PRIMEIRA LIGA · 2016/17 · ARCHIVE
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2016/17 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2016/17 · top earner Luisão on £53,000 per week · see the current Sport Lisboa e Benfica wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £724k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £38m
SQUAD SIZE96
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £29k
Then and now
Sport Lisboa e Benfica pay £1,276,972 a week in 2026/27 — 76% higher than the £723,570 of 2016/17.
Where the money went in 2016/17
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 10 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2016/17 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luisão | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | 35 | Centre-back | Brazil | JUN 2018 | ||
| André Carrillo | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | 25 | Winger | Peru | JUN 2021 | ||
| Andreas Samaris | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 27 | Defensive midfielder | Greece | JUN 2019 | ||
| Rafa | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 23 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Eduardo Salvio | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 26 | Right winger | Argentina | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jonas | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 32 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Brazil | JUN 2018 | ||
| Júlio César | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 36 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | JUN 2018 | ||
| Kostas Mitroglou | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 28 | Striker | Greece | JUN 2020 | ||
| Raúl Jiménez | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 25 | Striker | Mexico | JUN 2020 | ||
| Ljubomir Fejsa | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 27 | Defensive midfielder | Serbia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Eliseu | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 32 | Left-back | Portugal | JUN 2017 | ||
| Lisandro López | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 26 | Centre-back | Argentina | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jardel | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 30 | Centre-back | Brazil | JUN 2020 | ||
| Ederson | £19,000 | £988,000 | 22 | Goalkeeper | Brazil | JUN 2023 | ||
| André Almeida | £19,000 | £988,000 | 25 | Full-back, defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Pizzi | £19,000 | £988,000 | 26 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Filipe Augusto | £17,000 | £884,000 | 22 | Defensive midfielder | Brazil | JUN 2022 | ||
| Andrija Zivkovic | £16,000 | £832,000 | 19 | Winger | Serbia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Franco Cervi | £15,000 | £780,000 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | Argentina | JUN 2022 | ||
| Pedro Pereira | £14,000 | £728,000 | 18 | Full-back | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Álex Grimaldo | £13,000 | £676,000 | 20 | Left-back, left midfielder | Spain | JUN 2021 | ||
| Marcelo Hermes | £10,000 | £520,000 | 21 | Left-back | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Branimir Kalaica | £7,500 | £390,000 | 18 | Centre-back | Croatia | JUN 2022 | ||
| Bilal Ould-Chikh | £7,500 | £390,000 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Morocco | JUN 2020 | ||
| Luka Jovic | £7,000 | £364,000 | 18 | Striker | Serbia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Nélson Semedo | £6,900 | £358,800 | 22 | Right-back | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Paulo Lopes | £6,800 | £353,600 | 38 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2017 | ||
| Victor Lindelöf | £6,500 | £338,000 | 21 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Sweden | JUN 2020 | ||
| Simón Ramírez | £5,600 | £291,200 | 17 | Right-back | Chile | JUN 2023 | ||
| André Horta | £5,500 | £286,000 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Ivan Šaponjic | £5,100 | £265,200 | 18 | Striker | Serbia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Gedson Fernandes | £2,200 | £114,400 | 17 | Right-back, attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2022 | ||
| Pêpê | £1,800 | £93,600 | 19 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Pedro Amaral | £1,800 | £93,600 | 18 | Left-back | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| André Ferreira | £1,500 | £78,000 | 20 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Alexis Scholl | £1,500 | £78,000 | 20 | Left-back, left midfielder | Belgium | JUN 2019 | ||
| Aurélio Buta | £1,500 | £78,000 | 19 | Right-back, right winger | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Dálcio | £1,400 | £72,800 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Diogo Gonçalves | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Ferro | £1,300 | £67,600 | 19 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Filipe Ferreira | £1,300 | £67,600 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2017 | ||
| Yuri Ribeiro | £1,300 | £67,600 | 19 | Left-back | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Fábio Duarte | £1,300 | £67,600 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Heriberto Tavares | £1,200 | £62,400 | 19 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Igor Rocha | £1,100 | £57,200 | 20 | Striker | Brazil | JUN 2017 | ||
| Ivan Zlobin | £1,100 | £57,200 | 19 | Goalkeeper | Russia | JUN 2021 | ||
| Jota (João Filipe) | £1,100 | £57,200 | 17 | Winger | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| João Escoval | £1,100 | £57,200 | 19 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Zé Gomes | £1,000 | £52,000 | 17 | Striker | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| David Tavares | £900 | £46,800 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Nuca | £900 | £46,800 | 17 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Manuel Hidalgo | £900 | £46,800 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Argentina | JUN 2019 | ||
