List of most expensive association football transfers

The following is a list of most expensive football association transfers, which details the highest transfer fees ever paid for players as of the summer transfer window of 2017.

As well as the most expensive transfers of all time, the page also lists transfers which broke the world transfer record. The first recorded record transfer was of Willie Groves from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa for £100 in 1893. This occurred just eight years after the introduction of professionalism by The FA in 1885. The current transfer record was set by the transfer of Neymar from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain for €222 million (£198 million) in August 2017.

Highest fees

Most of the highest-value transfers on this list are to clubs under UEFA's jurisdiction, and most of the purchasing clubs are from England, Spain, Italy and France. However, in the mid 2010s a few Chinese teams have made expensive purchases.

The default 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. Transfers that took place before the adoption of the euro are given in their approximate euro equivalent. The list includes only the top fifty disclosed transfer fees.

Three players appear on the list twice: Neymar, James Rodríguez and Ángel Di María. All of the players on the list are of either European (UEFA) or South American (CONMEBOL) origin. There are no players from the remaining regions, namely Africa (CAF), Asia (AFC), North America (CONCACAF) and Oceania (OFC).

As of 25 August 2017; during the 2017 summer transfer window.

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

  Fee broke the national club record at the time of the transfer

  Fee broke the record for a South American player at the time of the transfer

  Fee broke the record for a teenager at the time of the transfer

Top 50 transfers

R	Player	From	To	Position	Fee (£)	Fee (€)	Year	Year of birth	Ref.
1	Neymar	Barcelona	Paris Saint-Germain	Forward	£198	€222	2017	1992
2	Dembele, OusmaneOusmane Dembélé	Borussia Dortmund	Barcelona	Forward	£97	€105	2017	1997
	Pogba, PaulPaul Pogba	Juventus	Manchester United	Midfielder	£89	€105	2016	1993
4	Bale, GarethGareth Bale	Tottenham Hotspur	Real Madrid	Forward	£86	€100	2013	1989
5	Ronaldo, CristianoCristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	Real Madrid	Forward	£80	€94	2009	1985
6	Higuaín, GonzaloGonzalo Higuaín	Napoli	Juventus	Striker	£75.3	€90	2016	1987
7	Lukaku, RomeluRomelu Lukaku	Everton	Manchester United	Striker	£75	€85	2017	1993
8	Suárez, LuisLuis Suárez	Liverpool	Barcelona	Striker	£75	€82.3	2014	1987
9	Rodríguez, JamesJames Rodríguez	Monaco	Real Madrid	Midfielder	£63	€78	2014	1991
10	Zidane, ZinedineZinedine Zidane	Juventus	Real Madrid	Midfielder	£46.6	€77.5	2001	1972
11	Di María, ÁngelÁngel Di María	Real Madrid	Manchester United	Midfielder	£59.7	€75.6	2014	1988
12	De Bruyne, KevinKevin De Bruyne	Wolfsburg	Manchester City	Midfielder	£55	€74	2015	1991
13	Oscar	Chelsea	Shanghai SIPG	Midielder	£60	€70	2017	1991
14	Ibrahimović, ZlatanZlatan Ibrahimović	Internazionale	Barcelona	Striker	£56	€69.5	2009	1981
15	Kaká	Milan	Real Madrid	Midfielder	£56	€67	2009	1982
16	Morata, ÁlvaroÁlvaro Morata	Real Madrid	Chelsea	Striker	£58	€65.5	2017	1992
17	Cavani, EdinsonEdinson Cavani	Napoli	Paris Saint-Germain	Striker	£55	€64.5	2013	1987
18	Di María, ÁngelÁngel Di María	Manchester United	Paris Saint-Germain	Midfielder	£45	€64	2015	1988
19	Sterling, RaheemRaheem Sterling	Liverpool	Manchester City	Forward	£44	€62.5	2015	1994
20	Figo, LuísLuís Figo	Barcelona	Real Madrid	Midfielder	£37	€62	2000	1972
21	Falcao, RadamelRadamel Falcao	Atlético Madrid	Monaco	Striker	£51	€60	2013	1986
22	Torres, FernandoFernando Torres	Liverpool	Chelsea	Striker	£50	€59	2011	1984
23	Crespo, HernánHernán Crespo	Parma	Lazio	Striker	£35	€58.5	2000	1975
24	Mendy, BenjaminBenjamin Mendy	Monaco	Manchester City	Defender	£52	€58.1	2017	1994
25	Neymar	Santos	Barcelona	Forward	£48.6	€57.1	2013	1992
26	Walker, KyleKyle Walker	Tottenham Hotspur	Manchester City	Defender	£50	€57	2017	1990
27	David Luiz	Chelsea	Paris Saint-Germain	Defender	£50	€56	2014	1987
28	Hulk	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Shanghai SIPG	Forward	£46.4	€55.8	2016	1986
29	Stones, JohnJohn Stones	Everton	Manchester City	Defender	£47.5	€55.6	2016	1994
30	Lacazette, AlexandreAlexandre Lacazette	Lyon	Arsenal	Striker	£46.5	€53	2017	1991
31	Buffon, GianluigiGianluigi Buffon	Parma	Juventus	Goalkeeper	£33	€52	2001	1978
32	Martial, AnthonyAnthony Martial	Monaco	Manchester United	Forward	£36	€51	2015	1995
33	Sigurðsson, GylfiGylfi Sigurðsson	Swansea City	Everton	Midfielder	£45	€50	2017	1989
34	Silva, BernardoBernardo Silva	Monaco	Manchester City	Midfielder	£43	€49.5	2017	1994
	Teixeira, AlexAlex Teixeira	Shakhtar Donetsk	Jiangsu Suning	Midfielder	£42.5	€49.5	2016	1988
	Özil, MesutMesut Özil	Real Madrid	Arsenal	Midfielder	£42.5	€49.5	2013	1988
37	Vieri, ChristianChristian Vieri	Lazio	Internazionale	Striker	£32.1	€49	1999	1973
38	Mendieta, GaizkaGaizka Mendieta	Valencia	Lazio	Midfielder	£31	€48	2001	1972
39	Ferdinand, RioRio Ferdinand	Leeds United	Manchester United	Defender	£30	€47	2002	1978
40	Benteke, ChristianChristian Benteke	Aston Villa	Liverpool	Striker	£32.5	€46.3	2015	1990
41	Mata, JuanJuan Mata	Chelsea	Manchester United	Midfielder	£37.1	€46	2014	1988
	Ronaldo	Internazionale	Real Madrid	Striker	£29	€46	2002	1976
43	Tiémoué Bakayoko	Monaco	Chelsea	Midfielder	£40	€45	2017	1993
	Vinícius Júnior	Flamengo	Real Madrid	Forward	£39.6	€45	2018	2000
	Rodríguez, JamesJames Rodríguez	Porto	Monaco	Midfielder	£38.3	€45	2013	1991
	Lucas Moura	São Paulo	Paris Saint-Germain	Forward	£38.3	€45	2013	1992
	Agüero, SergioSergio Agüero	Atlético Madrid	Manchester City	Striker	£38	€45	2011	1988
	Verón, Juan SebastiánJuan Sebastián Verón	Lazio	Manchester United	Midfielder	£28.1	€45	2001	1975
49	Matić, NemanjaNemanja Matić	Chelsea	Manchester United	Midfielder	£40	€44.7	2017	1988
50	Costa, RuiRui Costa	Fiorentina	Milan	Midfielder	£30	€43.9	2001	1972