Top 10 players with the highest cumulative transfer fees

Find out which players have the highest accumulated transfer fees after Matheus Cunha completed a €74.2m move to Manchester United.

1. Neymar (€400m)

Brazilian superstar Neymar unsurprisingly tops the list.

Paris Saint-Germain paid a substantial €222m fee for the then 25-year-old after a scintillating spell at Barcelona.

The debate still rages on over whether Neymar's move to PSG was a success but after several injury problems he joined Al-Hilal for €90m.

2. Romelu Lukaku(€369m)

With nine moves contributing to his lofty accumulative sum, Romelu Lukaku has dined out at some of the top Serie A clubs during the second half of his prolific career.

His most recent Scudetto win with Napoli added to the one he notched with Inter Milan before his €113m return to Chelsea.

3. Cristiano Ronaldo (€247m)

A career befitting of one of the greatest players of all time with five moves all garnering huge success.

Portugal's all-time leading goalscorer moved to Real Madrid for a then world record fee of €94.00m and went on to score 450 times for the club.

His Manchester United return separates spells at Juventus and Al-Nassr - with a move away from the latter rumoured to be imminent.

4. Ousmane Dembele (€220m)

Despite the vast sums paid for his services, it had never quite fully clicked for Ousmane Dembele... until now.

The €135m coughed up by Barcelona in 2018 was followed by a €50m sum paid by Paris Saint-Germain in 2023 following a troubled injury record.

But, in his second season with PSG, Dembele has hit the form of a lifetime with a Ballon d'Or win now looking likely off the back of a Ligue 1 and UEFA Champions League winning campaign.

5. Alvaro Morata (€208m)

Future football fans who may stumble across the career of Alvaro Morata would find it hard to believe the criticism that he has faced throughout his career.

The Spaniard has won it all at club level, has an impressive goal to game ratio and can even throw a European Championship winners' medal into the mix.

Coming through the Real Madrid academy, Morata went onto represent his boyhood club at senior level before playing for a stellar list of clubs including Atletico Madrid, Chelsea and AC Milan.

6. Matthijs de Ligt (€198m)

Having Ajax, Bayern Munich, Juventus and Manchester United as a career path at just 25 is extremely impressive.

Matthijs de Ligt shot to prominence as part of the Ajax squad that reached the UEFA Champions League semi-final in 2018/19, earning a move to Bayern Munich.

He has since struggled to fulfill the potential that he once had but being a very capable defender on his day and still only 25, there is a chance that De Ligt could still hit the heights he once promised.

7. Joao Felix (€196m)

Still only 25, time is on the side of Joao Felix but he has not quite lived up to the billing that his €127.2m transfer to Atletico Madrid may have promised.

The Spanish side received less-than-half of that fee back when he Portuguese international joined Chelsea in 2024 for €52m.

Now returning from a sub-par loan spell at Milan - Felix has it all to prove back at Stamford Bridge.

8. Matheus Cunha (€192m)

Matheus Cunha appears on the list following a big money switch from Wolves to Man Utd.

21 combined goals and assists in 2024/25 saw the Midlands club recoup a sizeable profit on the €50m they paid to acquire him from Atletico Madrid.

9. Antoine Griezmann (€182m)

Two spells with Atletico Madrid either side of his €120m move to Barcelona have been sublime with the Frenchman now the Rojiblancos' all-time leading goalscorer.

Griezmann has been an era-defining player with a trophy cabinet to match his incredible talent.

His 2016 European Championship performance was one for the ages with the 34-year-old winning the Golden Boot as well as being named Player of the Tournament.

10. Philippe Coutinho (€180m)

As is often the case with these huge transfer fees, Philippe Coutinho struggled to live up to the hype following his €135m switch to Barcelona from Liverpool.

Such was his importance to Liverpool, the Anfield faithful were not impressed with the news of his departure - but it would be the Reds who would have the last laugh when they used the money they received to fund moves for Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Andrew Robertson.