| Players Purchased | Fee | Players Sold | Fee | Net Total | |||
| Season 11/12 | |||||||
| Corry Evans | £500,000 | Nolberto Solano | Free | ||||
| Joe Dudgeon | £300,000 | ||||||
| Jack Hobbs | £850,000 | ||||||
| Dele Adebola | undisclosed | ||||||
| Total | £1,650,000 | 0 | £1,650,000 | ||||
| Season 10/11 | |||||||
| Aaron McLean | Signed | Jan Vennegoor | Free | ||||
| Matty Fryatt | £1,200,000 | Daniel Cousin | Signed | ||||
| Nolberto Solano | Free | Stephen Hunt | £3,000,000 | ||||
| James Harper | Free | Steven Mouyokolo | £2,500,000 | ||||
| Robert Koren | Free | Dean Marney | £500,000 | ||||
| Jay Simpson | £1,200,000 | Boaz Myhill | £1,500,000 | ||||
| James Chester | £300,000 | Jay Simpson | Signed | ||||
| Cameron Stewart | Undisclosed | Ian Ashbee | Signed | ||||
| Total | £2,700,000 | £7,500,000 | -£4,800,000 | ||||
| Season 09/10 | |||||||
| Steven Mouyokolo | Signed | Dean Windass | Free | ||||
| Seyi Olofinjana | £3,000,000 | Wayne Brown | Free | ||||
| Stephen Hunt | Signed | James Bennett | Free | ||||
| Kamel Ghilas | £2,000,000 | Matt Plummer | Free | ||||
| Paul McShane | Signed | John Welsh | Free | ||||
| Jan Vennegoor of Hesseli | Free | Ryan France | Free | ||||
| Sam Ricketts | Signed | ||||||
| Michael Bridges | Free | ||||||
| Michael Turner | Signed | ||||||
| Nathan Doyle | Free | ||||||
| Total | £5,000,000 | £0 | £5,000,000 | ||||
| Season 08/09 | |||||||
| Craig Fagan | £750,000 | Ben Wilkinson | Signed | ||||
| Geovanni | Free | David Livermore | Free | ||||
| Bernard Mendy | Free | Stuart Elliott | Signed | ||||
| Peter Halmosi | £2,000,000 | ||||||
| George Boateng | £1,000,000 | ||||||
| Tony Warner | Free | ||||||
| Anthony Gardner | £2,500,000 | ||||||
| Mark Oxley | £150,000 | ||||||
| Daniel Cousin | Signed | ||||||
| Stylianos Giannakopoulos | Free | ||||||
| Jimmy Bullard | £5,000,000 | ||||||
| Kamil Zayatte | £2,500,000 | ||||||
| Total | £13,900,000 | £0 | £13,900,000 | ||||
| Season 07/08 | |||||||
| Wayne Brown | £450,000 | Darryl Duffy | £200,000 | ||||
| Henrik Pedersen | Free | Daniel Coles | Signed | ||||
| Caleb Folan | £1,000,000 | Steve McPhee | £300,000 | ||||
| Jay-Jay Okocha | Free | Damien Delaney | Signed | ||||
| Curtis Aspden | Signed | ||||||
| Sam Collins | Signed | ||||||
| Total | £1,450,000 | £500,000 | £950,000 | ||||
| Season 06/07 | |||||||
| Michael Turner | £350,000 | Billy Paynter | Signed | ||||
| Dean Marney | Signed | Russell Fry | Signed | ||||
| Sam Ricketts | £300,000 | Mark Lynch | Signed | ||||
| David Livermore | Signed | Keith Andrews | Free | ||||
| Nicky Forster | £250,000 | Ben Burgess | £25,000 | ||||
| Michael Bridges | £350,000 | Stuart Green | £75,000 | ||||
| Nathan Doyle | Signed | Alton Thelwell | £25,000 | ||||
| Ray Parlour | Free | Craig Fagan | £750,000 | ||||
| Dean Windass | £150,000 | Scott Wiseman | Free | ||||
| Bryan Hughes | Free | Jon Parkin | £275,000 | ||||
| Richard Garcia | Free | Nicky Forster | £75,000 | ||||
| Total | £1,400,000 | £1,225,000 | £175,000 | ||||
| Season 05/06 | |||||||
| Daniel Coles | £200,000 | Clayton Donaldson | Free | ||||
| John Welsh | Swap | Jonathan Walters | Free | ||||
| Sam Collins | Free | Nathan Peat | Free | ||||
| Billy Paynter | Free | Anthoni Pecora | Free | ||||
| Darryl Duffy | Signed | Aaron Wilbraham | Free | ||||
