List of most expensive association football transfers

Zinedine Zidane was the most expensive player in the world at the time.

Anthony Martial is the most expensive teenager purchased by an English team.

James Rodríguez is the seventh most expensive player of all time.

Edinson Cavani is the most expensive player purchased by a French team.

Hernán Crespo is the most expensive player purchased by an Italian team.

Javi Martínez is the most expensive player purchased by a German team.

Hulk is the most expensive player purchased by a Russian team.

Gianluigi Buffon is the most expensive goalkeeper of all time.

David Luiz is the most expensive defender of all time.

The following is a list of most expensive association football transfers, which details the 116 highest transfer fees ever paid for players as of the end of the winter transfer window of 2016.

The list contains seven transfers which broke the world transfer record: those of Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Luís Figo, Hernán Crespo, Christian Vieri and Denílson, with the former five signing for Spanish clubs and the latter two signing for Italian clubs. The list also features a further 15 players who, at the time of the transfer, broke the national record for the club they were signing for: Ángel Di María, Edinson Cavani, Radamel Falcao, Fernando Torres, Carlos Tevez, Hulk, Rio Ferdinand, Thiago Silva, Juan Sebastián Verón, Robinho, Javier Pastore, Javi Martínez, Mario Gómez and Nicolas Anelka. Three of the top 100 became the most expensive teenager in history upon their transfer: Wayne Rooney, Luke Shaw and Anthony Martial all broke the record when they signed for English club Manchester United.

Spanish team Real Madrid have held the record for purchasing the most expensive player since 2000, when Luís Figo made a controversial £37 million move from Barcelona.^[1][2] Since then, the only player purchases to break the record have been Zinedine Zidane in 2001, when he was signed for £46 million from Juventus,^[1] the £80 million transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United in 2009,^[1] and Gareth Bale from Tottenham Hotspur in 2013.

Highest fees

All the highest-value transfers on this list are to clubs under UEFA's jurisdiction, and most involve clubs in the Eurozone and/or the United Kingdom. The order in this table is based on the transfer amount in euros. Due to exchange rate fluctuations the order is different in pound sterling, which are also shown in the table.

As of 3 February 2016; after the winter 2016 transfer window.

