WORLD RECORD TRANSFER FEES
This page shows the largest transfer fees between clubs in the history of soccer. Any moves which have resulted in a transfer fee of £15 million or over is shown below to the nearest million.
|
NAME |
FROM |
TO |
COST (£million) |
YEAR |
| Zinedine Zidane | Juventus | Real Madrid | 44 | 2001 |
| Luis Figo | Barcelona | Real Madrid | 37 | 2000 |
| Hernan Crespo | Parma | Lazio | 34 | 2000 |
|
Christian Vieri |
Lazio |
Internazionale |
31 |
1999 |
| Rio Ferdinand | Leeds | Manchester United | 30 | 2002 |
| Gaizka Mendieta | Valencia | Lazio | 29 | 2001 |
| Ronaldo | Internazionale | Real Madrid | 29 | 2002 |
| Manuel Rui Costa | Fiorentina | Milan | 28 | 2001 |
| Pavel Nedved | Lazio | Juventus | 26 | 2001 |
| Marc Overmars | Arsenal | Barcelona |
25 |
2000 |
| Juan Veron | Lazio | Manchester United | 25 | 2001 |
| David Beckham | Manchester United | Real Madrid | 25 | 2003 |
| Didier Drogba | Marseille | Chelsea | 24 | 2004 |
| Gianluigi Buffon | Parma | Juventus | 23 | 2001 |
|
Nicolas Anelka |
Arsenal |
Real Madrid |
23 |
1999 |
| Nicolas Anelka | Real Madrid | Paris St-Germain |
22 |
2000 |
| Lilian Thuram | Parma | Juventus | 22 | 2001 |
|
Denilson |
Sao Paulo |
Real Betis |
22 |
1998 |
|
Gabriel Batistuta |
Fiorentina |
Roma |
22 |
2000 |
| Ronaldinho | Paris St-Germain | Barcelona | 21 | 2003 |
| Antonio Cassano | Bari | Roma |
20 |
2001 |
| Ricardo Carvalho | Porto | Chelsea | 20 | 2004 |
|
Juan Veron |
Parma |
Lazio |
19 |
1999 |
|
Ronaldo |
Barcelona |
Internazionale |
19 |
1997 |
| Ruud Van Nistelrooy | PSV Eindhoven | Manchester United |
19 |
2001 |
|
Marcio Amoroso |
Udinese |
Parma |
19 |
1999 |
| Alessandro Nesta | Lazio | Milan |
19 |
2002 |
| Rio Ferdinand | West Ham | Leeds |
18 |
2000 |
| Hidetoshi Nakata | Roma | Parma | 18 | 2001 |
| Jose Antonio Reyes | Sevilla | Arsenal | 18 | 2004 |
| Claudio Lopez | Valencia | Lazio |
17 |
2000 |
|
Christian Vieri |
Atletico Madrid |
Lazio |
17 |
1998 |
| Filippo Inzaghi | Juventus | Milan | 17 | 2001 |
| Francesco Toldo | Fiorentina | Internazionale | 17 | 2001 |
| Jaap Stam | Manchester United | Lazio | 17 | 2001 |
| Damien Duff | Blackburn Rovers | Chelsea | 17 | 2003 |
| Hernan Crespo | Lazio | Internazionale | 17 | 2002 |
| Hernan Crespo | Internazionale | Chelsea | 17 | 2003 |
| Walter Samuel | Roma | Real Madrid | 17 | 2004 |
|
Andrii Shevchenko |
Dynamo Kiev |
AC Milan |
16 |
1999 |
| Marcio Amoroso | Parma | Borussia Dormund | 16 | 2001 |
|
Rivaldo |
Deportivo La Coruna |
Barcelona |
16 |
1997 |
| Javier Saviola | River Plate | Barcelona | 16 | 2001 |
|
Vincenzo Montella |
Sampdoria |
Roma |
15 |
1999 |
|
David Trezeguet |
Monaco |
Juventus |
15 |
2000 |
|
Alan Shearer |
Blackburn Rovers |
Newcastle |
15 |
1996 |
| Juan Veron | Manchester United | Chelsea | 15 | 2003 |
|
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink |
Atletico Madrid |
Chelsea |
15 |
2000 |
| Adrian Mutu | Parma | Chelsea | 15 | 2003 |
| Claude Makelele | Real Madrid | Chelsea | 15 | 2003 |
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