The Most Expensive Soccer Players Throughout the History. Is Soccer World in a Bubble?

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The world record transfer fee for a soccer player has been smashed yet again, not sure a lot of people imagined they would see a day when just one soccer player would cost 200 million pounds. In this post, I look at data on all the players that have broken the record for the world's most expensive soccer player from 1893. The record has been broken a total of 47 times during this period.


Neymar the most expensive soccer player in world football


See table of all record holders below :

YearPlayerSelling clubBuying clubFee (£)
1893Willie GrovesWest Bromwich AlbionAston Villa100
1903Ben GreenBarnsleySmall Heath500
1904Andy McCombieSunderlandNewcastle United700
1905Alf CommonSunderlandMiddlesbrough1,000
1913Daniel SheaWest Ham UnitedBlackburn Rovers2,000
1913Tommy BarberBolton WanderersAston Villa2,000
1914Percy DawsonHeart of MidlothianBlackburn Rovers2,500
1920David JackPlymouth ArgyleBolton Wanderers3,500
1922Syd PuddefootWest Ham UnitedFalkirk5,000
1922Warney CresswellSouth ShieldsSunderland5,500
1925Bob KellyBurnleySunderland6,500
1928David JackBolton WanderersArsenal10,890
1932Bernabé FerreyraTigreRiver Plate23,000
1949Johnny MorrisManchester UnitedDerby County24,000
1949Eddie QuigleySheffield WednesdayPreston North End26,500
1950Trevor FordAston VillaSunderland30,000
1951Jackie SewellNotts CountySheffield Wednesday34,500
1952Hans JeppsonAtalantaNapoli52,000
1954Juan SchiaffinoPeñarolMilan72,000
1957Enrique Omar SivoriRiver PlateJuventus93,000
1961Luis SuárezBarcelonaInternazionale152,000
1963Angelo SormaniMantovaRoma250,000
1967Harald NielsenBolognaInternazionale300,000
1968Pietro AnastasiVareseJuventus500,000
1973Johan CruyffAjaxBarcelona922,000
1975Giuseppe SavoldiBolognaNapoli1,200,000
1976Paolo RossiJuventusVicenza1,750,000
1982Diego MaradonaBoca JuniorsBarcelona3,000,000
1984Diego MaradonaBarcelonaNapoli5,000,000
1987Ruud GullitPSV EindhovenMilan6,000,000
1990Roberto BaggioFiorentinaJuventus8,000,000
1992Jean-Pierre PapinMarseilleMilan10,000,000
1992Gianluca VialliSampdoriaJuventus12,000,000
1992Gianluigi LentiniTorinoMilan13,000,000
1996RonaldoPSV EindhovenBarcelona13,200,000
1996Alan ShearerBlackburn RoversNewcastle United15,000,000
1997RonaldoBarcelonaInternazionale19,500,000
1998DenílsonSão PauloReal Betis21,500,000
1999Christian VieriLazioInternazionale32,100,000
2000Hernán CrespoParmaLazio35,500,000
2000Luís FigoBarcelonaReal Madrid37,000,000
2001Zinedine ZidaneJuventusReal Madrid46,600,000
2009KakáMilanReal Madrid56,000,000
2009Cristiano RonaldoManchester UnitedReal Madrid80,000,000
2013Gareth BaleTottenham HotspurReal Madrid86,000,000
2016Paul PogbaJuventusManchester United89,000,000
2017NeymarBarcelonaPSG200,000,000

See Visualization that shows the spike in transfer fees over the years :


Real Madrid Broke the Most Records


Real Madrid has broken the world record for transfer fees a total of 5 times.

YearPlayerSelling clubBuying clubFee (£)
2000Luís FigoBarcelonaReal Madrid37,000,000
2001Zinedine ZidaneJuventusReal Madrid46,600,000
2009KakáMilanReal Madrid56,000,000
2009Cristiano RonaldoManchester UnitedReal Madrid80,000,000
2013Gareth BaleTottenham HotspurReal Madrid86,000,000

Interesting to note that Real Madrid exerted a kind of dominance on superstar signings as they broke the world record consecutively over a period of 13 years. Gareth Bale is the latest player signed by Real Madrid for a then world record fee of 86 million pounds


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Barcelona Knows How To Sell Their Players Expensive


Barcelona has sold 5 players for world record transfer fees. Note that the "Luis Suarez" on this list is different from the striker currently playing at Barcelona.

YearPlayerSelling clubBuying clubFee (£)
1961Luis SuárezBarcelonaInternazionale152,000
1984Diego MaradonaBarcelonaNapoli5,000,000
1997RonaldoBarcelonaInternazionale19,500,000
2000Luís FigoBarcelonaReal Madrid37,000,000
2017NeymarBarcelonaPSG200,000,000

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Twice as nice


Three players have been signed with a world record fee twice during their football career.

YearPlayerSelling clubBuying clubFee (£)
1920David JackPlymouth ArgyleBolton Wanderers3,500
1928David JackBolton WanderersArsenal10,890
1982Diego MaradonaBoca JuniorsBarcelona3,000,000
1984Diego MaradonaBarcelonaNapoli5,000,000
1996Ronaldo DelimaPSV EindhovenBarcelona13,200,000
1997Ronaldo DelimaBarcelonaInternazionale19,500,000

Ronaldo Delima broke the world record for transfer fees in consecutive years when he was signed by Barcelona and Internationale for 13.2 and 19.5 million pounds respectively


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Neymar is currently the most expensive player in world football.Which soccer player do you think is going to command a higher transfer fee?
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  ·  7 years ago (edited)

hmm neymar you go but Barcelona all time lose . :P
neymar for my mind are very good player but for value 222mil are so big.

These are quite some mind blowing facts. I was reading the other day about the weekly wages of the players in the English Premier League over the last 50 years and you wouldnt be surprised to know that they have increased by upto 2000 times in a span of 50 years. Thats mind blowing. If our jobs have had that much spike, we all would have been millionaires.

Also interesting to note that the last time that the record was smashed by double the amount of the previous record was in 1932 - from 10,890 to 23,000 pounds.

I don't have time to run the numbers, but I would venture a guess that it makes Neymar more valuable than the starting 11 of all but just a handful of teams in the entire world.

Risky move to put all of your eggs in one basket like that. It is a team game after all. Then again, superstars rarely move like this. You can argue both sides.

I understand talent. I think these guys get paid waaaay too much. Just says a lot about our society in what we put our values in...Things that necessarily don't give back. I say that with all due respect though. I am a fan of soccer but the money along with the vagueness of athletes...who don't really stand for anything has left me feeling a little bit distasteful about sports.

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