| Combined Totals | £703,180,000 | £221,553,000 | £481,627,000 | 1073 | |||
| Players Purchased | Fee | Player Sold | Fee | Net Total | Points | Position | |
| Season 12/13 | |||||||
| Jack Rodwell | £15,000,000 | Greg Cunningham | Undisclosed | ||||
| Scott Sinclair | £8,000,000 | Ahmed Benali | Free | ||||
| Matija Nastasic | £12,000,000 | Vladimir Weiss | £1,500,000 | ||||
| Maicon | £3,000,000 | Emmanuel Adebayor | £5,000,000 | ||||
| Richard Wright | Free | Adam Johnson | £10,000,000 | ||||
| Jave Garcia | £16,000,000 | Stefan Savic | £3,000,000 | ||||
| Godsway Donyoh | Free | Nigel De Jong | £3,500,000 | Prem | |||
| Kieron Courtney Dyer | Free | Owen Hargreaves | Released | Pts | Pos | ||
| Gai Assulin | Free | ||||||
| Andreas Mancini | Free | ||||||
| Joan Angel Roman | Free | ||||||
| Mario Balotelli | £17,000,000 | ||||||
| Totals | £54,000,000 | £40,000,000 | £14,000,000 | ||||
| Season 11/12 | James Poole | Free | |||||
| Stefan Savic | £6,000,000 | Andrew Tutte | Free | ||||
| Gaël Clichy | £7,000,000 | Donald McDermott | Free | ||||
| Sergio Agüero | £38,000,000 | Scott Kay | Free | ||||
| Costel Pantilimon | £3,000,000 | Shaleum Logan | Free | ||||
| Samir Nasri | £22,000,000 | Jerome Boateng | £15,000,000 | ||||
| Owen Hargreaves | Free | Shay Given | £3,500,000 | ||||
| Jô | Undisclosed | ||||||
| Craig Bellamy | Free | ||||||
| Shaun Wright-Phillips | £6,500,000 | ||||||
| Chris Chantler | Undisclosed | ||||||
| Kieran Trippier | Undisclosed | ||||||
| Nedum Onuoha | £2,750,000 | ||||||
| Prem | |||||||
| Pts | Pos | ||||||
| Total | £76,000,000 | £27,750,000 | £48,250,000 | 89 | 1 | ||
| Season 10/11 | |||||||
| Jerome Boateng | £11,000,000 | Andrew Mitchell | Free | ||||
| Alex Henshall | £250,000 | Benjani Mwaruwari | Released | ||||
| Yaya Toure | £24,000,000 | Martin Petrov | Free | ||||
| David Silva | £25,000,000 | Sylvinho | Released | ||||
| Aleksandar Kolarov | £17,000,000 | Filip Mentel | Free | ||||
| Mario Balotelli | £24,500,000 | Valeri Bonjinov | £5,000,000 | ||||
| James Milner | £26,000,000 | Javio Garrido | £2,750,000 | ||||
| Edin Dzeko | £27,000,000 | Stephen Ireland | £8,000,000 | ||||
| Adam Clayton | Undisclosed | ||||||
| Robinho | £22,000,000 | Prem | |||||
| David Ball | Undisclosed | Pts | Pos | ||||
| Felip Caciedo | £1,000,000 | ||||||
| £154,750,000 | £38,750,000 | £116,000,000 | 71 | 3 | |||
| Season 09/10 | |||||||
| Gareth Barry | £12,000,000 | Daniel Sturridge | £4,000,000[1] | ||||
| Roque Santa Cruz | £17,500,000 | Ched Evans | £3,000,000 | ||||
| Gunnar Nielsen | Free | Blumer Elano | £8,000,000 | ||||
| Stuart Taylor | Tribunal | Fernandes Gelson | £6,000,000 | ||||
| Carlos Tevez | £25,500,000 | Adrian Cieslewicz | Free | ||||
| Emmanuel Adebayor | £25,000,000 | Kasper Schmeichel | Signed | ||||
| Kolo Toure | £16,000,000 | Ben-Haim | Undisclosed | ||||
| Sylvinho | Free | Richard Dunne | £5,000,000 | ||||
| Joleon Lescott | £22,000,000 | Angelos Tsiaklis | Free | ||||
| Patrick Viera | Free | Eddy Gnahore | Undisclosed | Prem | |||
| Adam Johnson | £7,000,000 | Pts | Pos | ||||
| Total | £125,000,000 | £26,000,000 | £99,000,000 | 67 | 5 | ||
| Season 08/09 | |||||||
| Jo | £18,000,000 | Andreas Isaksson | Signed | ||||
| Tal Ben-Haim | £5,000,000 | Sun Jihai | Free | ||||
