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PRIMEIRA LIGA · TOP 100

Highest paid Primeira Liga players

Jhon Durán leads on AU$567,000 per week. These 100 players take AU$5,591,943 a week between them - 78% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 826 of the 1,034 players in Primeira Liga.

TOP 100 WEEKLY AU$5.6m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL78%
MEDIAN AGE24
MOST IN THE LIST25 Futebol Clube do Porto
Primeira Liga league stats Top earner at every club All leagues

Where the top 100 play

Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list

Sport Lisboa e Benfica 23 AU$2.3m Futebol Clube do Porto 25 AU$1.7m Sporting Clube de Portugal 22 AU$898k SC Braga 17 AU$443k Marítimo 2 AU$53k Futebol Clube de Alverca 1 AU$51k Gil Vicente 2 AU$40k Vitória de Guimarães 2 AU$24k Futebol Clube de Arouca 1 AU$16k Casa Pia Atlético Clube 1 AU$15k Rio Ave 1 AU$14k Moreirense 1 AU$13k

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 38 AU$1.7m
23-26 36 AU$2m
27-30 21 AU$1.7m
Over 30 5 AU$238k

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank
#1 AU$567k #10 AU$108k #100 AU$11k

Jhon Durán earns 5.3× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 54× the 100th. Half of the AU$5.6m a week on this page goes to the first 19 players on it.

