BRASILEIRÃO SÉRIE A · TOP 100
Highest paid Brasileirão Série A players
Arthur leads on £99,000 per week. These 100 players take £2,646,000 a week between them - 58% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 696 of the 1,296 players in Brasileirão Série A.
TOP 100 WEEKLY £2.6m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL58%
MEDIAN AGE29
MOST IN THE LIST17 Flamengo
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 rank #1 £99k #10 £52k #100 £13k
Arthur earns 1.9× 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 | Defensive midfielder |
| 02 | Jorginho | £91,000 | £4,732,000 | Flamengo | Italy | 33 | Defensive midfielder |
| 03 | Fred | £85,000 | £4,420,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 32 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 04 | Bruno Henrique | £66,000 | £3,432,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 34 | Left winger, striker |
| 05 | Luis Sinisterra | £65,000 | £3,380,000 | Cruzeiro Esporte Clube SAF | Colombia | 26 | Winger |
| 06 | Everton Ribeiro | £65,000 | £3,380,000 | EC Bahia | Brazil | 36 | Attacking midfielder |
| 07 | Luciano Acosta | £62,000 | £3,224,000 | Fluminense | Argentina | 31 | Attacking midfielder |
| 08 | Hulk | £57,000 | £2,964,000 | Fluminense | Brazil | 38 | Right winger, striker |
| 09 | Guillermo Maripán | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | Internacional | Chile | 31 | Centre-back |
| 10 | Antonio Sanabria | £52,000 | £2,704,000 | Internacional | Paraguay | 29 | Striker |
| 11 | Allan | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | Botafogo | Brazil | 34 | Defensive midfielder |
| 12 | Júnior Santos | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 30 | Winger, striker |
| 13 | Tetê | £49,000 | £2,548,000 | Grêmio | Brazil | 25 | Attacking midfielder |
| 14 | Danilo | £45,000 | £2,340,000 | Botafogo | Brazil | 24 | Defensive midfielder |
| 15 | Alex Sandro | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 34 | Centre-back |
| 16 | Gustavo Gómez | £39,000 | £2,028,000 | Palmeiras | Paraguay | 32 | Centre-back |
| 17 | Thiago Silva | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | Fluminense | Brazil | 40 | Centre-back |
| 18 | Gustavo Scarpa | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 31 | Attacking midfielder |
| 19 | Giorgian De Arrascaeta | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | Flamengo | Uruguay | 31 | Attacking midfielder |
| 20 | Domingos Duarte | £35,000 | £1,820,000 | São Paulo | Portugal | 30 | Centre-back |
| 21 | Yeferson Soteldo | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | Fluminense | Venezuela | 28 | Left winger, striker |
| 22 | Yuri Alberto (Yuri Alberto Monteiro da Silva) | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | Corinthians | Brazil | 24 | Winger, striker |
| 23 | Alan Patrick | £34,000 | £1,768,000 | Internacional | Brazil | 34 | Attacking midfielder |
| 24 | Anthony Valencia | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | Flamengo | Ecuador | 21 | Right winger, striker |
| 25 | Alejo Veliz | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | EC Bahia | Argentina | 21 | Striker |
| 26 | Dudu | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 33 | Winger |
| 27 | Neymar | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | Santos | Brazil | 33 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 28 | Marlon Freitas | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | Palmeiras | Brazil | 30 | Defensive midfielder |
| 29 | Santiago Rodríguez | £29,000 | £1,508,000 | Botafogo | Uruguay | 25 | Attacking midfielder |
| 30 | Everton (Everton Sousa Soares) | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 29 | Winger |
