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QPR have made some significant progress in the summer transfer window this year; however, they are yet to splash the cash like they did at one time years ago.
As the 2025/26 Championship season edges closer, several sides have already wasted no time getting their transfer business done, with the London club being one.
Notably, QPR have signed Kwame Poku, managing to edge ahead of Rangers in the race for the former Peterborough star, whilst they have also brought in Reading ace Amadou Mbengue.
These signings display an intent to move the club forward from its 15th place finish in the Championship last season, particularly under new boss Julien Stephan.
These signings are encouraging, but they don’t come close to the record signings the club have previously made.
EFL Analysis revisits the club’s most expensive-ever signings as fans hark back to these times when the money at QPR was being thrown around a bit more.
Top five most expensive QPR signings
5. Sandro – £6 million
The former Brazilian international joined the club in September 2014 upon the return of QPR to the Premier League.
QPR were desperate to remain in the top flight, so they invested in a number of Premier League-quality signings, with Sandro being regarded as one, despite struggling at Tottenham Hotspur.
They signed the midfielder for £6 million, and he would spend three seasons at the club, with part of that being spent on loan at West Brom.
Sandro struggled at QPR, as he only managed to make 36 appearances, with most fans forgetting his time.
4. Loic Remy – £8 million
Loïc Rémy joined the club from Marseille for £8 million in the January transfer window in order to attempt to maintain their Premier League status.
He would impress during this season as he scored six goals in 14 games, but he would be unable to help save them from relegation.
Rémy would leave the club to join Newcastle on loan for the 2013-14 season, where he would again impress in the English top flight.
He would return to QPR for the following season after the London club returned to the Premier League but for only two matches before leaving for fierce rivals Chelsea.
The French international’s time was short, as he only played 16 matches, meaning each appearance for QPR cost £500,000.
3. Leroy Fer – £8 million
Leroy Fer left Norwich City as they had just been relegated from the Premier League to join QPR, who had just been promoted in the summer of 2014.
The former Dutch international was brought in for £8 million at the same time as Sandro to reinforce the midfield, with Fer proving to be better than the Brazilian that season.
However, Fer would be unable to help keep the club in the English top flight, and he would be relegated for the second consecutive season.
He would depart the club initially on loan in the second half of the following season for Swansea City after 50 matches for QPR.
2. Steven Caulker – £8.5 million
The former Sierra Leone and England international joined QPR in the summer of 2014, again another signing to attempt to keep them in the Premier League, for £8.5 million.
Steven Caulker would spend three seasons at the club across four years, spending one season on loan at both Southampton and Liverpool.
Caulker would only play 54 matches for the club, and he would struggle during his time at QPR.
He would leave the club after a disappointing four years to join Dundee in the Scottish Premiership.
1. Chris Samba – £12.5 million
QPR had attempted to buy Chris Samba from Blackburn Rovers in the summer of 2011, but the Lancashire club rejected it, accepting a bid from Anzhi Makhachkala in January 2012.
A year later QPR would capture Samba for £12.5 million, with Harry Redknapp believing he had got the defender that had been domineering at the back of the Blackburn defence.
However, he would struggle in London during the six months he spent at the club after signing a four-and-a-half-year deal.
He left QPR for £12 million to return to Anzhi Makhachkala after they were relegated from the Premier League the summer of 2014, after he failed to help keep them in the top flight.