| # | Player | Position | Citizenship | Club | Born | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jeffrey Gouweleeuw | Defender - Centre-Back | Netherlands | FC Augsburg | 1991 | €1.5m |
| 2 |  Juan Jesus | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil Italy | SSC Napoli | 1991 | €1.5m |
| 3 |  Daley Blind | Defender - Centre-Back | Netherlands | Girona FC | 1990 | €1.5m |
| 4 |  Chris Smalling | Defender - Centre-Back | England Jamaica | Al-Fayha FC | 1989 | €1.5m |
| 5 |  Craig Dawson | Defender - Centre-Back | England | Without Club | 1990 | €1.5m |
| 6 |  Willy Boly | Defender - Centre-Back | Cote d'Ivoire France | Nottingham Forest | 1991 | €1.5m |
| 7 |  Ahmed Hegazy | Defender - Centre-Back | Egypt | NEOM SC | 1991 | €1.2m |
| 8 |  Kevin Vogt | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | VfL Bochum | 1991 | €1.0m |
| 9 |  Leandro Cabrera | Defender - Centre-Back | Uruguay Spain | RCD Espanyol Barcelona | 1991 | €1.0m |
| 10 |  Grégory Mertens | Defender - Centre-Back | Belgium | --- | 1991 | €1.0m |
| 11 |  Germán Pezzella | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina Italy | CA River Plate | 1991 | €1.8m |
| 12 |  Antonio Raíllo | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | RCD Mallorca | 1991 | €1.8m |
| 13 |  Romain Saïss | Defender - Centre-Back | Morocco France | Al-Sadd SC | 1990 | €1.8m |
| 14 |  Gabriel Paulista | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil Spain | Besiktas JK | 1990 | €1.0m |
| 15 |  Marc Bartra | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | Real Betis Balompié | 1991 | €1.0m |
| 16 |  Shogo Taniguchi | Defender - Centre-Back | Japan | Sint-Truidense VV | 1991 | €1.0m |
| 17 |  Stefan Savic | Defender - Centre-Back | Montenegro Serbia | Trabzonspor | 1991 | €0.9m |
| 18 |  Sergiy Kryvtsov | Defender - Centre-Back | Ukraine | Without Club | 1991 | €0.9m |
| 19 |  Bastos | Defender - Centre-Back | Angola | Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas | 1991 | €0.9m |
| 20 |  Erik Sviatchenko | Defender - Centre-Back | Denmark Ukraine | Houston Dynamo FC | 1991 | €0.8m |
| 21 |  Nacho Fernández | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | Al-Qadsiah FC | 1990 | €2.0m |
| 22 |  Fabián Balbuena | Defender - Centre-Back | Paraguay | Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense | 1991 | €2.0m |
| 23 |  Stefan Bell | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | 1.FSV Mainz 05 | 1991 | €0.8m |
| 24 |  Bart Schenkeveld | Defender - Centre-Back | Netherlands | Al-Khaleej FC | 1991 | €0.8m |
| 25 |  Gustavo Velázquez | Defender - Centre-Back | Paraguay | Club Cerro Porteño | 1991 | €0.8m |
| 26 |  Sebastián Coates | Defender - Centre-Back | Uruguay Spain | Club Nacional | 1990 | €0.8m |
| 27 |  Álvaro González | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | CD Tenerife | 1990 | €0.8m |
| 28 |  Pontus Jansson | Defender - Centre-Back | Sweden | Malmö FF | 1991 | €0.8m |
| 29 |  José Luis Palomino | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina Bulgaria | CA Talleres | 1990 | €0.7m |
| 30 |  Vitor Hugo | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Clube Atlético Mineiro | 1991 | €0.7m |