| # | Player | Position | Citizenship | Club | Born | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Amir Rrahmani | Defender - Centre-Back | Kosovo Albania | SSC Napoli | 1994 | €12.0m |
| 2 |  Diego Carlos | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil Spain | Como 1907 | 1993 | €9.5m |
| 3 |  James Tarkowski | Defender - Centre-Back | England Poland | Everton FC | 1992 | €9.0m |
| 4 |  Eric Dier | Defender - Centre-Back | England Portugal | AS Monaco | 1994 | €8.0m |
| 5 |  Willi Orbán | Defender - Centre-Back | Hungary Germany | RB Leipzig | 1992 | €8.0m |
| 6 |  Ethan Pinnock | Defender - Centre-Back | Jamaica England | Brentford FC | 1993 | €7.0m |
| 7 |  Matthias Ginter | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | SC Freiburg | 1994 | €7.0m |
| 8 |  Sead Kolasinac | Defender - Centre-Back | Bosnia-Herzegovina Germany | Atalanta BC | 1993 | €7.0m |
| 9 |  David García | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | Al-Rayyan SC | 1994 | €7.0m |
| 10 |  Emre Can | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany Türkiye | Borussia Dortmund | 1994 | €7.0m |
| 11 |  Antonio Rüdiger | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany Sierra Leone | Real Madrid | 1993 | €20.0m |
| 12 |  Ben Davies | Defender - Centre-Back | Wales | Tottenham Hotspur | 1993 | €6.0m |
| 13 |  Dan Burn | Defender - Centre-Back | England | Newcastle United | 1992 | €6.0m |
| 14 |  David Alaba | Defender - Centre-Back | Austria | Real Madrid | 1992 | €6.0m |
| 15 |  Berat Djimsiti | Defender - Centre-Back | Albania Switzerland | Atalanta BC | 1993 | €6.0m |
| 16 |  Diego Llorente | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | Real Betis Balompié | 1993 | €6.0m |
| 17 |  Tyrone Mings | Defender - Centre-Back | England | Aston Villa | 1993 | €5.0m |
| 18 |  Gustavo Gómez | Defender - Centre-Back | Paraguay | Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras | 1993 | €5.0m |
| 19 |  Michael Keane | Defender - Centre-Back | England Ireland | Everton FC | 1993 | €5.0m |
| 20 |  Jonathan Gradit | Defender - Centre-Back | France | RC Lens | 1992 | €4.0m |
| 21 |  Jamaal Lascelles | Defender - Centre-Back | England Barbados | Newcastle United | 1993 | €4.0m |
| 22 |  Aymeric Laporte | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain France | Athletic Bilbao | 1994 | €15.0m |
| 23 |  Milan Škriniar | Defender - Centre-Back | Slovakia | Fenerbahce | 1995 | €15.0m |
| 24 |  Adam Webster | Defender - Centre-Back | England | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1995 | €11.0m |
| 25 |  Kurt Zouma | Defender - Centre-Back | France Central African Republic | CFR Cluj | 1994 | €10.0m |
| 26 |  Victor Lindelöf | Defender - Centre-Back | Sweden | Aston Villa | 1994 | €8.0m |
| 27 |  Fabian Schär | Defender - Centre-Back | Switzerland | Newcastle United | 1991 | €7.0m |
| 28 |  Abdülkerim Bardakcı | Defender - Centre-Back | Türkiye | Galatasaray | 1994 | €7.0m |
| 29 |  Yeray Álvarez | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | Athletic Bilbao | 1995 | €7.0m |
| 30 |  Kalidou Koulibaly | Defender - Centre-Back | Senegal France | Al-Hilal SFC | 1991 | €6.0m |