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PRIMEIRA LIGA · ATTACKERS · 2026/27

Highest paid Primeira Liga attackers

Jhon Durán is the best-paid attacker in the Primeira Liga, on £300,000 a week at Sport Lisboa e Benfica, or £15,600,000 a year. Santiago Giménez is next on £75,000 at Futebol Clube do Porto. We hold wages for 346 Primeira Liga attackers in 2026/27.

BEST PAID £300k
AVERAGE WAGE £8,858
SHARE OF WAGE BILL38%
TOP 10 A WEEK £776k
WAGES HELD346

The 50 best-paid Primeira Liga attackers

Weekly wage, 2026/27. A player who plays in two areas of the pitch is on both lists, at the full wage.

The best-paid attackers in the Primeira Liga in 2026/27, ranked by weekly wage, with the yearly wage, club, age, position and nationality.
# PLAYER WEEKLY YEARLY CLUB AGE POSITION NATION
1 Jhon Durán £300,000£300k £15,600,000£15.6m Sport Lisboa e Benfica 21 Striker Colombia
2 Santiago Giménez £75,000£75k £3,900,000£3.9m Futebol Clube do Porto 24 Striker Mexico
3 Rafa £68,000£68k £3,536,000£3.5m Sport Lisboa e Benfica 32 Attacking midfielder, striker Portugal
4 Pedro Gonçalves £62,000£62k £3,224,000£3.2m Sporting Clube de Portugal 27 Attacking midfielder Portugal
5 Fredrik Aursnes £50,000£50k £2,600,000£2.6m Sport Lisboa e Benfica 29 Attacking midfielder Norway
6 Dodi Lukébakio £50,000£50k £2,600,000£2.6m Sport Lisboa e Benfica 27 Winger, striker Belgium
7 Vangelis Pavlidis £45,000£45k £2,340,000£2.3m Sport Lisboa e Benfica 26 Striker Greece
8 André Silva £44,000£44k £2,288,000£2.3m Futebol Clube do Porto 29 Striker Portugal
9 Fotis Ioannidis £41,000£41k £2,132,000£2.1m Sporting Clube de Portugal 25 Striker Greece
10 Luis Suárez £41,000£41k £2,132,000£2.1m Sporting Clube de Portugal 27 Striker Colombia
11 Pepê £40,000£40k £2,080,000£2.1m Futebol Clube do Porto 28 Attacking midfielder Brazil
12 Gabri Veiga £37,000£37k £1,924,000£1.9m Futebol Clube do Porto 23 Attacking midfielder Spain
13 Borja Sainz £35,000£35k £1,820,000£1.8m Futebol Clube do Porto 24 Left winger Spain
14 Jonas Wind £33,000£33k £1,716,000£1.7m SC Braga 26 Attacking midfielder, striker Denmark
15 Luis Guilherme £30,000£30k £1,560,000£1.6m Sporting Clube de Portugal 19 Attacking midfielder Brazil
16 Bruma £29,000£29k £1,508,000£1.5m Sport Lisboa e Benfica 30 Winger Portugal
17 Samu Omorodion £28,000£28k £1,456,000£1.5m Futebol Clube do Porto 21 Striker Spain
18 Chiquinho £27,000£27k £1,404,000£1.4m Futebol Clube de Alverca 25 Winger Portugal
19 Victor Froholdt £27,000£27k £1,404,000£1.4m Futebol Clube do Porto 19 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Denmark
20 Andreas Schjelderup £27,000£27k £1,404,000£1.4m Sport Lisboa e Benfica 21 Winger Norway
21 Jakub Kamiński £25,000£25k £1,300,000£1.3m Sport Lisboa e Benfica 23 Attacking midfielder Poland
22 Denis Huseinbašić £22,000£22k £1,144,000£1.1m SC Braga 24 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Bosnia & Herzegovina
23 Gianluca Prestianni £21,000£21k £1,092,000£1.1m Sport Lisboa e Benfica 19 Attacking midfielder Argentina
24 Gabriel Veron £20,000£20k £1,040,000£1.0m Futebol Clube do Porto 22 Winger, striker Brazil
25 Jovan Milošević £20,000£20k £1,040,000£1.0m SC Braga 19 Striker Serbia
26 Ricardo Horta £18,000£18k £936,000£936k SC Braga 30 Attacking midfielder, striker Portugal
27 Nuno Santos £17,000£17k £884,000£884k Sporting Clube de Portugal 30 Left wing-back, left winger Portugal
28 Heorhii Sudakov £17,000£17k £884,000£884k Sport Lisboa e Benfica 22 Attacking midfielder Ukraine
29 William Gomes £16,000£16k £832,000£832k Futebol Clube do Porto 19 Winger Brazil
30 Fran Navarro £16,000£16k £832,000£832k SC Braga 27 Striker Spain
31 Geny (Geny Catamo) £16,000£16k £832,000£832k Sporting Clube de Portugal 24 Wing-back, winger Mozambique
32 Rodrigo Zalazar £16,000£16k £832,000£832k Sporting Clube de Portugal 25 Attacking midfielder Uruguay
33 Pau Víctor £15,000£15k £780,000£780k SC Braga 23 Attacking midfielder, striker Spain
34 Gabri Martínez £12,000£12k £624,000£624k SC Braga 22 Winger Spain
35 Nestory Irankunda £12,000£12k £624,000£624k Sporting Clube de Portugal 19 Winger Australia
36 Nestory Irankunda £12,000£12k £624,000£624k Sporting Clube de Portugal 19 Winger Australia
37 Oskar Pietuszewski £11,000£11k £572,000£572k Futebol Clube do Porto 17 Winger Poland
38 João Simões £11,000£11k £572,000£572k Sporting Clube de Portugal 18 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Portugal
39 Mario Dorgeles £10,000£10k £520,000£520k SC Braga 20 Attacking midfielder Côte d’Ivoire
40 Jesse Derry £10,000£10k £520,000£520k Sporting Clube de Portugal 18 Attacking midfielder England
41 Fally Mayulu £8,300£8k £431,600£432k Futebol Clube de Arouca 22 Attacking midfielder, striker France
42 João Rêgo £8,100£8k £421,200£421k Casa Pia Atlético Clube 20 Attacking midfielder Portugal
43 Vasco Sousa £7,500£8k £390,000£390k Futebol Clube do Porto 22 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Portugal
44 Luís Semedo £7,000£7k £364,000£364k Moreirense 21 Striker Portugal
45 Anísio Cabral £6,500£7k £338,000£338k Sport Lisboa e Benfica 17 Striker Portugal
46 Maxime Dominguez £5,900£6k £306,800£307k Marítimo 29 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Switzerland
47 Diogo Travassos £5,400£5k £280,800£281k SC Braga 21 Right-back, right winger Portugal
48 Yellu Santiago £5,300£5k £275,600£276k Marítimo 21 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder Spain
49 Miguel Ángel Brau £4,900£5k £254,800£255k Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube 23 Left-back, left winger Spain
50 Samuel Bamba £4,600£5k £239,200£239k Marítimo 21 Winger Germany

