| 1 |  Julien Ponceau | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | France Angola | Real Valladolid CF | 2000 | €4.0m |
| 2 |  Cole Bassett | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | United States | Colorado Rapids | 2001 | €4.0m |
| 3 |  Carlos Palacios | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Chile | CA Boca Juniors | 2000 | €4.0m |
| 4 |  Omri Gandelman | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Israel Portugal | KAA Gent | 2000 | €4.0m |
| 5 |  Gianluca Gaetano | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Italy | Cagliari Calcio | 2000 | €4.0m |
| 6 |  Matko Miljevic | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | United States Argentina | CA Huracán | 2001 | €4.0m |
| 7 |  Nicolás Castro | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Argentina | Deportivo Toluca | 2000 | €3.5m |
| 8 |  Sam Greenwood | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | England | Pogon Szczecin | 2002 | €4.5m |
| 9 |  Matthias Seidl | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Austria | Rapid Vienna | 2001 | €3.0m |
| 10 |  Filip Marchwinski | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Poland | US Lecce | 2002 | €3.0m |
| 11 |  Alexis Antunes | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Switzerland | Servette FC | 2000 | €3.0m |
| 12 |  Pedro Vite | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Ecuador | UNAM Pumas | 2002 | €5.0m |
| 13 |  Afonso Sousa | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Portugal | Samsunspor | 2000 | €5.0m |
| 14 |  Yari Verschaeren | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Belgium | RSC Anderlecht | 2001 | €5.0m |
| 15 |  Iván Jaime | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Spain | CF Montréal | 2000 | €5.0m |
| 16 |  Kirill Shchetinin | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Russia | FC Rostov | 2002 | €2.8m |
| 17 |  John Yeboah | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Ecuador Germany | Venezia FC | 2000 | €2.8m |
| 18 |  Ezequiel Bullaude | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Argentina Italy | Club Tijuana | 2000 | €2.5m |
| 19 |  Ole Pohlmann | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Germany | Rio Ave FC | 2001 | €2.5m |
| 20 |  Muhammed Cham | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Austria | SK Slavia Prague | 2000 | €5.5m |
| 21 |  Aguibou Camara | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Guinea | Ludogorets Razgrad | 2001 | €2.5m |
| 22 |  Abdelkahar Kadri | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Algeria | KAA Gent | 2000 | €2.2m |
| 23 |  Johan Hove | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Norway | AIK | 2000 | €2.0m |
| 24 |  Reda Khadra | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Germany | Le Havre AC | 2001 | €2.0m |
| 25 |  Mateo Klimowicz | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Argentina Germany | Atlético de San Luis | 2000 | €2.0m |
| 26 |  Melker Heier | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Sweden | IK Sirius | 2001 | €2.0m |
| 27 |  AZ Jackson | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | United States | Jagiellonia Bialystok | 2001 | €2.0m |
| 28 |  Bryce Duke | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | United States | CF Montréal | 2001 | €2.0m |
| 29 |  Theodore Ku-DiPietro | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | United States | Colorado Rapids | 2002 | €2.0m |
| 30 |  Calebe | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Brazil | Deportivo Alavés | 2000 | €2.0m |