| Vincent Kompany | £6,700,000 | Geovanni | Free | ||||
| Shaun Wright Phillips | £9,000,000 | Georgios Samaras | £1,000,000 | ||||
| Leandro Glauber | Undicslosed | Matthew Mills | £300,000 | ||||
| Pablo Zabaleta | £6,500,000 | Ashley Grimes | Free | ||||
| Robinho | £32,500,000 | Paul Dikov | Free | ||||
| Wayn Bridge | £12,000,000 | Rolando Bianchi | £5,000,000 | ||||
| Craig Bellamy | £14,000,000 | Vedran Corluka | £8,500,000 | ||||
| Nigel De Jong | £16,000,000[2] | Bernado Corradi | Free | ||||
| Shay Given | £8,000,000[3] | Emile Mpenza | Free | Prem | |||
| Sam Williamson | Free | Pts | Pos | ||||
| Total | £127,700,000 | £14,800,000 | £112,900,000 | 50 | 10 | ||
| Season 07/08 | |||||||
| Benjani | £3,870,000 | Ishmael Miller | £900,000 | ||||
| Felipe Caicedo | £5,200,000 | Ousmane Dabo | Signed | ||||
| Valeri Bojinov | £5,750,000 | Marc Laird | Free | ||||
| Elano | £8,000,000 | Nathan D'Laryea | Signed | ||||
| Vedran Corluka | £8,000,000 | Stephen Jordan | Free | ||||
| Javier Garrido | £1,500,000 | Trevor Sinclair | Free | ||||
| Martin Petrov | £4,700,000 | Joey Barton | £5,800,000 | ||||
| Geovanni | Free | Prem | |||||
| Rolando Bianchi | £8,800,000 | Pts | Pos | ||||
| Total | £45,820,000 | £6,700,000 | £39,120,000 | 55 | 9 | ||
| Season 06/07 | |||||||
| Michael Ball | Nominal | Nicky Weaver | Free | ||||
| Andreas Isaksson | £2,000,000 | ||||||
| Hatem Trabelsi | Free | Sylvain Distin | Free | ||||
| Bernardo Corradi | Signed | Ben Thatcher | £500,000 | ||||
| Dietmar Hamann | £400,000 | Antoine Sibierski | £2,000,000 | ||||
| Andy Cole | £500,000 | ||||||
| David James | £1,200,000 | ||||||
| Willo Flood | Signed | ||||||
| Lee Croft | £600,000 | Prem | |||||
| Bradley Wright-Phillip | Nominal | Pts | Pos | ||||
| Total | £2,400,000 | £4,800,000 | -£2,400,000 | 42 | 14 | ||
| Season 05/06 | |||||||
| Ousmane Dabo | Free | Mikkel Bischoff | Free | ||||
| Paul Dickov | Free | David Sommeil | Free | ||||
| Joe Hart | £1,500,000 | Jonathan D'Laryea | Nominal | ||||
| Matthew Mills | £250,000 | Robbie Fowler | Free | ||||
| Georgios Samaras | £6,000,000 | Danny Warrender | Free | ||||
| Darius Vassell | £2,000,000 | Carlos Logan | Free | ||||
| Andy Cole | Free | Shaun Wright-Phillips | £21,000,000 | Prem | |||
| Christian Negouai | Signed | Pts | Pos | ||||
| Total | £9,750,000 | £21,000,000 | -£11,250,000 | 43 | 15 | ||
| Season 04/05 | |||||||
| Ronald Waterreus | Free | Jon Macken | Signed | ||||
| Danny Mills | Free | Patrick McCarthy | £100,000 | ||||
| Ronald Waterreus | Signed | ||||||
| Nicolas Anelka | £7,000,000 | ||||||
| Paulo Wanchope | £500,000 | ||||||
| Kieran Westwood | Free | ||||||
| Craig Davies | Free | Prem | |||||
| Michael Tarnat | Free | Pts | Pos | ||||
| Total | £0 | £7,600,000 | -£7,600,000 | 52 | 8 | ||
| Season 03/04 | |||||||
| Geert De Vlieger | Free | Vicente Matias Vuos | Free | ||||
| Ben Thatcher | £100,000 | Glenn Whelan | Free | ||||
| David James | £2,000,000 | Danny Tiatto | Free | ||||
| Steve McManaman | Free | Stephen Elliott | £125,000 | ||||
| Claudio Reyna | £2,500,000 | Chris Shuker | Nominal | ||||
| Antoine Sibierski | £700,000 | Eyal Berkovic | Free | ||||
| Paul Bosvelt | £2,000,000 | Darren Huckerby | £750,000 | ||||
| Trevor Sinclair | £2,500,000 | Lucien Mettomo | £500,000 | ||||
