| Competition | Matches | Won | Draw | Lost | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 350 | 197 | 74 | 79 | 585 | 302 |
| League | 228 | 126 | 55 | 47 | 371 | 183 |
| FA Cup | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 22 |
| League Cup | 17 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 31 | 27 |
| Europe | 85 | 49 | 16 | 20 | 140 | 68 |
| Other | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
* GF: Goals for; * GA: Goals against.
| Player | From | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Josemi Rey | Malaga | £2,000,000 | 26 July 2004 |
| Antonio Nunez | Real Madrid | £1,500,000 | 17 August 2004 |
| Xabi Alonso | Real Sociedad | £10,700,000 | 20 August 2004 |
| Luis Garcia | Barcelona | £6,000,000 | 20 August 2004 |
| Mauricio Pellegrino | Valencia | Free | 5 January 2005 |
| Fernando Morientes | Real Madrid | £6,300,000 | 13 January 2005 |
| Scott Carson | Leeds United | £1,000,000 | 21 January 2005 |
| Bolo Zenden | Free Transfer | Free | 4 July 2005 |
| Pepe Reina | Villarreal | £6,000,000 | 4 July 2005 |
| Antonio Barragan | Sevilla | £240,000 | 4 July 2005 |
| Momo Sissoko | Valencia | £5,600,000 | 14 July 2005 |
| Peter Crouch | Southampton | £7,000,000 | 20 July 2005 |
| Miki Roque | Lleida | N/A | 15 August 2005 |
| Jack Hobbs | Lincoln City | £750,000 | 18 August 2005 |
| Besian Idrizaj | LASK Linz | £190,000 | 22 August 2005 |
| Mark Gonzalez | Albacete | £1,500,000 | 20 October 2005 |
| Paul Anderson | Hull City | Player Exchange | 1 January 2006 |
| Jan Kromkamp | Villarreal | Player Exchange | 4 January 2006 |
| David Martin | MK Dons | £250,000 | 12 January 2006 |
| Daniel Agger | Brøndby | £5,800,000 | 12 January 2006 |
| Robbie Fowler | Manchester City | Free | 27 January 2006 |
| Craig Bellamy | Blackburn Rovers | £6,000,000 | 1 July 2006 |
| Gabriel Paletta | Club Atlético Banfield | £2,000,000 | 4 July 2006 |
| Fábio Aurélio | Free Transfer | Free | 5 July 2006 |
| Jermaine Pennant | Birmingham City | £6,700,000 | 26 July 2006 |
| Dirk Kuyt | Feyenoord | £9,000,000 | 18 August 2006 |
| Nabil El Zhar | Saint-Étienne | £200,000 | 21 August 2006 |
| Astrit Ajdarevic | Falkenberg | £750,000 | 11 January 2007 |
| Daniele Padelli | Sampdoria | Loan | 12 January 2007 |
| Jordy Brouwer | Ajax | Undisclosed | 24 January 2007 |
| Francisco Durán | Malaga | £66,000 | 30 January 2007 |
| Álvaro Arbeloa | Deportivo | £2,500,000 | 31 January 2007 |
| Javier Mascherano | West Ham United | Loan | 20 February 2007 |
| Lucas Leiva | Gremio | £5,000,000 | 11 May 2007 |
| Krisztián Németh | MTK Hungaria | Undisclosed | 25 May 2007 |
| Mikel Domínguez | Athletic Bilbao | £270,000 | 28 June 2007 |
| Dani Pacheco | Barcelona | Free | 1 July 2007 |
| Sebastian Leto | Club Atlético Lanús | £1,800,000 | 1 July 2007 |
| Fernando Torres | Atletico Madrid | £20,200,000 | 4 July 2007 |
| Andriy Voronin | Free Transfer | Free | 6 July 2007 |
| Yossi Benayoun | West Ham United | £5,000,000 | 12 July 2007 |
| Ryan Babel | Ajax | £11,500,000 | 13 July 2007 |
| Charles Itandje | Lens | Undisclosed | 9 August 2007 |
| Emiliano Insúa | Boca Juniors | £1,675,000 | 26 August 2007 |
| Lauri Dalla Valle | JIPPO | £600,000 | 8 November 2007 |
| Martin Skrtel | Zenit St. Petersburg | £6,500,000 | 11 January 2008 |
| Javier Mascherano | GSA and MSL | £18,600,000 | 29 February 2008 |
| Philipp Degen | Free Transfer | Free | 3 July 2008 |
| Andrea Dossena | Udinese | £7,000,000 | 4 July 2008 |
| Diego Cavalieri | Palmeiras | £3,500,000 | 11 July 2008 |
| David N'Gog | Paris St Germain | £1,500,000 | 24 July 2008 |
| Robbie Keane | Tottenham | £19,000,000 | 28 July 2008 |
| Albert Riera | Espanyol | £8,000,000 | 31 August 2008 |
| Glen Johnson | Portsmouth | £17,500,000 | 26 June 2009 |
| Alberto Aquilani | Roma | £17,100,000 | 7 August 2009 |
| Sotirios Kyrgiakos | AEK Athens | £2,000,000 | 21 August 2009 |
| Daniel Ayala | Sevilla | £160,000 | 17 September 2009 |
| Maxi Rodriguez | Atletico Madrid | Free | 13 January 2010 |
| Raheem Sterling | QPR | £500,000 | 27 February 2010 |
| Jonjo Shelvey | Charlton Athletic | £1,700,000 | 10 May 2010 |
| Milan Jovanovic | Standard Liege | Free | 8 July 2010 |
