| Players Purchased | Fee | Players Sold | Fee | Net Total | |||
| Season 11/12 | |||||||
| Luke Varney | Signed | Michael Brown | Free | ||||
| Stephen Henderson | Undisclosed | Dave Nugent | Free | ||||
| Greg Halford | Signed | Darryl Flahavan | Free | ||||
| Greg Halford | £1,000,000 | ||||||
| Total | £1,000,000 | £0 | £1,000,000 | ||||
| Season 10/11 | |||||||
| Liam Lawrence | Undisclosed | Florent Cuvelier | Undisclosed | ||||
| Darryl Flahavan | Free | Nadir Belhadj | £3,500,000 | ||||
| Dave Kitson | Signed | Leonard Sowah | Free | ||||
| David Norris | free | David James | Free | ||||
| Jason pearce | £500,000 | Pape Bouba Diop | Signed | ||||
| Matt Richie | £200,000 | ||||||
| Kevin Boateng | £5,000,000 | ||||||
| Gautier Mahoto | Free | ||||||
| Angelos Basinas | free | ||||||
| Marc Wilson | Signed | ||||||
| Tommy Smith | £1,500,000 | ||||||
| James Hurst | Free | ||||||
| Paris Cowan Hall | Free | ||||||
| Matt Richie | Signed | ||||||
| John Utaka | Signed | ||||||
| Marlon Pack | Signed | ||||||
| Nadir Ciftci | Undisclosed | ||||||
| Total | £500,000 | £10,200,000 | -£9,700,000 | ||||
| Season 09/10 | |||||||
| Aaron Mokoena | Free | Djimi Traore | Signed | ||||
| Pelé | Free | Glen Johnson | £17,500,000 | ||||
| Steve Finnian | Signed | Sean Davis | Free | ||||
| Michael Brown | Nominal | Peter Crouch | £9,000,000 | ||||
| Kevin-Prince Boateng | £4,000,000 | Andre Blackman | Free | ||||
| Ben-Haim | Undisclosed | Glen Little | Free | ||||
| Mike Williamson | £3,000,000 | Martin Cranie | Signed | ||||
| Tommy Smith | Signed | Sylvain Distin | £4,000,000 | ||||
| Dusko Tosic | Signed | Niko Kranjcar | £2,000,000 | ||||
| Ricardo Rocha | Signed | Sol Campbell | Free | ||||
| Mike Williamson | £1,000,000 | ||||||
| Younes Kaboul | £5,000,000 | ||||||
| Asmir Begovic | £3,250,000 | ||||||
| Total | £7,000,000 | £41,750,000 | -£34,750,000 | ||||
| Season 08/09 | |||||||
| Peter Crouch | £10,000,000 | Sulley Ali Muntari | £12,700,000 | ||||
| Younes Kaboul | £5,000,000 | Pedro Mendes | £3,000,000 | ||||
| Jerome Thomas | Undisclosed | Lassana Diarra | £16,500,000[1] | ||||
| Glen Little | Free | Jermain Defoe | £15,000,000 | ||||
| Nadir Belhadj | £4,400,000 | ||||||
| Hayden Mullins | £2,000,000 | ||||||
| Angelos Basinas | £3,500,000 | ||||||
| Total | £24,900,000 | £47,200,000 | -£22,300,000 | ||||
| Season 07/08 | |||||||
| Dave Nugent | £6,000,000 | Andy Griffin | Free | ||||
| John Utaka | £7,000,000 | Collins Mbesuma | Signed | ||||
| Glen Johnson | £4,000,000 | Jason Pearce | Free | ||||
| Pape Bouba Diop | Signed | Lomano LuaLua | Signed | ||||
| Tom Kilbey | Signed | Andrew O'Brien | Signed | ||||
| Lassana Diarra | £5,500,000 | Andy Cole | Free | ||||
| Danijel Subotic | Signed | Gary O'Neil | Signed | ||||
| Jermain Defoe | £7,500,000 | Dejan Stefanovic | £1,000,000 | ||||
| Matthew Taylor | £3,500,000 | ||||||
