| Players Purchased | Fee | Players Sold | Fee | Net Total | ||
| Season 11/12 | ||||||
| Mehdi Abeid | Free | Kevin Nolan | £3,500,000 | |||
| Sylvain Marveaux | Free | Patrick McLaughlin | Free | |||
| Yohan Cabaye | £5,000,000 | Daniel Leadbitter | Free | |||
| Demba Ba | Free | Ben Tozer | Free | |||
| Gabriel Obertan | £3,000,000 | Sanchez Jose Enrique | £6,300,000 | |||
| Davide Santon | £5,300,000 | Joey Barton | Free | |||
| Robert Elliot | £100,000 | |||||
| Papiss Demba Cisse | £10,000,000 | |||||
| Total | £23,400,000 | £9,800,000 | £13,600,000 | |||
| Season 10/11 | ||||||
| James Perch | £1,000,000 | Andrew Carroll | £35,000,000 | |||
| Dan Gosling | Free | |||||
| Sol Campbell | Free | |||||
| Ismael Tioté | £3,500,000 | |||||
| Hatem Ben Arfa | £5,750,000 | |||||
| Total | £10,250,000 | £35,000,000 | -£24,750,000 | |||
| Season 09/10 | ||||||
| Francisco Tejada | Signed | David Edgar | undisclosed | |||
| Danny Simpson | £500,000 | Michael Owen | Free | |||
| Mike Williamson | £1,000,000 | Sebastien Bassong | £10,000,000 | |||
| Obafemi Martins | £9,000,000 | |||||
| Habib Beye | £2,500,000 | |||||
| Damien Duff | £4,000,000 | |||||
| Total | £1,500,000 | £25,500,000 | -£24,000,000 | |||
| Season 08/09 | ||||||
| Jonas Gutierrez | £7,000,000 | Emre | £4,000,000 | |||
| Danny Gutherie | £2,500,000 | Abdoulaye Faye | £2,250,000 | |||
| Fabrizio Coloccini | £10,300,000 | James Milner | £12,000,000 | |||
| Xisco | £5,700,000[1] | Shay Given | £8,000,000 | |||
| Peter Lovenkrands | Free | Charles N'Zogbia | £6,000,000 | |||
| Kevin Nolan | £4,000,000 | |||||
| Ryan Taylor | Free | |||||
| Total | £29,500,000 | £32,250,000 | -£2,750,000 | |||
| Season 07/08 | ||||||
| Lamine Diatta | Free | David Rozehnal | £2,900,000 | |||
| Ben Tozer | £250,000 | Peter Ramage | Free | |||
| Abdoulaye Faye | Signed | Matty Pattison | Signed | |||
| Habib Beye | Signed | Nolberto Solano | Free | |||
| Jose Enrique | £6,500,000 | Paul Huntington | Signed | |||
| Claudio Cacapa | Free | Alberto Luque | £2,000,000 | |||
| Alan Smith | £6,000,000 | Kieron Dyer | £6,000,000 | |||
| Joey Barton | £5,800,000 | Stephen Carr | Free | |||
| Total | £18,550,000 | £10,900,000 | £7,650,000 | |||
| Season 06/07 | ||||||
| Geremi | Free | Alan O'Brien | Signed | |||
| David Rozehnal | £2,900,000 | Scott Parker | £7,000,000 | |||
| Antoine Sibierski | Free | |||||
| Mark Viduka | Free | Titus Bramble | Free | |||
| Olivier Bernard | Free | Liam Atkin | Free | |||
| Antoine Sibierski | £2,000,000 | Jean-Alain Boumsong | Signed | |||
| Obafemi Martins | £10,000,000 | Martin Brittain | Free | |||
| Damien Duff | £5,000,000 | Amdy Faye | £2,000,000 | |||
| Robbie Elliott | Monthly | |||||
| Daryl Smylie | Signed | |||||
| Allan Picken | Free | |||||
| Total | £19,900,000 | £9,000,000 | £10,900,000 | |||
| Season 05/06 | ||||||
| Nolberto Solano | £1,500,000 | Michael Chopra | Free | |||
| Michael Owen | £16,000,000 | Lee Bowyer | Signed | |||
| Alberto Luque | £9,500,000 | Laurent Robert | Free | |||
| Lee Clark | Free | Jermaine Jenas | £7,000,000 | |||
| Emre | £3,800,000 | Jamie McClen | Free | |||
| Craig Moore | Free | Darren Ambrose | Signed | |||
| Craig Bellamy | £5,000,000 | |||||
| Marc Walton | Free | |||||
| Total | £30,800,000 | £12,000,000 | £18,800,000 | |||
| Season 04/05 | ||||||
| Scott Parker | £6,500,000 | Patrick Kluivert | Free | |||
| Amdy Faye | £2,000,000 | Andy O'Brien | £2,000,000 | |||
| Jean-Alain Boumsong | £8,000,000 | Aaron Hughes | £1,000,000 | |||
| Celestine Babayaro | £1,000,000 | Lewis Guy | Free | |||
| Ronny Johnsen | Free | Olivier Bernard | £400,000 | |||
