Premier League clubs – Total transfer spending each club from 1992 to present day | OneFootball

An interesting new report has looked at what all Premier League clubs have paid out when it comes to transfer spending.

Football Finance expert Kieran Maguire looking at all transfer spending across the entire Premier League era so far.

That is from 1992 right up to the present day (16 July 2025).

Kieran Maguire going through all the Premier League clubs and detailing their total transfer spending these past 33 years.

He has used the official accounts from each club to 2024 and then used @Transfermarkt figures for signings since those last available club accounts.

This current summer 2025 transfer window looks set to potentially break all records.

However, what is the position as things stand, what Premier League clubs have spent on transfer spending.

Here are the top 20 transfer spending Premier League clubs from 1992 to present day:

£4.082billion Chelsea

£3.068billion Man City

£2.783billion Man U

£2.252billion Liverpool

£2.187billion Arsenal

£1.953billion Tottenham

£1.325billion Everton

£1.303billion Newcastle United

£1.298billion West Ham

£1.260billion Aston Villa

£840m Southampton

£798m Wolves

£784m Leicester

£769m Brighton

£637m Bournemouth

£614m Fulham

£586m Palace

£555m Leeds

£535m Sunderland

£428m Forest

This is what Kieran Maguire published today (16 July 2025), his explanation of what the figures covered and then two tables showing firstly the top 13 transfer spending clubs, then those ranked 14 to 26.

‘With Premier League transfer spending far in excess of £1bn and we are only in mid July, here are the total figures spent per club since the competition started in 1992 (figs from accounts to 2024 and @Transfermarkt for last three windows)’

The positions 1-13:

The positions 14-26:

Plenty food for thought with those figures.

I think fair to expect that Chelsea and Manchester City in upcoming transfer windows will continue to grow that transfer spending gap, back to the rest.