SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Rafa has earned $22.5m 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 $299.9m
PLAYERS RANKED92
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB74
YEARS2017-2026
The 20 biggest earners in Sport Lisboa e Benfica history
These 20 players took $178.2m between them, 59% of everything Sport Lisboa e Benfica has paid the players we hold a salary for.
Every Sport Lisboa e Benfica player we hold a salary for
Every player we hold a Sport Lisboa e Benfica salary 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 | $22.5m | 10 | 2017-2026 |
| 2 | Nicolás Otamendi | $17.8m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 3 | Julian Weigl | $11.1m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 4 | Fredrik Aursnes Current squad | $10m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 5 | Juan Bernat | $9.7m | 1 | 2024 |
| 6 | Álex Grimaldo | $9.6m | 7 | 2017-2023 |
| 7 | Andrija Zivkovic | $9.1m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 8 | João Mário | $9.1m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 9 | Anatolii Trubin Current squad | $8.6m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 10 | Ljubomir Fejsa | $7.7m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 11 | Enzo Barrenechea Current squad | $7.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 12 | Odysseas Vlachodimos | $6.8m | 5 | 2019-2023 |
| 13 | Dodi Lukébakio Current squad | $6.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 14 | Franco Cervi | $6.4m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 15 | Gonçalo Guedes | $6.4m | 1 | 2023 |
| 16 | Alexander Bah Current squad | $6.3m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 17 | Jan Vertonghen | $6.2m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 18 | Lucas Veríssimo (Lucas Veríssimo da Silva) | $6m | 3 | 2021-2023 |
| 19 | Everton (Everton Sousa Soares) | $5.4m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 20 | Raúl Jiménez | $5.4m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 21 | David Neres | $5.3m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 22 | Vangelis Pavlidis Current squad | $5.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 23 | Andreas Schjelderup Current squad | $4.9m | 3 | 2023-2026 |
| 24 | António Silva | $4.8m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 25 | Darwin Núñez | $4.8m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 26 | Amar Dedić | $4.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 27 | Julian Draxler | $4.2m | 1 | 2023 |
| 28 | Florentino Luís | $3.9m | 6 | 2017-2024 |
| 29 | Leandro Barreiro Current squad | $3.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 30 | Richard Ríos Current squad | $3.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 31 | Mile Svilar | $3.6m | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 32 | André Carrillo | $3.5m | 1 | 2017 |
| 33 | Rúben Dias | $3.5m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 34 | Franjo Ivanović | $3.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 35 | Morato | $2.9m | 4 | 2020-2024 |
| 36 | Ángel Di María | $2.9m | 1 | 2024 |
| 37 | Kostas Mitroglou | $2.8m | 1 | 2017 |
| 38 | Samuel Dahl Current squad | $2.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 39 | Tomás Araújo Current squad | $2.5m | 5 | 2019-2026 |
| 40 | Gianluca Prestianni Current squad | $2.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 41 | Manu Silva Current squad | $2.5m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 42 | Heorhii Sudakov Current squad | $2.4m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 43 | Valentino Lazaro | $2.4m | 1 | 2022 |
| 44 | Bruma Current squad | $2.3m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 45 | Luca Waldschmidt | $2.2m | 1 | 2021 |
| 46 | Gonçalo Ramos | $2.1m | 5 | 2018-2023 |
| 47 | Nemanja Radonjic | $2m | 1 | 2022 |
| 48 | Henrique Araújo | $2m | 4 | 2019-2026 |
| 49 | Orkun Kökçü | $1.9m | 1 | 2024 |
| 50 | Roman Yaremchuk | $1.9m | 1 | 2022 |
| 51 | Filip Krovinovic | $1.8m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 52 | Marcos Leonardo | $1.7m | 1 | 2024 |
| 53 | Soualiho Meïté | $1.6m | 1 | 2022 |
| 54 | Chiquinho | $1.5m | 3 | 2020-2023 |
| 55 | João Neves | $1.4m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 56 | Ederson | $1.3m | 1 | 2017 |
| 57 | Sidny Lopes Cabral | $1.1m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 58 | Samuel Soares Current squad | $1.1m | 6 | 2019-2026 |
| 59 | Mihailo Ristic | $1.1m | 1 | 2023 |
| 60 | Petar Musa | $1.1m | 1 | 2023 |
| 61 | Sébastien Corchia | $1.1m | 1 | 2019 |
| 62 | Pedro Pereira | $983k | 1 | 2017 |
| 63 | Jota (João Filipe) | $941k | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 64 | Gil Dias | $913k | 1 | 2022 |
| 65 | Gedson Fernandes | $744k | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 66 | Nuno Tavares | $663k | 4 | 2017-2021 |
| 67 | Tyronne Ebuehi | $646k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 68 | Tiago Gouveia | $584k | 4 | 2018-2024 |
| 69 | Carlos Vinicius | $519k | 1 | 2020 |
| 70 | Luka Jovic | $491k | 1 | 2017 |
| 71 | Nélson Semedo | $484k | 1 | 2017 |
| 72 | Victor Lindelöf | $456k | 1 | 2017 |
| 73 | João Félix | $439k | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 74 | Benjamín Rollheiser | $386k | 1 | 2024 |
| 75 | Ivan Šaponjic | $358k | 1 | 2017 |
| 76 | Yuri Ribeiro | $323k | 2 | 2017-2019 |
| 77 | Chris Willock | $309k | 1 | 2018 |
| 78 | Álvaro Carreras | $281k | 1 | 2024 |
| 79 | Paulo Bernardo | $257k | 3 | 2019-2022 |
| 80 | Heriberto Tavares | $239k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 81 | Jeremy Sarmiento | $229k | 3 | 2019-2021 |
| 82 | André Gomes Current squad | $215k | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 83 | Pedro Santos | $117k | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 84 | Mésaque Djú | $116k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 85 | Aurélio Buta | $105k | 1 | 2017 |
| 86 | João Ferreira | $77k | 1 | 2019 |
| 87 | Jorge Pereira | $59k | 1 | 2017 |
| 88 | Bernardo Silva | $15k | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 89 | Diego Moreira | $10k | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 90 | Jorge Silva | $4k | 1 | 2017 |
| 91 | Ricardo Mangas | $4k | 1 | 2017 |
| 92 | Cher Ndour | $4k | 1 | 2021 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at Sport Lisboa e Benfica?
Rafa, with $22.5m across 10 seasons at Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
How is a career total worked out?
Each season counts the salary 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 salary for, from 2017 to 2026.