As of January 2025, Neymar holds the record for the World’s Most Expensive Footballers Deals in the World and highest cumulative transfer fees in soccer history.
More often than not, a transfer is all about a player coming in or going out but the hot list of the World’s Most Expensive Footballers Deals in the World touches the billion’s heart. Football is a game of a lot of money between the clubs and players.
Today football deals go in millions of euros or dollars. Here are sharing about the Most valuable soccer player deals in the world.
The most expensive footballer in history is Neymar following his transfer from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 in a move worth €222m (£200m). It was the 1st world record for football transfers with a record amount of money.
The most expensive football transfers of all time depend on the number of massive moves, so you can see the current list of the world’s most expensive footballers below.
World’s Most Expensive Footballers Deals in the World
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Position | Player Name | Club Name | Transfer Year | Total Amount(Fee) |
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1 | Neymar Júnior (Brazil) | Barcelona – PSG | 2017 | €222m |
2 | Kylian Mbappe (France) | Monaco – PSG | 2017 | €145m (+€35m) = €180m |
3 | Philippe Coutinho (Brazil) | Liverpool – Barcelona | 2018 | €120m (+€15m) = €145m |
4 | Joao Felix (Portugal) | Benfica – Atletico Madrid | 2019 | €126m |
5 | Enzo Fernández | Benfica – Chelsea | 2023 | €121 million |
6 | Antoine Griezmann (France) | Atletico Madrid – Barcelona | 2019 | €120m |
7 | Declan Rice | West Ham United – Arsenal | 2023 | €116.6 million |
8 | Jack Grealish (England) | Aston Villa – Manchester City | 2021 | €117m |
9 | Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) | Real Madrid – Juventus | 2018 | €117 million |
10 | Eden Hazard (Belgium) | Chelsea – Real Madrid | 2019 | €115 million |
Most Expensive Goalkeeper
Kepa Arrizabalaga is the biggest transfer for a goalkeeper in the Soccer World. There, he won the UEFA Europa League, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup.
Kepa Arrizabalaga
- Year – 2018
- Club – Chelsea – Athletic Bilbao
- Fee – €80 million (£72 million)
Alisson Becker’s
- Year – 2018
- Club – Roma- Liverpool
- Fee – €62.5 million (£66.8 million)
Gianluigi Buffon’s
- Year – 2001
- Club – Parma – Juventus
- Fee – €52.9 million (£33 million)
Most Expensive Forward | World’s Most Expensive Footballers Deals
Neymar

- Year – 2017
- Club – Barcelona – PSG
- Fee – €222m
Most expensive defender
Harry Maguire
- Year – 2019
- Club – Leicester to Man Utd
- Fee – €87m
Most Expensive Midfielder
Philippe Coutinho
- Year – 2018
- Club – Liverpool to Barcelona
- Fee – €145m
Most Expensive Premier League Transfer
Jack Grealish
- Year – 2021
- Club – Aston Villa to Man City
- Fee – €118m
Highest Combined Soccer Transfer | World’s Most Expensive Footballers Deals

Romelu Lukaku overtook Neymar in 2021 as the player with the highest combined transfer fees of all time. Neymar career transfers have amassed over €400 million. In 2024, Neymar’s Transfer to Al-Hilal Sets New Record.
Neymar Jr
- Santos to Barcelona – 2013
- €88 million.
- Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain – 2017
- €222 million
- Paris Saint-Germain to Al-Hilal – 2023
- €90 million
Romelu Lukaku
- First Club Transfers – Inter to Chelsea – 2021
- Fees – €115m
- First Club Transfers – Everton to Man Utd – 2017
- Fees – €85m
- First Club Transfers – Man Utd to Inter – 2019
- Fees – €80m
- First Club Transfers – Chelsea to Inter Milan – 2021
- Fees – €8 million (£6.9 million)
Total an incredible Amount – €328m.