Willie Groves became the world’s first £100 footballer in 1893 whilst Neymar became the world’s first £100m footballer in 2017. Below I have listed all those players that have broken the record since Groves moved controversially from West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa and in doing so setting a new transfer record in the process.
1893: Willie Groves (West Bromwich Albion to Aston Villa) £100
1904: Alf Common (Sheffield United to Sunderland) £520
1904: Andy McCombie (Sunderland to Newcastle United) £700
1905: Alf Common (Sunderland to Middlesbrough) £1,000
1911: John Simpson (Falkirk to Blackburn Rovers) £1,800
1913: George Utley (Barnsley to Sheffield United) £2,000
1914: Percy Dawson (Heart of Midlothian to Blackburn Rovers) £2,500
1920: David Mercer (Hull City to Sheffield United) £4,500
1922: Syd Puddefoot (West Ham United to Falkirk) £5,000
1922: Warney Cresswell (South Shields to Sunderland) £5,500
1925: Bob Kelly (Burnley to Sunderland) £6,500
1928: David Jack (Bolton Wanderers to Arsenal) £10,890
1932: Bernabe Ferreyra (Club Atletico Tigre to River Plate) £23,000
1949: Johnny Morris (Manchester United to Derby County) £24,000
1949: Eddie Quigley (Sheffield Wednesday to Preston North End) £26,500
1950: Trevor Ford (Aston Villa to Sunderland) £30,000
1951: Jackie Sewell (Notts County to Sheffield Wednesday) £34,500
1952: Hans Jeppsson (Atalanta to Napoli) £51,000
1954: Juan Schiaffino (Penarol to Milan) £72,000
1957: Omar Sivori (River Plate to Juventus) £94,000
1963: Angelo Sormani (AC Mantova to Roma) £250,000
1968: Pietro Anastasi (AS Varese to Juventus) £500,000
1973: Johan Cruyff (Ajax to Barcelona) £920,000
1975: Giuseppe Savoldi (Bologna to Napoli) £1,200,000
1978: Paolo Rossi (Juventus to Vicenza) £1,700,000
1982: Diego Maradona (Boca Juniors to Barcelona) £3,000,000
1984: Diego Maradona (Barcelona to Napoli) £5,000,000
1987: Ruud Gullit (PSV to Milan) £6,000,000
1990: Roberto Baggio (Fiorentina to Juventus) £8,000,000
1992: Jean-Pierre Papin (Marseille to Milan) £10,000,000
1992: Gianluca Vialli (Sampdoria to Juventus) £12,500,000
1992: Gianluigi Lentini (Torino to Milan) £13,000,000
1996: Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers to Newcastle United) £15,000,000
1997: Ronaldo (Barcelona to Internazionale) £19,500,000
1998: Denilson (Sao Paulo to Real Betis) £21,900,000
1999: Christian Vieri (Lazio to Internazionale) £32,000,000
2000: Hernan Crespo (Parma to Lazio) £35,000,000
2000: Luis Figo (Barcelona to Real Madrid) £37,000,000
2001: Zinedine Zidane (Juventus to Real Madrid) £45,600,000
2009: Kaka (Milan to Real Madrid) £56,100,000
2009: Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United to Real Madrid) £80,000,000
2013: Gareth Bale (Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid) £86,000,000
2016: Paul Pogba (Juventus to Manchester United) £89,000,000
2017: Neymar (Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain) £198,000,000