Rank	Player	From	To	Fee (M £)	Fee (M €)	Year	Ref.
1	Ronaldo, CristianoCristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	Real Madrid	£80	€106	2009	[3][4][5][6]
2	Bale, GarethGareth Bale	Tottenham Hotspur	Real Madrid	£82.8	€101	2013	[7]
3	Suárez, LuisLuis Suárez	Liverpool	Barcelona	£82	€95.6	2014	[8][9][10][11]
4 [lower-alpha 1]	Neymar	Santos	Barcelona	£71.5	€90.2	2013	[12][13][14]
5	Di María, ÁngelÁngel Di María	Real Madrid	Manchester United	£71.2	€90	2014	[15][16][17]
6	De Bruyne, KevinKevin De Bruyne	Wolfsburg	Manchester City	£69.7	€88.2	2015	[18][19][20][21]
7	Rodríguez, JamesJames Rodríguez	AS Monaco	Real Madrid	£71	€79.5	2014	[22][23][24][25]
8	Zidane, ZinedineZinedine Zidane	Juventus	Real Madrid	£59.2	€75	2001	[26][27]
9	Sterling, RaheemRaheem Sterling	Liverpool	Manchester City	£55.2	€70	2015	[28][29]
10 [lower-alpha 2]	Ibrahimović, ZlatanZlatan Ibrahimović	Inter	Barcelona	£59	€69	2009	[31][32]
11	Kaká	Milan	Real Madrid	£56	€65	2009	[33][34][35][36]
12	Cavani, EdinsonEdinson Cavani	Napoli	Paris Saint-Germain	£55	€64	2013	[37][38][39][40]
13	Di María, ÁngelÁngel Di María	Manchester United	Paris Saint-Germain	£49.7	€63	2015	[41][42]
14	David Luiz	Chelsea	Paris Saint-Germain	£50	€62.6	2014	[43][44][45]
15	Figo, LuísLuís Figo	Barcelona	Real Madrid	£49	€62	2000	[2][46][47]
16	Toure, YayaYaya Toure	Barcelona	Man City	£51	€60	2010	[48][49]
17	Torres, FernandoFernando Torres	Liverpool	Chelsea	£50	€58	2011	[50][51]
18 [lower-alpha 3]	Crespo, HernánHernán Crespo	Parma	Lazio	£44.6	€56.5	2000	[52][53]
19	Tevez, CarlosCarlos Tevez	MSI	Manchester City	£47.5	€53	2009	[54]
20	Özil, MesutMesut Özil	Real Madrid	Arsenal	£42.5	€50	2013	[55][56][57]
21	Costa, RuiRui Costa	Fiorentina	Milan	£39.2	€49.7	2001	[58]
22	Mendieta, GaizkaGaizka Mendieta	Valencia	Lazio	£38	€48	2001	[59][60]
23	Christian Benteke	Aston Villa	Liverpool	£32.5	€46.5	2015	[61][62]
24	Ronaldo	Inter	Real Madrid	£36.3	€46	2002	[63]
25	Martial, AnthonyAnthony Martial	Monaco	Manchester United	£36	€46	2015	[64][65][66]
T-26	Rodríguez, JamesJames Rodríguez	Porto	AS Monaco	£38.5	€45	2013	[67][68]
T-26 [lower-alpha 4]	Buffon, GianluigiGianluigi Buffon	Parma	Juventus	£41.8	€52.9	2001	[70]
T-28	Lucas Moura	São Paulo	Paris Saint-Germain	£35.5	€45	2013	[71][72]
T-28	Agüero, SergioSergio Agüero	Atlético Madrid	Manchester City	£38	€45	2011	[73][74]
T-28	Teixeira, AlexAlex Teixeira	Shakhtar Donetsk	Jiangsu Suning	£38	€45	2016	[75][76]
T-31	Mata, JuanJuan Mata	Chelsea	Manchester United	£37.1	€44.8	2014	[77][78]
T-31	Ferdinand, RioRio Ferdinand	Leeds United	Manchester United	£36.1	€45.3	2002	[79][80]
33	Silva, ThiagoThiago Silva	Milan	Paris Saint-Germain	£35.1	€44.4	2012	[81][82]
34	Sánchez, AlexisAlexis Sánchez	Barcelona	Arsenal	£35	€44	2014	[83][84]
35	Shevchenko, AndriyAndriy Shevchenko	Milan	Chelsea	£34.6	€43.8	2006	[85]
36 [lower-alpha 5]	Vieri, ChristianChristian Vieri	Lazio	Inter	£35.6	€45	1999	[86][87]
37	Verón, Juan SebastiánJuan Sebastián Verón	Lazio	Manchester United	£33.8	€42.6	2001	[88][89]
38	Robinho	Real Madrid	Manchester City	£34	€43	2008	[90][91]
