PRIMEIRA LIGA · TOP 100
Highest paid Primeira Liga players Jhon Durán leads on $399,000 per week. These 100 players take $3,935,071 a week between them - 78% of the league's entire payroll. We hold a salary for 826 of the 1,034 players in Primeira Liga.
TOP 100 WEEKLY $3.9m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL 78%
MEDIAN AGE 24
MOST IN THE LIST 25 Futebol Clube do Porto
Where the top 100 play Combined weekly salaries of each club's players in this list
What each age band takes Combined weekly salaries of the top 100 by age
Under 23 38 $1.2m
23-26 36 $1.4m
27-30 21 $1.2m
Over 30 5 $168k
The shape of the top 100 Weekly salary by rank #1 $399k #10 $76k #100 $7k
Jhon Durán earns 5.3 × what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 54 × the 100th. Half of the $3.9m a week on this page goes to the first 19 players on it.
The top 100 Tap a column heading to re-rank # PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY TEAM NATION AGE POSITION 01 Jhon Durán $399,000
$20,748,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Colombia 21 ST 02 João Palhinha $264,670
$13,762,840 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 30 DM 03 Séko Fofana $184,870
$9,613,240 Futebol Clube do Porto Côte d’Ivoire 30 DM 04 Diogo Costa $109,060
$5,671,120 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 25 GK 05 Santiago Giménez $99,750
$5,187,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Mexico 24 ST 06 Rafa $90,440
$4,702,880 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 32 AM RLC, F C 07 Anatolii Trubin $89,110
$4,633,720 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Ukraine 23 GK 08 Pedro Gonçalves $82,460
$4,287,920 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 27 AM RLC 09 Jakub Kiwior $77,140
$4,011,280 Futebol Clube do Porto Poland 25 D LC, DM 10 Enzo Barrenechea $75,810
$3,942,120 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Argentina 24 DM
11 Fredrik Aursnes $66,500
$3,458,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Norway 29 AM RC 12 Dodi Lukébakio $66,500
$3,458,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Belgium 27 AM RL, ST 13 Richard Ríos $63,840
$3,319,680 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Colombia 25 DM 14 Vangelis Pavlidis $59,850
$3,112,200 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Greece 26 ST 15 André Silva $58,520
$3,043,040 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 29 ST 16 Jan Bednarek $54,530
$2,835,560 Futebol Clube do Porto Poland 29 D C 17 Fotis Ioannidis $54,530
$2,835,560 Sporting Clube de Portugal Greece 25 ST 18 Luis Suárez $54,530
$2,835,560 Sporting Clube de Portugal Colombia 27 ST 19 Leandro Barreiro $54,530
$2,835,560 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Luxembourg 25 DM 20 Pepê $53,200
$2,766,400 Futebol Clube do Porto Brazil 28 AM RLC 21 Gabri Veiga $49,210
$2,558,920 Futebol Clube do Porto Spain 23 AM C 22 Alberto Baio $46,550
$2,420,600 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 21 D/WB/M R 23 Borja Sainz $46,550
$2,420,600 Futebol Clube do Porto Spain 24 AM L 24 Souza $43,890
$2,282,280 Futebol Clube do Porto Brazil 19 D/WB L 25 Jonas Wind $43,890
$2,282,280 SC Braga Denmark 26 AM/F C 26 Samuel Dahl $43,890
$2,282,280 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Sweden 22 D/WB/M L 27 Alan Varela $42,560
$2,213,120 Futebol Clube do Porto Argentina 24 DM 28 Gonçalo Inácio $42,560
$2,213,120 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 23 D C 29 Pablo Rosario $41,230
$2,143,960 Futebol Clube do Porto Dominican Republic 28 D RC, DM 30 Luis Guilherme $39,900
$2,074,800 Sporting Clube de Portugal Brazil 19 AM RC 31 Alexander Bah $39,900
$2,074,800 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Denmark 27 D/WB/M R 32 Bruma $38,570
$2,005,640 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 30 AM RL 33 Samu Omorodion $37,240
$1,936,480 Futebol Clube do Porto Spain 21 ST 34 Chiquinho $35,910
$1,867,320 Futebol Clube de Alverca Portugal 25 AM RL 35 Francisco Moura $35,910
$1,867,320 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 25 D/WB/M L 36 Victor Froholdt $35,910
$1,867,320 Futebol Clube do Porto Denmark 19 DM, AM C 37 Andreas Schjelderup $35,910
$1,867,320 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Norway 21 AM RL 38 Nehuén Pérez $34,580
$1,798,160 Futebol Clube do Porto Argentina 25 D C 39 Clément Lenglet $34,580
$1,798,160 Sport Lisboa e Benfica France 30 D C 40 Zeno Debast $33,250
$1,729,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Belgium 21 D C
41 Jakub Kamiński $33,250
$1,729,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Poland 23 AM RLC 42 Maximiliano Araújo $31,920
$1,659,840 Sporting Clube de Portugal Uruguay 25 D/WB/M L 43 Giorgos Vagiannidis $31,920
$1,659,840 Sporting Clube de Portugal Greece 23 D/WB/M R 44 Tomás Araújo $31,920
$1,659,840 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 23 D RC 45 Rui Silva $30,590