| 31 | Deyverson | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | Fortaleza | Brazil | 34 | Striker |
| 32 | Lucas Moura | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | São Paulo | Brazil | 32 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 33 | Jhon Arias | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | Palmeiras | Colombia | 27 | Attacking midfielder |
| 34 | Andreas Pereira | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | Palmeiras | Brazil | 29 | Attacking midfielder |
| 35 | Pedro | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 28 | Striker |
| 36 | Cássio | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | Cruzeiro Esporte Clube SAF | Brazil | 38 | Goalkeeper |
| 37 | Cristian Pavón | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | Grêmio | Argentina | 29 | Winger |
| 38 | Caio Paulista | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | Palmeiras | Brazil | 27 | Left-back, winger |
| 39 | Guillermo Varela | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | Flamengo | Uruguay | 32 | Right-back |
| 40 | Samuel Lino | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 25 | Winger |
| 41 | Rodrigo Garro | £23,000 | £1,196,000 | Corinthians | Argentina | 27 | Attacking midfielder |
| 42 | Bernard | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 32 | Attacking midfielder |
| 43 | Everson | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 34 | Goalkeeper |
| 44 | Paulinho | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | Palmeiras | Brazil | 24 | Winger, striker |
| 45 | Cristian Medina | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Botafogo | Argentina | 23 | Attacking midfielder |
| 46 | Agustín Rossi | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Flamengo | Argentina | 29 | Goalkeeper |
| 47 | Lucas Paquetá | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 27 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 48 | Danilo | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 33 | Defender |
| 49 | Léo Duarte | £19,000 | £988,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 28 | Centre-back |
| 50 | Erick Pulgar | £19,000 | £988,000 | Flamengo | Chile | 31 | Defensive midfielder |
| 51 | Guilherme Arana | £19,000 | £988,000 | Fluminense | Brazil | 28 | Left-back, left midfielder |
| 52 | Jefferson Savarino | £19,000 | £988,000 | Fluminense | Venezuela | 28 | Attacking midfielder |
| 53 | Gabriel Paulista | £19,000 | £988,000 | Corinthians | Brazil | 34 | Centre-back |
| 54 | Alex Telles | £18,000 | £936,000 | Botafogo | Brazil | 32 | Left-back |
| 55 | Paulo Henrique | £18,000 | £936,000 | Vasco da Gama | Brazil | 28 | Right-back |
| 56 | Igor Gomes | £18,000 | £936,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 26 | Attacking midfielder |
| 57 | Léo Ortiz | £18,000 | £936,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 29 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 58 | Christian Oliva | £18,000 | £936,000 | Santos | Uruguay | 29 | Defensive midfielder |
| 59 | Sérgio Oliveira | £18,000 | £936,000 | Sport Recife | Portugal | 33 | Defensive midfielder |
| 60 | Facundo Colidio | £17,000 | £884,000 | Vasco da Gama | Argentina | 25 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 61 | Keno | £17,000 | £884,000 | Fluminense | Brazil | 35 | Winger |
| 62 | Germán Cano | £17,000 | £884,000 | Fluminense | Argentina | 37 | Striker |
| 63 | Raphael Veiga | £17,000 | £884,000 | Palmeiras | Brazil | 30 | Attacking midfielder |
| 64 | Artur | £16,000 | £832,000 | Botafogo | Brazil | 27 | Winger |
| 65 | Léo Jardim | £16,000 | £832,000 | Vasco da Gama | Brazil | 30 | Goalkeeper |
| 66 | Marino Hinestroza | £16,000 | £832,000 | Vasco da Gama | Colombia | 23 | Winger |
