| # | Player | Position | Citizenship | Club | Born | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Davinson Sánchez | Defender - Centre-Back | Colombia | Galatasaray | 1996 | €20.0m |
| 2 |  Joe Gomez | Defender - Centre-Back | England The Gambia | Liverpool FC | 1997 | €20.0m |
| 3 |  Emmanuel Agbadou | Defender - Centre-Back | Cote d'Ivoire | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 1997 | €20.0m |
| 4 |  Marcos Senesi | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina Italy | AFC Bournemouth | 1997 | €22.0m |
| 5 |  Waldemar Anton | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | Borussia Dortmund | 1996 | €18.0m |
| 6 |  Nayef Aguerd | Defender - Centre-Back | Morocco | Olympique Marseille | 1996 | €18.0m |
| 7 |  Robin Koch | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1996 | €18.0m |
| 8 |  Mykola Matvienko | Defender - Centre-Back | Ukraine | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1996 | €16.0m |
| 9 |  Moussa Niakhaté | Defender - Centre-Back | Senegal France | Olympique Lyon | 1996 | €15.0m |
| 10 |  Gianluca Mancini | Defender - Centre-Back | Italy | AS Roma | 1996 | €15.0m |
| 11 |  Maximilian Kilman | Defender - Centre-Back | England Ukraine | West Ham United | 1997 | €25.0m |
| 12 |  Benjamin Pavard | Defender - Centre-Back | France | Olympique Marseille | 1996 | €25.0m |
| 13 |  Léo Ortiz | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil Italy | CR Flamengo | 1996 | €15.0m |
| 14 |  Issa Diop | Defender - Centre-Back | France Senegal | Fulham FC | 1997 | €14.0m |
| 15 |  Joachim Andersen | Defender - Centre-Back | Denmark | Fulham FC | 1996 | €27.0m |
| 16 |  Andreas Christensen | Defender - Centre-Back | Denmark | FC Barcelona | 1996 | €12.0m |
| 17 |  Philipp Lienhart | Defender - Centre-Back | Austria | SC Freiburg | 1996 | €12.0m |
| 18 |  Igor Zubeldia | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | Real Sociedad | 1997 | €12.0m |
| 19 |  Ko Itakura | Defender - Centre-Back | Japan | Ajax Amsterdam | 1997 | €12.0m |
| 20 |  Nino | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Zenit St. Petersburg | 1997 | €11.0m |
| 21 |  Koki Machida | Defender - Centre-Back | Japan | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 1997 | €11.0m |
| 22 |  Jonathan Tah | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany Cote d'Ivoire | Bayern Munich | 1996 | €30.0m |
| 23 |  Fabrício Bruno | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Cruzeiro Esporte Clube | 1996 | €10.0m |
| 24 |  Marin Pongracic | Defender - Centre-Back | Croatia Germany | ACF Fiorentina | 1997 | €10.0m |
| 25 |  Tsuyoshi Watanabe | Defender - Centre-Back | Japan | Feyenoord Rotterdam | 1997 | €9.0m |
| 26 |  Léo Pereira | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | CR Flamengo | 1996 | €9.0m |
| 27 |  Jan Bednarek | Defender - Centre-Back | Poland | FC Porto | 1996 | €9.0m |
| 28 |  Omar Alderete | Defender - Centre-Back | Paraguay | Sunderland AFC | 1996 | €8.0m |
| 29 |  Lukas Klostermann | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | RB Leipzig | 1996 | €8.0m |
| 30 |  Nico Elvedi | Defender - Centre-Back | Switzerland | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1996 | €8.0m |