| Combined Totals | £601,005,000 | £333,970,000 | £267,035,000 | 1334 | ||||
| Players Purchased | Fee | Players Sold | Fee | Net Total | Points | Position | ||
| Season 12/13 | ||||||||
| Fabio Borini | £10,000,000 | Dirk Kuyt | £1,000,000 | |||||
| Joe Allen | £15,000,000 | Lewis Hatch | Free | |||||
| Oussama Assaidi | £2,300,000 | David Amoo | Free | Prem | ||||
| Samed Yesil | £1,000,000 | Joe Rafferty | Free | Pts | Pos | |||
| Daniel Sturridge | £12,000,000 | Stephen Darby | Free | |||||
| Philippe Coutinho | £8,500,000 | Fabiano Aurelio | Free | |||||
| Maxi Rodríguez | Undisclosed | |||||||
| Toni Brito Silva | Free | |||||||
| Alberto Aquilani | £3,000,000 | |||||||
| Craig Bellamy | Free | |||||||
| Kirk Broadfoot | Free | |||||||
| Charlie Adam | £4,000,000 | |||||||
| Nathan Ecclestone | Free | |||||||
| Joe Cole | Free | |||||||
| Doni | Free | |||||||
| Total | £48,800,000 | £8,000,000 | £40,800,000 | |||||
| Season 11/12 | ||||||||
| Jordan Henderson | £16,000,000 | Paul Konchesky | £1,500,000 | |||||
| Charlie Adam | £7,000,000 | Chris Mavinga | £1,000,000 | |||||
| Doni | Free | Gerardo Bruna | £750,000 | |||||
| Stewart Downing | £20,000,000 | Milan Jovanovic | Free | |||||
| Sanchez Jose Enrique | £6,300,000 | Daniel Ayala | £800,000 | |||||
| Sebastian Coates | £7,000,000 | Emiliano Insua | Free | |||||
| Craig Bellamy | Free | Sotirios Kyrgiakos | Free | |||||
| Villyan Bijev | Signed | Christian Poulsen | £1,000,000 | |||||
| Danny Ward | £100,000 | David Ngog | £4,000,000 | |||||
| Raul Meireles | £12,000,000 | Prem | ||||||
| Tom Ince | Free | Pts | Pos | |||||
| Total | £56,400,000 | £21,050,000 | £35,350,000 | 52 | 8 | |||
| Season 10/11 | ||||||||
| Jonjo Shelvey | £1,700,000 | David Martin | Free | |||||
| Milan Jovanović | Free | Robbie Threlfall | Free | |||||
| Danny Wilson | £2,000,000 | Christopher Oldfield | Released | |||||
| Joe Cole | Free | Mikel San Jose | Undisclosed | |||||
| Fabio Aureilo | Free | Yossi Benayoun | £5,000,000 | |||||
| Christian Poulson | £4,500,000 | Albert Riera | £5,000,000 | |||||
| Brad Jones | £2,300,000 | Diego Cavalieri | £1,000,000 | |||||
| Raul Meireles | £11,500,000 | Kristian Nemeth | £1,500,000 | |||||
| Paul Konchesky | Swap | Alexander Kacaniklic | Swap | |||||
| Suso | Signed | Lauri Dalla Valle | Swap | |||||
| Yusuf Mersin | £450,000 | Javier Macherano | £17,300,000 | |||||
| Luis Suarez | £23,000,000 | Ryan Babel | £5,800,000 | Prem | ||||
| Andrew Carroll | £35,000,000 | Fernando Torres | £50,000,000 | Pts | Pos | |||
| Total | £80,450,000 | £85,600,000 | -£5,150,000 | 58 | 6 | |||
| Season 09/10 | ||||||||
| Glen Johnson | £17,500,000[1] | Sami Hyypiä | Free | |||||
| Chris Mavinga | Signed[2] | Jack Hobbs | Signed | |||||
| Stephen Sama | Free | Paul Anderson | £250,000 | |||||
| Alberto Aquilani | £17,000,000[3] | Sebastian Leto | £3,000,000 | |||||
| Sotirios Kyrgiakos | £1,500,000 | Astrit Ajdarevic | Free | |||||
| Maxi Rodriguez | Free | Jermaine Pennant | Free | |||||
| Alvaro Arbeloa | £3,500,000[4] | |||||||
| Xabi Alonso | £30,000,000[5] | |||||||
| Shane O Connor | Free | |||||||
| Adam Hammill | Signed | |||||||
| Andrea Dossena | £4,500,000 | |||||||
| Andriy Voronin | £1,800,000 | |||||||
| Chris Buchtmann | £100,000 | Prem | ||||||