| 67 | Alan Franco | £16,000 | £832,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Ecuador | 26 | Defensive midfielder |
| 68 | Renan Lodi | £16,000 | £832,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Brazil | 27 | Left-back, left midfielder |
| 69 | Nicolás De La Cruz | £16,000 | £832,000 | Flamengo | Uruguay | 28 | Attacking midfielder |
| 70 | Iago Borduchi | £16,000 | £832,000 | EC Bahia | Brazil | 28 | Left-back |
| 71 | Fernando | £16,000 | £832,000 | Red Bull Bragantino | Brazil | 26 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 72 | Jonathan Calleri | £16,000 | £832,000 | São Paulo | Argentina | 31 | Striker |
| 73 | Felipe Anderson | £16,000 | £832,000 | Palmeiras | Brazil | 32 | Attacking midfielder, striker |
| 74 | Fausto Vera | £15,000 | £780,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Argentina | 25 | Defensive midfielder |
| 75 | Emerson Royal | £15,000 | £780,000 | Flamengo | Brazil | 26 | Right-back |
| 76 | Saúl | £15,000 | £780,000 | Flamengo | Spain | 30 | Defensive midfielder |
| 77 | Guido Herrera | £15,000 | £780,000 | EC Bahia | Argentina | 33 | Goalkeeper |
| 78 | Hércules | £15,000 | £780,000 | Fluminense | Brazil | 24 | Defensive midfielder |
| 79 | Martin Braithwaite | £15,000 | £780,000 | Grêmio | Denmark | 34 | Winger, striker |
| 80 | Aurélio Buta | £15,000 | £780,000 | São Paulo | Portugal | 28 | Right-back |
| 81 | Gabriel Mercado | £15,000 | £780,000 | Internacional | Argentina | 38 | Centre-back |
| 82 | Alexandro Bernabéi | £15,000 | £780,000 | Internacional | Argentina | 24 | Left-back, left midfielder |
| 83 | Philippe Coutinho | £14,000 | £728,000 | Vasco da Gama | Brazil | 33 | Attacking midfielder |
| 84 | Breno Lopes | £14,000 | £728,000 | Coritiba | Brazil | 29 | Winger, striker |
| 85 | Agustín Canobbio | £14,000 | £728,000 | Fluminense | Uruguay | 26 | Winger |
| 86 | Ganso | £14,000 | £728,000 | Fluminense | Brazil | 35 | Attacking midfielder |
| 87 | Ignacio | £14,000 | £728,000 | Fluminense | Brazil | 28 | Centre-back |
| 88 | Carlos Vinicius | £14,000 | £728,000 | Grêmio | Brazil | 30 | Striker |
| 89 | Victor Sá | £14,000 | £728,000 | São Paulo | Brazil | 31 | Winger |
| 90 | José Manuel López | £14,000 | £728,000 | Palmeiras | Argentina | 24 | Striker |
| 91 | Nahuel Ferraresi | £13,000 | £676,000 | Botafogo | Venezuela | 26 | Centre-back |
| 92 | Mateo Cassierra | £13,000 | £676,000 | Atlético Mineiro | Colombia | 28 | Striker |
| 93 | Jean Lucas | £13,000 | £676,000 | EC Bahia | Brazil | 27 | Defensive midfielder |
| 94 | Martinelli | £13,000 | £676,000 | Fluminense | Brazil | 23 | Defensive midfielder |
| 95 | Eduardo Sasha | £13,000 | £676,000 | Red Bull Bragantino | Brazil | 33 | Left winger, striker |
| 96 | Benjamín Rollheiser | £13,000 | £676,000 | Santos | Argentina | 25 | Attacking midfielder |
| 97 | Enzo Díaz | £13,000 | £676,000 | São Paulo | Argentina | 29 | Left-back |
| 98 | Damián Bobadilla | £13,000 | £676,000 | São Paulo | Paraguay | 24 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder |
| 99 | Bruno Fuchs (Bruno de Lara Fuchs) | £13,000 | £676,000 | Palmeiras | Brazil | 26 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder |
| 100 | Joaquín Piquerez | £13,000 | £676,000 | Palmeiras | Uruguay | 26 | Left-back |
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?
£2,646,000 per week and £137,592,000 per year, which is 58% of the entire Brasileirão Série A wage bill.
Which Brasileirão Série A club has the most players in the top 100?
Flamengo, with 17 of them, paying £509,000 a week across those players.
What does it take to make the top 100?
£13,000 per week — that is what Joaquín Piquerez earns in 100th place.
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