List of the World's Record Transfer Fees
A list of all the World record transfer fees, from Alf Common's £520 transfer to Sunderland back in 1902, to the present day...
| Year | Fee | Player | Clubs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | £198,000,000 | Neymar | Barcelona to PSG |
| 2016 | £89,000,000 | Paul Pogba | Juventus to Man Utd |
| 2013 | £86,000,000 | Gareth Bale | Spurs to Real Madrid |
| 2009 | £80,000,000 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Man Utd to Real Madrid |
| 2009 | £56,100,000 | Kaka | AC Milan to Real Madrid |
| 2001 | £45,600,000 | Zinedine Zidane | Juventus to Real Madrid |
| 2000 | £37,000,000 | Luis Figo | Barcelona to Real Madrid |
| 2000 | £35,500,000 | Hernan Crespo | Parma to Lazio |
| 1999 | £31,000,000 | Christian Vieri | Lazio to Inter Milan |
| 1998 | £21,900,000 | Denilson | Sao Paulo to Real Betis |
| 1997 | £19,500,000 | Ronaldo | Barcelona to Inter Milan |
| 1996 | £15,000,000 | Alan Shearer | Blackburn Rovers to Newcastle Utd |
| 1992 | £13,000,000 | Gianluigi Lentini | Torino to AC Milan |
| 1992 | £12,500,000 | Gianluca Vialli | Sampdoria to Juventus |
| 1992 | £10,000,000 | Jean-Pierre Papin | Marseille to AC Milan |
| 1990 | £8,000,000 | Roberto Baggio | Fiorentina to Juventus |
| 1987 | £6,000,000 | Ruud Gullit | PSV Eindhoven to AC Milan |
| 1984 | £5,000,000 | Diego Maradona | Barcelona to Napoli |
| 1982 | £3,000,000 | Diego Maradona | Boca Juniors to Barcelona |
| 1978 | £1,700,000 | Paolo Rossi | Juventus to Lanerossi Vicenza |
| 1975 | £1,200,000 | Giuseppe Savoldi | Bologna to Napoli |
| 1973 | £920,000 | Johan Cruyff | Ajax to Barcelona |
| 1968 | £500,000 | Pietro Anastasi | AS Varese 1910 to Juventus |
| 1963 | £250,000 | Angelo Sormani | AC Mantova to Roma |
| 1961 | £142,000 | Luis Suarez | Barcelona to Inter Milan |
| 1957 | £94,000 | Omar Sivori | River Plate to Juventus |
| 1954 | £72,000 | Juan Schiaffino | Penarol to A.C. Milan |
| 1952 | £51,000 | Hans Jeppsson | Atalanta to Napoli |
| 1932 | £23,000 | Bernabe Ferreyra | Club Atletico Tigre to River Plate |
| 1929 | £10,890 | David Jack | Bolton Wanderers to Arsenal |
| 1925 | £6,550 | Bob Kelly | Burnley to Sunderland |
| 1922 | £5,500 | Warney Cresswell | South Shields to Sunderland |
| 1922 | £5,000 | Sydney Puddefoot | West Ham Utd to Falkirk |
| 1920 | £3,500 | David Jack | Plymouth Argyle to Bolton Wanderers |
| 1914 | £2,500 | Percy Dawson | Hearts to Blackburn Rovers |
| 1913 | £1,500 | Charlie Roberts | Manchester Utd to Oldham Athletic |
| 1905 | £1,000 | Alf Common | Sunderland to Middlesbrough |
| 1904 | £700 | Andrew McCombie | Sunderland to Newcastle Utd |
| 1902 | £520 | Alf Common | Sheffield Utd to Sunderland |
Footnote: It would be interesting to know how much some of these players would be worth in today's transfer market, and also how much some of the current players would cost if they became available for a tranfer, for instance which clubs could afford to sign Ronaldo in 2020? or which clubs could afford Neymar or Messi if they suddenly became available?
