| # | Player | Position | Citizenship | Club | Born | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Moussa Niakhaté | Defender - Centre-Back | Senegal France | Olympique Lyon | 1996 | €15.0m |
| 2 |  Milan Škriniar | Defender - Centre-Back | Slovakia | Fenerbahce | 1995 | €15.0m |
| 3 |  Gianluca Mancini | Defender - Centre-Back | Italy | AS Roma | 1996 | €15.0m |
| 4 |  Mykola Matvienko | Defender - Centre-Back | Ukraine | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1996 | €16.0m |
| 5 |  Nayef Aguerd | Defender - Centre-Back | Morocco | Olympique Marseille | 1996 | €18.0m |
| 6 |  Philipp Lienhart | Defender - Centre-Back | Austria | SC Freiburg | 1996 | €12.0m |
| 7 |  Andreas Christensen | Defender - Centre-Back | Denmark | FC Barcelona | 1996 | €12.0m |
| 8 |  Waldemar Anton | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | Borussia Dortmund | 1996 | €18.0m |
| 9 |  Robin Koch | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | Eintracht Frankfurt | 1996 | €18.0m |
| 10 |  Adam Webster | Defender - Centre-Back | England | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1995 | €11.0m |
| 11 |  José María Giménez | Defender - Centre-Back | Uruguay Spain | Atlético de Madrid | 1995 | €20.0m |
| 12 |  Fabrício Bruno | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Cruzeiro Esporte Clube | 1996 | €10.0m |
| 13 |  Thilo Kehrer | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany Burundi | AS Monaco | 1996 | €20.0m |
| 14 |  Davinson Sánchez | Defender - Centre-Back | Colombia | Galatasaray | 1996 | €20.0m |
| 15 |  Jan Bednarek | Defender - Centre-Back | Poland | FC Porto | 1996 | €9.0m |
| 16 |  Léo Pereira | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | CR Flamengo | 1996 | €9.0m |
| 17 |  Nico Elvedi | Defender - Centre-Back | Switzerland | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 1996 | €8.0m |
| 18 |  Lukas Klostermann | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | RB Leipzig | 1996 | €8.0m |
| 19 |  Omar Alderete | Defender - Centre-Back | Paraguay | Sunderland AFC | 1996 | €8.0m |
| 20 |  Niklas Süle | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | Borussia Dortmund | 1995 | €8.0m |
| 21 |  Clément Lenglet | Defender - Centre-Back | France | Atlético de Madrid | 1995 | €7.5m |
| 22 |  Duje Caleta-Car | Defender - Centre-Back | Croatia | Real Sociedad | 1996 | €7.0m |
| 23 |  Vítor Tormena | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | FC Krasnodar | 1996 | €7.0m |
| 24 |  Denis Vavro | Defender - Centre-Back | Slovakia | VfL Wolfsburg | 1996 | €7.0m |
| 25 |  Lucas Martínez Quarta | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina Italy | CA River Plate | 1996 | €7.0m |
| 26 |  Mario Hermoso | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | AS Roma | 1995 | €7.0m |
| 27 |  Yeray Álvarez | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | Athletic Bilbao | 1995 | €7.0m |
| 28 |  Willyan Rocha | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil Italy | Al-Jazira Club | 1995 | €6.0m |
| 29 |  Jeremiah St. Juste | Defender - Centre-Back | Netherlands St. Kitts & Nevis | Sporting CP B | 1996 | €6.0m |
| 30 |  Ardian Ismajli | Defender - Centre-Back | Albania Kosovo | Torino FC | 1996 | €6.0m |