These lists have been researched from media reports and the minutes from club board meetings included in the 2002 book to celebrate the 125th anniversary of St Mirren FC being formed, ‘Marching On’.

The first list below, is the traditional way transfer fees are perceived and simply the physical fee payed at the time for the player:

Player	Club	Year	Fee
Tomas Stickroth	Bayer Uerdingen	1990	£400,000
Fraser Wishart	Motherwell	1989	£285,000
Roddy Manley	Falkirk	1989	£250,000
Frank McDougall	Clydebank	1979	£180,000
Gudmunder Torfason	Rapid Vienna	1989	£160,000
Tony Fitzpatrick	Bristol City	1981	£150,000
Roy Aitken	Newcastle United	1991	£150,000
Peter Weir	Leicester City	1989	£135,000
Chic Charnley	Partick Thistle	1991	£125,000
David Elliott	Partick Thistle	1991	£125,000
Doug Somner	Partick Thistle	1979	£100,000
Brian Martin	Hamilton Accies	1988	£97,000
Frank McGarvey	Celtic	1985	£94,000
Paul Kinnaird	Motherwell	1989	£90,000
Lex Baillie	Celtic	1991	£90,000
Mike Conroy	Clydebank	1987	£76,000
Josh Heaton	Darlington	2018	£75,000
Tom Black	Airdrie	1989	£70,000
Ian Ferguson	Clyde	1986	£64,000
John McCormack	Clydebank	1980	£55,000
Les Fridge	Chelsea	1987	£54,000
Keith Walker	Stirling Albion	1987	£53,000
Mark McWalter	Arbroath	1987	£53,000
Jim Rooney	Morton	1984	£47,000
Brian Gallagher	Kilmarnock	1984	£43,500
Billy Thomson	Partick Thistle	1978	£40,000
Julian Broddle	Plymouth Argyle	1990	£40,000
John Boyd	Dumbarton	1994	£35,000
Dougie Imrie	Hamilton Accies	2012	£35,000
Robert Dawson	Stirling Albion	1987	£34,000
Kenny McDowall	Partick Thistle	1984	£32,500
Peter Godfrey	Meadowbank Thistle	1985	£32,000
Jimmy Bone	Arbroath	1978	£30,000
Victor Munoz	Sampdoria	1990	£30,000
Stewart Kean	Ayr United	2004	£30,000
Stephen O’Donnell	Clyde	2007	£28,000
Rowan Alexander	Queen of the South	1983	£27,000
Ian Munro	Rangers	1977	£25,000
Brian Dempster	Queen of the South	1979	£25,000
Jackie Copland	Dundee United	1976	£25,000
Mark Yardley	Cowdenbeath	1995	£25,000
Alan Combe	Cowdenbeath	1993	£24,000
Jamie McGrath	Dundalk	2020	£21,000
Steve Galloway	Djurgardens	1988	£20,000
Alan Irvine	Mazda	1990	£20,000
Danny Mullen	Livingston	2018	£20,000
Brian Third	Montrose	1973	£15,000
Paul Chalmers	Celtic	1986	£15,000
Jim Blair	Hibernian	1971	£14,750
Neil Cooper	Grimbsy Town	1983	£12,000
Dave Miller	Raith Rovers	1970	£10,000
Ally McIntyre	St Johnstone	1964	£8,000
Bobby Carroll	Celtic	1963	£7,000
Willie Renton	St Johnstone	1967	£6,500
John Dickson	Cowdenbeath	1972	£6,000
George Henderson	Dunfermilne	1949	£5,000
Archie Knox	Forfar	1970	£5,000
Billy Williamson	Rangers	1952	£4,000
Ally MacLeod	Third Lanark	1955	£4,000
Tommy Bryceland	Oldham	1972	£4,000
Jim Taylor	Cowdenbeath	1973	£4,000
Derek Hamilton	Aberdeen	1983	£4,000
Bobby Ross	East Fife	1962	£3,300
Peter McKay	Burnley	1957	£3,000
Billy Hume	Birmigham	1960	£3,000
Willie Fernie	Celtic	1961	£3,000
Ian Lister	Dunfermilne	1969	£3,000
Jimmy Duncanson	Rangers	1950	£2,500
Jim Young	Forfar	1968	£2,500
George Stewart	Dundee	1950	£2,250
Willie McCulloch	Airdrie	1957	£2,000
Vincent Ryan	Celtic	1958	£2,000
Gerry Baker	Motherwell	1958	£2,000
Tommy Henderson	Hearts	1962	£2,000
Richard Beattie	Peterbrough	1963	£2,000
Jim Hannah	Airdrionians	1966	£2,000