| Jon Parkin | Signed | Junior Lewis | Free | ||||
| Paul Anderson | Signed | ||||||
| Marc Joseph | Free | ||||||
| Jason Price | Free | ||||||
| Curtis Woodhouse | Signed | ||||||
| Robbie Stockdale | Free | ||||||
| Kevin Ellison | Signed | ||||||
| Leon Cort | £1,250,000 | ||||||
| Total | £200,000 | £1,250,000 | -£1,050,000 | ||||
| Season 04/05 | |||||||
| Roland Edge | Free | Andy Holt | Free | ||||
| Junior Lewis | Free | Simon Russell | Free | ||||
| Nick Barmby | Free | Ritchie Appleby | Free | ||||
| Aaron Wilbraham | £100,000 | Carl Regan | Free | ||||
| Matt Duke | £20,000 | Michael Keane | Free | ||||
| Kevin Ellison | £100,000 | Delroy Facey | Free | ||||
| Robbie Stockdale | Free | Richard Hinds | Free | ||||
| Craig Fagan | Signed | ||||||
| Curtis Woodhouse | £25,000 | ||||||
| Steve McPhee | £220,000 | ||||||
| Keith Andrews | Free | ||||||
| Mark Lynch | Free | ||||||
| Sergio Leite | Free | ||||||
| Total | £465,000 | £0 | £465,000 | ||||
| Season 03/04 | |||||||
| Jason Price | Free | Michael Branch | Free | ||||
| Ryan France | £15,000 | Jamie Heard | Free | ||||
| Boaz Myhill | £50,000 | Lee Philpott | Free | ||||
| Jonathan Walters | £50,000 | Ryan Williams | Signed | ||||
| Leon Cort | Free | Dean Keates | Signed | ||||
| Michael Keane | £50,000 | Danny Webb | Free | ||||
| Delroy Facey | Free | Greg Strong | Free | ||||
| Steve Melton | Free | ||||||
| Steve Burton | Free | ||||||
| John Anderson | Free | ||||||
| Paul Musselwhite | Free | ||||||
| Justin Whittle | Free | ||||||
| Alan Fettis | Free | ||||||
| Jamie Forrester | Free | ||||||
| Total | £165,000 | £0 | £165,000 | ||||
| Season 02/03 | |||||||
| Ian Ashbee | Free | David Beresford | Free | ||||
| Stuart Elliott | £230,000 | Rob Matthews | Free | ||||
| Shaun Smith | Free | Jason Van Blerk | Free | ||||
| Dean Keates | Free | Ben Morley | Free | ||||
| Damien Delaney | £50,000 | Mark Greaves | Free | ||||
| Carl Regan | Free | Nicky Mohan | Free | ||||
| Marc Joseph | £40,000 | Matt Glennon | Free | ||||
| Danny Webb | Free | Matt Bloomer | Free | ||||
| Stuart Green | £150,000 | Gary Alexander | Signed | ||||
| Steve Melton | Free | Ben Petty | Free | ||||
| Jamie Forrester | Free | Scott Kerr | Free | ||||
| Alan Fettis | Free | Mike Edwards | Free | ||||
| Ben Burgess | £100,000 | Lawrie Dudfield | Free | ||||
| Danny Allsopp | Nominal | ||||||
| Andy Dawson | Free | ||||||
| Richard Hinds | Free | ||||||
| Alton Thelwell | Free | ||||||
| Total | £570,000 | £0 | £570,000 | ||||
| Season 01/02 | |||||||
| Scott Kerr | Nominal | Jason Harris | Free | ||||
| Ryan Williams | £150,000 | John Eyre | Free | ||||
| Lawrie Dudfield | £250,000 | Steve Wilson | Free | ||||
| David Beresford | Free | Jamie Wood | Free | ||||
| Ben Petty | Free | Kevin Francis | Free | ||||
| Nicky Mohan | Free | Gary Brabin | Signed | ||||
| Julian Johnsson | £50,000 | David Lee | Swap | ||||
| Richard Sneekes | Free | ||||||
| Matthew Wicks | Swap | ||||||
| Adrian Caceres | Free | ||||||
| Greg Strong | Free | ||||||
| Ritchie Appleby | Free | ||||||
| John Anderson | Free | ||||||
| Total | £450,000 | £0 | £450,000 | ||||
| Season 00/01 | |||||||
| Phil Brumwell | Signed | Neil Whitworth | Free | ||||
| Lee Philpott | Free | Phil Brumwell | Signed | ||||