What each position earns in the Primeira Liga

Average weekly wage of the players aged 22 or over we hold a wage for

Goalkeepers £7,355 Defenders £5,910 Midfielders £11k Attackers £8,858

Attackers take 38% of what the Primeira Liga pays its players of that age. The four shares add up to the whole bill, because a player who plays in two areas gives half the wage to each.

The clubs that pay their attackers the most

Every attacker wage we hold at each Primeira Liga club, added together, a week

Sport Lisboa e Benfica £665k Futebol Clube do Porto £359k Sporting Clube de Portugal £294k SC Braga £175k Futebol Clube de Alverca £47k Marítimo £36k Rio Ave £25k Vitória de Guimarães £24k Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube £22k Santa Clara £21k

Sport Lisboa e Benfica pay 34 attackers £665,372 a week between them, and Jhon Durán takes 45% of it.

The best-paid attacker at every Primeira Liga club

19 clubs, 2026/27, with where each ranks among the league's attackers

Each Primeira Liga club's best-paid attacker in 2026/27, the weekly wage, and that player's rank among every attacker in the league.
CLUB PLAYER WEEKLY RANK
Sport Lisboa e Benfica Jhon Durán £300,000£300k 1
Futebol Clube do Porto Santiago Giménez £75,000£75k 2
Sporting Clube de Portugal Pedro Gonçalves £62,000£62k 4
SC Braga Jonas Wind £33,000£33k 14
Futebol Clube de Alverca Chiquinho £27,000£27k 18
Futebol Clube de Arouca Fally Mayulu £8,300£8k 41
Casa Pia Atlético Clube João Rêgo £8,100£8k 42
Moreirense Luís Semedo £7,000£7k 44
Marítimo Maxime Dominguez £5,900£6k 46
Académico de Viseu Futebol Clube Miguel Ángel Brau £4,900£5k 49
Vitória de Guimarães Fabio Blanco £4,300£4k 52
Famalicão Gil Dias £4,200£4k 53
Rio Ave Dario Špikić £3,400£3k 61
Gil Vicente Héctor £3,200£3k 64
Club Football Estrela da Amadora Ianis Stoica £3,100£3k 67
Estoril Praia Futebol Rafik Guitane £2,700£3k 72
Santa Clara Andrey £2,500£3k 83
Tondela Arjen van der Heide £2,500£3k 76
Nacional da Madeira Daniel Júnior £2,400£2k 87

The best-paid attacker in every men's league

43 leagues, ordered by their best-paid attacker. The Primeira Liga ranks eighth.

