| Player | Position | From | To | Fee £m | Fee €m | Year | |
| Alf Common | MF | Sunderland | Middlesbrough | 1,000 | 1,272 | 1905 | |
| David Jack | MF | Bolton | Arsenal | 10,890 | 13,856 | 1929 | |
| Bernabe Ferreyra | DF | Tigre BA | River Plate | 23,000 | 29,265 | 1932 | |
| Hans Jepsson | FW | Atalanta | Napoli | 52,000 | 66,164 | 1952 | |
| Juan Schiaffino | FW | Penarol | Milan | 72,000 | 91,612 | 1954 | |
| Omar Sivori | FW | River Plate | Juventus | 93,000 | 118,332 | 1957 | |
| Luis Suarez | MF | Barcelona | Inter | 142,000 | 180,679 | 1961 | |
| Angelo Sormani | FW | Mantova | Roma | 250,000 | 318,097 | 1963 | |
| Pietro Anastasi | FW | Varese | Juventus | 500,000 | 636,194 | 1968 | |
| Johan Cruijff | FW | Ajax | Barcelona | 922,000 | 1,173,141 | 1973 | |
| Giuseppe Savoldi | FW | Bologna | Napoli | 1,200,000 | 1,526,865 | 1975 | |
| Paolo Rossi | FW | Juventus | Vicenza | 1,750,000 | 2,226,678 | 1978 | |
| Diego Maradona | FW | Boca Juniors | Barcelona | 3,000,000 | 3,817,163 | 1982 | |
| Diego Maradona | FW | Barcelona | Napoli | 5,000,000 | 6,361,938 | 1984 | |
| Ruud Gullit | FW | PSV | Milan | 6,000,000 | 7,634,326 | 1987 | |
| Roberto Baggio | FW | Fiorentina | Juventus | 8,000,000 | 10,179,101 | 1990 | |
| Jean-Pierre Papin | FW | Marseille | Milan | 10,000,000 | 12,723,877 | 1992 | |
| Gianluca Vialli | FW | Sampdoria | Juventus | 12,000,000 | 15,268,652 | 1992 | |
| Gianluigi Lentini | FW | Torino | Milan | 13,000,000 | 16,541,040 | 1992 | |
| Alan Shearer | FW | Blackburn | Newcastle | 15,000,000 | 19,085,815 | 1996 | |
| Ronaldo | FW | Barcelona | Inter | 19,000,000 | 24,175,366 | 1997 | |
| Wayne Rooney | FW | Everton | Manchester United | 21,000,000 | 26,720,141 | 2004 | |
| Denilson | FW | Sao Paulo | Real Betis | 22,000,000 | 27,992,529 | 1998 | |
| Christian Vieri 1 | FW | Lazio | Inter | 31,000,000 | 39,444,017 | 1999 | |
| Gianluigi Buffon 4 | GK | Parma | Juventus | 32,600,000 | 41,479,838 | 2001 | |
| Rio Ferdinand 3 | DF | Leeds | Manchester United | 33,000,000 | 41,988,793 | 2002 | |
| Hernan Crespo 2 | FW | Parma | Lazio | 37,000,000 | 47,078,343 | 2000 | |
| Luis Figo | MF | Barcelona | Real Madrid | 37,000,000 | 47,078,343 | 2000 | |
| Zinedine Zidane | MF | Juventus | Real Madrid | 45,800,000 | 58,275,355 | 2001 | |
1. Christian Vieri's official transfer fee is listed at €45.30 million. This includes the estimated €11.70 million valuation of Diego Simeone who joined Lazio in part-exchange
2. Hernan Crespo's official transfer fee is listed at €51.20 million. This includes €16.05 million Lazio paid to Parma and the estimated €17.50 million valuation of Sergio Conceicao and €17.50 million valuation of Mathias Almeyda who joined Parma in
part-exchange
3. Real Madrid paid €54.10 million to buy out Luis Figo's contract
4. The record fee paid for a goalkeeper