| Benjani | £3,870,000 | ||||||
| Total | £30,000,000 | £8,370,000 | £21,630,000 | ||||
| Season 06/07 | |||||||
| David Thompson | Free | Brian Priske | Signed | ||||
| Sol Campbell | Free | Jhon Viafara | Signed | ||||
| Nwankwo Kanu | Free | Hayden Foxe | Free | ||||
| David James | £1,200,000 | Dean Kiely | Free | ||||
| Andy Cole | £500,000 | David Thompson | Nominal | ||||
| Niko Kranjcar | £3,500,000 | Svetoslav Todorov | Free | ||||
| Djimi Traore | £1,000,000 | ||||||
| Lauren | £500,000 | ||||||
| Sylvain Distin | Free | ||||||
| Hermann Hreidarsson | Free | ||||||
| Sulley Ali Muntari | £7,000,000 | ||||||
| Martin Cranie | Free | ||||||
| Callum Reynolds | Signed | ||||||
| Arnold Mvuemba | Signed | ||||||
| Total | £13,700,000 | £0 | £13,700,000 | ||||
| Season 05/06 | |||||||
| Jhon Viafara | Signed | Steve Stone | Free | ||||
| Gregory Vignal | Free | Patrik Berger | Free | ||||
| Sander Westerveld | Free | Yakubu | £7,500,000 | ||||
| Collins Mbesuma | Free | Rowan Vine | £250,000 | ||||
| Brian Priske | Signed | Ricardo Fuller | £90,000 | ||||
| Zvonimir Vukic | Signed | Shaka Hislop | Free | ||||
| Dario Silva | Signed | Arjan De Zeeuw | Signed | ||||
| Benjani | £4,100,000 | Shaun Cooper | Free | ||||
| Pedro Mendes | £2,500,000 | David Unsworth | Free | ||||
| Sean Davis | £2,500,000 | Vincent Pericard | Free | ||||
| Noe Pamarot | £2,500,000 | Gary Silk | Free | ||||
| Dean Kiely | Signed | Gregory Vignal | Signed | ||||
| Total | £11,600,000 | £7,840,000 | £3,760,000 | ||||
| Season 04/05 | |||||||
| David Unsworth | Free | Deon Burton | Free | ||||
| Lomano LuaLua | £1,700,000 | Tim Sherwood | Free | ||||
| Aliou Cisse | £300,000 | Teddy Sheringham | Free | ||||
| Ricardo Fuller | Signed | Neil Barrett | Free | ||||
| Valery Mezague | Free | Lee Molyneaux | Free | ||||
| Emanuel Olisadebe | Signed | Eddie Howe | Free | ||||
| Giannis Skopelitis | £1,000,000 | Lewis Buxton | Free | ||||
| Konstantinos Chalkias | Signed | Anthony Pulis | Free | ||||
| Aleksandar Rodic | Signed | Nigel Quashie | £2,100,000 | ||||
| Andrew O'Brien | £2,000,000 | Amdy Faye | £2,000,000 | ||||
| Mark Burchill | Free | ||||||
| John Curtis | Free | ||||||
| Kevin Harper | Signed | ||||||
| Total | £5,000,000 | £4,100,000 | £900,000 | ||||
| Season 03/04 | |||||||
| Teddy Sheringham | Free | Paul Merson | Free | ||||
| Harald Wapenaar | Free | Luke Nightingale | Free | ||||
| Vincent Pericard | Signed | Jason Crowe | Free | ||||
| Dejan Stefanovic | £1,900,000 | Sasa Ilic | Free | ||||
| Amdy Faye | £1,500,000 | Yoshikatsu Kawaguc | Signed | ||||
| Sebastien Schemmel | Free | Boris Zivkovic | Free | ||||
| Pavel Srnicek | Free | Jamie Vincent | Signed | ||||
| Eyal Berkovic | Free | Carl Pettefer | Free | ||||
| Richard Duffy | Nominal | Pavel Srnicek | Free | ||||
| Ivica Mornar | Signed | Lee Bradbury | Free | ||||
| John Curtis | Free | Courtney Pitt | Free | ||||