| Player | To | Fee | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markus Babbel | VfB Stuttgart | Free | 16 July 2004 |
| Danny Murphy | Charlton Athletic | £2,500,000 | 10 August 2004 |
| Michael Owen | Real Madrid | £8,500,000 | 14 August 2004 |
| Stephane Henchoz | Celtic | Free | 28 January 2005 |
| Vladimir Smicer | Bordeaux | Free | 13 June 2005 |
| El Hadji Diouf | Bolton Wanderers | £3,500,000 | 15 June 2005 |
| Mauricio Pellegrino | Alaves | Free | 17 June 2005 |
| Alou Diarra | Lens | £2,000,000 | 23 June 2005 |
| Igor Biscan | Free Transfer | Free | 1 July 2005 |
| Jon Otsemobor | Rotherham United | Free | 1 July 2005 |
| Mark Smyth | N/A | Free | 1 July 2005 |
| Paul Harrison | N/A | Free | 1 July 2005 |
| Richie Partridge | N/A | Free | 1 July 2005 |
| Patrice Luzi | N/A | Free | 1 July 2005 |
| Gregory Vignal | Portsmouth | Free | 1 July 2005 |
| Antonio Nunez | Celta Vigo | £2,000,000 | 29 July 2005 |
| Milan Baros | Aston Villa | £6,500,000 | 23 August 2005 |
| John Welsh | Hull City | Exchange | 1 January 2006 |
| Josemi Rey | Villarreal | Exchange | 2 January 2006 |
| Zak Whitbread | Millwall | £200,000 | 13 June 2006 |
| Bruno Cheyrou | Rennes | Undisclosed | 29 June 2006 |
| Robbie Foy | N/A | Free | 1 July 2006 |
| David Raven | Carlisle United | Undisclosed | 3 July 2006 |
| Fernando Morientes | Valencia | £3,000,000 | 5 July 2006 |
| Didi Hamann | Bolton Wanderers | Free | 11 July 2006 |
| Antonio Barragan | Deportivo | £675,000 | 3 August 2006 |
| Djimi Traoré | Charlton Athletic | £2,000,000 | 9 August 2006 |
| Carl Medjani | Lorient | Free | 12 August 2006 |
| Neil Mellor | Preston North End | £500,000 | 30 August 2006 |
| Jan Kromkamp | PSV Eindhoven | £1,750,000 | 31 August 2006 |
| Darren Potter | Wolves | £525,000 | 18 January 2007 |
| Stephen Warnock | Blackburn Rovers | £1,500,000 | 22 January 2007 |
| Salif Diao | Stoke City | Free | 25 January 2007 |
| Florent Sinama-Pongolle | Recreativo de Huelva | £2,700,000 | 4 May 2007 |
| Daniele Padelli | Sampdoria | Loan return | 8 June 2007 |
| Danny O' Donnell | Crewe | £100,000 | 13 June 2007 |
| Bolo Zenden | Marseille | Free | 1 July 2007 |
| Jerzy Dudek | Free Transfer | Free | 1 July 2007 |
| Robbie Fowler | Cardiff City | Free | 1 July 2007 |
| Luis Garcia | Atletico Madrid | £4,000,000 | 3 July 2007 |
| Djibril Cissé | Marseille | £6,000,000 | 9 July 2007 |
| Craig Bellamy | West Ham United | £7,500,000 | 10 July 2007 |
| Mark Gonzalez | Real Betis | £3,500,000 | 17 July 2007 |
| Gabriel Paletta | Boca Juniors | £1,200,000 | 26 August 2007 |
| Chris Kirkland | Wigan Athletic | £3,500,000 | 27 October 2007 |
| James Smith | Stockport County | Free | 28 December 2007 |
| Momo Sissoko | Juventus | £8,200,000 | 28 January 2008 |
| Lee Peltier | Yeovil Town | Free | 31 January 2008 |
| John Arne Riise | Roma | £4,000,000 | 1 July 2008 |
| Harry Kewell | Free Transfer | Free | 1 July 2008 |
| Anthony Le Tallec | Le Mans | Undisclosed | 2 July 2008 |
| Peter Crouch | Portsmouth | £11,000,000 | 11 July 2008 |
| Danny Guthrie | Newcastle United | £2,250,000 | 14 July 2008 |
| Scott Carson | WBA | £3,250,000 | 18 July 2008 |
| Steve Finnan | Espanyol | Undisclosed | 31 August 2008 |
| Robbie Keane | Tottenham | £16,000,000 | 2 February 2009 |
| Jack Hobbs | Leicester City | Undisclosed | 24 April 2009 |
| Sami Hyypia | Free Transfer | Free | 1 June 2009 |
| Astrit Ajdarevic | Leicester City | Free | 30 June 2009 |
| Paul Anderson | Nottingham Forest | £250,000 | 30 June 2009 |
| Sebastian Leto | Panathinaikos | £3,000,000 | 1 July 2009 |
| Jermaine Pennant | Real Zaragoza | Free | 1 July 2009 |
| Miki Roque | N/A | Free | 1 July 2009 |
| Álvaro Arbeloa | Real Madrid | £3,500,000 | 30 July 2009 |
| Xabi Alonso | Real Madrid | £30,000,000 | 5 August 2009 |
| Andrea Dossena | Napoli | £4,700,000 | 8 January 2010 |
| Andriy Voronin | Dinamo Moscow | £1,800,000 | 10 January 2010 |
| Nikolay Mihaylov | Twente | £1,500,000 | 4 February 2010 |
| Mikel Domínguez | Athletic Bilbao | £2,600,000 | 19 May 2010 |
| Fábio Aurélio | N/A | Free | 1 July 2010 |
| David Martin | MK Dons | Free | 1 July 2010 |
| Yossi Benayoun | Chelsea | £6,000,000 | 2 July 2010 |