| Stephen Carr | £2,000,000 | Jonathan Woodgate | £13,400,000 | |||
| Charles N'Zogbia | Signed | Gary Speed | £750,000 | |||
| Nicky Butt | £2,500,000 | Lomano LuaLua | £1,700,000 | |||
| Patrick Kluivert | Free | Andy Ferrell | Free | |||
| Bradley Orr | Free | |||||
| Total | £22,000,000 | £19,250,000 | £2,750,000 | |||
| Season 03/04 | ||||||
| James Milner | £3,600,000 | Adam Collin | Signed | |||
| Lee Bowyer | Free | Brian Kerr | Free | |||
| Stephen Caldwell | Free | |||||
| Calvin Zola | Free | |||||
| Andy Griffin | Free | |||||
| Chris Carr | Free | |||||
| Gary Caldwell | Free | |||||
| Nolberto Solano | £1,500,000 | |||||
| Carl Cort | £2,000,000 | |||||
| Nikos Dabizas | Free | |||||
| Jonny Brain | Free | |||||
| James Beaumont | Signed | |||||
| Ross Gardner | Signed | |||||
| Joe Kendrick | Free | |||||
| Total | £3,600,000 | £3,500,000 | £100,000 | |||
| Season 02/03 | ||||||
| Darren Ambrose | £1,000,000 | Aaron Labonte | Free | |||
| Tony Caig | Free | Christian Bassedas | Free | |||
| Jonathan Woodgate | £9,000,000 | Stuart Green | £150,000 | |||
| Titus Bramble | £5,000,000 | Steven Istead | Free | |||
| Colin McMenamin | Free | |||||
| David Cowan | Free | |||||
| Ryan McGuffie | Free | |||||
| Karl Colley | Signed | |||||
| James Coppinger | Signed | |||||
| Total | £15,000,000 | £150,000 | £14,850,000 | |||
| Season 01/02 | ||||||
| Hugo Viana | £8,500,000 | Mark Boyd | Free | |||
| Jermaine Jenas | £5,000,000 | David Beharall | £150,000 | |||
| Laurent Robert | £9,500,000 | Rob Lee | £250,000 | |||
| Robbie Elliott | Free | Warren Barton | Nominal | |||
| Craig Bellamy | £6,000,000 | Steve Grindlay | Free | |||
| Kevin Gallacher | Free | |||||
| Peter Wright | Free | |||||
| Des Hamilton | Free | |||||
| Stephen Glass | Free | |||||
| Total | £29,000,000 | £400,000 | £28,600,000 | |||
| Season 00/01 | ||||||
| Andy O'Brien | £2,000,000 | Kevin Gall | Free | |||
| Wayne Quinn | £800,000 | Alain Goma | £4,000,000 | |||
| Clarence Acuna | £1,000,000 | Garry Brady | Free | |||
| Pedro Dimas | Free | Didier Domi | £4,000,000 | |||
| Lomano LuaLua | £2,250,000 | Laurent Charvet | £1,000,000 | |||
| Olivier Bernard | Free | Duncan Ferguson | £3,750,000 | |||
| Carl Cort | £7,000,000 | Steve Howey | £2,000,000 | |||
| Temuri Ketsbaia | £900,000 | |||||
| Lionel Perez | Free | |||||
| Silvio Maric | Signed | |||||
| Paul Robinson | £1,500,000 | |||||
| Stuart Elliott | Free | |||||
| Total | £13,050,000 | £17,150,000 | -£4,100,000 | |||
| Season 99/00 | ||||||
| Daniel Cordone | £500,000 | Alessandro Pistone | £3,000,000 | |||
| Christian Bassedas | £3,500,000 | David Cunningham | Free | |||
| Diego Gavilan | £2,000,000 | Paul Arnison | Free | |||
| Kevin Gallacher | £500,000 | Paul Talbot | Free | |||
| Fumaca | Signed | Franck Dumas | £1,100,000 | |||
| John Karelse | £800,000 | Jordan Tait | Free | |||
| Jonny Brain | Signed | Andreas Andersson | £2,000,000 | |||
| Kieron Dyer | £6,500,000 | Stuart Pearce | Free | |||
| Franck Dumas | £500,000 | Philippe Albert | £600,000 | |||
| Elena Marcelino | £5,800,000 | Dietmar Hamann | £8,000,000 | |||
| Alain Goma | £4,700,000 | George Georgiadis | £500,000 | |||
| Peter Keen | Free | |||||
| Total | £24,800,000 | £15,200,000 | £9,600,000 | |||
| Season 98/99 | ||||||
| Silvio Maric | £3,300,000 | Paddy Kelly | Free | |||
| Didier Domi | £4,000,000 | Paul Dalglish | £300,000 | |||
| Duncan Ferguson | £7,000,000 | David Terrier | Free | |||
| Nolberto Solano | £2,480,000 | Paul Barrett | Free | |||
| Dietmar Hamann | £5,250,000 | John Barnes | Free | |||
| Laurent Charvet | £520,000 | Keith Gillespie | £2,350,000 | |||
| David Batty | £4,400,000 | |||||
