PRIMEIRA LIGA · TOP 100
Highest paid Primeira Liga players Jhon Durán leads on £300,000 per week. These 100 players take £2,958,700 a week between them - 78% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 826 of the 1,034 players in the Primeira Liga.
TOP 100 WEEKLY £3m
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL 78%
MEDIAN AGE 24
MOST IN THE LIST 25 Futebol Clube do Porto
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
Under 23 38 £889k
23-26 36 £1.1m
27-30 21 £879k
Over 30 5 £126k
The shape of the top 100 Weekly wage by rank #1 £300k #10 £57k #100 £6k
Jhon Durán earns 5.3 × what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 54 × the 100th. Half of the £3m 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 £300,000
£15,600,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Colombia 21 ST 02 João Palhinha £199,000
£10,348,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 30 DM 03 Séko Fofana £139,000
£7,228,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Côte d’Ivoire 30 DM 04 Diogo Costa £82,000
£4,264,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 25 GK 05 Santiago Giménez £75,000
£3,900,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Mexico 24 ST 06 Rafa £68,000
£3,536,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 32 AM RLC, F C 07 Anatolii Trubin £67,000
£3,484,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Ukraine 23 GK 08 Pedro Gonçalves £62,000
£3,224,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 27 AM RLC 09 Jakub Kiwior £58,000
£3,016,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Poland 25 D LC, DM 10 Enzo Barrenechea £57,000
£2,964,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Argentina 24 DM
11 Dodi Lukébakio £50,000
£2,600,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Belgium 27 AM RL, ST 12 Fredrik Aursnes £50,000
£2,600,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Norway 29 AM RC 13 Richard Ríos £48,000
£2,496,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Colombia 25 DM 14 Vangelis Pavlidis £45,000
£2,340,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Greece 26 ST 15 André Silva £44,000
£2,288,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 29 ST 16 Jan Bednarek £41,000
£2,132,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Poland 29 D C 17 Luis Suárez £41,000
£2,132,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Colombia 27 ST 18 Fotis Ioannidis £41,000
£2,132,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Greece 25 ST 19 Leandro Barreiro £41,000
£2,132,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Luxembourg 25 DM 20 Pepê £40,000
£2,080,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Brazil 28 AM RLC 21 Gabri Veiga £37,000
£1,924,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Spain 23 AM C 22 Alberto Baio £35,000
£1,820,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 21 D/WB/M R 23 Borja Sainz £35,000
£1,820,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Spain 24 AM L 24 Souza £33,000
£1,716,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Brazil 19 D/WB L 25 Jonas Wind £33,000
£1,716,000 SC Braga Denmark 26 AM/F C 26 Samuel Dahl £33,000
£1,716,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Sweden 22 D/WB/M L 27 Alan Varela £32,000
£1,664,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Argentina 24 DM 28 Gonçalo Inácio £32,000
£1,664,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 23 D C 29 Pablo Rosario £31,000
£1,612,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Dominican Republic 28 D RC, DM 30 Luis Guilherme £30,000
£1,560,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Brazil 19 AM RC 31 Alexander Bah £30,000
£1,560,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Denmark 27 D/WB/M R 32 Bruma £29,000
£1,508,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 30 AM RL 33 Samu Omorodion £28,000
£1,456,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Spain 21 ST 34 Chiquinho £27,000
£1,404,000 Futebol Clube de Alverca Portugal 25 AM RL 35 Victor Froholdt £27,000
£1,404,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Denmark 19 DM, AM C 36 Francisco Moura £27,000
£1,404,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 25 D/WB/M L 37 Andreas Schjelderup £27,000
£1,404,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Norway 21 AM RL 38 Nehuén Pérez £26,000
£1,352,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Argentina 25 D C 39 Clément Lenglet £26,000
£1,352,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica France 30 D C 40 Zeno Debast £25,000
£1,300,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Belgium 21 D C
41 Jakub Kamiński £25,000
£1,300,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Poland 23 AM RLC 42 Maximiliano Araújo £24,000
£1,248,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Uruguay 25 D/WB/M L 43 Giorgos Vagiannidis £24,000
£1,248,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Greece 23 D/WB/M R 44 Tomás Araújo £24,000
£1,248,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 23 D RC 45 Rui Silva £23,000
