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The transfer of Brazilian football star Neymar from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) in August 2017 has broke all records in football history. The talented football player is now officially the most expensive player of all time, well ahead of Paul Pogba who had been transferred for last summer from Juventus for 105 million euros.
How does it compare to the most expensive football transfers of all times? Let’s find out.
100. Transfer of Javier Saviola from River Plate to Barcelona in 2001: €35.9m ($42m)
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97. Transfer of Ander Herrera from Athletic Club to Manchester United in 2014: €36m ($42m)
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97. Transfer of Arjen Robben from Chelsea to Real Madrid in 2007: €36m ($42m)
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97. Transfer of Hernan Crespo from Lazio to Inter in 2002: €36m ($42m)
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92. Transfer of Arturo Vidal from Juventus to Bayern Munich in 2015: €37m ($44m)
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92. Transfer of Mario Gotze from Borussia Dortmund to Bayern Munich in 2013: €37m ($44m)
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92. Transfer of Edin Dzeko from Wolfsburg to Manchester City in 2010: €37m ($44m)
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92. Transfer of Wayne Rooney from Everton to Manchester United in 2004: €37m ($44m)
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92. Transfer of Filippo Inzaghi from Juventus to AC Milan in 2001: €37m ($44m)
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91. Transfer of Jackson Martinez from Porto to Atletico Madrid in 2015: €37.1m ($44m)
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89. Transfer of Luke Shaw from Southampton to Manchester United in 2014: €37.5m ($44m)
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89. Transfer of David Beckham from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2003: €37.5m ($44m)
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81. Transfer of Andre Silva from Porto to AC Milan in 2017: €38m ($45m)
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81. Transfer of Mats Hummels from Borussia Dortmund to Bayern Munich in 2016: €38m ($45m)
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81. Transfer of Eric Bailly from Villarreal to Manchester United in 2016: €38m ($45m)
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81. Transfer of Diego Costa from Atletico Madrid to Chelsea in 2014: €38m ($45m)
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81. Transfer of Gonzalo Higuain from Real Madrid to Napoli in 2013: €38m ($45m)
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81. Transfer of Dimitar Berbatov from Tottenham to Manchester United in 2008: €38m ($45m)
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81. Transfer of Fernando Torres from Atletico Madrid to Liverpool in 2007: €38m ($45m)
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81. Transfer of Michael Essien from Lyon to Chelsea in 2005: €38m ($45m)
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80. Transfer of Didier Drogba from Marseille to Chelsea in 2004: €38.5m ($45m)
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78. Transfer of Antonio Rudiger from Roma to Chelsea in 2017: €39m ($46m)
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78. Transfer of Michy Batshuayi from Marseille to Chelsea in 2016: €39m ($46m)
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77. Transfer of David Luiz from PSG to Chelsea in 2016: €39.6m ($47m)
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68. Transfer of Ederson from Benfica to Manchester City in 2017: €40m ($47m)
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68. Transfer of Fernandinho from Shakhtar Donetsk to Manchester City in 2013: €40m ($47m)
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68. Transfer of Eden Hazard from Lille to Chelsea in 2012: €40m ($47m)
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68. Transfer of Javi Martinez from Athletic Club to Bayern Munich in 2012: €40m ($47m)
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68. Transfer of Axel Witsel from Benfica to Zenit in 2012: €40m ($47m)
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68. Transfer of Hulk from Porto to Zenit in 2012: €40m ($47m)
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68. Transfer of Radamel Falcao from Porto to Atletico Madrid in 2011: €40m ($47m)
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68. Transfer of Sergio Aguero from Atletico Madrid to Manchester City in 2011: €40m ($47m)
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68. Transfer of David Villa from Valencia to Barcelona in 2010: €40m ($47m)
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66. Transfer of Marc Overmars from Arsenal to Barcelona in 2001: €41m ($48m)
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66. Transfer of Roberto Firmino from Hoffenheim to Liverpool in 2015: €41m ($48m)
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63. Transfer of Sadio Mane from Southampton to Liverpool in 2016: €41.2m ($49m)
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63. Transfer of Shkodran Mustafi from Valencia to Arsenal in 2016: €41.2m ($49m)
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63. Transfer of Pavel Nedved from Lazio to Juventus in 2001: €41.2m ($49m)
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62. Transfer of Andy Carroll from Newcastle to Liverpool in 2011: €41.3m ($49m)
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60. Transfer of Corentin Tolisso from Lyon to Bayern Munich in 2017: €41.5m ($49m)
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60. Transfer of Lilian Thuram from Parma to Juventus in 2001: €41.5m ($49m)
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53. Transfer of Leonardo Bonucci from Juventus to AC Milan in 2017: €42m ($50m)
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53. Transfer of Mohamed Salah from Roma to Liverpool in 2017: €42m ($50m)
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53. Transfer of Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester United in 2016: €42m ($50m)
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53. Transfer of Jackson Martinez from Atletico Madrid to Guangzhou Evergrande in 2016: €42m ($50m)
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53. Transfer of Thiago Silva from AC Milan to PSG in 2012: €42m ($50m)
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53. Transfer of Javier Pastore from Palermo to PSG in 2011: €42m ($50m)
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53. Transfer of Rui Costa from Fiorentina to AC Milan in 2001: €42m ($50m)
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52. Transfer of Alexis Sanchez from Barcelona to Arsenal in 2014: €42.5m ($50m)
