2021 |
| Romelu Lukaku (BEL) | Inter Milan to Chelsea | €115m | 2021 |
| Ousmane Dembele (FRA) | Borussia Dortmund to Barcelona | €105m (+€40m) | 2017 |
| Paul Pogba (FRA) | Juventus to Manchester United | €105m (+5m) | 2016 |
| Jude Bellingham (ENG) | Dortmund to Real Madrid | €103m (+€31m) | 2023 |
| Gareth Bale (WEL) | Tottenham to Real Madrid | €100.8m | 2013 |
| Eden Hazard (BEL) | Chelsea to Real Madrid | €100m (+€46m) | 2019 |
| Harry Kane (ENG) | Tottenham to Bayern Munich | €100m (+€16m) | 2023 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) | Real Madrid to Juventus | €100m | 2018 |
| Antony (BRA) | Ajax to Manchester United | €95m (+€5m) | 2022 |
| Harry Maguire (ENG) | Leicester City to Manchester United | €94m | 2019 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo (POR) | Manchester United to Real Madrid | €94m | 2009 |
| Gonzalo Higuain (ARG) | Napoli to Juventus | €90m | 2016 |
| Neymar (BRA) | PSG to Al-Hilal | €90m | 2023 |
| Josko Gvardiol (CRO) | RB Leipzig to Manchester City | €90m | 2023 |
| Romelu Lukaku (BEL) | Everton to Manchester United | €88m (+€17.5m) | 2017 |
| Neymar (BRA) | Santos to Barcelona | €86.2m | 2013 |
| Jadon Sancho (ENG) | Borussia Dortmund to Manchester United | €85m | 2021 |
| Virgil van Dijk (NED) | Southampton to Liverpool | €84.5m | 2018 |
| Luis Suarez (URU) | Liverpool to Barcelona | €82m | 2014 |
| Wesley Fofana (FRA) | Leicester City to Chelsea | €80.5m (+€6m) | 2022 |
| Aurelien Tchouameni (FRA) | Monaco to Real Madrid | €80m (+€20m) | 2022 |
| James Rodriguez (COL) | Monaco to Real Madrid | €80m | 2014 |
| Kepa Arrizabalaga (ESP) | Athletic Club to Chelsea | €80m | 2018 |
| Lucas Hernandez (FRA) | Atletico Madrid to Bayern Munich | €80m | 2019 |
| Romelu Lukaku (BEL) | Manchester United to Inter | €80m | 2019 |
| Nicolas Pepe (CIV) | Lille to Arsenal | €79m | 2019 |
| Alvaro Morata (ESP) | Real Madrid to Chelsea | €78.9m | 2017 |
| Zinedine Zidane (FRA) | Juventus to Real Madrid | €77.5m | 2001 |
| Darwin Nunez (URU) | Benfica to Liverpool | €75m (+€25m) | 2022 |
| Randal Kolo Muani (FRA) | Eintracht Frankfurt to PSG | €75m (+€15m) | 2023 |
| Matthijs de Ligt (NED) | Ajax to Juventus | €75m (+€10.5m) | 2019 |
| Rasmus Hojlund (DEN) | Atalanta to Manchester United | €75m (+€9m) | 2023 |
| Kevin De Bruyne (BEL) | Wolfsburg to Manchester City | €75m | 2015 |
| Frenkie de Jong (NED) | Ajax to Barcelona | €75m | 2019 |
| Dusan Vlahovic (SRB) | Fiorentina to Juventus | €75m | 2022 |
| Angel Di Maria (ARG) | Real Madrid to Manchester United | €74.6m | 2014 |
| Alisson Becker (BRA) | Roma to Liverpool | €73m | 2018 |
| Arthur Melo (BRA) | Barcelona to Juventus | €72m (+€10m) | 2020 |
| Kai Havertz (GER) | Chelsea to Arsenal | €72m (+€3.5m) | 2023 |
| Casemiro (BRA) | Real Madrid – Manchester United | €71m (+€11.8m) | 2022 |
| Mykhailo Mudryk (UKR) | Shakhtar Donetsk to Chelsea | €70m (+€30m) | 2023 |
| Kai Havertz (GER) | Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea | €70m (+€9m) | 2020 |
| Luka Jovic (SRB) | Eintracht Frankfurt to Real Madrid | €70m | 2019 |
| Rodri (ESP) | Atletico Madrid to Manchester City | €70m | 2019 |
| Sandro Tonali (ITA) | AC Milan to Newcastle United | €70m | 2023 |
| Dominik Szoboszlai (HUN) | RB Leipzig to Liverpool | €70m | 2023 |
| Zlatan Ibrahimovic (SWE) | Inter to Barcelona | €69.5m | 2009 |
| Raheem Sterling (ENG) | Liverpool to Manchester City | €69.1m | 2015 |
| Ruben Dias (POR) | Benfica to Manchester City | €68m (+€3.6m) | 2020 |
| Riyad Mahrez (ALG) | Leicester City to Manchester City | €67.8m | 2019 |
| Matthijs de Ligt (NED) | Juventus to Bayern Munich | €67m (+€10m) | 2022 |
