| 1 |  Mathieu Maertens | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Belgium | Oud-Heverlee Leuven | 1995 | €1.8m |
| 2 |  Dimitrios Pelkas | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Greece | PAOK Thessaloniki | 1993 | €1.8m |
| 3 |  Serginho | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | China Brazil | Beijing Guoan | 1995 | €1.7m |
| 4 |  Mijat Gacinovic | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Serbia Bosnia-Herzegovina | AEK Athens | 1995 | €2.0m |
| 5 |  João Mendes | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Portugal | Kayserispor | 1994 | €2.0m |
| 6 |  Haris Hajradinovic | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Bosnia-Herzegovina North Macedonia | Kasimpasa | 1994 | €2.0m |
| 7 |  Luciano Cabral | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Chile Argentina | CA Independiente | 1995 | €2.0m |
| 8 |  Ghayas Zahid | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Norway | FK Partizan Belgrade | 1994 | €2.0m |
| 9 |  Kerim Mrabti | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Sweden Tunisia | KV Mechelen | 1994 | €2.0m |
| 10 |  Thomas Murg | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Austria | PAOK Thessaloniki | 1994 | €1.5m |
| 11 |  Saman Ghoddos | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Iran Sweden | Kalba FC | 1993 | €1.5m |
| 12 |  Vitor Bueno | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Brazil Italy | Cerezo Osaka | 1994 | €1.5m |
| 13 |  Paulinho | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Brazil | Without Club | 1994 | €1.5m |
| 14 |  Emmanuel Martínez | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Argentina | Fortaleza Esporte Clube | 1994 | €1.5m |
| 15 |  Bruno Nazário | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Brazil | Henan FC | 1995 | €1.5m |
| 16 |  Tom Lawrence | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Wales | Without Club | 1994 | €1.5m |
| 17 |  David Terans | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Uruguay | CA Peñarol | 1994 | €1.5m |
| 18 |  Oussama Tannane | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Morocco Netherlands | Umm Salal SC | 1994 | €1.5m |
| 19 |  Víctor Guzmán | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Mexico | CF Pachuca | 1995 | €2.3m |
| 20 |  Adama Traoré | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Mali | Amed SK | 1995 | €1.2m |
| 21 |  Denis Suárez | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Spain | Deportivo Alavés | 1994 | €1.2m |
| 22 |  Yuya Kubo | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Japan | FC Cincinnati | 1993 | €1.2m |
| 23 |  Yassine Benzia | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Algeria France | Al-Fayha FC | 1994 | €1.2m |
| 24 |  Thaciano | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Brazil | Santos FC | 1995 | €1.2m |
| 25 |  Bernard Mensah | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Ghana | Al-Nasr SC (UAE) | 1994 | €2.5m |
| 26 |  Antonín Barák | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Czech Republic | UC Sampdoria | 1994 | €2.5m |
| 27 |  Kenan Karaman | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Türkiye Germany | FC Schalke 04 | 1994 | €2.5m |
| 28 |  Philipp Förster | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Germany | Karlsruher SC | 1995 | €1.0m |
| 29 |  Lucas Crispim | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Brazil | Fortaleza Esporte Clube | 1994 | €1.0m |
| 30 |  Ivi López | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Spain | Raków Częstochowa | 1994 | €1.0m |