| 1 |  Jordy Clasie | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | AZ Alkmaar | 1991 | €1.5m |
| 2 |  Jordan Henderson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Brentford FC | 1990 | €2.5m |
| 3 |  Oriol Romeu | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | Without Club | 1991 | €1.2m |
| 4 |  Grzegorz Krychowiak | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Poland | Without Club | 1990 | €1.2m |
| 5 |  Héctor Herrera | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico Portugal | Deportivo Toluca | 1990 | €1.0m |
| 6 |  Matheus Uribe | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Colombia | Atlético Nacional | 1991 | €1.0m |
| 7 |  Guilherme | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Qatar Brazil | Al-Sadd SC | 1991 | €1.0m |
| 8 |  Nemanja Gudelj | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Serbia Netherlands | Sevilla FC | 1991 | €3.0m |
| 9 |  Francis Coquelin | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Réunion | FC Nantes | 1991 | €0.9m |
| 10 |  Rodrigo Battaglia | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | CA Boca Juniors | 1991 | €0.9m |
| 11 |  Javier Güemez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Santos Laguna | 1991 | €0.8m |
| 12 |  Federico Lértora | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | Querétaro FC | 1990 | €0.8m |
| 13 |  Luka Milivojevic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Serbia | Al-Nasr SC (UAE) | 1991 | €0.8m |
| 14 |  Asier Illarramendi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | Kitchee | 1990 | €0.7m |
| 15 |  Sho Inagaki | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Nagoya Grampus | 1991 | €0.7m |
| 16 |  Iván Marcone | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | CA Independiente | 1990 | €0.7m |
| 17 |  Diego Demme | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany Italy | Hertha BSC | 1991 | €0.6m |
| 18 |  Jonas Martin | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France | Without Club | 1990 | €0.6m |
| 19 |  Benjamin André | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France | LOSC Lille | 1990 | €5.0m |
| 20 |  N'Golo Kante | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Mali | Al-Ittihad Club | 1991 | €5.0m |
| 21 |  Marten de Roon | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | Atalanta BC | 1991 | €5.0m |
| 22 |  Jorginho | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Italy Brazil | CR Flamengo | 1991 | €6.0m |
| 23 |  Nampalys Mendy | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal France | Watford FC | 1992 | €1.8m |
| 24 |  Mohamed Elneny | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Egypt | Al-Jazira Club | 1992 | €1.8m |
| 25 |  William Carvalho | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Portugal Angola | CF Pachuca | 1992 | €1.5m |
| 26 |  Gabriel | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil Italy | Red Bull Bragantino | 1992 | €1.5m |
| 27 |  Gustavo Cuéllar | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Colombia | Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense | 1992 | €2.5m |
| 28 |  Idrissa Gueye | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal | Everton FC | 1989 | €1.5m |
| 29 |  Willian Arão | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Santos FC | 1992 | €1.5m |
| 30 |  Gastón Brugman | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Uruguay Italy | Nashville SC | 1992 | €1.2m |