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50. Transfer of Radamel Falcao from Atletico Madrid to Monaco in 2013: €43m ($51m)
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50. Transfer of Robinho from Real Madrid to Manchester City in 2008: €43m ($51m)
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49. Transfer of Andriy Shevchenko from AC Milan to Chelsea in 2006: €43.9m ($52m)
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48. Transfer of Leroy Sane from Schalke to Manchester City in 2016: €44m ($52m)
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47. Transfer of Nemanja Matic from Chelsea to Manchester United in 2017: €44.7m ($53m)
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43. Transfer of Tiemoue Bakayoko from Monaco to Chelsea in 2017: €45m ($53m)
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43. Transfer of Granit Xhaka from Borussia Monchengladbach to Arsenal in 2016: €45m ($53m)
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43. Transfer of Joao Mario from Sporting CP to Inter in 2016: €45m ($53m)
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43. Transfer of James Rodriguez from Porto to Monaco in 2013: €45m ($53m)
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42. Transfer of Christian Benteke from Aston Villa to Liverpool in 2015: €45.8m ($54m)
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37. Transfer of Douglas Costa from Bayern Munich to Juventus in 2017: €46m ($54m)
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37. Transfer of Juan Mata from Chelsea to Manchester United in 2014: €46m ($54m)
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37. Transfer of Ronaldo from Inter to Real Madrid in 2002: €46m ($54m)
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37. Transfer of Rio Ferdinand from Leeds to Manchester United in 2002: €46m ($54m)
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37. Transfer of Juan Sebastian Veron from Lazio to Manchester United in 2001: €46m ($54m)
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36. Transfer of Mesut Ozil from Real Madrid to Arsenal in 2013: €47m ($55m)
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35. Transfer of Gaizka Mendieta from Valencia to Lazio in 2001: €48m ($57m)
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34. Transfer of Christian Vieri from Lazio to Inter in 1999: €49m ($58m)
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33. Transfer of Anthony Martial from Monaco to Manchester United in 2015: €49.3m ($58m)
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31. Transfer of Bernardo Silva from Monaco to Manchester City in 2017: €50m ($59m)
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31. Transfer of Alex Teixeira from Shakhtar Dontesk to Jiangsu Suning in 2016: €50m ($59m)
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30. Transfer of Eliaquim Mangala from Valencia to Manchester City in 2014: €51.7m ($61m)
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29. Transfer of Gianluigi Buffon from Parma to Juventus in 2001: €52m ($61m)
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28. Transfer of Alexandre Lacazette from Lyon to Arsenal in 2017: €52.4m ($62m)
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27. Transfer of Hernan Crespo from Parma to Lazio in 2000: €55m ($65m)
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26. Transfer of Kyle Walker from Tottenham to Manchester City in 2017: €56.7m ($67m)
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25. Transfer of John Stones from Everton to Manchester City in 2016: €58m ($68m)
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24. Transfer of Benjamin Mendy from Monaco to Manchester City in 2017: €58.2m ($69m)
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23. Transfer of Hulk from Zenit to Shanghai SIPG in 2016: €58.6m ($69m)
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22. Transfer of Fernando Torres from Liverpool to Chelsea in 2011: €59m ($70m)
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21. Transfer of Luis Figo from Barcelona to Real Madrid in 2000: €60m ($71m)
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20. Transfer of Oscar from Chelsea to Shanghai SIPG in 2016: €60.3m ($71m)
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19. Transfer of Angel Di Maria from Manchester United to PSG in 2015: €61.6m ($73m)
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18. Transfer of David Luiz from Chelsea to PSG in 2014: €62.5m ($74m)
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17. Transfer of Edinson Cavani from Napol to PSG: €64.5m ($76m)
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16. Transfer of Kaka from AC Milan to Real Madrid in 2009: €65m ($77m)
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15. Transfer of Raheem Sterling from Liverpool to Manchester City in 2015: €69.1m ($82m)
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14. Transfer of Zlatan Ibrahimovic from Inter to Barcelona in 2009: €69.5m ($82m)
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13. Transfer of Angel Di Maria from Real Madrid to Manchester United in 2014: €74.6m ($88m)
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12. Transfer of Kevin De Bruyne from Wolfsburg to Manchester City in 2015: €75m ($89m)
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11. Transfer of Zinedine Zidane from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2001: €77.5m ($91m)
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10. Transfer of Alvaro Morata from Real Madrid to Chelsea in 2017: €78.9m ($93m)
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9. Transfer of James Rodriguez from Monaco to Real Madrid in 2014: €80m ($94m)
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8. Transfer of Luis Suarez from Liverpool to Barcelona in 2014: €82.3m ($97m)
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7. Transfer of Romelu Lukaku from Everton to Manchester United in 2017: €84.8m ($100m)
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6. Transfer of Neymar from Santos to Barcelona in 2013: €86.2m ($102m)
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5. Transfer of Gonzalo Higuain from Napoli to Juventus in 2016: €90m ($106m)
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4. Transfer of Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United to Real Madrid in 2009: €94m ($111m)
Now, let’s find out the top 3…
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3. Transfer of Gareth Bale from Tottenham to Real Madrid in 2013: €100.8m ($119m)
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2. Transfer of Paul Pogba from Juventus to Manchester United in 2016: €105m ($124m)
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1. Transfer of Neymar from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017: €222m ($262m)
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