| 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 |
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List of the World's Record Transfer Fees 