Jackie Brown	Queen of the South	1955	£1,700
Arthur Milne	Hibs	1946	£1,650
Drew Jarvie	Airdrie	1983	£1,500
Dunky Walker	Dumbarton	1921	£1,100
James Howieson	Dundee United	1925	£1,000
Tommy White	Raith Rovers	1962	£1,000
Joe Till	Dumbarton	1921	£800
Peter Rice	Aberdeen	1951	£750
John McGrory	Celtic	1954	£750
William Cowan	Manchester City	1927	£700
Alex Kinnaird	Third Lanark	1938	£650
Archie Aikman	Hearts	1946	£650
Tom Brady	Aberdeen	1939	£550
Jackie Gillies	Clyde	1945	£530
John McMenemy	Partick Thistle	1938	£500
John Wood	Manchester United	1923	£500
George Lennon	Third Lanark	1920	£500
Malcolm McLaren	Blackpool	1946	£500
Willie Dallas	Luton Town	1956	£500
Willie Reid	Dumbarton	1945	£430
Bob Park	Queen of the South	1952	£400
Richard Black	Manchester United	1934	£350
Robert Rankin	Clyde	1937	£350
Thomas Lilley	Sunderland	1928	£350
Ted Magner	Everton	1911	£300
Bill Murray	Sunderland	1936	£300
Harry Ross	Fulham	1908	£275
Willie Fotheringham	Morton	1927	£275
Walter Holbem	Everton	1913	£250
Robert Stevenson	Morton	1921	£250
Sam Page	St Johnstone	1928	£230
John Scott	Manchester United	1922	£225
Hugh Stevenson	Blackburn	1912	£200
Johnny Latimer	East Stirlingshire	1933	£200
William Newbiggin	Motherwell	1924	£200
Tommy Gemmell	Irvine Meadow	1951	£200
Dunky McGill	Duntocher Hibs	1952	£200
Andrew Brown	Rangers	1914	£150
Jimmy McCloy	Clyde	1933	£150
William Duncan	Airdrie	1910	£100
Andrew Davidson	Celtic	1917	£100
Jimmy Riddell	Rangers	1919	£100
Willie Johnstone	Strathclyde Juniors	1948	£100
Jackie Nielson	Newtongrange Star	1950	£100
James Brannick	Everton	1914	£75
Tommy Workman	Bridgeton Waverly	1931	£75
Walter Kane	St Anthony’s	1946	£75
Willie Jack	Shawfield Juniors	1947	£75
Robert McIndoe	Troon Atheltic	1931	£55
Tom Page	Everton	1914	£50
David Bruce	Bristol Rovers	1937	£50
William Stoddart	Wishaw	1934	£40
Alex Hanlin	Burnbank Athletic	1936	£40
William Milliken	Kilbirnie Ladeside	1938	£40
Alex Linwood	Muirkirk Juniors	1938	£40
William McLintock	Dunipace Juniors	1939	£40
James Kirk	Annbank Uniuted	1943	£40
John McKenzie	Ross County	1934	£37
Malcolm Newlands	Carluke Rovers	1943	£35
Gordon Rennie	Banks o’ Dee	1937	£31
James Colquhoun	Carluke Rovers	1942	£30
Jock Bradford	Bo’ness	1921	£25
Willie Telfer	Burnbank Athletic	1943	£25
Patrick McCamon	Largs Thistle	1935	£20
Alex Callan	Morton Juniors	1936	£20
Dan Wood	Renfrew Juniors	1938	£20
George Hunter	Scottish Staeltic	1943	£20
Alex Crowe	Polkelment Juniors	1946	£20
Joe Craven	Northampton Town	1936	£15
Jimmy Stenhouse	Lochgelly Violet	1941	£15
Fulton Wilson	Coats Juniors	1933	£10
Richard McLatchie	Hibs	1942	£10
Tom McKenna	Unattached – Fee to SFA	1943	£5

However, is the fee paid for Tomas Stickroth actually the highest when inflation is considered? After converting each transfer by the rates given by the Bank of England for each year of every transfer (last rates available were 2018 at the time of conversion) the results are as follows:

Player	Club	Year	Fee	2018 Equivalent
Frank McDougall	Clydebank	1979	£180,000	£984,000
Tomas Stickroth	Bayer Uerdingen	1990	£400,000	£948,000
Fraser Wishart	Motherwell	1989	£285,000	£728,000
Roddy Manley	Falkirk	1989	£250,000	£638,000
Tony Fitzpatrick	Bristol City	1981	£150,000	£613,000