The top 100

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#PLAYERWEEKLY YEARLYTEAMNATION AGEPOSITION
01 Jhon Durán
AU$567,000
AU$29,484,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Colombia 21 Striker
02 João Palhinha
AU$376,110
AU$19,557,720 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 30 Defensive midfielder
03 Séko Fofana
AU$262,710
AU$13,660,920 Futebol Clube do Porto Côte d’Ivoire 30 Defensive midfielder
04 Diogo Costa
AU$154,980
AU$8,058,960 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 25 Goalkeeper
05 Santiago Giménez
AU$141,750
AU$7,371,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Mexico 24 Striker
06 Rafa
AU$128,520
AU$6,683,040 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 32 Attacking midfielder, striker
07 Anatolii Trubin
AU$126,630
AU$6,584,760 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Ukraine 23 Goalkeeper
08 Pedro Gonçalves
AU$117,180
AU$6,093,360 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 27 Attacking midfielder
09 Jakub Kiwior
AU$109,620
AU$5,700,240 Futebol Clube do Porto Poland 25 Centre-back, defensive midfielder
10 Enzo Barrenechea
AU$107,730
AU$5,601,960 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Argentina 24 Defensive midfielder
11 Fredrik Aursnes
AU$94,500
AU$4,914,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Norway 29 Attacking midfielder
12 Dodi Lukébakio
AU$94,500
AU$4,914,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Belgium 27 Winger, striker
13 Richard Ríos
AU$90,720
AU$4,717,440 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Colombia 25 Defensive midfielder
14 Vangelis Pavlidis
AU$85,050
AU$4,422,600 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Greece 26 Striker
15 André Silva
AU$83,160
AU$4,324,320 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 29 Striker
16 Jan Bednarek
AU$77,490
AU$4,029,480 Futebol Clube do Porto Poland 29 Centre-back
17 Fotis Ioannidis
AU$77,490
AU$4,029,480 Sporting Clube de Portugal Greece 25 Striker
18 Luis Suárez
AU$77,490
AU$4,029,480 Sporting Clube de Portugal Colombia 27 Striker
19 Leandro Barreiro
AU$77,490
AU$4,029,480 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Luxembourg 25 Defensive midfielder
20 Pepê
AU$75,600
AU$3,931,200 Futebol Clube do Porto Brazil 28 Attacking midfielder
21 Gabri Veiga
AU$69,930
AU$3,636,360 Futebol Clube do Porto Spain 23 Attacking midfielder
22 Borja Sainz
AU$66,150
AU$3,439,800 Futebol Clube do Porto Spain 24 Left winger
23 Alberto Baio
AU$66,150
AU$3,439,800 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 21 Right-back, right midfielder
24 Souza
AU$62,370
AU$3,243,240 Futebol Clube do Porto Brazil 19 Left-back
25 Jonas Wind
AU$62,370
AU$3,243,240 SC Braga Denmark 26 Attacking midfielder, striker
26 Samuel Dahl
AU$62,370
AU$3,243,240 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Sweden 22 Left-back, left midfielder
27 Alan Varela
AU$60,480
AU$3,144,960 Futebol Clube do Porto Argentina 24 Defensive midfielder
28 Gonçalo Inácio
AU$60,480
AU$3,144,960 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 23 Centre-back
29 Pablo Rosario
AU$58,590
AU$3,046,680 Futebol Clube do Porto Dominican Republic 28 Centre-back, defensive midfielder
30 Luis Guilherme
AU$56,700
AU$2,948,400 Sporting Clube de Portugal Brazil 19 Attacking midfielder
31 Alexander Bah
AU$56,700
AU$2,948,400 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Denmark 27 Right-back, right midfielder
32 Bruma
AU$54,810
AU$2,850,120 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 30 Winger
33 Samu Omorodion
AU$52,920
AU$2,751,840 Futebol Clube do Porto Spain 21 Striker
34 Chiquinho
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 Futebol Clube de Alverca Portugal 25 Winger
35 Victor Froholdt
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 Futebol Clube do Porto Denmark 19 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
36 Francisco Moura
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 25 Left-back, left midfielder
37 Andreas Schjelderup
AU$51,030
AU$2,653,560 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Norway 21 Winger
38 Nehuén Pérez
AU$49,140
AU$2,555,280 Futebol Clube do Porto Argentina 25 Centre-back
39 Clément Lenglet
AU$49,140
AU$2,555,280 Sport Lisboa e Benfica France 30 Centre-back
40 Zeno Debast
AU$47,250
AU$2,457,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Belgium 21 Centre-back
41 Jakub Kamiński
AU$47,250
AU$2,457,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Poland 23 Attacking midfielder
42 Giorgos Vagiannidis
AU$45,360
AU$2,358,720 Sporting Clube de Portugal Greece 23 Right-back, right midfielder
43 Maximiliano Araújo
AU$45,360
AU$2,358,720 Sporting Clube de Portugal Uruguay 25 Left-back, left midfielder
44 Tomás Araújo
AU$45,360
AU$2,358,720 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 23 Centre-back
45 Rui Silva
AU$43,470
AU$2,260,440 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 31 Goalkeeper
46 Manu Silva
AU$43,470
AU$2,260,440 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 24 Centre-back, defensive midfielder
47 Fran Vieites
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Marítimo Spain 26 Goalkeeper
48 Dominik Prpić
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 Futebol Clube do Porto Croatia 21 Centre-back
49 Denis Huseinbašić
AU$41,580
AU$2,162,160 SC Braga Bosnia & Herzegovina 24 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
50 Iván Fresneda
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Sporting Clube de Portugal Spain 20 Right-back