| Nikolay Mihaylov | £1,500,000[6] | Pts | Pos | |||||
| Total | £36,000,000 | £44,650,000 | -£8,650,000 | 63 | 7 | |||
| Season 08/09 | ||||||||
| Philipp Degen | Free | Anthony Le Tallec | Undisclosed | |||||
| Andrea Dossena | £7,000,000 | Harry Kewell | Free | |||||
| Diego Cavalieri | £3,500,000 | Peter Crouch | £10,000,000 | |||||
| Robbie Keane | £19,000,000[7] | Danny Gutherie | £2,500,000 | |||||
| Vitor Flora | Signed | John Arne Riise | £4,000,000 | |||||
| Alberto Riera | £8,000,000 | Scott Carson | £3,250,000 | |||||
| David Ngog | £1,500,000 | Steve Finnan | £1,000,000 | Prem | ||||
| Robbie Keane | £12,000,000[8] | Pts | Pos | |||||
| Total | £39,000,000 | £32,750,000 | £6,250,000 | 86 | 2 | |||
| Season 07/08 | ||||||||
| Javier Mascherano | £17,100,000 | Lee Peltier | Signed | |||||
| Martin Skrtel | £6,500,000 | Mohamed Sissoko | £8,200,000 | |||||
| Damien Plessis | Signed | Gabriel Paletta | Signed | |||||
| Emiliano Insua | £1,300,000 | Robbie Fowler | Free | |||||
| Ryan Babel | £11,500,000 | Jerzy Dudek | Free | |||||
| Yossi Benayoun | £5,000,000 | Mark Gonzalez | £4,200,000 | |||||
| Sebastian Leto | £1,850,000 | Craig Bellamy | £7,500,000 | |||||
| Fernando Torres | £26,500,000[9] | Djibril Cisse | £6,000,000 | |||||
| Charles-Hubert Itandje | Signed | Boudewijn Zenden | Free | Prem | ||||
| Andrei Voronin | Free | Luis Garcia | £4,000,000 | Pts | Pos | |||
| Total | £69,750,000 | £29,900,000 | £39,850,000 | 76 | 4 | |||
| Season 06/07 | ||||||||
| Lucas Pezzini Leiva | £6,000,000 | Danny O'Donnell | £100,000 | |||||
| Francisco Manuel Duran | Signed | Florent Sinama Pongo | £2,700,000 | |||||
| Javier Mascherano | £1,500,000 | Salif Diao | Free | |||||
| Alvaro Arbeloa | £2,640,000 | Stephen Warnock | £1,500,000 | |||||
| Nabil El Zhar | £200,000 | Darren Potter | £250,000 | |||||
| Dirk Kuyt | £9,000,000 | David Mannix | Signed | |||||
| Jermaine Pennant | £6,700,000 | Chris Kirkland | £3,000,000 | |||||
| Fabiano Aurelio | Free | Jan Kromkamp | £1,500,000 | |||||
| Gabriel Paletta | £2,000,000 | Neil Mellor | £250,000 | |||||
| Djimi Traore | £2,000,000 | |||||||
| Antonio Barragan | £680,000 | |||||||
| Robbie Foy | Free | |||||||
| Carl Medjani | Signed | |||||||
| Dietmar Hamann | £400,000 | |||||||
| Ramon Calliste | Free | Prem | ||||||
| David Raven | Free | Pts | Pos | |||||
| Total | £28,040,000 | £12,380,000 | £15,660,000 | 68 | 3 | |||
| Season 05/06 | ||||||||
| Craig Bellamy | £6,000,000 | Calum Woods | Signed | |||||
| Robbie Fowler | Free | Bruno Cheyrou | Signed | |||||
| Daniel Agger | £5,800,000 | Zak Whitbread | Free | |||||
| David Martin | Signed | Conal Platt | Free | |||||
| Jose Reina | £6,000,000 | Fernando Morientes | £3,000,000 | |||||
| Jan Kromkamp | Swap | John Welsh | Swap | |||||
| Paul Anderson | Signed | Josemi | Swap | |||||
| Jack Hobbs | Signed | Mark Smyth | Free | |||||
| Godwin Antwi | Signed | Paul Harrison | Free | |||||
| Peter Crouch | £7,000,000 | Milan Baros | £6,500,000 | |||||
| Mohamed Sissoko | £5,600,000 | Ritchie Partridge | Signed | |||||
| Antonio Barragan | £240,000 | Antonio Nunez | Signed | |||||
| Boudewijn Zenden | Free | Gregory Vignal | Free | |||||
| Mark Gonzalez | £4,500,000 | Jon Otsemobor | Free | Prem | ||||
| Mauricio Pellegrino | Free | Pts | Pos | |||||