| Andy Griffin | Free | Terry Parker | Free | ||||
| Jamie Ashdown | Signed | Chris Tardif | Free | ||||
| Carl Robinson | Free | ||||||
| Total | £3,400,000 | £0 | £3,400,000 | ||||
| Season 02/03 | |||||||
| Shaka Hislop | Free | Alessandro Zamperin | Signed | ||||
| Carl Robinson | £0 | Stefani Miglioranzi | Free | ||||
| Paul Merson | Free | Shaun Derry | £400,000 | ||||
| Gianluca Festa | Free | Steve Lovell | Signed | ||||
| Lassina Diabate | Free | Garry Brady | Free | ||||
| Deon Burton | £250,000 | Dave Beasant | Free | ||||
| Steve Stone | Free | Scott Hiley | Free | ||||
| Alan Knight | Tom Curtis | Free | |||||
| Tim Sherwood | Signed | Gianluca Festa | Free | ||||
| Sasa Ilic | Free | ||||||
| Yakubu | Signed | ||||||
| Patrik Berger | Free | ||||||
| Boris Zivkovic | Free | ||||||
| Total | £250,000 | £400,000 | -£150,000 | ||||
| Season 01/02 | |||||||
| Neil Barrett | Free | David Birmingham | Signed | ||||
| Alessandro Zamperini | Free | Adrian Whitbread | Free | ||||
| Peter Crouch | £1,500,000 | Steve Claridge | Free | ||||
| Dave Beasant | Free | Darren Moore | £750,000 | ||||
| Robert Prosinecki | Free | Dave Beasant | Free | ||||
| Mark Burchill | £900,000 | Alan Knight | Free | ||||
| Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | £1,800,000 | Lee Mills | £250,000 | ||||
| Dave Beasant | Free | Andy Petterson | Free | ||||
| Svetoslav Todorov | £750,000 | Peter Crouch | £5,000,000 | ||||
| Eddie Howe | £400,000 | David Waterman | Free | ||||
| Hayden Foxe | £400,000 | Ceri Hughes | Free | ||||
| Matthew Taylor | £400,000 | ||||||
| Richard Hughes | £50,000 | ||||||
| Arjan De Zeeuw | Free | ||||||
| Total | £6,200,000 | £6,000,000 | £200,000 | ||||
| Season 00/01 | |||||||
| Mladen Rudonja | £200,000 | Martin Phillips | £25,000 | ||||
| Linvoy Primus | Free | Russell Hoult | £450,000 | ||||
| Nigel Quashie | £600,000 | Guy Whittingham | Free | ||||
| Tom Curtis | £50,000 | ||||||
| Lee Mills | £1,000,000 | ||||||
| Jamie Vincent | £800,000 | ||||||
| Garry Brady | Free | ||||||
| Carl Tiler | £250,000 | ||||||
| Courtney Pitt | Free | ||||||
| Total | £2,900,000 | £475,000 | £2,425,000 | ||||
| Season 99/00 | |||||||
| Jason Cundy | Free | Russell Perrett | £10,000 | ||||
| Andy Petterson | Free | Steve Soley | £30,000 | ||||
| Jason Crowe | £1,000,000 | Jeff Peron | Free | ||||
| Guy Whittingham | Free | Fitzroy Simpson | £100,000 | ||||
| Rory Allen | £1,000,000 | Alan McLoughlin | £260,000 | ||||
| Steve Lovell | £250,000 | Matt Robinson | £150,000 | ||||
| Michael Panopoulos | £750,000 | John Durnin | Free | ||||
| Lee Bradbury | £300,000 | Mihalis Vlachos | Free | ||||
| Darren Moore | £500,000 | Sammy Igoe | £100,000 | ||||
| Scott Hiley | £200,000 | ||||||
| Ceri Hughes | £150,000 | ||||||
| Justin Edinburgh | £175,000 | ||||||
| Shaun Derry | £300,000 | ||||||