| Filipe Soares | £880 | £45,760 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jorginho | £840 | £43,680 | 18 | Left-back, left winger | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Jorge Pereira | £840 | £43,680 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Mésaque Djú | £810 | £42,120 | 17 | Winger, striker | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Romário Baldé | £700 | £36,400 | 19 | Winger, striker | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Rúben Dias | £700 | £36,400 | 19 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2017 | ||
| Diogo David | £550 | £28,600 | 17 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2017 | ||
| Guga (Gonçalo Rodrigues) | £520 | £27,040 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Vinicius Jaú | £500 | £26,000 | 18 | Winger, striker | Brazil | JUN 2021 | ||
| Przemysław Macierzyński | £190 | £9,880 | 17 | Left winger, striker | Poland | JUN 2017 | ||
| Luís Pinheiro | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right-back | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Pedro Fonseca | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| João Valido | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Tiago Silva | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Fábio Baldé | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Mamadou Koné | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Full-back | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Abduramane Sani | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Guinea-Bissau | JUN 2019 | ||
| Rodrigo Borges | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Zidane Banjaqui | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Tiago Dias | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | Winger | Portugal | JUN 2017 | ||
| Emanuel Serrano | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right-back, right winger | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Nuno Tavares | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Left winger | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ricardo Matos | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| António Ribeiro | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Diogo Capitão | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Hélder Baldé | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Diogo Garrido | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2020 | ||
| Duk | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right winger, striker | Cape Verde | JUN 2020 | ||
| Gonçalo Loureiro | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Daniel Azevedo | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2017 | ||
| Diogo Mendes | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | Central midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2017 | ||
| Diego Batista | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Central midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Godfried Frimpong | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Left-back, winger, striker | Holland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Diogo Pinto | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Kevin Csoboth | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Winger, striker | Hungary | JUN 2019 | ||
| Florentino Luís | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| João Félix | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Diogo Calila | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Right-back | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Miguel Nóbrega | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Bruno Lourenço | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | Central midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2017 | ||
| Ricardo Mangas | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | Left-back | Portugal | JUN 2017 | ||
| Jorge Silva | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2018 | ||
| Rodrigo Conceição | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right winger | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
| Pedro Álvaro | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2019 | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
47 Under £1k 2%
17 £1k-£2k 3%
1 £2k-£5k 0%
9 £5k-£10k 8%
12 £10k-£25k 28%
10 £25k-£100k 59%
Top 5 earners took 32% of the squad wage bill, across the 96 players we hold a 2016/17 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2016/17 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Sport Lisboa e Benfica wages, 2016/17
What was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's wage bill in 2016/17?
Sport Lisboa e Benfica paid £723,570 a week in 2016/17 - £37,625,640 across the year - spread over a squad of 96. We hold a wage for all 96 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Sport Lisboa e Benfica player in 2016/17?
Luisão was the highest earner in the 2016/17 squad on £53,000 a week, 1.8x the 22+ squad average of £29,485.
What was the average Sport Lisboa e Benfica salary in 2016/17?
The average Sport Lisboa e Benfica player aged 22 or over earned £29,485 a week in 2016/17, across the 20 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 96. The top five earners took 32% of the bill between them.
How do Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 2016/17 wages compare with now?
Sport Lisboa e Benfica pay £1,276,972 a week in 2026/27, 76% higher than the £723,570 of 2016/17. The current squad is 86 players against 96 then.