Doug Somner	Partick Thistle	1979	£100,000	£572,000
Gudmunder Torfason	Rapid Vienna	1989	£160,000	£409,000
Peter Weir	Leicester City	1989	£135,000	£345,000
Roy Aitken	Newcastle United	1991	£150,000	£324,000
Frank McGarvey	Celtic	1985	£94,000	£288,000
Chic Charnley	Partick Thistle	1991	£125,000	£270,000
David Elliott	Partick Thistle	1991	£125,000	£270,000
John McCormack	Clydebank	1980	£55,000	£266,000
Brian Martin	Hamilton Accies	1988	£97,000	£260,000
Billy Thomson	Partick Thistle	1978	£40,000	£237,000
Paul Kinnaird	Motherwell	1989	£90,000	£230,000
Jim Blair	Hibernian	1971	£14,750	£217,300
Mike Conroy	Clydebank	1987	£76,000	£212,000
Lex Baillie	Celtic	1991	£90,000	£195,000
Brian Third	Montrose	1973	£15,000	£189,000
Ian Ferguson	Clyde	1986	£64,000	£185,000
Tom Black	Airdrie	1989	£70,000	£179,000
Jimmy Bone	Arbroath	1978	£30,000	£178,000
George Henderson	Dunfermilne	1949	£5,000	£174,000
Ian Munro	Rangers	1977	£25,000	£171,500
Ally McIntyre	St Johnstone	1964	£8,000	£159,500
Dave Miller	Raith Rovers	1970	£10,000	£156,700
Bobby Carroll	Celtic	1963	£7,000	£152,000
Les Fridge	Chelsea	1987	£54,000	£151,000
Jim Rooney	Morton	1984	£47,000	£151,000
Keith Walker	Stirling Albion	1987	£53,000	£148,000
Mark McWalter	Arbroath	1987	£53,000	£148,000
Brian Gallagher	Kilmarnock	1984	£43,500	£140,000
Brian Dempster	Queen of the South	1979	£25,000	£137,000
Jackie Copland	Dundee United	1976	£25,000	£136,000
Billy Williamson	Rangers	1952	£4,000	£119,600
Willie Renton	St Johnstone	1967	£6,500	£115,200
Ally MacLeod	Third Lanark	1955	£4,000	£113,100
Kenny McDowall	Partick Thistle	1984	£32,500	£105,000
Peter Godfrey	Meadowbank Thistle	1985	£32,000	£98,000
Julian Broddle	Plymouth Argyle	1990	£40,000	£95,000
Robert Dawson	Stirling Albion	1987	£34,000	£95,000
Rowan Alexander	Queen of the South	1983	£27,000	£91,000
Jimmy Duncanson	Rangers	1950	£2,500	£84,100
John Dickson	Cowdenbeath	1972	£6,000	£80,800
Archie Knox	Forfar	1970	£5,000	£78,400
George Stewart	Dundee	1950	£2,250	£75,700
Josh Heaton	Darlington	2018	£75,000	£75,000
Peter McKay	Burnley	1957	£3,000	£71,400
Victor Munoz	Sampdoria	1990	£30,000	£71,000
Bobby Ross	East Fife	1962	£3,300	£70,000
John Boyd	Dumbarton	1994	£35,000	£68,000
Arthur Milne	Hibs	1946	£1,650	£67,900
Billy Hume	Birmigham	1960	£3,000	£66,500
Willie Fernie	Celtic	1961	£3,000	£65,800
James Howieson	Dundee United	1925	£1,000	£59,700
Steve Galloway	Djurgardens	1988	£20,000	£54,000
Tommy Bryceland	Oldham	1972	£4,000	£53,900
Dunky Walker	Dumbarton	1921	£1,100	£53,000
Jim Taylor	Cowdenbeath	1973	£4,000	£50,284
Ian Lister	Dunfermilne	1969	£3,000	£49,600
Alan Combe	Cowdenbeath	1993	£24,000	£48,000
Willie McCulloch	Airdrie	1957	£2,000	£47,600
Mark Yardley	Cowdenbeath	1995	£25,000	£47,000
Alan Irvine	Mazda	1990	£20,000	£47,000
Vincent Ryan	Celtic	1958	£2,000	£45,900
Gerry Baker	Motherwell	1958	£2,000	£45,900
Stewart Kean	Ayr United	2004	£30,000	£45,000
Jackie Brown	Queen of the South	1955	£1,700	£44,400
Jim Young	Forfar	1968	£2,500	£43,200
William Cowan	Manchester City	1927	£700	£43,200
Paul Chalmers	Celtic	1986	£15,000	£43,000
Alex Kinnaird	Third Lanark	1938	£650	£43,000
Tommy Henderson	Hearts	1962	£2,000	£42,400
Dougie Imrie	Hamilton Accies	2012	£35,000	£41,000