| Total | £35,140,000 | £9,500,000 | £25,640,000 | 82 | 3 | |||
| Season 04/05 | ||||||||
| Scott Carson | £1,000,000 | El Hadji Diouf | £4,000,000 | |||||
| Fernando Morientes | £6,300,000 | Vladimir Smicer | Free | |||||
| Mauricio Pellegrino | Free | Stephane Henchoz | Free | |||||
| Antonio Nunez | Swap | Chris Butler | Free | |||||
| Xabi Alonso | £10,500,000 | Michael Owen | £8,000,000 | |||||
| Luis Garcia | £6,000,000 | Danny Murphy | £2,500,000 | |||||
| Josemi | £2,000,000 | Markus Babbel | Free | Prem | ||||
| Djibril Cisse | £14,000,000 | Pts | Pos | |||||
| Total | £39,800,000 | £14,500,000 | £25,300,000 | 58 | 5 | |||
| Season 03/04 | ||||||||
| Patrice Luzi Bernardi | Signed | Steven Gillespie | Free | |||||
| Harry Kewell | £5,000,000 | Stephen Vaughan | Free | |||||
| Steve Finnan | £3,500,000 | Emile Heskey | £6,250,000 | |||||
| Patrice Luzi Bernardi | £0 | Daniel Sjolund | Free | |||||
| Pegguy Arphexad | Free | Prem | ||||||
| Andrew Nicholas | Free | Pts | Pos | |||||
| Total | £8,500,000 | £6,250,000 | £2,250,000 | 60 | 4 | |||
| Season 02/03 | ||||||||
| Salif Diao | £5,000,000 | Mark Peers | Free | |||||
| Alou Diarra | free | Patrik Berger | Free | |||||
| Florent Sinama Pongolle | £2,000,000 | Jari Litmanen | Free | |||||
| Anthony Le Tallec | £3,000,000 | Stephen Wright | £3,000,000 | |||||
| Bruno Cheyrou | £3,700,000 | Neil Prince | Free | |||||
| Nick Barmby | £2,750,000 | |||||||
| Jorgen Nielsen | Signed | Prem | ||||||
| Jamie Redknapp | Free | Pts | Pos | |||||
| Total | £13,700,000 | £5,750,000 | £7,950,000 | 64 | 5 | |||
| Season 01/02 | ||||||||
| El Hadji Diouf | £11,000,000 | Gary McAllister | Free | |||||
| Abel Xavier | £800,000 | John Miles | Free | |||||
| Milan Baros | £3,600,000 | Frode Kippe | Signed | |||||
| Nicolas Anelka | loan | Alan Navarro | Contract Expired | |||||
| Jerzy Dudek | £4,850,000 | Chris O'Brien | Free | |||||
| Chris Kirkland | £6,000,000 | Sander Westerveld | £3,490,000 | |||||
| John Arne Riise | £4,600,000 | Robbie Fowler | £11,000,000 | |||||
| Christian Ziege | £4,000,000 | |||||||
| Leyton Maxwell | Free | Prem | ||||||
| Ian Armstrong | Free | Pts | Pos | |||||
| Total | £30,850,000 | £18,490,000 | £12,360,000 | 80 | 2 | |||
| Season 00/01 | ||||||||
| Jari Litmanen | Free | Jon Newby | £100,000 | |||||
| Igor Biscan | £5,500,000 | Titi Camara | £2,200,000 | |||||
| Daniel Sjolund | £1,000,000 | Haukur I. Gudnason | Contract expired | |||||
| Gregory Vignal | £500,000 | Erik Meijer | Free | |||||
| Christian Ziege | £5,500,000 | Steve Staunton | Free | |||||
| Nick Barmby | £6,000,000 | Rigobert Song | £2,500,000 | |||||
| Brad Friedel | Free | |||||||
| Dominic Matteo | £4,750,000 | |||||||
| David Thompson | £2,750,000 | |||||||
| John Boardman | Free | Prem | ||||||
| Phil Babb | Free | Pts | Pos | |||||
| Total | £18,500,000 | £12,300,000 | £6,200,000 | 69 | 3 | |||
| Season 99/00 | ||||||||
| Gary McAllister | Free | Stig-Inge Bjornebye | £300,000 | |||||
| Pegguy Arphexad | Free | Eifion Jones | Free | |||||
| Bernard Diomede | £3,000,000 | Ian Dunbavin | Free | |||||
| Markus Babbel | Signed | Karlheinz Riedle | £200,000 | |||||
| Emile Heskey | £11,000,000 | Bjorn Kvarme | £750,000 | |||||
| Dietmar Hamann | £8,000,000 | Oyvind Leonhardsen | £2,800,000 | |||||
