The 50 highest transfer fees of all time

What are the most expensive transfers of all time? The 50 highest fees in history Make us your Google favourite While Neymar ’s €222 million transfer from Barcelona to PSG in 2017 remains the most expensive in football history, it’s clear that fees in the game keep rising. Over the 2026 summer transfer window, a record six players moved for €100m or more. Enzo Fernandez ’s move from Chelsea to Manchester City matched the biggest fee in Premier League history, reaching €145m, while Morgan Rogers, Bradley Barcola, Yan Diomande and Sandro set club records at Chelsea, Liverpool , Real Madrid and Tottenham respectively. Below, sources runs through the 50 most expensive footballers in history. Who is the most expensive football player of all time? The most expensive footballer in history is Neymar following his transfer from Barcelona to PSG in 2017. The Brazilian left Camp Nou for PSG in a move worth €222m (£200m), ending an impressive four-year stay with Barca. Neymar's move was the first time that a French club had claimed the world transfer record in football. The biggest transfers to take place since then have not come close to the record. In the same summer as Neymar's move, Kylian Mbappe switched from Monaco to PSG, though the deal did not become permanent until 2018. It was worth €180m and is the second-highest transfer fee of all time. World record transfers Neymar's move to PSG saw him claim the title for the biggest transfer of all time from Paul Pogba . Pogba had previously set the all-time transfer record in 2016, with his move from Juventus to Manchester United costing €105m. Gareth Bale , who left Tottenham for Real Madrid in 2013 in a €101m deal, held the record prior to Pogba and Neymar. That move ended a four-year stay in top spot for Cristiano Ronaldo , whose own move to Madrid from Man Utd cost €94m in 2009. Such has been the rapid increase in market values, that move no longer even sits in the top 10. Other holders of the world record transfer since the turn of the century have included Kaka (2009), Zinedine Zidane (2001), Luis Figo (2000) and Hernan Crespo (2000). The transfer record changed hands five times between 1996 and 1999, being held by Ronaldo and Alan Shearer before the Brazilian striker won it back by joining Inter in 1997. He is the only player since the late Diego Maradona to hold the record twice. After Ronaldo, Denilson and Christian Vieri then took the honour. Here is a detailed run through of the biggest transfers in football history. The 50 most expensive transfers ever PlayerClubsFeeYear1. NeymarBarcelona to PSG€222m20172. Kylian MbappeMonaco to PSG€180m20183. Ousmane DembeleDortmund to Barcelona€148m20174. Alexander IsakNewcastle to Liverpool€145m2025= Enzo FernandezChelsea to Man City€145m20266. Morgan RogersAston Villa to Chelsea€138m20267. Philippe CoutinhoLiverpool to Barcelona€135m2018= Elliot AndersonNottingham Forest to Man City€135m20269. Joao FelixBenfica to Atletico Madrid€127.2m201910. Florian WirtzBayer Leverkusen to Liverpool€125m2025= Bradley BarcolaPSG to Liverpool€125m2026= Yan DiomandeRB Leipzig to Real Madrid€125m202613. Antoine GriezmannAtletico Madrid to Barcelona€120m201914. Jack GrealishAston Villa to Man City€117.5m202115. Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid to Juventus€117m201816. Declan RiceWest Ham to Arsenal€116.6m202317. Moises CaicedoBrighton to Chelsea€116m202318. Eden HazardChelsea to Real Madrid€115m201919. Romelu LukakuInter to Chelsea€113m2021= Jude BellinghamDortmund to Real Madrid€113m202321. Sandro TonaliNewcastle to Tottenham€108m202622. Paul PogbaJuventus to Man Utd€105m201623. Gareth BaleTottenham to Real Madrid€101m201324. Kai HavertzBayer Leverkusen to Chelsea€100m202025. Mateus FernandesWest Ham to Tottenham€99m202626. Harry KaneTottenham to Bayern€95m2023= Randal Kolo MuaniEintracht Frankfurt to PSG€95m2023= AntonyAjax to Man Utd€95m2022= Ayyoub BouaddiLille to Man City€95m202630. Cristiano RonaldoMan Utd to Real Madrid€94m200931. Josko GvardiolRB Leipzig to Man City€90m2023= NeymarPSG to Al-Hilal€90m2023= Gonzalo HiguainNapoli to Juventus€90m201634. NeymarSantos to Barcelona€88m201335. SavioMan City to Tottenham€87.7m202636. Bruno GuimaraesNewcastle to Arsenal€87.5m202637. Harry MaguireLeicester to Man Utd€87m201938. Frenkie de JongAjax to Barcelona€86m201939. Matthijs de LigtAjax to Juventus€85.5m201940. Dusan VlahovicFiorentina to Juventus€85.4m202241. Jadon SanchoDortmund to Man Utd€85m2021= Darwin NunezBenfica