T-39	Pastore, JavierJavier Pastore	Palermo	Paris Saint-Germain	£36.6	€42	2011	[92][93]
T-39	Martínez, JacksonJackson Martínez	Atlético Madrid	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	£33.3	€42	2016	[94][95]
41	Modrić, LukaLuka Modrić	Tottenham Hotspur	Real Madrid	£33	€41.6	2012	[96][97]
T-42	Nedvěd, PavelPavel Nedvěd	Lazio	Juventus	£32.6	€41.2	2001	[98]
T-42	Benzema, KarimKarim Benzema	Lyon	Real Madrid	£35.2	€41	2009	[99][100]
44	Carroll, AndyAndy Carroll	Newcastle United	Liverpool	£35	€40.9	2011	[101][102]
45	Overmars, MarcMarc Overmars	Arsenal	Barcelona	£32.1	€40.6	2000	[103][104]
T-46	Mangala, EliaquimEliaquim Mangala	Porto	Manchester City	£32	€40.1	2014	[105][106]
T-46	Falcao, RadamelRadamel Falcao	Porto	Atlético Madrid	£35	€40.1	2011	[107][108]
T-46	Costa, DiegoDiego Costa	Atlético Madrid	Chelsea	£32	€40.1	2014	[109][110]
T-49	Hulk	Porto	Zenit Saint Petersburg	£42.9	€54.3	2012	[111][112][113][114][115]
T-49	Fernandinho	Shakhtar Donetsk	Manchester City	£34	€40	2013	[116][117]
T-49	Witsel, AxelAxel Witsel	Benfica	Zenit Saint Petersburg	£34	€40	2012	[111][112][118][114][115]
52	Martínez, JaviJavi Martínez	Athletic Bilbao	Bayern Munich	£31.6	€40	2012	[119][120]
T-53	Fàbregas, CescCesc Fàbregas	Arsenal	Barcelona	£38	€48	2011	[121][122]
T-53	Villa, DavidDavid Villa	Valencia	Barcelona	£34.2	€39.8	2010	[123][124]
T-53	Firmino, RobertoRoberto Firmino	1899 Hoffenheim	Liverpool	£32.4	€41	2015	[125]
56	Rooney, WayneWayne Rooney	Everton	Manchester United	£31.1	€39.4	2004	[126][127]
T-57	Higuaín, GonzaloGonzalo Higuaín	Real Madrid	Napoli	£34.5	€39	2013	[128]
T-57	Illarramendi, AsierAsier Illarramendi	Real Sociedad	Real Madrid	£34	€39	2013	[129]
59	Berbatov, DimitarDimitar Berbatov	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester United	£30.7	€37.9	2008	[130][131]
60	Hazard, EdenEden Hazard	Lille	Chelsea	£32	€37.5	2012	[132]
61	Shaw, LukeLuke Shaw	Southampton	Manchester United	£31	€37.4	2014	[133][134]
T-62	Götze, MarioMario Götze	Borussia Dortmund	Bayern Munich	£31.5	€37	2013	[135][136]
T-62	Vidal, ArturoArturo Vidal	Juventus	Bayern Munich	£30	€38	2015	[137]
64	Herrera, AnderAnder Herrera	Athletic Bilbao	Manchester United	£29	€36.2	2014	[138][139]
T-65	Robben, ArjenArjen Robben	Chelsea	Real Madrid	£28.5	€36	2007	[140][141]
T-65
67	Beckham, DavidDavid Beckham	Manchester United	Real Madrid	£30	€37.5	2003	[142][143]
68	Thuram, LilianLilian Thuram	Parma	Juventus	£32.8	€41.5	2001	[144][145]
69	Alves, DaniDani Alves	Sevilla	Barcelona	£28.5	€35.7	2008	[146][147]
70	Anelka, NicolasNicolas Anelka	Real Madrid	Paris Saint-Germain	£28.1	€35.6	2000	[148][149]
71	Alonso, XabiXabi Alonso	Liverpool	Real Madrid	£34.8	€44	2009	[150]
72	Anelka, NicolasNicolas Anelka	Arsenal	Real Madrid	£27.8	€35.2	1999	[151]
T-73	Lukaku, RomeluRomelu Lukaku	Chelsea	Everton	£28	€35.4	2014	[152][153]
T-73	Kondogbia, GeoffreyGeoffrey Kondogbia	AS Monaco	Inter	£27.6	€35	2015	[154][155]
T-73	Martínez, JacksonJackson Martínez	Porto	Atlético Madrid	£27.7	€35	2015	[156][157]