| Paul Ritchie | Free | ||||||
| Kevin Horlock | £300,000 | ||||||
| Carlo Nash | Nominal | ||||||
| Jeff Whitley | Free | ||||||
| Shaun Goater | £500,000 | ||||||
| Brian Murphy | Free | Prem | |||||
| Niclas Jensen | £750,000 | Pts | Pos | ||||
| Total | £9,800,000 | £2,925,000 | £6,875,000 | 41 | 16 | ||
| Season 02/03 | |||||||
| Michael Tarnat | Free | Steve Howey | Signed | ||||
| David Seaman | Free | Tyrone Loran | Signed | ||||
| Robbie Fowler | £6,000,000 | Rhys Day | Free | ||||
| David Sommeil | £3,500,000 | Laurent Charvet | Free | ||||
| Karim Kerkar | Free | Richard Edghill | Free | ||||
| Peter Schmeichel | Free | Terry Dunfield | Free | ||||
| Mikkel Bischoff | £750,000 | Chris Killen | £200,000 | ||||
| Terry Cooke | Free | Prem | |||||
| Tyrone Mears | £200,000 | Pts | Pos | ||||
| Total | £10,250,000 | £400,000 | £9,850,000 | 51 | 9 | ||
| Season 01/02 | |||||||
| Nicolas Anelka | £13,000,000 | Alioune Toure | Signed | ||||
| Vicente Matias Vuoso | £3,500,000 | Paul Dickov | Nominal | ||||
| Sylvain Distin | £4,000,000 | Leon Mike | £50,000 | ||||
| Sun Jihai | £2,000,000 | Dickson Etuhu | £300,000 | ||||
| Jon Macken | £5,000,000 | Danny Granville | £500,000 | ||||
| Niclas Jensen | £700,000 | Nicky Summerbee | Free | ||||
| Christian Negouai | £1,500,000 | Tony Grant | £250,000 | ||||
| Lucien Mettomo | £1,500,000 | Stephen Hodgson | Free | ||||
| Alioune Toure | Free | Jim Whitley | Free | ||||
| Ali Benarbia | Free | Mark Kennedy | £2,000,000 | ||||
| Nicky Summerbee | Free | Shaun Holmes | Free | ||||
| Eyal Berkovic | £1,500,000 | Richard McKinney | Free | ||||
| Simon Colosimo | Nominal | Spencer Prior | £700,000 | Champ | |||
| Stuart Pearce | Free | Gareth Taylor | Free | Pts | Pos | ||
| Total | £32,700,000 | £3,800,000 | £28,900,000 | 99 | 1 | ||
| Season 00/01 | |||||||
| Carlo Nash | £100,000 | Tommy Wright | Free | ||||
| Darren Huckerby | £3,000,000 | Ian Bishop | Free | ||||
| Laurent Charvet | £1,000,000 | Lee Crooks | £190,000 | ||||
| Richard Dunne | £3,000,000 | Richard Jobson | Free | ||||
| Paul Ritchie | £500,000 | Danny Allsopp | £300,000 | ||||
| Steve Howey | £2,000,000 | Gary Mason | Free | ||||
| Paulo Wanchope | £3,650,000 | Nick Fenton | £150,000 | ||||
| George Weah | Free | George Weah | Free | ||||
| Rob Taylor | £1,550,000 | ||||||
| Jamie Pollock | £750,000 | ||||||
| Lee Peacock | £600,000 | Prem | |||||
| Craig Russell | Free | Pts | Pos | ||||
| Total | £13,250,000 | £3,540,000 | £9,710,000 | 34 | 18 | ||
| Season 99/00 | |||||||
| Alf-Inge Haaland | £2,500,000 | Tony Vaughan | £350,000 | ||||
| Spencer Prior | £500,000 | Chris Greenacre | Free | ||||
| Tony Grant | £450,000 | Michael Brown | £400,000 | ||||
| Rob Taylor | £1,500,000 | Alan Reilly | Free | ||||
| Danny Granville | £1,000,000 | Mikhail Kavelashvili | Free | ||||
| Lee Peacock | £500,000 | Andy Porteous | Free | ||||
| Mark Kennedy | £1,000,000 | Neil Heaney | Free | ||||
| Alan Bailey | Free | ||||||
| Steve Rimmer | Free | Pts | Pos | ||||
| Total | £7,450,000 | £750,000 | £6,700,000 | 81 | 2 | ||
| Season 98/99 | |||||||
| Terry Cooke | £1,000,000 | Anthony Fenton | Free | ||||
| Gareth Taylor | £400,000 | Lee Bradbury | £1,500,000 | ||||
| Andy Morrison | £80,000 | Ged Brannan | £378,000 | ||||
