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List of most expensive basketball transfers

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The following is a list of most expensive basketball transfers, which presents the 50 highest fees ever paid for players..

The list contains a few transfers which broke the world transfer record: those of Antonello Riva, Stefano Rusconi, Dino Rađa, Dino Meneghin, all broke the record, signing for Italian clubs and a Greek club. The list also features two players who, at the time of the transfer, broke the national record for the club they were signing for: Ricky Rubio and Milan Gurović.

Highest buy-outs

Most high-value transfers involve clubs in the Eurozone. The order in this table is based on the transfer amount in euros. Due to exchange rate fluctuations the order is different in $ which is also shown on the table.

As of 20 September 2023;
  Fee broke the world transfer record at the time of the transfer
  Fee broke the national club record
  Fee broke the record for a US American player
  Fee broke the record for a teenager
Rank Player From To Fee
(M )
Fee
(M $)
Year Notes
1 China Yao Ming China Shanghai Sharks China CBA €12.9 $15 2002
2 Croatia Dino Radja United States Boston Celtics Greece Panathinaikos €8.5 $10 1997 Panathnaikos paid Celtics 2,5 billion in former Greek drachma
3 Italy Stefano Rusconi Italy Pallacanestro Varese Italy Benetton Treviso €7.6 $15 1991 20 billion in former Italian lira (15 million cash plus two players: Dan Gay and Savio) or 1250 million in former Spanish peseta.
4 Italy Andrea Niccolai Italy BingoSNAI Montecatini Italy Virtus Roma €6 $12 1991 16 billion in former Italian lira or 1100 million in former Spanish peseta
5 Argentina Facundo Campazzo Spain Real Madrid United States Denver Nuggets €5.25 $6 2020 Nuggets officially paid $750k and Campazzo the rest through his contract [1]
6 Italy Carlton Myers Italy Basket Rimini Italy Fortitudo Bologna €4.56 $7.5 1995 12 billion in former Italian lira
7 Italy Riccardo Pittis Italy Olimpia Milano Italy Benetton Treviso €4.5 $8.1 1993 12 billion in former Italian lira
8 Italy Riccardo Morandotti Italy Berloni Torino Italy Scaligera Basket Verona €4 $9 1990 10 billion in former Italian lira
9 Italy Paolo Moretti Italy Scaligera Basket Verona Italy Virtus Bologna €3.8 $8 1992 9 billion in former Italian lira
10 Spain Ricky Rubio Spain DKV Joventut Badalona Spain FC Barcelona €3.7 [2] $5.1 2009
11 Italy Ferdinando Gentile Italy Juvecaserta Basket Italy Stefanel Trieste €3.3 $5.4 1993 8 billion in former Italian lira
12 Italy Davide Bonora Italy Scaligera Basket Verona Italy Benetton Treviso €3.3 $5 1995 8 billion in former Italian lira
13 Italy Antonello Riva Italy Pallacanestro Cantù Italy Olimpia Milano €3.1 $5.7 1989 7.5 billion in former Italian lira
14 Italy Carlton Myers Italy Victoria Libertas Pesaro Italy Basket Rimini €3.1 $4.7 1994 7.5 billion in former Italian lira
15 Italy Alessandro Fantozzi Italy Basket Livorno Italy Virtus Roma €3.1 $6.25 1991 7.5 billion in former Italian lira
16 Italy Gianluca Basile Italy Pallacanestro Reggiana Italy Fortitudo Bologna €3.1 $3.9 1999 7.5 billion in former Italian lira
17 Serbia Milan Gurovic Greece Peristeri Spain FC Barcelona €3 $1.8 1998 600 million in Greek drachma or 500 million in former Spanish peseta
18 Serbia Nenad Krstić Russia Triumph Lyubertsy United States Oklahoma City Thunder €3 $3.7 2008
19 Spain Sergio Rodriguez Spain Real Madrid United States Philadelphia 76ers €3 $3.3 2016
20 Spain Nikola Mirotić Spain Real Madrid United States Chicago Bulls €2.5 $3.25 2014
- Italy Donato Avenia Italy Viola Reggio Calabria Italy Virtus Roma €2.5 $5.4 1990 6 billion in former Italian lira
- Italy Stefano Attruia Italy Pallacanestro Pavia Italy Virtus Roma €2.5 $5.4 1990 6 billion in former Italian lira
- Italy Flavio Carera Italy Libertas Liburnia Basket Livorno Italy Virtus Bologna €2.5 $5.4 1992 6 billion in former Italian lira (4 billion plus Leonardo Conti)
21 Argentina Luis Scola Spain Tau United States Houston Rockets €2.3 $3.2 2007 Rockets officially $500k and the rest $2,7m paid by Scola through his contract [3]
22 Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Teletović Spain Saski Baskonia United States Brooklyn Nets €2.2 $2.8 2012
23 Lithuania Šarūnas Jasikevičius United States Golden State Warriors Greece Panathinaikos Athens €2 $2.7 2007
- Croatia Mario Hezonja Spain FC Barcelona United States Orlando Magic €2 $2.2 2015
- Spain Victor Claver Spain Valencia Basket Spain FC Barcelona €2 $2.2 2016
- Spain Alex Abrines Spain FC Barcelona United States Oklahoma City Thunder €2 $2.2 2016
- Czech Republic Tomáš Satoranský Spain FC Barcelona United States Washington Wizards €2 $2.3 2016
28 Greece Thodoris Papaloukas Russia CSKA Moscow Greece Olympiacos €1.8 $ 2008
- Spain Raül López Spain DKV Joventut Badalona Spain Real Madrid €1.8 $ 2008 275 million in former Spanish peseta
- Spain Carlos Jiménez Spain CB Estudiantes Spain Baloncesto Málaga €1.8 $ 2006
29 Spain Alberto Herreros Spain CB Estudiantes Spain Real Madrid €1.5 $ 2001 350 million in former Spanish peseta
30 Serbia Bogdan Bogdanovic Serbia KK Partizan Turkey Fenerbahce €1.3 $1.7 2014
- Serbia Milos Teodosic Greece Olympiacos Russia CSKA Moscow €1.3 $1.8 2011
30 United States Patrick Beverley Russia Spartak St Petersburg United States Houston Rockets €1.2 $1.6 2013 Rockets officially $250k and the rest $1.35m paid by Beverley through his contract [4]
- Spain José Antonio Paraíso Spain Caceres Spain Valencia Pamesa €1.2 $ 2001 275 million in former Spanish peseta

See also

References

  1. ^ "Campazzo signing a two-year deal with Denver, Real Madrid to get $6 million buyout". eurohoops.com.
  2. ^ "Ricky al Barça, el traspaso más caro de la historia" (in Spanish). marca.com.
  3. ^ "Facts about Luis Scola". factsnippet.com.
  4. ^ "Beverly recalls buyout". fadeawayworld.net.