The biggest transfers in the history of football to date have been those of France's Zinedine Zidane, who moved from Juventus to Real Madrid in 2001/2002 for €73.5m, and Portugal's Luis Figo, who one year earlier switched from Barcelona to arch-rivals Real for €60m.
Michael Essien remains the most expensive Ghanaian transfer of all time when he moved from Lyon to Chelsea. Below are the most expensive transfers involving Ghanaian players.
| Name | From | To Club | Fee (million euro) | Year |
| Michael Essien | Lyon | Chelsea | 36 | 2005 |
| Sulley Muntari | Udinese | Portsmoth | 11.8 | 2007 |
| Stephen Appiah | Juventus | Fenerbache | 8 | 2005 |
| Stephen Appiah | Brescia(Ita) | Juventus(Ita) | 8 | 2003 |
| Michael Essien | Bastia(Fra) | Lyon(Fra) | 7.8 | 2003 |
| Alex Nyarko | Lens (Fra) | Everton(Eng) | 6.3 | 2000 |
| Eric Addo | Club Brugge(Bel) | PSV (Ned) | 5.0 | 1999 |
| Stephen Appiah | Parma(Ita) | Brescia(Ita) | 4.5 | 2002 |
| Ahmed "Barusso" Ampiah | Rimini (Ita,2) | Roma(Ita) | 3.5m | 2007 |
| Anthony Yeboah | Eintracht Frankfurt(GER) | Leeds(ENG) | 3.4m | 1995 |
| Haminu Dramani | Genc.(TUR) | Locomotiv Moskva(RUS) | 3m | 2007 |
| Anthony Yeboah | Leeds(ENG) | Hamburger SV(GER) | 2.1m | 1998 |