| Erik Meijer | Free | Sean Dundee | £1,000,000 | |||||
| Vladimir Smicer | £3,750,000 | Paul Ince | £1,000,000 | |||||
| Sander Westerveld | £4,000,000 | Jamie Cassidy | Free | |||||
| Stephane Henchoz | £3,500,000 | Tony Warner | Free | |||||
| Titi Camara | £2,600,000 | Jean-Michel Ferri | £1,500,000 | |||||
| Steve McManaman | Free | Prem | ||||||
| David James | £1,700,000 | Pts | Pos | |||||
| Total | £35,850,000 | £9,250,000 | £26,600,000 | 67 | 4 | |||
| Season 98/99 | ||||||||
| Sami Hyypia | £3,000,000 | Danny Williams | Free | |||||
| Djimi Traore | £550,000 | Steve Harkness | £350,000 | |||||
| Rigobert Song | £2,600,000 | Jason McAteer | £4,000,000 | |||||
| Jean-Michel Ferri | £1,700,000 | Michael Thomas | Free | |||||
| Frode Kippe | £700,000 | Neil Ruddock | £400,000 | Prem | ||||
| Vegard Heggem | £3,500,000 | Nicky Rizzo | £300,000 | Pts | Pos | |||
| Total | £12,050,000 | £5,050,000 | £7,000,000 | 54 | 7 | |||
| Season 97/98 | ||||||||
| Steve Staunton | Free | Mark Kennedy | £1,750,000 | |||||
| Sean Dundee | £2,000,000 | Jason Jones | Free | |||||
| Brad Friedel | £1,000,000 | Paul Dalglish | Free | |||||
| Haukur Gudnason | £150,000 | John Barnes | Free | Prem | ||||
| Karlheinz Riedle | £1,800,000 | Pts | Pos | |||||
| Total | £4,950,000 | £1,750,000 | £3,200,000 | 65 | 3 | |||
| Season 96/97 | ||||||||
| Danny Murphy | £3,000,000 | Lee Jones | £100,000 | |||||
| Paul Ince | £4,200,000 | Stan Collymore | £7,000,000 | |||||
| Nicky Rizzo | signed | Ashley Neal | Free | |||||
| Oyvind Leonhardsen | £3,500,000 | John Scales | £2,600,000 | |||||
| Bjorn Kvarme | Free | Phil Charnock | Free | |||||
| Jorgen Neilson | £400,000 | Lee Brydon | Free | |||||
| Patrik Berger | £3,250,000 | David Larmour | Free | Prem | ||||
| Paul Dalglish | Trainee | Pts | Pos | |||||
| Total | £14,350,000 | £9,700,000 | £4,650,000 | 68 | 4 | |||
| Season 95/96 | ||||||||
| Jason Mcateer | £4,500,000 | Ian Foster | Free | |||||
| Stephen Pears | free | Andy Harris | Free | |||||
| Ian Rush | Free | |||||||
| Paul Stewart | Free | |||||||
| Nigel Clough | £1,500,000 | Prem | ||||||
| Scott Brenchley | Pts | Pos | ||||||
| Total | £4,500,000 | £1,500,000 | £3,000,000 | 71 | 3 | |||
| Season 94/95 | ||||||||
| Stan Collymore | £8,500,000 | Steve Nicol | Free | |||||
| Mark Kennedy | £1,500,000 | Ronnie Whelan | Free | |||||
| John Scales | £3,500,000 | Steve Morris | Free | |||||
| Phil Babb | £3,600,000 | Julian Dicks | £1,000,000 | |||||
| Don Hutchison | £1,500,000 | Prem | ||||||
| Bruce Grobbelaar | Free | Pts | Pos | |||||
| Total | £17,100,000 | £2,500,000 | £14,600,000 | 74 | 4 | |||
| Season 93/94 | ||||||||
| Michael Stensgaard | £400,000 | Rod McAree | Free | |||||
| Mark Gayle | free | Scott Paterson | Free | |||||
| Julian Dicks | £1,500,000 | Ronny Rosenthal | £250,000 | |||||
| Mike Hooper | £550,000 | |||||||
| Mike Marsh | Swap | Prem | ||||||
| David Burrows | Transfer | Pts | Pos | |||||
| Total | £1,900,000 | £800,000 | £1,100,000 | 60 | 8 | |||
| Season 92/93 | ||||||||
| Neil Ruddock | £2,500,000 | Stuart Whittaker | Free | |||||
| Nigel Clough | £2,275,000 | Dean Saunders | £2,300,000 | Prem | ||||
| Stig-Inge Bjornebye | £600,000 | Pts | Pos | |||||
| Season Total | £5,375,000 | £2,300,000 | £3,075,000 | 59 | 6 | |||