Chinese football transfer records

This is a list about the most expensive transfer fees paid or received by Chinese football clubs since the professionalism in 1994.

Highest transfer payments

All-time ranking

As of 8 September 2020

  Chinese domestic player

Top 50 most expensive Chinese football transfers

Rank	Player	From	To	Position	Fee (€ mln)	Fee (¥ mln)	Year	Year of birth	Ref
1	Oscar	Chelsea	Shanghai SIPG	Midfielder	€60	¥440	2017	1991	[1]
2	Hulk	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Shanghai SIPG	Forward	€55.8	¥410	2016	1986	[2]
3	Alex Teixeira	Shakhtar Donetsk	Jiangsu Suning	Midfielder	€50	¥370	2016	1990	[3]
4	Jackson Martínez	Atlético Madrid	Guangzhou Evergrande	Forward	€42	¥300	2016	1986	[4]
	Paulinho	Barcelona	Guangzhou Evergrande	Midfielder	€42	¥330	2019	1988	[5]
6	Paulinho	Guangzhou Evergrande	Barcelona	Midfielder	€40	¥315	2017	1988	[6]
	Cédric Bakambu	Villarreal	Beijing Guoan	Forward	€40	¥315	2018	1991	[7]
8	Anthony Modeste	1. FC Köln	Tianjin Quanjian	Forward	€29	¥220	2018	1988	[8]
9	Ramires	Chelsea	Jiangsu Suning	Midfielder	€28	¥200	2016	1987	[9]
10	Yannick Carrasco	Dalian Professional	Atlético Madrid	Midfielder	€27	¥220	2020	1993	[10]
11	Marko Arnautović	West Ham United	Shanghai SIPG	Forward	€25	¥190	2019	1989	[11]
12	Odion Ighalo	Watford	Changchun Yatai	Forward	€23.3	¥170	2017	1989	[12]
13	Zhang Chengdong	Beijing Guoan	Hebei China Fortune	Forward	€20.44	¥150	2017	1989	[13]
14	Marek Hamšík	Napoli	Dalian Yifang	Forward	€20	¥150	2019	1987	[14]
	Axel Witsel	Zenit Saint Petersburg	Tianjin Quanjian	Midfielder	€20	¥145	2017	1989	[15]
	Axel Witsel	Tianjin Quanjian	Borussia Dortmund	Midfielder	€20	¥160	2018	1989	[16]
17	Talisca	Benfica	Guangzhou Evergrande	Forward	€19.2	¥150	2018	1994	[17]
18	Elkeson	Guangzhou Evergrande	Shanghai SIPG	Forward	€18.5	¥130	2016	1989	[18]
19	Salomón Rondón	West Bromwich Albion	Dalian Yifang	Forward	€18.27	¥140	2019	1989	[19]
20	Gervinho	Roma	Hebei China Fortune	Forward	€18	¥130	2016	1987	[20]
	Alexandre Pato	Villarreal	Tianjin Quanjian	Forward	€18	¥130	2017	1989	[21]
22	Zhao Yuhao	Hangzhou Greentown	Hebei China Fortune	Defender	€17.8	¥130	2017	1993	[22]
23	Stephan El Shaarawy	Roma	Shanghai Shenhua	Forward	€16	¥120	2019	1992	[23]
24	Graziano Pellè	Southampton	Shandong Luneng	Forward	€15.25	¥110	2016	1985	[24]
25	Ricardo Goulart	Cruzeiro	Guangzhou Evergrande	Forward	€15	¥110	2015	1991	[25]
	Jonathan Soriano	Red Bull Salzburg	Beijing Guoan	Forward	€15	¥110	2017	1985	[26]
27	Roger Martínez	Jiangsu Suning	Villarreal	Forward	€14.9	¥115	2016	1994	[27]
28	Paulinho	Tottenham Hotspur	Guangzhou Evergrande	Midfielder	€14	¥95	2015	1988	[28]
29	Demba Ba	Beşiktaş	Shanghai Shenhua	Forward	€13	¥90	2015	1985	[29]
	Fredy Guarín	Inter Milan	Shanghai Shenhua	Forward	€13	¥90	2016	1986	[30]
31	Wang Yongpo	Shandong Luneng	Tianjin Quanjian	Midfielder	€12.44	¥90	2017	1987	[31]
32	Adrián Ramos	Borussia Dortmund	Chongqing Lifan	Forward	€12	¥90	2017	1986	[32]
	Vágner Love	CSKA Moscow	Shandong Luneng	Forward	€12	¥100	2013	1984	[33]
	Brown Ideye	Olympiacos	Tianjin Teda	Forward	€12	¥90	2017	1988	[34]
35	Anthony Ujah	Werder Bremen	Liaoning Whowin	Forward	€11.5	¥85	2016	1990	[35]
	Cui Min	Yanbian Funde	Shenzhen	Defender	€11.5	¥85	2017	1989	[36]
37	Alan Carvalho	Red Bull Salzburg	Guangzhou Evergrande	Forward	€11.1	¥80	2015	1989	[37]
38	Jonathan Viera	Las Palmas	Beijing Guoan	Midfielder	€11	¥85	2018	1989	[38]
	Geuvânio	Santos	Tianjin Quanjian	Forward	€11	¥80	2016	1992	[39]
40	Zhao Mingjian	Shandong Luneng	Hebei China Fortune	Defender	€10.95	¥80	2017	1987	[40]
41	Jin Yangyang	Guangzhou R&F	Hebei China Fortune	Defender	€10.83	¥80	2016	1993	[41]
42	Ren Hang	Jiangsu Suning R&F	Hebei China Fortune	Defender	€10.75	¥80	2017	1989	[42]
43	Yannick Carrasco	Atlético Madrid	Dalian Yifang	Midfielder	€10.5	¥80	2018	1993	[43]
	Carlos Tévez	Boca Juniors	Shanghai Shenhua	Forward	€10.5	¥75	2017	1984	[ citation needed ]
	Kwon Kyung-won	Al-Ahli Dubai	Tianjin Quanjian	Defender	€10.5	¥75	2017	1992	[44]
46	Zhang Wenzhao	Shandong Luneng	Guangzhou Evergrande	Forward	€10.4	¥75	2016	1987	[45]
47	Bi Jinhao	Henan Jianye	Shanghai Shenhua	Forward	€9.98	¥70	2016	1991	[46]
48	Zhang Lu	Liaoning Whowin	Tianjin Quanjian	Goalkeeper	€9.8	¥70	2016	1987	[47]
49	Zhang Chenglin	Beijing Renhe	Guangzhou Evergrande	Defender	€9.65	¥70	2017	1987	[48]
50	Fernando	Spartak Moscow	Beijing Guoan	Midfielder	€9.6	¥75	2020	1992	[49]

