Dutch football transfer record

This is a list of the most expensive transfer fees paid in football in The Netherlands.

Outgoing transfers

Rank Player From To Transfer fee
(€ million)		 Year
1 Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy Netherlands PSV England Manchester United 30.5 2001
2 Netherlands Wesley Sneijder Netherlands Ajax Spain Real Madrid 27 2007
2 Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Netherlands Ajax Spain Real Madrid 27 2009
4 Uruguay Luis Suárez Netherlands Ajax England Liverpool 26.5 2011
5 Netherlands Kevin Strootman Netherlands PSV Italy Roma 20 2013
5 Brazil Afonso Alves Netherlands Heerenveen England Middlesbrough 20 2008
7 Netherlands Arjen Robben Netherlands PSV England Chelsea 18.1 2004
8 Romania Cristian Chivu Netherlands Ajax Italy Roma 18 2003
8 Netherlands Dirk Kuyt Netherlands Feyenoord England Liverpool 18 2006
10 Netherlands Daley Blind Netherlands Ajax England Manchester United 17.5 2014
11 Netherlands Jaap Stam Netherlands PSV England Manchester United 17 1998
11 Netherlands Ryan Babel Netherlands Ajax England Liverpool 17 2007
13 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Netherlands Ajax Italy Juventus 16.9 2004
14 Serbia Miralem Sulejmani Netherlands Heerenveen Netherlands Ajax 16.25 2008
15 Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp Netherlands Ajax Italy Internazionale 16 1993
16 Brazil Ronaldo Netherlands PSV Spain Barcelona 15.5 1996
17 Netherlands Luuk de Jong Netherlands Twente Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 15 2012
18 Serbia Dušan Tadić Netherlands Twente England Southampton F.C. 14 2014
18 Ivory Coast Wilfried Bony Netherlands Vitesse Wales Swansea City 14 2013
18 Hungary Balázs Dzsudzsák Netherlands PSV Russia Anzhi Makhachkala 14 2011
18 Netherlands Royston Drenthe Netherlands Feyenoord Spain Real Madrid 14 2007
18 Brazil Heurelho Gomes Netherlands PSV England Tottenham Hotspur 14 2008
23 Denmark Christian Eriksen Netherlands Ajax England Tottenham Hotspur 13.5 2013
24 Netherlands Strootman & Belgium Mertens Netherlands Utrecht Netherlands PSV 13 2011
25 Ivory Coast Salomon Kalou Netherlands Feyenoord England Chelsea 12.6 2006
26 Costa Rica Bryan Ruiz Netherlands Twente England Fulham 12 2011
26 Egypt Ahmed Hossam Netherlands Ajax France Marseille 12 2003
26 Belgium Thomas Vermaelen Netherlands Ajax England Arsenal 12 2009
26 Ivory Coast Arouna Koné Netherlands PSV Spain Sevilla FC 12 2007
30 Netherlands Quincy Promes Netherlands Twente Russia Spartak Moscow 11.5 2007
31 Netherlands Frank de Boer Netherlands Ajax Spain Barcelona 11 1998
32 Netherlands John Heitinga Netherlands Ajax Spain Atlético Madrid 10 2008
32 Peru Jefferson Farfán Netherlands PSV Germany Schalke 04 10 2008

Incoming transfers

Rank Player From To Transfer fee
(€ million)		 Year
1 Serbia Miralem Sulejmani Netherlands Heerenveen Netherlands Ajax 16.25 2008
2 Netherlands Strootman & Belgium Mertens Netherlands Utrecht Netherlands PSV 13 2011
3 Serbia Mateja Kežman Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Netherlands PSV 11.3 2000
4 Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Netherlands Heerenveen Netherlands Ajax 9 2006
5 Greece Nikos Machlas Netherlands Vitesse Netherlands Ajax 8.6 1999
6 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Sweden Malmö FF Netherlands Ajax 8.4 2001
7 Netherlands Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Netherlands Twente Netherlands PSV 8.2 2001
8 Uruguay Luis Suárez Netherlands Groningen Netherlands Ajax 7.5 2007
9 Argentina Darío Cvitanich Argentina Banfield Netherlands Ajax 7.5 2008
10 Netherlands Ferdi Vierklau Spain Tenerife Netherlands Ajax 7.3 1998
11 Netherlands Adam Maher Netherlands AZ Netherlands PSV 6.5 2013

World Football Transfer Records

Player From To Transfer fee
(€ million)		 Year
Netherlands Johan Cruijff Netherlands Ajax Spain Barcelona 1.2 1973
Netherlands Ruud Gullit Netherlands PSV Italy A.C. Milan 8 1987