Highest paid Brasileirão Série A players
Arthur leads on £99,000 per week. These 100 players take £2,597,000 a week between them - 57% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 708 of the 1,326 players in Brasileirão Série A.
Where the top 100 play
Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list
What each age band takes
Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age
The shape of the top 100
Weekly wage by rankArthur earns 2× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 7.6× the 100th. Half of the £2.6m a week on this page goes to the first 27 players on it.
The top 100
Tap a column heading to re-rank| # | PLAYER | WEEKLY | YEARLY | TEAM | NATION | AGE | POSITION |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Arthur | £99,000 | £5,148,000 | Grêmio | Brazil | 28 | DM |
| 02 | Jorginho | £91,000 | £4,732,000 | Flamengo | Italy | 33 | DM |
| 03 | Fred | £85,000 | £4,420,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 32 | DM, AM C |
| 04 | Bruno Henrique | £66,000 | £3,432,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 34 | AM L, ST |
| 05 | Luis Sinisterra | £65,000 | £3,380,000 | Cruzeiro Esporte Clube SAF | Colombia | 26 | AM RL |
| 06 | Everton Ribeiro | £65,000 | £3,380,000 | EC Bahia | Brazil | 36 | AM RC |
| 07 | Luciano Acosta | £62,000 | £3,224,000 | Fluminense | Argentina | 31 | AM C |
| 08 | Hulk | £57,000 | £2,964,000 | Fluminense | Brazil | 38 | AM R, ST |
| 09 | Guillermo Maripán | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | Internacional | Chile | 31 | D C |
| 10 | Allan | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | Botafogo | Brazil | 34 | DM |
| 11 | Júnior Santos | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 30 | AM RL, ST |
| 12 | Tetê | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | Grêmio | Brazil | 25 | AM RC |
| 13 | Danilo | £45,000 | £2,340,000 | Botafogo | Brazil | 24 | DM |
| 14 | Alex Sandro | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 34 | D LC |
| 15 | Gustavo Gómez | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | Palmeiras | Paraguay | 32 | D C |
| 16 | Thiago Silva | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | Fluminense | Brazil | 40 | D C |
| 17 | Gustavo Scarpa | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 31 | AM RLC |
| 18 | Giorgian De Arrascaeta | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | Flamengo | Uruguay | 31 | AM LC |
| 19 | Domingos Duarte | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | São Paulo | Portugal | 30 | D C |
| 20 | Yeferson Soteldo | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | Fluminense | Venezuela | 28 | AM L, ST |
| 21 | Yuri Alberto (Yuri Alberto Monteiro da Silva) | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | Corinthians | Brazil | 24 | AM RL, ST |
| 22 | Alan Patrick | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | Internacional | Brazil | 34 | AM C |
| 23 | Alejo Veliz | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | EC Bahia | Argentina | 21 | ST |
| 24 | Dudu | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 33 | AM RL |
| 25 | Neymar | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | Santos | Brazil | 33 | AM LC, F C |
| 26 | Marlon Freitas | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | Palmeiras | Brazil | 30 | DM |
| 27 | Santiago Rodríguez | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | Botafogo | Uruguay | 25 | AM C |
| 28 | Everton (Everton Sousa Soares) | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 29 | AM RL |
| 29 | Deyverson | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Fortaleza | Brazil | 34 | ST |
| 30 | Lucas Moura | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | São Paulo | Brazil | 32 | AM RLC, F C |
| 31 | Jhon Arias | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | Palmeiras | Colombia | 27 | AM RLC |
| 32 | Andreas Pereira | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | Palmeiras | Brazil | 29 | AM LC |
| 33 | Pedro | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 28 | ST |
| 34 | Cássio | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | Cruzeiro Esporte Clube SAF | Brazil | 38 | GK |
| 35 | Cristian Pavón | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | Grêmio | Argentina | 29 | AM RL |
| 36 | Caio Paulista | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | Palmeiras | Brazil | 27 | D/WB L, AM RL |
| 37 | Samuel Lino | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 25 | AM RL |
| 38 | Guillermo Varela | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | Flamengo | Uruguay | 32 | D/WB R |
| 39 | Rodrigo Garro | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | Corinthians | Argentina | 27 | AM RC |
| 40 | Bernard | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 32 | AM RLC |
| 41 | Clayton | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | Internacional | Brazil | 26 | ST |
| 42 | Everson | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 34 | GK |
| 43 | Paulinho | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | Palmeiras | Brazil | 24 | AM RL, ST |
| 44 | Cristian Medina | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Botafogo | Argentina | 23 | AM RC |
