List of most expensive Ukrainian football transfers

This is a list of the most expensive football transfer fees paid in Ukraine.

Incoming transfers

Rank	Year	Name	Nat	Moving from	Moving to	Fee
1	2007	Nery Castillo		Olympiacos	Shakhtar Donetsk	$30M [1]
2	2010	Dmytro Chyhrynskyi		Barcelona	Shakhtar Donetsk	$25.7M
3	2007	Willian		Corinthians	Shakhtar Donetsk	$19.6M
4	2004	Matuzalém		Brescia	Shakhtar Donetsk	$18.75M [1]
5	2007	Ilsinho		São Paulo	Shakhtar Donetsk	$14M [1]
6	2008	Marcelo Martins		Cruzeiro	Shakhtar Donetsk	$11.7M
7	2007	Cristiano Lucarelli		Livorno	Shakhtar Donetsk	$11.2M [1]
8	2005	Fernandinho		Atlético Paranaense	Shakhtar Donetsk	$10M [1]
9	2005	Elano		Santos	Shakhtar Donetsk	$10M [1]
10	2007	Pape Diakhaté		Nancy	Dynamo Kyiv	$9.8M [1]
11	2007	Ismaël Bangoura		Le Mans	Dynamo Kyiv	$8.4M [1]

Outgoing transfers

Rank	Year	Name	Nat	Moving from	Moving to	Fee
1	2023	Mykhailo Mudryk		Shakhtar Donetsk	Chelsea	$75.84M [2]
2	2013	Willian		Shakhtar Donetsk	Anzhi Makhachkala	$47.94M [3]
3	2013	Fernandinho		Shakhtar Donetsk	Manchester City	$43.875M [1]
4	2009	Dmytro Chyhrynskyi		Shakhtar Donetsk	Barcelona	$35.7M [4]
5	2013	Henrikh Mkhitaryan		Shakhtar Donetsk	Borussia Dortmund	€27.5m[5]
6	1999	Andriy Shevchenko		Dynamo Kyiv	Milan	$25M [1]
7	2007	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk		Shakhtar Donetsk	Zenit Saint Petersburg	$20M [1]
8	2000	Serhii Rebrov		Dynamo Kyiv	Tottenham Hotspur	$18M [1]
9	2007	Elano		Shakhtar Donetsk	Manchester City	$17.9M [6]
10	2007	Matuzalém		Shakhtar Donetsk	Real Zaragoza	$15.9M [7]
11	2009	Ismaël Bangoura		Dynamo Kyiv	Rennes	$15.7M [8]
12	2000	Kakha Kaladze		Dynamo Kyiv	Milan	$15M [1]

All fees are in United States dollars and are not adjusted for inflation.

References

1. "Кастильо будет получать в "Шахтере" 1,5 млн евро в год, а пока он уехал в Грецию, чтобы сыграть свадьбу" [Castillo will receive in the "Shakhtar" 1.5 million euros per year, but for now he went to Greece to play the wedding]. Terrikon (in Russian). Retrieved 2018-11-19.
2. "$25m of Mudryk fee gifted to Ukraine war effort". ESPN.com. 2023-01-16. Retrieved 2023-06-28.
3. "The Brazilian has spoken of his joy at signing for Guus Hiddink's side, and has expressed gratitude towards his former club Shaktar Donetsk". Goal.com. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
4. "Chygrynskiy signs for five years". FC Barcelona Official Website. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved August 31, 2009.
5. "Henrikh Mkhitaryan disappoints Liverpool by joining Borussia". The Guardian. 9 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
6. "Elano moves to England". Shakhtar Donetsk Official Site. Archived from the original on February 24, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2007.
7. "CAS orders Matuzalem to pay 11.8 million Euros". CAS. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
8. ""Динамо" рискнуло, "Шахтер" нажился" [Dynamo took a chance, Shakhtar made a profit]. Terrikon (in Russian). Retrieved September 2, 2009.