The top 10 players with the highest combined transfer fees of all time

The top 10 players with highest combined transfer fees of all time Make us your Google favourite Neymar has the highest combined transfer fees in football history, following his €90 million move from Paris Saint-Germain to Al-Hilal in 2023. The Brazilian’s switch to the Saudi Pro League saw him overtake Romelu Lukaku , who had previously held the record. Neymar’s total is boosted significantly thanks to his world-record move to PSG in 2017. He joined the French giants for a whopping €222m after a four-year stay at Barcelona. Lukaku is the second-most expensive footballer of all-time, in regards to collective transfer fees paid, while Enzo Fernandes is now third after his €145m deadline-day transfer from Chelsea to Man City . Below, sources runs through the 10 players with the highest combined transfer fees in football history. 10. Matthijs de Ligt - €197.5m Matthijs de Ligt joined this list after his move from Bayern Munich to Manchester United was confirmed for an initial €45m in 2024. The Dutchman had previously joined Juventus from Ajax for €85.5m in 2019, before completing a €67m switch to Bayern Munich three years later. He is the most expensive defender in football history, in regards to cumulative transfer fees, and he has plenty of time to extend his record further. 9. Antoine Griezmann - €206m After signing Philippe Coutinho and Ousmane Dembele , Barcelona had one more roll of the dice, and decided to spend even more money on Antoine Griezmann . The Frenchman had established himself as a world star at Atletico Madrid, but upon moving to Barca for €120m, he didn't quite fit in. He played in similar zones to Lionel Messi , and although he scored 20 goals and assisted 12 in 2020/21, the move wasn’t a success. Griezmann was loaned back to Atletico for €10m in 2021/22 and the move was made permanent in 2023. In total, he has cost €206m across his career. 8. Alvaro Morata - €202m A slightly surprising name to feature so highly, Alvaro Morata has played for eight different clubs, which is why his fees add up to so much. His move from Real Madrid to Juventus and back again came to €50m, while he then cost Chelsea a whopping €66m in 2018. Atletico Madrid paid €35m to bring him back to Spain, while Juventus paid €20m to sign him on a two-year loan deal in 2020 before he moved to Milan in 2024 for €17.2m. Loan moves to Galatasaray and Como then followed. An often misfiring striker who evidently has quality, Morata has racked up some serious fees during his career so far. 7. Joao Felix - €223.1m Joao Felix has made a number of high-profile transfers during his career to date, with the Portuguese wonderkid first bursting onto the scene at Benfica. He was linked with every top European club before joining Atletico Madrid for €127m, but his spell with Diego Simeone's side didn't work out as planned and he was subsequently sent on loan to Chelsea and Barcelona, before joining the former for €52m in 2024. However, Felix failed to usurp Cole Palmer in the preferred starting XI at Stamford Bridge and after a brief loan stint at AC Milan, he was sold to Al-Nassr for €30m in 2025. 6. Ousmane Dembele - €233m Ousmane Dembele features fourth on this list following his €50m move to PSG from Barcelona in 2023. The Frenchman became one of the most expensive players ever when the Blaugrana splashed a whopping €148m on him in 2017 after a spectacular season at Borussia Dortmund. That move came following his €35m transfer to BVB from Stade Rennais just one year prior. His time at Barcelona was punctuated by injuries and PSG pushed to sign him after Lionel Messi's departure to Inter Miami. 5. Alexander Isak - €246.1m Alexander Isak has the fourth-highest cumulative transfer fees in football history, largely thanks to his move to Liverpool for €145m in 2025. The Sweden star agitated to leave Newcastle United following an excellent 2024-25 season at St James' Park and after weeks of negotiations, a deal was finally agreed and he moved to Anfield for a Premier League record fee. Newcastle turned a tidy profit on Isak after paying €77.5m to sign him from Real Sociedad, with the striker having also used to play for AIK, Borussia Dortmund and Willem II (loan). 4. Cristiano Ronaldo - €247m After winning the 2008 Ballon d'Or, and establishing himself as a world star at Man Utd, Cristiano Ronaldo broke the transfer record the following year when Real Madrid paid €94m for his services. He then set the Bern