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
We hold a wage for all 96 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 20 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Sport Lisboa e Benfica pay £1,116,072 a week in 2026/27 — 54% 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 | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luisão | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | 35 | D C | Brazil | ||
| André Carrillo | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | 25 | AM RL | Peru | ||
| Andreas Samaris | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 27 | DM | Greece | ||
| Rafa | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 23 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| Eduardo Salvio | £42,000 | £2,184,000 | 26 | AM R | Argentina | ||
| Jonas | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 32 | AM/F C | Brazil | ||
| Kostas Mitroglou | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 28 | ST | Greece | ||
| Júlio César | £40,000 | £2,080,000 | 36 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Raúl Jiménez | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 25 | ST | Mexico | ||
| Ljubomir Fejsa | £36,000 | £1,872,000 | 27 | DM | Serbia | ||
| Eliseu | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 32 | D/WB L | Portugal | ||
| Jardel | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 30 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Lisandro López | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 26 | D C | Argentina | ||
| Ederson | £19,000 | £988,000 | 22 | GK | Brazil | ||
| André Almeida | £19,000 | £988,000 | 25 | D RL, DM | Portugal | ||
| Pizzi | £19,000 | £988,000 | 26 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| Filipe Augusto | £17,000 | £884,000 | 22 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Andrija Zivkovic | £16,000 | £832,000 | 19 | AM RL | Serbia | ||
| Franco Cervi | £15,000 | £780,000 | 22 | AM LC | Argentina | ||
| Pedro Pereira | £14,000 | £728,000 | 18 | D RL | Portugal | ||
| Álex Grimaldo | £13,000 | £676,000 | 20 | D/WB/M L | Spain | ||
| Marcelo Hermes | £10,000 | £520,000 | 21 | D/WB L | Brazil | ||
| Bilal Ould-Chikh | £7,500 | £390,000 | 18 | AM RLC | Morocco | ||
| Branimir Kalaica | £7,500 | £390,000 | 18 | D C | Croatia | ||
| Luka Jovic | £7,000 | £364,000 | 18 | ST | Serbia | ||
| Nélson Semedo | £6,900 | £358,800 | 22 | D/WB R | Portugal | ||
| Paulo Lopes | £6,800 | £353,600 | 38 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Victor Lindelöf | £6,500 | £338,000 | 21 | D RC, DM | Sweden | ||
| Simón Ramírez | £5,600 | £291,200 | 17 | D R | Chile | ||
| André Horta | £5,500 | £286,000 | 19 | AM LC | Portugal | ||
| Ivan Šaponjic | £5,100 | £265,200 | 18 | ST | Serbia | ||
| Gedson Fernandes | £2,200 | £114,400 | 17 | D R, AM RC | Portugal | ||
| Pêpê | £1,800 | £93,600 | 19 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Pedro Amaral | £1,800 | £93,600 | 18 | D/WB L | Portugal | ||
| André Ferreira | £1,500 | £78,000 | 20 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Aurélio Buta | £1,500 | £78,000 | 19 | D/AM R | Portugal | ||
| Alexis Scholl | £1,500 | £78,000 | 20 | D/WB/M L | Belgium | ||
| Dálcio | £1,400 | £72,800 | 20 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Gonçalves | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| Filipe Ferreira | £1,300 | £67,600 | 19 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Fábio Duarte | £1,300 | £67,600 | 18 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Ferro | £1,300 | £67,600 | 19 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Yuri Ribeiro | £1,300 | £67,600 | 19 | D/WB L | Portugal | ||
| Heriberto Tavares | £1,200 | £62,400 | 19 | AM RC | Portugal | ||
| Jota (João Filipe) | £1,100 | £57,200 | 17 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Igor Rocha | £1,100 | £57,200 | 20 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Ivan Zlobin | £1,100 | £57,200 | 19 | GK | Russia | ||
| João Escoval | £1,100 | £57,200 | 19 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Zé Gomes | £1,000 | £52,000 | 17 | ST | Portugal | ||
| David Tavares | £900 | £46,800 | 17 | AM LC | Portugal | ||
| Nuca | £900 | £46,800 | 17 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Manuel Hidalgo | £900 | £46,800 | 17 | AM C | Argentina | ||
| Filipe Soares | £880 | £45,760 | 17 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Jorge Pereira | £840 | £43,680 | 18 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Jorginho | £840 | £43,680 | 18 | D/AM L | Portugal | ||
| Mésaque Djú | £810 | £42,120 | 17 | AM RL, ST | Portugal | ||
| Romário Baldé | £700 | £36,400 | 19 | AM RL, ST | Portugal | ||
| Rúben Dias | £700 | £36,400 | 19 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Diogo David | £550 | £28,600 | 17 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Guga (Gonçalo Rodrigues) | £520 | £27,040 | 18 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Vinicius Jaú | £500 | £26,000 | 18 | AM RL, ST | Brazil | ||
| Przemysław Macierzyński | £190 | £9,880 | 17 | AM L, ST | Poland | ||
| Pedro Fonseca | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Mamadou Koné | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D/WB RL | Portugal | ||
| Zidane Banjaqui | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM LC | Portugal | ||
| Fábio Baldé | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Abduramane Sani | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Kevin Csoboth | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL, ST | Hungary | ||
| Tiago Silva | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Florentino Luís | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Tiago Dias | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Pinto | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM LC | Portugal | ||
| João Valido | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Portugal | ||
| João Félix | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| Rodrigo Borges | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Calila | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D R | Portugal | ||
| Luís Pinheiro | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D R | Portugal | ||
| Rodrigo Conceição | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM R | Portugal | ||
| Ricardo Matos | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Portugal | ||
| António Ribeiro | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Miguel Nóbrega | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C, DM | Portugal | ||
| Pedro Álvaro | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Capitão | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Bruno Lourenço | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Hélder Baldé | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Garrido | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Duk | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM R, ST | Cape Verde | ||
| Nuno Tavares | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM L | Portugal | ||
| Emanuel Serrano | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D/AM R | Portugal | ||
| Gonçalo Loureiro | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Daniel Azevedo | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Mendes | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Diego Batista | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Godfried Frimpong | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D L, AM RL, ST | Holland | ||
| Jorge Silva | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Ricardo Mangas | £60 | £3,120 | 18 | D L | Portugal | ||
Wage vs age, 2016/17
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2016/17 squad, against the share of the bill they took
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 £1,116,072 a week in 2026/27, 54% higher than the £723,570 of 2016/17. The current squad is 87 players against 96 then.