| Total | £4,625,000 | £650,000 | £3,975,000 | ||||
| Season 98/99 | |||||||
| Steve Soley | £30,000 | Paul Hall | £300,000 | ||||
| Thomas Thogersen | £100,000 | Danny Hinshelwood | Non-contract | ||||
| Steve Claridge | £250,000 | Andy Turner | £75,000 | ||||
| Martin Phillips | £100,000 | John Aloisi | £650,000 | ||||
| Jeff Peron | £150,000 | Andy Thomson | £50,000 | ||||
| Sven Andreasson | Free | Robbie Pethick | Nominal | ||||
| Anthony Fenton | Free | David Hillier | £15,000 | ||||
| Lee Russell | Free | ||||||
| Total | £630,000 | £1,090,000 | -£460,000 | ||||
| Season 97/98 | |||||||
| John Aloisi | £300,000 | Lee Bradbury | £3,000,000 | ||||
| Hamilton Thorp | £75,000 | Deon Burton | £1,000,000 | ||||
| Craig Foster | £210,000 | Andy Cook | £60,000 | ||||
| Robbie Enes | £175,000 | Jimmy Carter | Free | ||||
| Matt Robinson | £50,000 | Mathias Svensson | £100,000 | ||||
| Andre Blackman | Free | ||||||
| Total | £810,000 | £4,160,000 | -£3,350,000 | ||||
| Season 96/97 | |||||||
| Andy Turner | £250,000 | Jon Gittens | Free | ||||
| Adrian Whitbread | £250,000 | Guy Butters | £150,000 | ||||
| David Hillier | £250,000 | Mart Poom | £500,000 | ||||
| Mathias Svensson | £200,000 | Jamie Howell | Non-contract | ||||
| Andy Cook | £35,000 | ||||||
| Total | £985,000 | £650,000 | £335,000 | ||||
| Season 95/96 | |||||||
| Lee Bradbury | Free | Ray Daniel | Free | ||||
| Fitzroy Simpson | £200,000 | Kit Symons | £1,200,000 | ||||
| Carl Griffiths | £200,000 | Gerry Creaney | £1,500,000 | ||||
| Anthony Tilley | Free | Kevin Braybrook | |||||
| Paul Walsh | £500,000 | ||||||
| Russell Perrett | Signed | ||||||
| Martin Allen | £500,000 | ||||||
| Danny Hinshelwood | Free | ||||||
| Total | £1,400,000 | £2,700,000 | -£1,300,000 | ||||
| Season 94/95 | |||||||
| Mart Poom | Signed | Brian Horne | Free | ||||
| Lloyd McGrath | Free | Mark Chamberlain | Free | ||||
| Jimmy Carter | Free | Chris Burns | Free | ||||
| Stuart Doling | Free | ||||||
| Darryl Powell | £750,000 | ||||||
| Total | £0 | £750,000 | -£750,000 | ||||
| Season 93/94 | |||||||
| Mark Blake | £400,000 | Guy Whittingham | £1,200,000 | ||||
| Jon Gittens | Free | Mickey Ross | £60,000 | ||||
| Lee Chapman | £250,000 | Lee Chapman | £250,000 | ||||
| Tony Dobson | £150,000 | Shaun Murray | Signed | ||||
| Robbie Pethick | £30,000 | Warren Aspinall | £20,000 | ||||
| Gerry Creaney | £500,000 | Paul Walsh | £750,000 | ||||
| Paul Wood | Transfer | Mark Blake | £360,000 | ||||
| Jason Rees | Free | Shaun Gale | Free | ||||
| Total | £1,330,000 | £2,640,000 | -£1,310,000 | ||||
| Season 92/93 | |||||||
| Brian Horne | Free | Andy McFarlane | £20,000 | ||||
| Paul Hall | £70,000 | Martin Kuhl | £650,000 | ||||
| John Durnin | £200,000 | ||||||
| Mark Stimson | £100,000 | ||||||
| Season Total | £370,000 | £670,000 | -£300,000 | ||||
| Combined Totals | £116,600,000 | £139,645,000 | -£23,045,000 |