| Nigel Clough | Signed | ||||||
| Barry Conlon | Free | ||||||
| David Morley | Unknown | ||||||
| Paul Beesley | Free | ||||||
| Martin Phillips | £100,000 | ||||||
| Scott Hiley | Free | Pts | Pos | ||||
| Total | £1,480,000 | £1,978,000 | -£498,000 | - | - | ||
| Season 97/98 | |||||||
| Ian Bishop | Free | Brian McGlinchey | Free | ||||
| Shaun Goater | £400,000 | Georgi Kinkladze | £5,000,000 | ||||
| Jamie Pollock | £1,000,000 | John Foster | Signed | ||||
| Richard Jobson | Free | Jason Van Blerk | £250,000 | ||||
| Andy Porteous | Signed | Alan Kernaghan | Signed | ||||
| Kris Winters | Non-contract | Nicky Summerbee | £1,000,000 | ||||
| Craig Russell | £1,000,000 | Jim Bentley | Signed | ||||
| Murtaz Shelia | £400,000 | Chris Beech | Free | ||||
| Barry Conlon | Free | ||||||
| Tony Scully | £200,000 | ||||||
| Lee Bradbury | £3,000,000 | ||||||
| Tony Vaughan | £1,350,000 | ||||||
| Kakhaber Tskhadadze | £150,000 | Pts | Pos | ||||
| Total | £7,500,000 | £6,250,000 | £1,250,000 | 48 | 22 | ||
| Season 96/97 | |||||||
| Nicky Weaver | £200,000 | Peter Beagrie | £200,000 | ||||
| Ged Brannan | £750,000 | Steve Lomas | £1,600,000 | ||||
| Tommy Wright | £450,000 | Andy Dibble | Unknown | ||||
| Paul Beesley | £500,000 | Michael Frontzeck | £250,000 | ||||
| Kevin Horlock | £1,250,000 | Niall Quinn | £1,300,000 | ||||
| Neil Heaney | £500,000 | John Sharpe | Free | ||||
| Eddie McGoldrick | £300,000 | Keith Curle | £650,000 | ||||
| Paul Dickov | £1,000,000 | Stephen Rishworth | Trainee | Pts | Pos | ||
| Total | £4,950,000 | £4,000,000 | £950,000 | 61 | 14 | ||
| Season 95/96 | |||||||
| Scott Hiley | £250,000 | David Kerr | £20,000 | ||||
| Mikhail Kavelashvili | £1,400,000 | Tony Coton | £500,000 | ||||
| Nigel Clough | £1,500,000 | David Brightwell | £30,000 | ||||
| Martin Phillips | £500,000 | Paul Walsh | £500,000 | ||||
| Gerry Creaney | £1,500,000 | Andy Hill | £150,000 | ||||
| Georgi Kinkladze | £2,000,000 | Adie Mike | £60,000 | ||||
| Kit Symons | £1,200,000 | Fitzroy Simpson | £200,000 | ||||
| Eike Immel | £400,000 | Carl Griffiths | £200,000 | ||||
| John Burridge | Free | Prem | |||||
| Gary Flitcroft | £3,500,000 | Pts | Pos | ||||
| Total | £8,750,000 | £5,160,000 | £3,590,000 | 38 | 18 | ||
| Season 94/95 | |||||||
| John Burridge | Free | Mike Quigley | Free | ||||
| Ray Kelly | £30,000 | Steve Finney | Free | ||||
| Steve McMahon | Free | ||||||
| Mike Sheron | £1,000,000 | Prem | |||||
| David Rocastle | £1,250,000 | Pts | Pos | ||||
| Total | £30,000 | £2,250,000 | -£2,220,000 | 49 | 17 | ||
| Season 93/94 | |||||||
| Nicky Summerbee | £1,500,000 | David White | £2,000,000 | ||||
| Peter Beagrie | £1,100,000 | Rick Holden | £450,000 | ||||
| Paul Walsh | £750,000 | Peter Reid | Free | ||||
| Uwe Rosler | £750,000 | ||||||
| David Rocastle | £2,000,000 | ||||||
| Carl Griffiths | £500,000 | Prem | |||||
| Alan Kernaghan | £1,600,000 | Pts | Pos | ||||
| Total | £8,200,000 | £2,450,000 | £5,750,000 | 45 | 16 | ||
| Season 92/93 | |||||||
| Steve Finney | Free | Mark Brennan | £200,000 | ||||
| Terry Phelan | £2,500,000 | Mark Peters | Free | Prem | |||
| Rick Holden | £900,000 | Michael Hughes | £450,000 | Pts | Pos | ||
| Total | £3,400,000 | £650,000 | £2,750,000 | 57 | 9 | ||