Highest paid players from Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo is the best paid player from Portugal at £3,000,000 a week. We hold a wage for 667 of the 855 players in the squads we track who give Portugal, and they earn £10,474,500 a week between them, across 36 leagues.
The best-paid XI from Portugal
The eleven highest-paid players from Portugal that fit a 4-3-3, ranked on club wage alone.
- GK Diogo Costa £82,000 Futebol Clube do Porto
- D João Cancelo £249,000 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club
- D Rúben Dias £200,000 Manchester City
- D Matheus Nunes £130,000 Manchester City
- D Nuno Mendes £128,000 Paris Saint-Germain
- M Otávio £472,000 Al-Qadsiah Football Club
- M Rúben Neves £414,000 Al-Hilal Saudi Football Club
- M Bruno Fernandes £300,000 Manchester United
- A Cristiano Ronaldo £3,000,000 Al-Nassr Football Club
- A João Félix £580,000 Al-Nassr Football Club
- A Bernardo Silva £250,000 Real Madrid
Combined £5,805,000 per week · £301,860,000 per year
Highest paid from Portugal
Top 50 by weekly wage — 83% of every Portugal wage we hold. Sortable.
Where Portugal players play
Players we hold a wage for, and what each league pays them
What each position earns
Average weekly wage, and share of the Portugal wage total, across players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for
Peak earning years
Average weekly wage by age band
Clubs with the most Portugal players
Current squads, counting players we hold a wage for
Frequently asked questions
Players from Portugal
Who is the highest paid footballer from Portugal?
Cristiano Ronaldo of Al-Nassr Football Club is the highest paid player from Portugal in our data, on £3,000,000 per week (£156,000,000 per year).
How much do players from Portugal earn?
We hold a wage for 667 of the 855 players from Portugal in our data, so an average across them would describe those 667 rather than Portugal as a whole. The 50 highest paid are listed above.
Which league has the most players from Portugal?
The Primeira Liga has the most, with 399 players from Portugal on wages we hold, ahead of the Other clubs on 91.
How many players from Portugal do you cover?
855 players in the current squads we track give their nationality as Portugal, and we hold a weekly wage for 667 of them (78%). Figures are club wages — this page is not a national-team squad.
Which club has the most players from Portugal?
Sport Lisboa e Benfica, with 50 players from Portugal in its current squad.
Every player from Portugal
158 with a page of their own, A-Z — including players we hold no current club for