The best-paid attacker in each men's league we rank attackers in, the weekly wage, and the league's average attacker wage over players aged 22 or over.
LEAGUE BEST PAID WEEKLY AVERAGE
Saudi Pro League Cristiano Ronaldo £3,000,000£3.0m £99,591£100k
La Liga Kylian Mbappé £497,000£497k £44,024£44k
Premier League Erling Haaland £450,000£450k £92,799£93k
Süper Lig Victor Osimhen £436,000£436k £28,205£28k
Major League Soccer Robert Lewandowski £432,000£432k £22,732£23k
Bundesliga Jamal Musiala £414,000£414k £50,516£51k
Ligue 1 Ousmane Dembélé £332,000£332k £29,142£29k
Primeira Liga Jhon Durán £300,000£300k £8,858£9k
Serie A Lautaro Martínez £277,000£277k £42,915£43k
La Liga 2 Álvaro Morata £138,000£138k £6,395£6k
Championship James Ward-Prowse £125,000£125k £18,757£19k
Eredivisie Julian Brandt £124,000£124k £9,719£10k
Super Liga Thiago Almada £123,000£123k £5,256£5k
Serie B Lorenzo Insigne £92,000£92k £8,599£9k
Brasileirão Série A Fred £85,000£85k £12,689£13k
Russian Premier League Wendel £71,000£71k £16,420£16k
Belgian Pro League Hans Vanaken £70,000£70k £8,070£8k
Superleague Greece Ayoub El Kaabi £64,000£64k £13,954£14k
Liga MX Julián Carranza £62,000£62k £9,234£9k
Ekstraklasa Mateusz Klich £61,000£61k £3,685£4k
2. Bundesliga Christian Eriksen £60,000£60k £9,170£9k
Austrian Bundesliga Saša Kalajdžic £53,000£53k £5,308£5k
Croatian First League Iker Almena £52,000£52k £2,068£2k
League One Bobby De Cordova-Reid £48,000£48k £5,492£5k
Chinese Super League Cryzan £43,000£43k £7,644£8k
Scottish Premiership Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain £43,000£43k £5,076£5k
Ligue 2 Téji Savanier £39,000£39k £4,021£4k
Danish Superliga Mohamed Elyounoussi £37,000£37k £6,453£6k
J1 League Erik £36,000£36k £5,315£5k
Czech First League Muhammed-Cham Saracevic £26,000£26k £2,047£2k
Categoría Primera A Luis Muriel £21,000£21k £4,564£5k
Belgian Challenger Pro League Alexis Flips £20,000£20k £1,862£2k
Thai League Bissoli £17,000£17k £2,563£3k
A-League Chris Ikonomidis £17,000£17k £1,642£2k
League Two Andreas Weimann £16,000£16k £2,954£3k
Indian Super League Dimitri Petratos £13,000£13k £985£985
Eliteserien Jón Dagur Þorsteinsson £10,000£10k £1,789£2k
Veikkausliiga Otto Ruoppi £9,000£9k £670£670
Scottish Championship Adam Montgomery £5,500£6k £928£928
I-League Blair Spittal £4,500£5k £459£459
National League James Berry £4,100£4k £1,397£1k
Meistriliiga Rauno Sappinen £1,700£2k £242£242
Canadian Premier League Ballou Tabla £839£839 £491£491

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid attacker in the Primeira Liga?

Jhon Durán of Sport Lisboa e Benfica, on £300,000 a week in 2026/27, or £15,600,000 a year. Santiago Giménez of Futebol Clube do Porto is second on £75,000 a week.

How much do Primeira Liga attackers earn?

The average Primeira Liga attacker aged 22 or over earns £8,858 a week, and the median one £2,300. Attackers take 38% of what the Primeira Liga pays its players of that age.

Which Primeira Liga club pays its attackers the most?

Sport Lisboa e Benfica, £665,372 a week across the 34 attackers we hold a wage for, led by Jhon Durán on £300,000.

Who is the highest paid attacker in football?

Of the 43 men's leagues we rank attackers in, the best-paid is Cristiano Ronaldo of Al-Nassr Football Club in the Saudi Pro League, on £3,000,000 a week. The best-paid in the Primeira Liga ranks eighth of the 43 leagues on that measure.

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