| Paul Musselwhite | Free | Steve Harper | Free | ||||
| Kevin Francis | Free | David Brightwell | Free | ||||
| Rodney Rowe | Free | Clint Marcelle | Free | ||||
| Rob Matthews | Free | ||||||
| Andy Holt | £150,000 | ||||||
| David Lee | Free | ||||||
| Matt Bloomer | Free | ||||||
| Gary Alexander | Signed | ||||||
| Matt Glennon | £50,000 | ||||||
| Total | £200,000 | £0 | £200,000 | ||||
| Season 99/00 | |||||||
| John Eyre | Free | Andy Oakes | £460,000 | ||||
| Lee Bracey | Free | Greg Rioch | Free | ||||
| Steve Morgan | Free | Chris Bettney | Signed | ||||
| Steve Harper | Free | Rob Dewhurst | Free | ||||
| Jason Harris | £40,000 | Craig Faulconbridge | Free | ||||
| Jamie Wood | Free | Brian McGinty | Transfer | ||||
| Jon Schofield | Free | Colin Alcide | £80,000 | ||||
| Ian Goodison | Free | David D'Auria | £50,000 | ||||
| Theodore Whitmore | Signed | Gareth Williams | £10,000 | ||||
| David Brightwell | Free | Lee Ellington | Non-contract | ||||
| Total | £40,000 | £600,000 | -£560,000 | ||||
| Season 98/99 | |||||||
| Mark Crossland | Signed | Mark Crossland | Free | ||||
| Justin Whittle | £50,000 | Richard Peacock | Signed | ||||
| Gareth Williams | Signed | Colin Alcide | Signed | ||||
| Andy Oakes | Signed | Matt Hocking | Signed | ||||
| Jon Whitney | Signed | ||||||
| Jason Perry | Signed | ||||||
| Gary Brabin | Signed | ||||||
| Colin Alcide | £50,000 | ||||||
| Colin Alcide | Signed | ||||||
| Total | £100,000 | £0 | £100,000 | ||||
| Season 97/98 | |||||||
| Kevin Gage | Free | Andy Brown | Free | ||||
| Matt Hocking | Signed | Gavin Gordon | £30,000 | ||||
| Brian McGinty | Monthly | Glyn Hodges | Free | ||||
| Neil Whitworth | Free | Duane Darby | Free | ||||
| Scott Maxfield | Signed | ||||||
| Ian Wright | Free | ||||||
| Paul Fewings | Free | ||||||
| Total | £0 | £30,000 | -£30,000 | ||||
| Season 96/97 | |||||||
| Antonio Doncel | Free | Neil Allison | Free | ||||
| Chris Sansam | Monthly | Kenny Gilbert | Signed | ||||
| Sam Sharman | Free | Andy Mason | Signed | ||||
| Roy Carroll | £350,000 | ||||||
| Total | £0 | £350,000 | -£350,000 | ||||
| Season 95/96 | |||||||
| Glenn Humphries | Signed | Linton Brown | £60,000 | ||||
| Paul Wharton | Free | ||||||
| Jamie Marks | Free | ||||||
| Scott Maxfield | Signed | ||||||
| Andy Brown | Free | ||||||
| Mark Greaves | Free | ||||||
| Warren Joyce | £30,000 | ||||||
| Tony Brien | Free | ||||||
| Total | £30,000 | £60,000 | -£30,000 | ||||
| Season 94/95 | |||||||
| Craig Lawford | Free | Dave Norton | £25,000 | ||||
| Jimmy Graham | Free | Graeme Atkinson | £80,000 | ||||
| Paul Cox | Signed | Chris Hargreaves | Free | ||||
| Andy Mason | Free | ||||||
| Mike Quigley | Free | ||||||
| Andy Williams | Free | ||||||
| Total | £0 | £105,000 | -£105,000 | ||||
| Season 93/94 | |||||||
| Richard Peacock | Signed | ||||||
| Rob Dewhurst | Free | ||||||
| Simon Dakin | Free | ||||||
| Total | £0 | £0 | £0 | ||||
| Season 92/93 | |||||||
| Greg Abbott | Free | Malcolm Shotton | Free | ||||
| Linton Brown | Free | Stuart Young | Free | ||||
| Chris Hargreaves | Undisclosed | Leigh Jenkinson | £300,000 | ||||
| Chris Lee | Free | Russ Wilcox | £60,000 | ||||
| Neil Mann | Free | ||||||
| Total | £0 | £360,000 | -£360,000 | ||||
| Combined Totals | £28,320,000 | £11,980,000 | £16,340,000 | ||||