| 1 |  Cole Bassett | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | United States | Colorado Rapids | 2001 | €4.0m |
| 2 |  Nikita Krivtsov | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Russia | FC Krasnodar | 2002 | €4.0m |
| 3 |  Kamory Doumbia | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Mali | Stade Brestois 29 | 2003 | €4.0m |
| 4 |  Sam Greenwood | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | England | Pogon Szczecin | 2002 | €4.5m |
| 5 |  Naatan Skyttä | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Finland | 1.FC Kaiserslautern | 2002 | €3.0m |
| 6 |  Yari Verschaeren | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Belgium | RSC Anderlecht | 2001 | €5.0m |
| 7 |  Anouar Ait El Hadj | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Belgium Morocco | Union Saint-Gilloise | 2002 | €3.0m |
| 8 |  Ringo Meerveld | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Netherlands | SC Heerenveen | 2002 | €3.0m |
| 9 |  Pedro Vite | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Ecuador | UNAM Pumas | 2002 | €5.0m |
| 10 |  Filip Marchwinski | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Poland | US Lecce | 2002 | €3.0m |
| 11 |  Kirill Shchetinin | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Russia | FC Rostov | 2002 | €2.8m |
| 12 |  Aguibou Camara | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Guinea | Ludogorets Razgrad | 2001 | €2.5m |
| 13 |  Kuryu Matsuki | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Japan | Southampton FC | 2003 | €2.4m |
| 14 |  Antonio Vergara | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Italy | SSC Napoli | 2003 | €2.2m |
| 15 |  Rômulo | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Brazil | Grêmio Novorizontino | 2001 | €2.0m |
| 16 |  Aimé Omgba | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Netherlands Cameroon | KAA Gent | 2002 | €2.0m |
| 17 |  Reda Khadra | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Germany | Le Havre AC | 2001 | €2.0m |
| 18 |  AZ Jackson | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | United States | Jagiellonia Bialystok | 2001 | €2.0m |
| 19 |  Tomas Suslov | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Slovakia | Hellas Verona | 2002 | €6.0m |
| 20 |  Fabian Rieder | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Switzerland | FC Augsburg | 2002 | €6.0m |
| 21 |  Thelo Aasgaard | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Norway England | Rangers FC | 2002 | €2.0m |
| 22 |  Pablo Torre | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Spain | RCD Mallorca | 2003 | €6.0m |
| 23 |  Gaetano Oristanio | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Italy | Parma Calcio 1913 | 2002 | €6.0m |
| 24 |  Tino Anjorin | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | England Nigeria | Torino FC | 2001 | €6.0m |
| 25 |  Matheus Araújo | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Brazil | Ceará Sporting Club | 2002 | €2.0m |
| 26 |  Ronaldo Nájera | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Mexico | Atlético de San Luis | 2003 | €2.0m |
| 27 |  Levi Smans | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Netherlands | SC Heerenveen | 2003 | €2.0m |
| 28 |  Theodore Ku-DiPietro | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | United States | Colorado Rapids | 2002 | €2.0m |
| 29 |  Gabriel Pirani | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Brazil | D.C. United | 2002 | €2.0m |
| 30 |  Pablo Rodríguez | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Spain | Lech Poznan | 2001 | €1.8m |