| Diego Costa (ESP) | Chelsea to Atletico Madrid | €66m | 2018 |
| Marc Cucurella (ESP) | Brighton to Chelsea | €65.1m (+€8.2m) | 2022 |
| Alexander Isak (SWE) | Real Sociedad to Newcastle United | €65m (+€5m) | 2022 |
| Thomas Lemar (FRA) | Monaco to Atletico Madrid | €65m | 2018 |
| Jeremy Doku (BEL) | Rennes to Manchester City | €65m | 2023 |
| Kaka (BRA) | AC Milan to Real Madrid | €65m | 2009 |
| Aymeric Laporte (ESP) | Athletic Club to Manchester City | €65m | 2018 |
| Goncalo Ramos (POR) | Benfica to PSG | €65m | 2024 |
| Joao Cancelo (POR) | Juventus to Manchester City | €65m (inc. Danilo) | 2019 |
| Edinson Cavani (URU) | Napoli to PSG | €64.5m | 2013 |
| Christian Pulisic (USA) | Borussia Dortmund to Chelsea | €64m | 2019 |
| Mason Mount (ENG) | Chelsea to Manchester United | €63.9m (+€5.8m) | 2023 |
| Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (GBN) | Borussia Dortmund to Arsenal | €63.75m | 2018 |
| David Luiz (BRA) | Chelsea to PSG | €62m (+€6m) | 2014 |
| Romeo Lavia (BEL) | Southampton to Chelsea | €62m (+€6m) | 2023 |
| Matheus Nunes (POR) | Wolves to Manchester City | €62m | 2023 |
| Leny Yoro (FRA) | Lille to Manchester United | €62m | 2024 |
| Angel Di Maria (ARG) | Manchester United to PSG | €61.6m | 2015 |
| Achraf Hakimi (MAR) | Inter Milan to PSG | €60m | 2021 |
| Miralem Pjanic (BIH) | Juventus to Barcelona | €60m | 2020 |
| Oscar (BRA) | Chelsea to Shanghai SIPG | €60m | 2017 |
| Christopher Nkunku (FRA) | RB Leipzig to Chelsea | €60m | 2023 |
| Manuel Ugarte (URU) | Sporting CP to PSG | €60m | 2023 |
| Erling Haaland (NOR) | Borussia Dortmund to Manchester City | €60m | 2022 |
| Naby Keita (GUI) | RB Leipzig to Liverpool | €60m | 2018 |
| Luis Figo (POR) | Barcelona to Real Madrid | €60m | 2000 |
| Tanguy Ndombele (FRA) | Lyon to Tottenham | €60m | 2019 |
| Malcom (BRA) | Zenit to Al-Hilal | €60m | 2023 |
| Otavio (POR) | Porto to Al-Nassr | €60m | 2023 |
| Moussa Diaby (FRA) | Aston Villa to Al-Ittihad | €60m | 2024 |
| Amadou Onana (BEL) | Everton to Aston Villa | €59.35m | 2024 |
| Raphinha (BRA) | Leeds United to Barcelona | €59m (+€6m) | 2022 |
| Fernando Torres (ESP) | Liverpool to Chelsea | €59m | 2011 |
| Fred (BRA) | Shakhtar Donetsk to Manchester United | €58.9m | 2018 |
| Jorginho (ITA) | Napoli to Chelsea | €58.9m | 2018 |
| Hulk (BRA) | Zenit to Shanghai SIPG | €58.6m | 2016 |
| Ben White (ENG) | Brighton to Arsenal | €58.6m | 2021 |
| Benjamin Mendy (FRA) | Monaco to Manchester City | €58.2m | 2017 |
| Richarlison (BRA) | Everton to Tottenham | €58m (+€12m) | 2022 |
| John Stones (ENG) | Everton to Manchester City | €58m | 2016 |
| Kyle Walker (ENG) | Tottenham to Manchester City | €56.7m | 2017 |
| Raheem Sterling (ENG) | Manchester City to Chelsea | €56.2m | 2022 |
| Ben Chilwell (ENG) | Leicester City to Chelsea | €55.8m | 2020 |
| Lisandro Martinez (ARG) | Ajax to Manchester United | €55.3m (+€12.5m) | 2022 |
| Brennan Johnson (WEL) | Nottingham Forest to Tottenham | €55m | 2023 |
| Moussa Diaby (FRA) | Bayer Leverkusen to Aston Villa | €55m | 2023 |
Among the Top 10 most expensive players in football history, there are 2 Brazilians, 2 Britishmen, 2 Frenchmen, and 1 representative from each of Argentina, Belgium, Portugal, as well as Ecuador. In the top 100 most expensive transfers of all time, Neymar Jr comes 3 times. All his moves make place in football history’s top 100 biggest money transfers. Nicolas Pepe is the most expensive African footballer till date for his €79m move from Lille to Arsenal. However, unfortunately, there is no Asian in the top 100 transfers of all time.