$1,590,680 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 31 GK 46 Manu Silva $30,590
$1,590,680 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 24 D C, DM 47 Fran Vieites $29,260
$1,521,520 Marítimo Spain 26 GK 48 Dominik Prpić $29,260
$1,521,520 Futebol Clube do Porto Croatia 21 D C 49 Denis Huseinbašić $29,260
$1,521,520 SC Braga Bosnia & Herzegovina 24 DM, AM C 50 Iván Fresneda $27,930
$1,452,360 Sporting Clube de Portugal Spain 20 D/WB R 51 Gianluca Prestianni $27,930
$1,452,360 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Argentina 19 AM RLC 52 Gabriel Veron $26,600
$1,383,200 Futebol Clube do Porto Brazil 22 AM RL, ST 53 Jovan Milošević $26,600
$1,383,200 SC Braga Serbia 19 ST 54 Bright Arrey-Mbi $25,270
$1,314,040 SC Braga Germany 22 D LC 55 Ricardo Horta $23,940
$1,244,880 SC Braga Portugal 30 AM RLC, F C 56 Alessandro Circati $23,940
$1,244,880 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Australia 21 D C 57 Eduardo Quaresma $22,610
$1,175,720 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 23 D RC 58 Nuno Santos $22,610
$1,175,720 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 30 WB/AM L 59 Heorhii Sudakov $22,610
$1,175,720 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Ukraine 22 AM LC 60 William Gomes $21,280
$1,106,560 Futebol Clube do Porto Brazil 19 AM RL 61 Fran Navarro $21,280
$1,106,560 SC Braga Spain 27 ST 62 Geny (Geny Catamo) $21,280
$1,106,560 Sporting Clube de Portugal Mozambique 24 WB/AM RL 63 Rodrigo Zalazar $21,280
$1,106,560 Sporting Clube de Portugal Uruguay 25 AM RLC 64 Sergi Altimira $21,280
$1,106,560 Sporting Clube de Portugal Spain 23 DM 65 Pau Víctor $19,950
$1,037,400 SC Braga Spain 23 AM RLC, F C 66 Cláudio Ramos $18,620
$968,240 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 33 GK 67 Zaidu Sanusi $18,620
$968,240 Futebol Clube do Porto Nigeria 28 D/WB/M L 68 Martim Fernandes $17,290
$899,080 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 19 D/WB RL 69 Murilo $17,290
$899,080 Gil Vicente Brazil 28 D C 70 João Moutinho $17,290
$899,080 SC Braga Portugal 38 DM
71 Gabri Martínez $15,960
$829,920 SC Braga Spain 22 AM RL 72 Nestory Irankunda $15,960
$829,920 Sporting Clube de Portugal Australia 19 AM RL 73 Nestory Irankunda $15,960
$829,920 Sporting Clube de Portugal Australia 19 AM RL 74 Oskar Pietuszewski $14,630
$760,760 Futebol Clube do Porto Poland 17 AM RL 75 Sotiris Alexandropoulos $14,630
$760,760 Sporting Clube de Portugal Greece 23 DM 76 João Simões $14,630
$760,760 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 18 DM, AM C 77 Mario Dorgeles $13,300
$691,600 SC Braga Côte d’Ivoire 20 AM LC 78 Sikou Niakaté $13,300
$691,600 SC Braga Mali 26 D C 79 Jesse Derry $13,300
$691,600 Sporting Clube de Portugal England 18 AM RLC 80 Gustaf Lagerbielke $12,236
$636,272 SC Braga Sweden 25 D C 81 Fally Mayulu $11,039
$574,028 Futebol Clube de Arouca France 22 AM/F C 82 João Rêgo $10,773
$560,196 Casa Pia Atlético Clube Portugal 20 AM RLC 83 Jean-Baptiste Gorby $10,773
$560,196 SC Braga France 22 DM 84 Ricardo Esgaio $10,640
$553,280 Gil Vicente Portugal 32 D/WB/M R 85 Víctor Gómez $10,640
$553,280 SC Braga Spain 25 D/WB/M R 86 Pedro Lima $10,374
$539,448 Sporting Clube de Portugal Brazil 19 D/WB R 87 Vasco Sousa $9,975
$518,700 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 22 DM, AM C 88 Bartłomiej Wdowik $9,975
$518,700 SC Braga Poland 24 D/WB/M L 89 Diogo Nascimento $9,842
$511,784 Rio Ave Portugal 22 DM 90 Luís Semedo $9,310
$484,120 Moreirense Portugal 21 ST 91 Vitor Carvalho $9,310
$484,120 SC Braga Brazil 28 D C, DM 92 Oliwier Zych $9,044
$470,288 Vitória de Guimarães Poland 21 GK 93 Anísio Cabral $8,645
$449,540 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 17 ST 94 Williams Kokolo $8,512
$442,624 Nacional da Madeira France 25 D/WB L 95 Diego Henrique $8,512
$442,624 SC Braga Portugal 20 M C 96 Juan Soriano $8,113
$421,876 Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube Spain 27 GK 97 Issa Doumbia $8,113
$421,876 Sporting Clube de Portugal Italy 21 M C 98 Lohann Doucet $7,980
$414,960 Vitória de Guimarães France 22 DM 99 Maxime Dominguez $7,847
$408,044 Marítimo Switzerland 29 DM, AM RLC 100 Samuel Soares $7,448
$387,296 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 23 GK
Frequently asked questions Who is the highest paid player in Primeira Liga? Jhon Durán of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, on $399,000 per week — $20,748,000 a year.
How much do the top 100 Primeira Liga players earn between them? $3,935,071 per week and $204,623,692 per year, which is 78% of the entire Primeira Liga payroll.
Which Primeira Liga club has the most players in the top 100? Sport Lisboa e Benfica, with 23 of them, paying $1,609,433 a week across those players.
What does it take to make the top 100? $7,448 per week — that is what Samuel Soares earns in 100th place.
