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PRIMEIRA LIGA · CLUB BY CLUB

Highest paid player at every Primeira Liga club

One row per club, ranked on what that club's best paid player earns. Jhon Durán of Sport Lisboa e Benfica leads on AU$567,000 a week. At the other end, Tondela pays its own best paid player, Arjen van der Heide, AU$4,725 — a gap of 120×.

BIGGEST SINGLE WAGE AU$567k Jhon Durán · Sport Lisboa e Benfica
LOWEST TOP EARNER AU$5k Arjen van der Heide · Tondela
TOP TO BOTTOM 120× Sport Lisboa e Benfica over Tondela
BIGGEST SINGLE SHARE 41% Futebol Clube de Alverca's bill taken by Chiquinho
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The best paid at each club

Weekly wage of the top earner, at the 12 clubs paying the most

Jhon Durán Sport Lisboa e Benfica AU$567k Séko Fofana Futebol Clube do Porto AU$263k Pedro Gonçalves Sporting Clube de Portugal AU$117k Jonas Wind SC Braga AU$62k Chiquinho Futebol Clube de Alverca AU$51k Fran Vieites Marítimo AU$42k Murilo Gil Vicente AU$25k Fally Mayulu Futebol Clube de Arouca AU$16k João Rêgo Casa Pia Atlético Clube AU$15k Diogo Nascimento Rio Ave AU$14k Luís Semedo Moreirense AU$13k Oliwier Zych Vitória de Guimarães AU$13k

Clubs leaning hardest on one player

Top earner's share of the club's own weekly bill, among clubs where we hold at least 8 wages

Futebol Clube de Alverca Chiquinho 41% Marítimo Fran Vieites 25% Sport Lisboa e Benfica Jhon Durán 23% Gil Vicente Murilo 21% Casa Pia Atlético Clube João Rêgo 17% Moreirense Luís Semedo 16% Futebol Clube do Porto Séko Fofana 15% Nacional da Madeira Williams Kokolo 14% Rio Ave Diogo Nascimento 13% Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube Juan Soriano 12% SC Braga Jonas Wind 12% Sporting Clube de Portugal Pedro Gonçalves 11%

Every club's top earner

All 19 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage. Tap a column heading to re-rank

# CLUB TOP EARNER WEEKLY YEARLY AGE POSITION CLUB WEEKLY BILL WAGES HELD SHARE OF BILL
01 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Jhon Durán
AU$567,000
AU$29,484,000 21 ST AU$2.4m 76/86
02 Futebol Clube do Porto Séko Fofana
AU$262,710
AU$13,660,920 30 DM AU$1.8m 58/79
03 Sporting Clube de Portugal Pedro Gonçalves
AU$117,180
AU$6,093,360 27 AM RLC AU$1m 72/97
04 SC Braga Jonas Wind
AU$62,370
AU$3,243,240 26 AM/F C AU$533k 61/65
05 Futebol Clube de Alverca Chiquinho
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 25 AM RL AU$126k 24/28
06 Marítimo Fran Vieites
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 26 GK AU$163k 48/61
07 Gil Vicente Murilo
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 28 D C AU$118k 47/61
08 Futebol Clube de Arouca Fally Mayulu
AU$15,687
AU$815,724 22 AM/F C AU$37k 7/26
09 Casa Pia Atlético Clube João Rêgo
AU$15,309
AU$796,068 20 AM RLC AU$88k 23/28
10 Rio Ave Diogo Nascimento
AU$13,986
AU$727,272 22 DM AU$109k 50/64
11 Moreirense Luís Semedo
AU$13,230
AU$687,960 21 ST AU$83k 25/27
12 Vitória de Guimarães Oliwier Zych
AU$12,852
AU$668,304 21 GK AU$132k 35/41
13 Nacional da Madeira Williams Kokolo
AU$12,096
AU$628,992 25 D/WB L AU$87k 30/31
14 Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube Juan Soriano
AU$11,529
AU$599,508 27 GK AU$95k 48/60
15 Santa Clara Guilherme Romão
AU$9,828
AU$511,056 27 D/WB L AU$92k 66/77
16 Famalicão Gil Dias
AU$7,938
AU$412,776 28 WB L, AM RL AU$94k 49/60
17 Estoril Praia Futebol Joel Robles
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 35 GK AU$75k 39/53
18 Club Football Estrela da Amadora Ianis Stoica
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 22 AM L, ST AU$71k 49/61
19 Tondela Arjen van der Heide
AU$4,725
AU$245,700 23 AM RL AU$61k 23/29
A club's weekly bill is the wages we hold for its squad, so WAGES HELD is what that figure and the share beside it are taken over.

Frequently asked questions

Primeira Liga club top earners

Which Primeira Liga club pays the biggest single wage?

Sport Lisboa e Benfica. Jhon Durán earns AU$567,000 per week there, AU$29,484,000 a year, and no other club on this list pays one player more.

Which Primeira Liga club has the lowest paid top earner?

Tondela, where the best paid player we hold a wage for is Arjen van der Heide on AU$4,725 per week. Sport Lisboa e Benfica pays 120 times that for its own top earner.

Which Primeira Liga club leans hardest on one player?

Futebol Clube de Alverca. Chiquinho takes 41% of the AU$125,651 a week the club pays across the 24 squad members we hold a wage for.

How many Primeira Liga clubs are on this list?

All 19 clubs we track are ranked here, one row each — the club's best paid player and that player's wage.