Youth domestic players

As of 1 March 2020

  U-23 player

  U-21 player

  U-19 player

Top 10 most expensive Chinese youth football transfers

Rank	Player	From	To	Position	Fee (€ mln)	Fee (¥ mln)	Year	Age	Ref
1	Liu Junshuai	União Torreense	Shandong Luneng	Defender	€4.5	¥33	2017	22	[50]
2	Xu Xin	Atlético Madrid B	Guangzhou Evergrande	Midfielder	€4.3	¥30	2016	22	[51]
3	Xie Pengfei	Hangzhou Greentown	Jiangsu Suning	Forward	€4.07	¥30	2016	23	[52]
4	Han Pengfei	Mafra	Guangzhou Evergrande	Defender	€4	¥30	2016	23	[53]
	Huang Jiajun	Oriental Dragon	Jiangsu Suning	Defender	€4	¥30	2017	22	[54]
6	Huang Bowen	Shanghai Shenhua	Wuhan Zall	Defender	€3.4	¥25	2017	21	[55]
7	Tao Qianglong	Hebei China Fortune	Dalian Pro	Midfielder	€2.61	¥20	2020	19	[56]
8	Zhang Xiuwei	Tianjin Tianhai	Guangzhou Evergrande	Midfielder	€2.6	¥20	2019	23	[57]
	Shi Ke	Hangzhou Greentown	Shanghai SIPG	Defender	€2.6	¥20	2015	22	[58]
10	Wen Junjie	Hangzhou Greentown	Tianjin Quanjian	Defender	€2.55	¥20	2018	21	[59]

Goalkeepers

As of 1 March 2020

Top 5 most expensive Chinese goalkeeper transfers

Rank	Player	From	To	Fee (€ mln)	Fee (¥ mln)	Year	Year of birth	Ref
1	Zhang Lu	Liaoning Whowin	Tianjin Quanjian	€9.8	¥70	2016	1987	[60]
2	Gu Chao	Hangzhou Greentown	Jiangsu Suning	€7.05	¥50	2016	1989	[61]
3	Liu Dianzuo	Guangzhou R&F	Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao	€6.7	¥50	2016	1990	[62]
4	Wang Dalei	Shanghai Shenhua	Shandong Luneng	€3.5	¥30	2014	1989	[63]
5	Liu Dianzuo	Shanghai Shenxin	Guangzhou R&F	€2.8	¥20	2015	1990	[64]

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