| 45 | Agustín Rossi | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Flamengo | Argentina | 29 | GK |
| 46 | Lucas Paquetá | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 27 | DM, AM LC |
| 47 | Danilo | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 33 | D RLC |
| 48 | Léo Duarte | £19,000 | £988,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 28 | D RC |
| 49 | Erick Pulgar | £19,000 | £988,000 | Flamengo | Chile | 31 | DM |
| 50 | Guilherme Arana | £19,000 | £988,000 | Fluminense | Brazil | 28 | D/WB/M L |
| 51 | Jefferson Savarino | £19,000 | £988,000 | Fluminense | Venezuela | 28 | AM RC |
| 52 | Gabriel Paulista | £19,000 | £988,000 | Corinthians | Brazil | 34 | D C |
| 53 | Alex Telles | £18,000 | £936,000 | Botafogo | Brazil | 32 | D/WB L |
| 54 | Paulo Henrique | £18,000 | £936,000 | Vasco da Gama | Brazil | 28 | D/WB R |
| 55 | Igor Gomes | £18,000 | £936,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 26 | AM LC |
| 56 | Léo Ortiz | £18,000 | £936,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 29 | D C, DM |
| 57 | Christian Oliva | £18,000 | £936,000 | Santos | Uruguay | 29 | DM |
| 58 | Sérgio Oliveira | £18,000 | £936,000 | Sport Recife | Portugal | 33 | DM |
| 59 | Facundo Colidio | £17,000 | £884,000 | Vasco da Gama | Argentina | 25 | AM RLC, F C |
| 60 | Keno | £17,000 | £884,000 | Fluminense | Brazil | 35 | AM RL |
| 61 | Germán Cano | £17,000 | £884,000 | Fluminense | Argentina | 37 | ST |
| 62 | Raphael Veiga | £17,000 | £884,000 | Palmeiras | Brazil | 30 | AM C |
| 63 | Artur | £16,000 | £832,000 | Botafogo | Brazil | 27 | AM RL |
| 64 | Léo Jardim | £16,000 | £832,000 | Vasco da Gama | Brazil | 30 | GK |
| 65 | Marino Hinestroza | £16,000 | £832,000 | Vasco da Gama | Colombia | 23 | AM RL |
| 66 | Alan Franco | £16,000 | £832,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Ecuador | 26 | DM |
| 67 | Renan Lodi | £16,000 | £832,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 27 | D/WB/M L |
| 68 | Nicolás De La Cruz | £16,000 | £832,000 | Flamengo | Uruguay | 28 | AM LC |
| 69 | Iago Borduchi | £16,000 | £832,000 | EC Bahia | Brazil | 28 | D/WB L |
| 70 | Fernando | £16,000 | £832,000 | Red Bull Bragantino | Brazil | 26 | AM LC, F C |
| 71 | Jonathan Calleri | £16,000 | £832,000 | São Paulo | Argentina | 31 | ST |
| 72 | Felipe Anderson | £16,000 | £832,000 | Palmeiras | Brazil | 32 | AM RLC, F C |
| 73 | Fausto Vera | £15,000 | £780,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Argentina | 25 | DM |
| 74 | Emerson Royal | £15,000 | £780,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 26 | D/WB R |
| 75 | Saúl | £15,000 | £780,000 | Flamengo | Spain | 30 | DM |
| 76 | Guido Herrera | £15,000 | £780,000 | EC Bahia | Argentina | 33 | GK |
| 77 | Hércules | £15,000 | £780,000 | Fluminense | Brazil | 24 | DM |
| 78 | Martin Braithwaite | £15,000 | £780,000 | Grêmio | Denmark | 34 | AM RL, ST |
| 79 | Aurélio Buta | £15,000 | £780,000 | São Paulo | Portugal | 28 | D/WB R |
| 80 | Alexandro Bernabéi | £15,000 | £780,000 | Internacional | Argentina | 24 | D/WB/M L |
| 81 | Gabriel Mercado | £15,000 | £780,000 | Internacional | Argentina | 38 | D RC |
| 82 | Philippe Coutinho | £14,000 | £728,000 | Vasco da Gama | Brazil | 33 | AM LC |
| 83 | Breno Lopes | £14,000 | £728,000 | Coritiba | Brazil | 29 | AM RL, ST |
| 84 | Agustín Canobbio | £14,000 | £728,000 | Fluminense | Uruguay | 26 | AM RL |
| 85 | Ignacio | £14,000 | £728,000 | Fluminense | Brazil | 28 | D C |
| 86 | Ganso | £14,000 | £728,000 | Fluminense | Brazil | 35 | AM C |
| 87 | Carlos Vinicius | £14,000 | £728,000 | Grêmio | Brazil | 30 | ST |
| 88 | Adonis Frías | £14,000 | £728,000 | Santos | Argentina | 27 | D C |
| 89 | Victor Sá | £14,000 | £728,000 | São Paulo | Brazil | 31 | AM RL |
| 90 | José Manuel López | £14,000 | £728,000 | Palmeiras | Argentina | 24 | ST |
| 91 | Mateo Cassierra | £13,000 | £676,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Colombia | 28 | ST |
| 92 | Jean Lucas | £13,000 | £676,000 | EC Bahia | Brazil | 27 | DM |
| 93 | Martinelli | £13,000 | £676,000 | Fluminense | Brazil | 23 | DM |
| 94 | Eduardo Sasha | £13,000 | £676,000 | Red Bull Bragantino | Brazil | 33 | AM L, ST |
| 95 | Benjamín Rollheiser | £13,000 | £676,000 | Santos | Argentina | 25 | AM RLC |
| 96 | Nahuel Ferraresi | £13,000 | £676,000 | São Paulo | Venezuela | 26 | D C |
| 97 | Enzo Díaz | £13,000 | £676,000 | São Paulo | Argentina | 29 | D/WB L |
| 98 | Damián Bobadilla | £13,000 | £676,000 | São Paulo | Paraguay | 24 | DM, AM C |
| 99 | Maurício | £13,000 | £676,000 | Palmeiras | Paraguay | 24 | AM RLC |
| 100 | Bruno Fuchs (Bruno de Lara Fuchs) | £13,000 | £676,000 | Palmeiras | Brazil | 26 | D C, DM |
Frequently asked questions
Who is the highest paid player in Brasileirão Série A?
Arthur of Grêmio, on £99,000 per week — £5,148,000 a year.
How much do the top 100 Brasileirão Série A players earn between them?
£2,597,000 per week and £135,044,000 per year, which is 57% of the entire Brasileirão Série A wage bill.
Which Brasileirão Série A club has the most players in the top 100?
Flamengo, with 16 of them, paying £476,000 a week across those players.
What does it take to make the top 100?
£13,000 per week — that is what Bruno Fuchs (Bruno de Lara Fuchs) earns in 100th place.