| # | Player | Position | Citizenship | Club | Born | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Christian Mawissa | Defender - Centre-Back | France DR Congo | AS Monaco | 2005 | €15.0m |
| 2 |  Jeanuël Belocian | Defender - Centre-Back | France Guadeloupe | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 2005 | €15.0m |
| 3 |  Jair Cunha | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Nottingham Forest | 2005 | €13.0m |
| 4 |  El Chadaille Bitshiabu | Defender - Centre-Back | France DR Congo | RB Leipzig | 2005 | €18.0m |
| 5 |  Mamadou Sarr | Defender - Centre-Back | France Senegal | RC Strasbourg Alsace | 2005 | €20.0m |
| 6 |  Jérémy Jacquet | Defender - Centre-Back | France Guadeloupe | Stade Rennais FC | 2005 | €10.0m |
| 7 |  Jon Martín | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | Real Sociedad | 2006 | €8.0m |
| 8 |  Saba Goglichidze | Defender - Centre-Back | Georgia | Udinese Calcio | 2004 | €8.0m |
| 9 |  Aarón Anselmino | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina | Borussia Dortmund | 2005 | €8.0m |
| 10 |  Yasin Özcan | Defender - Centre-Back | Türkiye | RSC Anderlecht | 2006 | €7.5m |
| 11 |  Luca Marianucci | Defender - Centre-Back | Italy | SSC Napoli | 2004 | €7.5m |
| 12 |  Yarek Gasiorowski | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain Poland | PSV Eindhoven | 2005 | €7.5m |
| 13 |  Alan Matturro | Defender - Centre-Back | Uruguay Italy | Levante UD | 2004 | €7.0m |
| 14 |  Eivind Helland | Defender - Centre-Back | Norway | SK Brann | 2005 | €6.0m |
| 15 |  Taras Mykhavko | Defender - Centre-Back | Ukraine | Dynamo Kyiv | 2005 | €6.0m |
| 16 |  Mikayil Faye | Defender - Centre-Back | Senegal | US Cremonese | 2004 | €6.0m |
| 17 |  Juma Bah | Defender - Centre-Back | Sierra Leone | OGC Nice | 2006 | €6.0m |
| 18 |  Jahmai Simpson-Pusey | Defender - Centre-Back | England | Celtic FC | 2005 | €5.0m |
| 19 |  Pietro Comuzzo | Defender - Centre-Back | Italy | ACF Fiorentina | 2005 | €25.0m |
| 20 |  Rav van den Berg | Defender - Centre-Back | Netherlands | 1.FC Köln | 2004 | €4.5m |
| 21 |  Cristhian Mosquera | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain Colombia | Arsenal FC | 2004 | €30.0m |
| 22 |  Vitor Reis | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Girona FC | 2006 | €30.0m |
| 23 |  Joane Gadou | Defender - Centre-Back | France Cote d'Ivoire | Red Bull Salzburg | 2007 | €15.0m |
| 24 |  Javi Rodríguez | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | Celta de Vigo | 2003 | €15.0m |
| 25 |  Callum Doyle | Defender - Centre-Back | England | Wrexham AFC | 2003 | €15.0m |
| 26 |  Leopold Querfeld | Defender - Centre-Back | Austria | 1.FC Union Berlin | 2003 | €13.0m |
| 27 |  Matte Smets | Defender - Centre-Back | Belgium | KRC Genk | 2004 | €13.0m |
| 28 |  Luka Vuskovic | Defender - Centre-Back | Croatia | Hamburger SV | 2007 | €12.0m |
| 29 |  Giovanni Leoni | Defender - Centre-Back | Italy | Liverpool FC | 2006 | €18.0m |
| 30 |  Ismaël Doukouré | Defender - Centre-Back | France Cote d'Ivoire | RC Strasbourg Alsace | 2003 | €18.0m |