Football: World Transfer Record
You'll generally only get asked about this when the record's just been broken.
See also British Transfer Record.
Year |
Nationality |
From |
To |
Value (£) |
|
Name |
1893 |
Scotland |
West Bromwich A. |
Aston Villa |
100 |
|
Willie Groves |
1904 |
Scotland |
Sunderland |
Newcastle United |
700 |
|
Andy McCombie |
1905 |
England |
Sunderland |
Middlesbrough | 1,000 |
|
Alf Common |
1913 |
England |
Barnsley |
Sheffield United | 2,000 |
|
George Utley |
1914 |
England |
Heart of Midlothian |
Blackburn Rovers | 2,500 |
|
Percy Dawson |
1922 |
England |
West Ham |
Falkirk | 5,000 |
|
Syd Puddefoot |
1922 |
England |
South Shields |
Sunderland | 5,500 |
|
Warney Cresswell |
1928 |
England |
Bolton Wanderers |
Arsenal | 10,890 |
|
David Jack |
1932 | Argentina |
Tigre BA | River Plate |
23,000 |
|
Bernabé Ferreyra |
1949 |
England |
Manchester United |
Derby County | 24,000 |
|
Johnny Morris |
1949 |
England |
Sheffield Wed. |
Preston North End | 26,500 |
|
Eddie Quigley |
1952 | Sweden |
Atalanta BC | Napoli |
52,000 |
|
Hans Jeppson |
1954 | Uruguay |
Penarol | Milan |
72,000 |
|
Juan Schiaffino |
1957 | Argentina |
River Plate | Juventus |
93,000 |
|
Enrique Omar Sivori |
1961 | Spain |
Barcelona | Internazionale |
152,000 |
|
Luis Suarez |
1963 | Brazil |
Mantova | Roma |
250,000 |
|
Angelo Sormani |
1968 | Italy |
Varese | Juventus |
500,000 |
|
Pietro Anastasi |
1973 | Netherlands |
Ajax | Barcelona |
922,000 |
|
Johann Cruyff |
1975 | Italy |
Bologna | Napoli |
1,200,000 |
|
Giuseppe Savoldi |
1976 | Italy |
Juventus | Vicenza |
1,750,000 |
|
Paolo Rossi |
1982 | Argentina |
Boca Juniors | Barcelona |
3,000,000 |
|
Diego Maradona |
1984 | Argentina |
Barcelona | Napoli |
5,000,000 |
|
Diego Maradona |
1987 | Netherlands |
PSV Eindhoven | Milan |
6,000,000 |
|
Ruud Gullit |
1990 | Italy |
Fiorentina | Juventus |
8,000,000 |
|
Roberto Baggio |
1992 | France |
Marseille | Milan |
10,000,000 |
|
Jean–Pierre Papin |
1992 | Italy |
Sampdoria | Juventus |
12,000,000 |
|
Gianluca Vialli |
1992 | Italy |
Torino | Milan |
13,000,000 |
|
Gianluigi Lentini |
1996 |
England |
Blackburn Rovers |
Newcastle United | 15,000,000 |
|
Alan Shearer |
1997 | Brazil |
Barcelona | Internazionale |
19,500,000 |
|
Ronaldo |
1998 | Brazil |
Sao Paolo | Real Betis |
21,500,000 |
|
Denilson |
1999 | Italy |
Lazio | Internazionale |
32,000,000 |
|
Christian Vieri |
2000 | Argentina |
Parma | Lazio |
35,500,000 |
|
Hernan Crespo |
2000 | Portugal |
Barcelona | Real Madrid |
37,000,000 |
|
Luis Figo |
2001 | France |
Juventus | Real Madrid |
45,600,000 |
|
Zinedine Zidane |
2009 | Brazilian |
Milan | Real Madrid |
56,000,000 |
|
Kaka |
2009 | Portugal |
Manchester United | Real Madrid |
80,000,000 |
|
Cristiano Ronaldo |
2013 | Wales |
Tottenham Hotspur | Real Madrid |
85,300,000 |
|
Gareth Bale |
2016 |
France | Juventus | Manchester United |
89,300,000 |
|
Paul Pogba |
2017 |
France | Borussia Dortmund | Barcelona |
97,000,000 |
|
Ousmane Dembélé dembele |
2018 |
Brazil | Barcelona | Paris Saint–Germain |
198,000,000 |
|
Neymar |
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