£1,196,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 31 GK 46 Manu Silva £23,000
£1,196,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 24 D C, DM 47 Fran Vieites £22,000
£1,144,000 Marítimo Spain 26 GK 48 Dominik Prpić £22,000
£1,144,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Croatia 21 D C 49 Denis Huseinbašić £22,000
£1,144,000 SC Braga Bosnia & Herzegovina 24 DM, AM C 50 Iván Fresneda £21,000
£1,092,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Spain 20 D/WB R 51 Gianluca Prestianni £21,000
£1,092,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Argentina 19 AM RLC 52 Gabriel Veron £20,000
£1,040,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Brazil 22 AM RL, ST 53 Jovan Milošević £20,000
£1,040,000 SC Braga Serbia 19 ST 54 Bright Arrey-Mbi £19,000
£988,000 SC Braga Germany 22 D LC 55 Ricardo Horta £18,000
£936,000 SC Braga Portugal 30 AM RLC, F C 56 Alessandro Circati £18,000
£936,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Australia 21 D C 57 Nuno Santos £17,000
£884,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 30 WB/AM L 58 Eduardo Quaresma £17,000
£884,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 23 D RC 59 Heorhii Sudakov £17,000
£884,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Ukraine 22 AM LC 60 William Gomes £16,000
£832,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Brazil 19 AM RL 61 Fran Navarro £16,000
£832,000 SC Braga Spain 27 ST 62 Rodrigo Zalazar £16,000
£832,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Uruguay 25 AM RLC 63 Sergi Altimira £16,000
£832,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Spain 23 DM 64 Geny (Geny Catamo) £16,000
£832,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Mozambique 24 WB/AM RL 65 Pau Víctor £15,000
£780,000 SC Braga Spain 23 AM RLC, F C 66 Zaidu Sanusi £14,000
£728,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Nigeria 28 D/WB/M L 67 Cláudio Ramos £14,000
£728,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 33 GK 68 Martim Fernandes £13,000
£676,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 19 D/WB RL 69 Murilo £13,000
£676,000 Gil Vicente Brazil 28 D C 70 João Moutinho £13,000
£676,000 SC Braga Portugal 38 DM
71 Gabri Martínez £12,000
£624,000 SC Braga Spain 22 AM RL 72 Nestory Irankunda £12,000
£624,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Australia 19 AM RL 73 Nestory Irankunda £12,000
£624,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Australia 19 AM RL 74 Oskar Pietuszewski £11,000
£572,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Poland 17 AM RL 75 Sotiris Alexandropoulos £11,000
£572,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Greece 23 DM 76 João Simões £11,000
£572,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal Portugal 18 DM, AM C 77 Mario Dorgeles £10,000
£520,000 SC Braga Côte d’Ivoire 20 AM LC 78 Sikou Niakaté £10,000
£520,000 SC Braga Mali 26 D C 79 Jesse Derry £10,000
£520,000 Sporting Clube de Portugal England 18 AM RLC 80 Gustaf Lagerbielke £9,200
£478,400 SC Braga Sweden 25 D C 81 Fally Mayulu £8,300
£431,600 Futebol Clube de Arouca France 22 AM/F C 82 João Rêgo £8,100
£421,200 Casa Pia Atlético Clube Portugal 20 AM RLC 83 Jean-Baptiste Gorby £8,100
£421,200 SC Braga France 22 DM 84 Ricardo Esgaio £8,000
£416,000 Gil Vicente Portugal 32 D/WB/M R 85 Víctor Gómez £8,000
£416,000 SC Braga Spain 25 D/WB/M R 86 Pedro Lima £7,800
£405,600 Sporting Clube de Portugal Brazil 19 D/WB R 87 Vasco Sousa £7,500
£390,000 Futebol Clube do Porto Portugal 22 DM, AM C 88 Bartłomiej Wdowik £7,500
£390,000 SC Braga Poland 24 D/WB/M L 89 Diogo Nascimento £7,400
£384,800 Rio Ave Portugal 22 DM 90 Luís Semedo £7,000
£364,000 Moreirense Portugal 21 ST 91 Vitor Carvalho £7,000
£364,000 SC Braga Brazil 28 D C, DM 92 Oliwier Zych £6,800
£353,600 Vitória de Guimarães Poland 21 GK 93 Anísio Cabral £6,500
£338,000 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 17 ST 94 Williams Kokolo £6,400
£332,800 Nacional da Madeira France 25 D/WB L 95 Diego Henrique £6,400
£332,800 SC Braga Portugal 20 M C 96 Juan Soriano £6,100
£317,200 Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube Spain 27 GK 97 Issa Doumbia £6,100
£317,200 Sporting Clube de Portugal Italy 21 M C 98 Lohann Doucet £6,000
£312,000 Vitória de Guimarães France 22 DM 99 Maxime Dominguez £5,900
£306,800 Marítimo Switzerland 29 DM, AM RLC 100 Samuel Soares £5,600
£291,200 Sport Lisboa e Benfica Portugal 23 GK
Frequently asked questions Who is the highest paid player in the Primeira Liga? Jhon Durán of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, on £300,000 per week — £15,600,000 a year.
How much do the top 100 Primeira Liga players earn between them? £2,958,700 per week and £153,852,400 per year, which is 78% of the entire Primeira Liga wage bill.
Which Primeira Liga club has the most players in the top 100? Sport Lisboa e Benfica, with 23 of them, paying £1,210,100 a week across those players.
What does it take to make the top 100? £5,600 per week — that is what Samuel Soares earns in 100th place.