76	Marquinhos	Roma	Paris Saint-Germain	£30.1	€34.9	2013	[158][159]
T-77	Willian	Anzhi Makhachkala	Chelsea	£30	€34.6	2013	[160]
T-77	Willian	Shakhtar Donetsk	Anzhi Makhachkala	£30	€34.6	2013	[161][162]
79	Arda Turan	Atlético Madrid	Barcelona	£32.5	€41	2015	[163]
80	Touré, YayaYaya Touré	Barcelona	Manchester City	£28	€33.8	2010	[164][165]
81	Fàbregas, CescCesc Fàbregas	Barcelona	Chelsea	£30	€33.5	2014	[166][167]
82	Nesta, AlessandroAlessandro Nesta	Lazio	Milan	£26.2	€33.1	2002	[168][169]
83	Schneiderlin, MorganMorgan Schneiderlin	Southampton	Manchester United	£29.1	€36.7	2015	[170]
84	Bony, WilfriedWilfried Bony	Swansea City	Manchester City	£28	€32.6	2015	[171][172]
85	Džeko, EdinEdin Džeko	Wolfsburg	Manchester City	£29.3	€37	2011	[173][174]
86	Fellaini, MarouaneMarouane Fellaini	Everton	Manchester United	£27.5	€32.4	2013	[175][176]
T-87	Kovačić, MateoMateo Kovačić	Inter	Real Madrid	£27.7	€35	2015	[177]
T-87	Dybala, PauloPaulo Dybala	Palermo	Juventus	£25.3	€32	2015	[178][179]
89	Oscar	Internacional	Chelsea	£25.3	€31.9	2012	[180][181]
90	Cuadrado, JuanJuan Cuadrado	Fiorentina	Chelsea	£27.2	€34.4	2015	[182]
91	Danilo	Porto	Real Madrid	£25	€31.5	2015	[183][184]
92	Milner, JamesJames Milner	Aston Villa	Manchester City	£26	€31.4	2010	[185][186]
93	Lallana, AdamAdam Lallana	Southampton	Liverpool	£25	€31.3	2014	[187][188]
94	van Nistelrooy, RuudRuud van Nistelrooy	PSV Eindhoven	Manchester United	£24.5	€31	2001	[189][190]
95	Denílson	São Paulo	Real Betis	£25	€31.5	1998	[191]
T-96	van Persie, RobinRobin van Persie	Arsenal	Manchester United	£24.3	€30.7	2012	[192][193]
T-96	Wright-Phillips, ShaunShaun Wright-Phillips	Manchester City	Chelsea	£25	€31.5	2005	[194][195]
T-98	Carvalho, RicardoRicardo Carvalho	Porto	Chelsea	£24	€30.2	2004	[196][197]
T-98	Lamela, ÉrikÉrik Lamela	Roma	Tottenham Hotspur	£32.2	€40.7	2013	[198][199]
100	Coentrão, FábioFábio Coentrão	Benfica	Real Madrid	£27	€30.1	2011	[200][201]

  Fee broke the world football transfer record at the time of the transfer

  Fee broke the national club record

  Fee broke the record for a teenager

  Fee broke the record for a South American

  Fee broke the record for an African

Notes

1. The amount associated with this transfer was originally claimed to be much lower. Barcelona finally revealed the full sum almost half a year later, following pressure and lawsuits.
2. Ibrahimović was transferred in a part-exchange deal worth €46 million, plus the rights to Samuel Eto'o (valued at €20m by Barcelona), and a single season loan of Alexander Hleb. Since Hleb refused to move to Inter, Barcelona had to pay a reported extra €3m to complete Ibrahimović's switch. The combined fee was thus €69m.^[30]
3. An indeterminate size of the fee was paid via the transfer of Matías Almeyda and Sérgio Conceição.
4. Part of the fees was paid via the transfer of Jonathan Bachini to Parma. Also Buffon is the most expensive goalkeeper of all time.^[69]
5. An indeterminate size of the fee was paid via the transfer of Diego Simeone to Lazio.

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