51 Gianluca Prestianni
AU$39,690
AU$2,063,880 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Argentina 19 Attacking midfielder
52 Gabriel Veron
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 Futebol Clube do Porto Brazil 22 Winger, striker
53 Jovan Milošević
AU$37,800
AU$1,965,600 SC Braga Serbia 19 Striker
54 Bright Arrey-Mbi
AU$35,910
AU$1,867,320 SC Braga Germany 22 Centre-back
55 Ricardo Horta
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 SC Braga Portugal 30 Attacking midfielder, striker
56 Alessandro Circati
AU$34,020
AU$1,769,040 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Australia 21 Centre-back
57 Nuno Santos
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 30 Left wing-back, left winger
58 Eduardo Quaresma
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 23 Centre-back
59 Heorhii Sudakov
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Ukraine 22 Attacking midfielder
60 William Gomes
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Futebol Clube do Porto Brazil 19 Winger
61 Fran Navarro
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 SC Braga Spain 27 Striker
62 Sergi Altimira
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Sporting Clube de Portugal Spain 23 Defensive midfielder
63 Geny (Geny Catamo)
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Sporting Clube de Portugal Mozambique 24 Wing-back, winger
64 Rodrigo Zalazar
AU$30,240
AU$1,572,480 Sporting Clube de Portugal Uruguay 25 Attacking midfielder
65 Pau Víctor
AU$28,350
AU$1,474,200 SC Braga Spain 23 Attacking midfielder, striker
66 Cláudio Ramos
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 33 Goalkeeper
67 Zaidu Sanusi
AU$26,460
AU$1,375,920 Futebol Clube do Porto Nigeria 28 Left-back, left midfielder
68 Martim Fernandes
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 19 Full-back
69 Murilo
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 Gil Vicente Brazil 28 Centre-back
70 João Moutinho
AU$24,570
AU$1,277,640 SC Braga Portugal 38 Defensive midfielder
71 Gabri Martínez
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 SC Braga Spain 22 Winger
72 Nestory Irankunda
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 Sporting Clube de Portugal Australia 19 Winger
73 Nestory Irankunda
AU$22,680
AU$1,179,360 Sporting Clube de Portugal Australia 19 Winger
74 Oskar Pietuszewski
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 Futebol Clube do Porto Poland 17 Winger
75 João Simões
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 18 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
76 Sotiris Alexandropoulos
AU$20,790
AU$1,081,080 Sporting Clube de Portugal Greece 23 Defensive midfielder
77 Mario Dorgeles
AU$18,900
AU$982,800 SC Braga Côte d’Ivoire 20 Attacking midfielder
78 Sikou Niakaté
AU$18,900
AU$982,800 SC Braga Mali 26 Centre-back
79 Jesse Derry
AU$18,900
AU$982,800 Sporting Clube de Portugal England 18 Attacking midfielder
80 Gustaf Lagerbielke
AU$17,388
AU$904,176 SC Braga Sweden 25 Centre-back
81 Fally Mayulu
AU$15,687
AU$815,724 Futebol Clube de Arouca France 22 Attacking midfielder, striker
82 João Rêgo
AU$15,309
AU$796,068 Casa Pia Atlético Clube Portugal 20 Attacking midfielder
83 Jean-Baptiste Gorby
AU$15,309
AU$796,068 SC Braga France 22 Defensive midfielder
84 Ricardo Esgaio
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Gil Vicente Portugal 32 Right-back, right midfielder
85 Víctor Gómez
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 SC Braga Spain 25 Right-back, right midfielder
86 Pedro Lima
AU$14,742
AU$766,584 Sporting Clube de Portugal Brazil 19 Right-back
87 Vasco Sousa
AU$14,175
AU$737,100 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 22 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
88 Bartłomiej Wdowik
AU$14,175
AU$737,100 SC Braga Poland 24 Left-back, left midfielder
89 Diogo Nascimento
AU$13,986
AU$727,272 Rio Ave Portugal 22 Defensive midfielder
90 Luís Semedo
AU$13,230
AU$687,960 Moreirense Portugal 21 Striker
91 Vitor Carvalho
AU$13,230
AU$687,960 SC Braga Brazil 28 Centre-back, defensive midfielder
92 Oliwier Zych
AU$12,852
AU$668,304 Vitória de Guimarães Poland 21 Goalkeeper
93 Anísio Cabral
AU$12,285
AU$638,820 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 17 Striker
94 Williams Kokolo
AU$12,096
AU$628,992 Nacional da Madeira France 25 Left-back
95 Diego Henrique
AU$12,096
AU$628,992 SC Braga Portugal 20 Central midfielder
96 Juan Soriano
AU$11,529
AU$599,508 Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube Spain 27 Goalkeeper
97 Issa Doumbia
AU$11,529
AU$599,508 Sporting Clube de Portugal Italy 21 Central midfielder
98 Lohann Doucet
AU$11,340
AU$589,680 Vitória de Guimarães France 22 Defensive midfielder
99 Maxime Dominguez
AU$11,151
AU$579,852 Marítimo Switzerland 29 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
100 Samuel Soares
AU$10,584
AU$550,368 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 23 Goalkeeper

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in Primeira Liga?

Jhon Durán of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, on AU$567,000 per week — AU$29,484,000 a year.

How much do the top 100 Primeira Liga players earn between them?

AU$5,591,943 per week and AU$290,781,036 per year, which is 78% of the entire Primeira Liga wage bill.

Which Primeira Liga club has the most players in the top 100?

Sport Lisboa e Benfica, with 23 of them, paying AU$2,287,089 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$10,584 per week — that is what Samuel Soares earns in 100th place.