| 1 |  Idrissa Touré | Midfield - Right Midfield | Germany Guinea | Pisa Sporting Club | 1998 | €4.0m |
| 2 |  Alessio Zerbin | Midfield - Right Midfield | Italy | US Cremonese | 1999 | €4.0m |
| 3 |  Joël Monteiro | Midfield - Right Midfield | Switzerland Portugal | BSC Young Boys | 1999 | €6.0m |
| 4 |  David Doudera | Midfield - Right Midfield | Czech Republic | SK Slavia Prague | 1998 | €3.0m |
| 5 |  Mohamed Farsi | Midfield - Right Midfield | Algeria Canada | Columbus Crew | 1999 | €2.5m |
| 6 |  Donat Rrudhani | Midfield - Right Midfield | Kosovo | FC Sion | 1999 | €1.8m |
| 7 |  Maren Haile-Selassie | Midfield - Right Midfield | Switzerland Ethiopia | Chicago Fire FC | 1999 | €1.8m |
| 8 |  Ablie Jallow | Midfield - Right Midfield | The Gambia | Servette FC | 1998 | €1.5m |
| 9 |  Facundo Mater | Midfield - Right Midfield | Syria Argentina | CA Barracas Central | 1998 | €1.5m |
| 10 |  João Mário | Midfield - Right Midfield | Portugal | Juventus FC | 2000 | €10.0m |
| 11 |  Alessio Castro-Montes | Midfield - Right Midfield | Belgium Spain | 1.FC Köln | 1997 | €5.0m |
| 12 |  Junior Dina Ebimbe | Midfield - Right Midfield | France Cameroon | Stade Brestois 29 | 2000 | €6.0m |
| 13 |  Felix Beijmo | Midfield - Right Midfield | Sweden | Aarhus GF | 1998 | €2.0m |
| 14 |  Mark Sykes | Midfield - Right Midfield | Ireland Northern Ireland | Bristol City | 1997 | €1.8m |
| 15 |  Conrad Wallem | Midfield - Right Midfield | Norway | St. Louis CITY SC | 2000 | €1.8m |
| 16 |  Koji Miyoshi | Midfield - Right Midfield | Japan | VfL Bochum | 1997 | €1.5m |
| 17 |  Tatsuhiro Sakamoto | Midfield - Right Midfield | Japan | Coventry City | 1996 | €4.5m |
| 18 |  Darian Males | Midfield - Right Midfield | Switzerland | BSC Young Boys | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 19 |  Matisse Samoise | Midfield - Right Midfield | Belgium | KAA Gent | 2001 | €2.5m |
| 20 |  Panos Katseris | Midfield - Right Midfield | Greece | FC Lorient | 2001 | €2.5m |
| 21 |  Finn Porath | Midfield - Right Midfield | Germany | FC Schalke 04 | 1997 | €1.7m |
| 22 |  Patrick Pflücke | Midfield - Right Midfield | Germany | Royal Charleroi SC | 1996 | €1.6m |
| 23 |  Simion Michez | Midfield - Right Midfield | Cameroon Belgium | SK Sigma Olomouc | 2002 | €1.5m |
| 24 |  Niclas Eliasson | Midfield - Right Midfield | Sweden Brazil | AEK Athens | 1995 | €4.0m |
| 25 |  Tomás Esteves | Midfield - Right Midfield | Portugal | Pisa Sporting Club | 2002 | €2.3m |
| 26 |  Eskil Edh | Midfield - Right Midfield | Norway | AIK | 2002 | €2.0m |
| 27 |  Fran Tudor | Midfield - Right Midfield | Croatia | Raków Częstochowa | 1995 | €2.0m |
| 28 |  Otar Kakabadze | Midfield - Right Midfield | Georgia | Cracovia | 1995 | €1.5m |
| 29 |  Anton Kade | Midfield - Right Midfield | Germany | FC Augsburg | 2004 | €5.0m |
| 30 |  Abdoullah Ba | Midfield - Right Midfield | France Mauritania | Sunderland AFC | 2003 | €2.5m |