| 1 |  Nikola Petković | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Serbia | Charlotte FC | 2003 | €1.5m |
| 2 |  Bartuğ Elmaz | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Türkiye | Fenerbahce | 2003 | €1.5m |
| 3 |  Djibril Soumaré | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal | Sheffield United | 2003 | €1.5m |
| 4 |  Yannick Bright | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Italy | Inter Miami CF | 2001 | €1.5m |
| 5 |  Jocelyn Janneh | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Sierra Leone Guinea | SC Bastia | 2002 | €1.5m |
| 6 |  Maksim Mukhin | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | FC Sochi | 2001 | €1.5m |
| 7 |  Mathias Kjølø | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Norway | Twente Enschede FC | 2001 | €1.5m |
| 8 |  Kirill Kravtsov | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | FC Sochi | 2002 | €1.5m |
| 9 |  Oussama El Azzouzi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Morocco Netherlands | AJ Auxerre | 2001 | €1.4m |
| 10 |  Mateus Carvalho | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Clube de Regatas Vasco da Gama | 2002 | €1.4m |
| 11 |  Leighton Clarkson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Aberdeen FC | 2001 | €1.3m |
| 12 |  Satoshi Tanaka | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2002 | €1.3m |
| 13 |  Salvador Mariscal | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Santos Laguna | 2003 | €1.2m |
| 14 |  Borys Krushynskyi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ukraine | Polissya Zhytomyr | 2002 | €1.2m |
| 15 |  Thomas van den Belt | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | Twente Enschede FC | 2001 | €1.8m |
| 16 |  Sota Kawasaki | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | 1.FSV Mainz 05 | 2001 | €1.2m |
| 17 |  Bruno Leyes | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina | Club Atlético Tigre | 2001 | €1.8m |
| 18 |  Aleksandr Kutitskiy | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | Dynamo Moscow | 2002 | €1.8m |
| 19 |  Anouar El Azzouzi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Morocco Netherlands | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2001 | €1.8m |
| 20 |  Issouf Sissokho | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mali | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 2002 | €1.2m |
| 21 |  Danny Leyva | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | United States | Seattle Sounders FC | 2003 | €1.2m |
| 22 |  Étienne Camara | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Guinea | Royal Charleroi SC | 2003 | €1.8m |
| 23 |  Diego Rosa | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | APOEL Nicosia | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 24 |  Novatus Miroshi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Tanzania | Göztepe | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 25 |  Ebrima Darboe | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | The Gambia | SSC Bari | 2001 | €1.0m |
| 26 |  Fabrizio Peralta | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Paraguay | Club Cerro Porteño | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 27 |  Santiago Trigos | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | UNAM Pumas | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 28 |  Maksim Kaynov | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | Rotor Volgograd | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 29 |  Gerard Yepes | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | FC Empoli | 2002 | €1.0m |
| 30 |  Santeri Väänänen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Finland | Rosenborg BK | 2002 | €1.0m |