SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Rafa has earned AU$32m at Sport Lisboa e Benfica across 10 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 14 of the twenty above have since left the club.
PAID TO THESE PLAYERS AU$426.5m
PLAYERS RANKED92
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB74
YEARS2017-2026
The 20 biggest earners in Sport Lisboa e Benfica history
These 20 players took AU$253.4m between them, 59% of everything Sport Lisboa e Benfica has paid the players we hold a wage for.
Every Sport Lisboa e Benfica player we hold a wage for
Every player we hold a Sport Lisboa e Benfica wage for, ranked on what the club has paid them. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
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| # | PLAYER | EARNED AT CLUB | SEASONS | YEARS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rafa Current squad | AU$32m | 10 | 2017-2026 |
| 2 | Nicolás Otamendi | AU$25.3m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 3 | Julian Weigl | AU$15.8m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 4 | Fredrik Aursnes Current squad | AU$14.3m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 5 | Juan Bernat | AU$13.8m | 1 | 2024 |
| 6 | Álex Grimaldo | AU$13.7m | 7 | 2017-2023 |
| 7 | Andrija Zivkovic | AU$13m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 8 | João Mário | AU$13m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 9 | Anatolii Trubin Current squad | AU$12.3m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 10 | Ljubomir Fejsa | AU$11m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 11 | Enzo Barrenechea Current squad | AU$10.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 12 | Odysseas Vlachodimos | AU$9.7m | 5 | 2019-2023 |
| 13 | Dodi Lukébakio Current squad | AU$9.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 14 | Franco Cervi | AU$9.1m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 15 | Gonçalo Guedes | AU$9.1m | 1 | 2023 |
| 16 | Alexander Bah Current squad | AU$9m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 17 | Jan Vertonghen | AU$8.9m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 18 | Lucas Veríssimo (Lucas Veríssimo da Silva) | AU$8.5m | 3 | 2021-2023 |
| 19 | Everton (Everton Sousa Soares) | AU$7.7m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 20 | Raúl Jiménez | AU$7.7m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 21 | David Neres | AU$7.5m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 22 | Vangelis Pavlidis Current squad | AU$7.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 23 | Andreas Schjelderup Current squad | AU$7m | 3 | 2023-2026 |
| 24 | António Silva | AU$6.8m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 25 | Darwin Núñez | AU$6.8m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 26 | Amar Dedić | AU$6.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 27 | Julian Draxler | AU$6m | 1 | 2023 |
| 28 | Florentino Luís | AU$5.5m | 6 | 2017-2024 |
| 29 | Leandro Barreiro Current squad | AU$5.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 30 | Richard Ríos Current squad | AU$5.3m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 31 | Mile Svilar | AU$5.1m | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 32 | André Carrillo | AU$5m | 1 | 2017 |
| 33 | Rúben Dias | AU$4.9m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 34 | Franjo Ivanović | AU$4.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 35 | Morato | AU$4.2m | 4 | 2020-2024 |
| 36 | Ángel Di María | AU$4.1m | 1 | 2024 |
| 37 | Kostas Mitroglou | AU$4m | 1 | 2017 |
| 38 | Samuel Dahl Current squad | AU$3.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 39 | Tomás Araújo Current squad | AU$3.6m | 5 | 2019-2026 |
| 40 | Gianluca Prestianni Current squad | AU$3.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 41 | Manu Silva Current squad | AU$3.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 42 | Heorhii Sudakov Current squad | AU$3.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 43 | Valentino Lazaro | AU$3.4m | 1 | 2022 |
| 44 | Bruma Current squad | AU$3.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 45 | Luca Waldschmidt | AU$3.2m | 1 | 2021 |
| 46 | Gonçalo Ramos | AU$2.9m | 5 | 2018-2023 |
| 47 | Nemanja Radonjic | AU$2.9m | 1 | 2022 |
| 48 | Henrique Araújo | AU$2.8m | 4 | 2019-2026 |
| 49 | Orkun Kökçü | AU$2.7m | 1 | 2024 |
| 50 | Roman Yaremchuk | AU$2.7m | 1 | 2022 |
| 51 | Filip Krovinovic | AU$2.5m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 52 | Marcos Leonardo | AU$2.4m | 1 | 2024 |
| 53 | Soualiho Meïté | AU$2.3m | 1 | 2022 |
| 54 | Chiquinho | AU$2.1m | 3 | 2020-2023 |
| 55 | João Neves | AU$2m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 56 | Ederson | AU$1.9m | 1 | 2017 |
| 57 | Sidny Lopes Cabral | AU$1.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 58 | Samuel Soares Current squad | AU$1.5m | 6 | 2019-2026 |
| 59 | Mihailo Ristic | AU$1.5m | 1 | 2023 |
| 60 | Petar Musa | AU$1.5m | 1 | 2023 |
| 61 | Sébastien Corchia | AU$1.5m | 1 | 2019 |
| 62 | Pedro Pereira | AU$1.4m | 1 | 2017 |
| 63 | Jota (João Filipe) | AU$1.3m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 64 | Gil Dias | AU$1.3m | 1 | 2022 |
| 65 | Gedson Fernandes | AU$1.1m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 66 | Nuno Tavares | AU$943k | 4 | 2017-2021 |
| 67 | Tyronne Ebuehi | AU$919k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 68 | Tiago Gouveia | AU$831k | 4 | 2018-2024 |
| 69 | Carlos Vinicius | AU$739k | 1 | 2020 |
| 70 | Luka Jovic | AU$699k | 1 | 2017 |
| 71 | Nélson Semedo | AU$689k | 1 | 2017 |
| 72 | Victor Lindelöf | AU$649k | 1 | 2017 |
| 73 | João Félix | AU$625k | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 74 | Benjamín Rollheiser | AU$549k | 1 | 2024 |
| 75 | Ivan Šaponjic | AU$509k | 1 | 2017 |
| 76 | Yuri Ribeiro | AU$459k | 2 | 2017-2019 |
| 77 | Chris Willock | AU$439k | 1 | 2018 |
| 78 | Álvaro Carreras | AU$399k | 1 | 2024 |
| 79 | Paulo Bernardo | AU$365k | 3 | 2019-2022 |
| 80 | Heriberto Tavares | AU$339k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 81 | Jeremy Sarmiento | AU$325k | 3 | 2019-2021 |
| 82 | André Gomes Current squad | AU$300k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 83 | Pedro Santos | AU$166k | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 84 | Mésaque Djú | AU$165k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 85 | Aurélio Buta | AU$150k | 1 | 2017 |
| 86 | João Ferreira | AU$110k | 1 | 2019 |
| 87 | Jorge Pereira | AU$84k | 1 | 2017 |
| 88 | Bernardo Silva | AU$22k | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 89 | Diego Moreira | AU$14k | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 90 | Jorge Silva | AU$6k | 1 | 2017 |
| 91 | Ricardo Mangas | AU$6k | 1 | 2017 |
| 92 | Cher Ndour | AU$5k | 1 | 2021 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at Sport Lisboa e Benfica?
Rafa, with AU$32m across 10 seasons at Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
How is a career total worked out?
Each season counts the wage the club paid that year, added to every other season we hold. A player who moved mid-season has that year credited to the club paying him more. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
How far back does this go?
It covers the 92 players we hold a Sport Lisboa e Benfica wage for, from 2017 to 2026.