| 1 |  Henrikh Mkhitaryan | Midfield - Central Midfield | Armenia | Inter Milan | 1989 | €4.0m |
| 2 |  Dani Parejo | Midfield - Central Midfield | Spain | Villarreal CF | 1989 | €1.5m |
| 3 |  Miralem Pjanić | Midfield - Central Midfield | Bosnia-Herzegovina Luxembourg | Without Club | 1990 | €2.0m |
| 4 |  Georginio Wijnaldum | Midfield - Central Midfield | Netherlands Suriname | Al-Ettifaq FC | 1990 | €3.0m |
| 5 |  Pascal Groß | Midfield - Central Midfield | Germany | Borussia Dortmund | 1991 | €5.0m |
| 6 |  İlkay Gündoğan | Midfield - Central Midfield | Germany | Galatasaray | 1990 | €5.0m |
| 7 |  Kevin Kampl | Midfield - Central Midfield | Slovenia | RB Leipzig | 1990 | €2.5m |
| 8 |  Matías Vecino | Midfield - Central Midfield | Uruguay Italy | SS Lazio | 1991 | €2.0m |
| 9 |  Tom Cairney | Midfield - Central Midfield | Scotland England | Fulham FC | 1991 | €1.5m |
| 10 |  Thomas Delaney | Midfield - Central Midfield | Denmark United States | FC Copenhagen | 1991 | €1.2m |
| 11 |  Remo Freuler | Midfield - Central Midfield | Switzerland | Bologna FC 1909 | 1992 | €5.0m |
| 12 |  Patrik Hrosovsky | Midfield - Central Midfield | Slovakia | KRC Genk | 1992 | €2.7m |
| 13 |  Jordan Ferri | Midfield - Central Midfield | France | UC Sampdoria | 1992 | €2.0m |
| 14 |  Ignacio Rivero | Midfield - Central Midfield | Uruguay | CD Cruz Azul | 1992 | €2.0m |
| 15 |  Sérgio Oliveira | Midfield - Central Midfield | Portugal | Sport Club do Recife | 1992 | €1.7m |
| 16 |  Jonathan Osorio | Midfield - Central Midfield | Canada Colombia | Toronto FC | 1992 | €1.5m |
| 17 |  Sergi Roberto | Midfield - Central Midfield | Spain | Como 1907 | 1992 | €1.5m |
| 18 |  Tchê Tchê | Midfield - Central Midfield | Brazil | Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama | 1992 | €1.2m |
| 19 |  Koke | Midfield - Central Midfield | Spain | Atlético de Madrid | 1992 | €8.0m |
| 20 |  Jordan Veretout | Midfield - Central Midfield | France | Al-Arabi SC | 1993 | €4.0m |
| 21 |  Davy Klaassen | Midfield - Central Midfield | Netherlands | Ajax Amsterdam | 1993 | €3.5m |
| 22 |  Daler Kuzyaev | Midfield - Central Midfield | Russia | Without Club | 1993 | €3.5m |
| 23 |  Paul Pogba | Midfield - Central Midfield | France Guinea | AS Monaco | 1993 | €5.0m |
| 24 |  Iñigo Ruiz de Galarreta | Midfield - Central Midfield | Spain | Athletic Bilbao | 1993 | €3.0m |
| 25 |  Zé Rafael | Midfield - Central Midfield | Brazil Italy | Santos FC | 1993 | €3.0m |
| 26 |  Tiago Silva | Midfield - Central Midfield | Portugal | Al-Rayyan SC | 1993 | €3.0m |
| 27 |  Kerem Demirbay | Midfield - Central Midfield | Germany Türkiye | Eyüpspor | 1993 | €2.3m |
| 28 |  Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Without Club | 1993 | €2.1m |
| 29 |  Jackson Irvine | Midfield - Central Midfield | Australia Scotland | FC St. Pauli | 1993 | €2.0m |
| 30 |  Daniel Bessa | Midfield - Central Midfield | Italy Brazil | Al-Bataeh CSC | 1993 | €2.0m |