| Stephane Guivarc'h | £3,500,000 | |||||
| Steve Watson | £4,000,000 | |||||
| Total | £22,550,000 | £14,550,000 | £8,000,000 | |||
| Season 97/98 | ||||||
| Carl Serrant | £500,000 | Shaka Hislop | Free | |||
| Garry Brady | Free | Darren Peacock | Free | |||
| Stephen Glass | £650,000 | Jon Dahl Tomasson | £2,500,000 | |||
| Lionel Perez | Free | Jimmy Crawford | £50,000 | |||
| Stephane Guivarc'h | £3,500,000 | Paul Brayson | £100,000 | |||
| George Georgiadis | £420,000 | John Beresford | £1,500,000 | |||
| James Coppinger | £250,000 | Faustino Asprilla | £6,000,000 | |||
| Paul Robinson | £250,000 | Peter Beardsley | £450,000 | |||
| Nikos Dabizas | £2,000,000 | Les Ferdinand | £6,000,000 | |||
| Gary Speed | £5,500,000 | |||||
| Andy Griffin | £1,500,000 | |||||
| Andreas Andersson | £3,000,000 | |||||
| Paul Dalglish | Free | |||||
| Ian Rush | Free | |||||
| John Barnes | Free | |||||
| Paddy Kelly | Signed | |||||
| Bjarni Gudjonsson | £500,000 | |||||
| Brian Pinas | Free | |||||
| Stuart Pearce | Free | |||||
| Alessandro Pistone | £4,300,000 | |||||
| Total | £22,370,000 | £16,600,000 | £5,770,000 | |||
| Season 96/97 | ||||||
| Temuri Ketsbaia | Free | David Ginola | £2,000,000 | |||
| Jon Dahl Tomasson | £2,200,000 | Robbie Elliott | £2,500,000 | |||
| Shay Given | £1,500,000 | Lee Clark | £2,500,000 | |||
| Des Hamilton | £1,500,000 | Paul Kitson | £2,300,000 | |||
| Darren Huckerby | £1,000,000 | |||||
| Jimmy Garrity | Free | |||||
| Total | £5,200,000 | £10,300,000 | -£5,100,000 | |||
| Season 95/96 | ||||||
| Alan Shearer | £15,000,000 | Steven Paris | Signed | |||
| Faustino Asprilla | £6,700,000 | Scott Sellars | £750,000 | |||
| Shaka Hislop | £1,580,000 | |||||
| Jimmy Garrity | Trainee | |||||
| Les Ferdinand | £6,000,000 | |||||
| Total | £29,280,000 | £750,000 | £28,530,000 | |||
| Season 94/95 | ||||||
| David Ginola | £2,500,000 | Sam Aiston | Free | |||
| Warren Barton | £4,000,000 | Gareth McAlindon | Free | |||
| Jimmy Crawford | £75,000 | Mike Jeffrey | £100,000 | |||
| Keith Gillespie | £1,000,000 | Alan Neilson | £750,000 | |||
| Paul Kitson | £2,250,000 | Barry Venison | £750,000 | |||
| Philippe Albert | £2,650,000 | Paul Bracewell | £100,000 | |||
| Jason Drysdale | £425,000 | Jason Drysdale | £340,000 | |||
| Steve Guppy | £150,000 | Alex Mathie | £500,000 | |||
| Marc Hottiger | £600,000 | Andy Cole | £6,000,000 | |||
| Steve Guppy | £225,000 | |||||
| Peter Cormack | Signed | |||||
| Total | £13,650,000 | £8,765,000 | £4,885,000 | |||
| Season 93/94 | ||||||
| Darren Peacock | £2,700,000 | Mark Robinson | £600,000 | |||
| Ruel Fox | £2,250,000 | Graham Stokoe | Free | |||
| Chris Holland | £100,000 | Alun Armstrong | £50,000 | |||
| Mike Jeffrey | £60,000 | Tony Dinning | Free | |||
| Mike Hooper | £550,000 | Matty Appleby | Free | |||
| John Burridge | Free | Kevin Scott | £850,000 | |||
| Liam O'Brien | £300,000 | |||||
| Brian Kilcline | £90,000 | |||||
| John Burridge | Free | |||||
| Gavin Peacock | £1,250,000 | |||||
| Total | £5,660,000 | £3,140,000 | £2,520,000 | |||
| Season 92/93 | ||||||
| Alex Mathie | £285,000 | Mark Stimson | £100,000 | |||
| Peter Beardsley | £1,400,000 | Alan Thompson | £250,000 | |||
| Steve Harper | Free | David Kelly | £750,000 | |||
| Andy Cole | £1,750,000 | Andy Hunt | £100,000 | |||
| Scott Sellars | £700,000 | Franz Carr | £120,000 | |||
| Mark Robinson | £450,000 | Peter Garland | Transfer | |||
| Rob Lee | £700,000 | Mick Quinn | ||||
| Darren Bradshaw | Free | |||||
| Total | £5,285,000 | £1,320,000 | £3,965,000 | |||
| Combined Totals | £345,345,000 | £245,525,000 | £99,820,000 | |||