| 1 |  Rani Khedira | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany Tunisia | 1.FC Union Berlin | 1994 | €2.5m |
| 2 |  Laurent Abergel | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France | FC Lorient | 1993 | €2.5m |
| 3 |  Gustavo Cuéllar | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Colombia | Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense | 1992 | €2.5m |
| 4 |  Okay Yokuşlu | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Türkiye | Trabzonspor | 1994 | €2.6m |
| 5 |  John Lundstram | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Hull City | 1994 | €2.8m |
| 6 |  Adrien Tamèze | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Cameroon | Torino FC | 1994 | €2.0m |
| 7 |  Abdoulaye Touré | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Guinea France | Le Havre AC | 1994 | €3.0m |
| 8 |  Claudio Baeza | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Chile | CA Vélez Sarsfield | 1993 | €2.0m |
| 9 |  Jean-Eudes Aholou | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire | Umm Salal SC | 1994 | €2.0m |
| 10 |  Marvelous Nakamba | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Zimbabwe | Luton Town | 1994 | €1.8m |
| 11 |  Mats Rits | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Belgium | RSC Anderlecht | 1993 | €1.8m |
| 12 |  Mohamed Elneny | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Egypt | Al-Jazira Club | 1992 | €1.8m |
| 13 |  Nampalys Mendy | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal France | Watford FC | 1992 | €1.8m |
| 14 |  Jens Jönsson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Denmark | AEK Athens | 1993 | €1.8m |
| 15 |  Artem Timofeev | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | Lokomotiv Moscow | 1994 | €1.5m |
| 16 |  Gabriel | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil Italy | Red Bull Bragantino | 1992 | €1.5m |
| 17 |  Fernando González | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Deportivo Guadalajara | 1994 | €1.3m |
| 18 |  Victor Lekhal | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Algeria France | Qadsia SC | 1994 | €1.3m |
| 19 |  Gastón Brugman | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Uruguay Italy | Nashville SC | 1992 | €1.2m |
| 20 |  Dimitrios Kourbelis | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Greece | Al-Khaleej FC | 1993 | €1.2m |
| 21 |  Nikolay Kalinskiy | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | FC Pari Nizhniy Novgorod | 1993 | €1.2m |
| 22 |  Yong-woo Park | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Korea, South | Al-Ain FC | 1993 | €1.2m |
| 23 |  Josip Radosevic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Croatia | NK Istra 1961 | 1994 | €1.2m |
| 24 |  Seba Pérez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Colombia | Casa Pia AC | 1993 | €1.0m |
| 25 |  Gabriel Pires | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil Portugal | Without Club | 1993 | €1.0m |
| 26 |  Srdjan Mijailovic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Serbia | Al-Wasl FC | 1993 | €1.0m |
| 27 |  Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | DR Congo England | Cambridge United | 1994 | €1.0m |
| 28 |  João Schmidt | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Santos FC | 1993 | €1.0m |
| 29 |  Aldo Rocha | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Atlas Guadalajara | 1992 | €0.9m |
| 30 |  Omar Mascarell | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Equatorial Guinea Spain | RCD Mallorca | 1993 | €0.9m |