Richard Beattie	Peterbrough	1963	£2,000	£40,700
Neil Cooper	Grimbsy Town	1983	£12,000	£40,400
Stephen O’Donnell	Clyde	2007	£28,000	£39,000
Joe Till	Dumbarton	1921	£800	£38,500
Jim Hannah	Airdrionians	1966	£2,000	£36,800
Tom Brady	Aberdeen	1939	£550	£35,300
Ted Magner	Everton	1911	£300	£34,700
John McMenemy	Partick Thistle	1938	£500	£33,100
Harry Ross	Fulham	1908	£275	£32,500
John Wood	Manchester United	1923	£500	£29,700
Walter Holbem	Everton	1913	£250	£28,300
Archie Aikman	Hearts	1946	£650	£26,700
Richard Black	Manchester United	1934	£350	£24,600
Peter Rice	Aberdeen	1951	£750	£24,500
Robert Rankin	Clyde	1937	£350	£23,500
Jackie Gillies	Clyde	1945	£530	£22,500
Hugh Stevenson	Blackburn	1912	£200	£22,400
George Lennon	Third Lanark	1920	£500	£22,000
Thomas Lilley	Sunderland	1928	£350	£21,600
Tommy White	Raith Rovers	1962	£1,000	£21,200
Jamie McGrath	Dundalk	2020	£21,000	£21,000
Bill Murray	Sunderland	1936	£300	£20,800
Malcolm McLaren	Blackpool	1946	£500	£20,600
Danny Mullen	Livingston	2018	£20,000	£20,000
John McGrory	Celtic	1954	£750	£19,900
Willie Reid	Dumbarton	1945	£430	£18,200
Willie Fotheringham	Morton	1927	£275	£17,000
Andrew Brown	Rangers	1914	£150	£17,000
Sam Page	St Johnstone	1928	£230	£14,200
Johnny Latimer	East Stirlingshire	1933	£200	£14,100
Derek Hamilton	Aberdeen	1983	£4,000	£13,000
John Scott	Manchester United	1922	£225	£12,600
Willie Dallas	Luton Town	1956	£500	£12,500
Bob Park	Queen of the South	1952	£400	£12,000
Robert Stevenson	Morton	1921	£250	£12,000
William Newbiggin	Motherwell	1924	£200	£11,900
William Duncan	Airdrie	1910	£100	£11,600
Jimmy McCloy	Clyde	1933	£150	£10,600
James Brannick	Everton	1914	£75	£8,500
Andrew Davidson	Celtic	1917	£100	£6,800
Tommy Gemmell	Irvine Meadow	1951	£200	£6,500
Dunky McGill	Duntocher Hibs	1952	£200	£6,000
Tom Page	Everton	1914	£50	£5,700
Jimmy Riddell	Rangers	1919	£100	£5,100
Drew Jarvie	Airdrie	1983	£1,500	£5,000
Tommy Workman	Bridgeton Waverly	1931	£75	£5,000
Willie Johnstone	Strathclyde Juniors	1948	£100	£3,700
Robert McIndoe	Troon Atheltic	1931	£55	£3,700
Jackie Nielson	Newtongrange Star	1950	£100	£3,400
David Bruce	Bristol Rovers	1937	£50	£3,400
Walter Kane	St Anthony’s	1946	£75	£3,200
Willie Jack	Shawfield Juniors	1947	£75	£3,000
William Stoddart	Wishaw	1934	£40	£2,800
Alex Hanlin	Burnbank Athletic	1936	£40	£2,800
William Milliken	Kilbirnie Ladeside	1938	£40	£2,600
Alex Linwood	Muirkirk Juniors	1938	£40	£2,600
William McLintock	Dunipace Juniors	1939	£40	£2,600
John McKenzie	Ross County	1934	£37	£2,600
Gordon Rennie	Banks o’ Dee	1937	£31	£2,100
James Kirk	Annbank Uniuted	1943	£40	£1,800
Malcolm Newlands	Carluke Rovers	1943	£35	£1,600
James Colquhoun	Carluke Rovers	1942	£30	£1,400
Patrick McCamon	Largs Thistle	1935	£20	£1,400
Alex Callan	Morton Juniors	1936	£20	£1,400
Dan Wood	Renfrew Juniors	1938	£20	£1,300
Jock Bradford	Bo’ness	1921	£25	£1,200
Willie Telfer	Burnbank Athletic	1943	£25	£1,100
Joe Craven	Northampton Town	1936	£15	£1,000
George Hunter	Scots Stamping Eng Ath	1943	£20	£895
Alex Crowe	Polkelment Juniors	1946	£20	£820
Jimmy Stenhouse	Lochgelly Violet	1941	£15	£800
Fulton Wilson	Coats Juniors	1933	£10	£703
Richard McLatchie	Hibs	1942	£10	£500
Tom McKenna	Unattached – Fee to SFA	1943	£5	£223