Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2019/20 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2019/20 · top earner Dyego Sousa on £92,000 per week · see the current Sport Lisboa e Benfica wage bill
We hold a wage for all 93 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 — 95% higher than the £572,490 of 2019/20.
Where the money went in 2019/20
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 13 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2019/20 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyego Sousa | £92,000 | £4,784,000 | 29 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Julian Weigl | £53,000 | £2,756,000 | 23 | DM | Germany | ||
| Andreas Samaris | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 30 | DM | Greece | ||
| Andrija Zivkovic | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | 22 | AM RLC | Serbia | ||
| Adel Taarabt | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 30 | AM C | Morocco | ||
| Rafa | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 26 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| Gabriel | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 25 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Rúben Dias | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 22 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Pizzi | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 29 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| Jardel | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 33 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Franco Cervi | £19,000 | £988,000 | 25 | AM L | Argentina | ||
| Odysseas Vlachodimos | £19,000 | £988,000 | 25 | GK | Greece | ||
| André Almeida | £18,000 | £936,000 | 28 | D RL, DM | Portugal | ||
| Álex Grimaldo | £17,000 | £884,000 | 23 | D/WB/M L | Spain | ||
| Haris Seferovic | £17,000 | £884,000 | 27 | ST | Switzerland | ||
| Ferro | £9,300 | £483,600 | 22 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Mile Svilar | £8,900 | £462,800 | 19 | GK | Belgium | ||
| Carlos Vinicius | £7,400 | £384,800 | 24 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Jota (João Filipe) | £7,100 | £369,200 | 20 | AM RLC, F C | Portugal | ||
| Florentino Luís | £5,300 | £275,600 | 19 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Tyronne Ebuehi | £4,600 | £239,200 | 23 | D/WB RL, M R | Nigeria | ||
| Chiquinho | £4,400 | £228,800 | 23 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Nuno Tavares | £3,900 | £202,800 | 19 | D/WB RL, AM L | Portugal | ||
| Ivan Zlobin | £3,100 | £161,200 | 22 | GK | Russia | ||
| Tomás Tavares | £2,600 | £135,200 | 18 | D/WB R | Portugal | ||
| Duk | £2,400 | £124,800 | 19 | AM R, ST | Cape Verde | ||
| Diogo Capitão | £2,400 | £124,800 | 19 | D C, DM | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Almeida | £2,400 | £124,800 | 18 | AM R, ST | Portugal | ||
| Filipe Cruz | £2,300 | £119,600 | 17 | D/WB/AM R | Portugal | ||
| Henrique Jocú | £2,200 | £114,400 | 17 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Henrique Araújo | £2,200 | £114,400 | 17 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Gonçalo Loureiro | £2,200 | £114,400 | 18 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Jair Tavares | £2,100 | £109,200 | 18 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Kevin Csoboth | £2,000 | £104,000 | 19 | AM RL | Hungary | ||
| Miguel Nóbrega | £1,900 | £98,800 | 19 | D C, DM | Portugal | ||
| Pedro Ganchas | £1,800 | £93,600 | 19 | D LC | Portugal | ||
| Tiago Gouveia | £1,600 | £83,200 | 18 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Tiago Araújo | £1,600 | £83,200 | 18 | D L, AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Tomás Domingos | £1,600 | £83,200 | 20 | D R | Portugal | ||
| Vasco Paciência | £1,500 | £78,000 | 19 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Adrian Bajrami | £1,500 | £78,000 | 17 | D C | Switzerland | ||
| Aleksandar Isailovic | £1,500 | £78,000 | 17 | ST | Serbia | ||
| David Barrero | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | AM/F C | Colombia | ||
| Diego Batista | £1,400 | £72,800 | 19 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Dylan Silva | £1,400 | £72,800 | 20 | GK | France | ||
| Carlos dos Santos | £1,400 | £72,800 | 18 | GK | U.S.A. | ||
| Francisco Saldanha | £1,300 | £67,600 | 18 | D C, DM | Portugal | ||
| Fabinho | £1,300 | £67,600 | 18 | D/WB R | Portugal | ||
| Gerson Sousa | £1,200 | £62,400 | 17 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Henrique Pereira | £1,200 | £62,400 | 17 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Guilherme Fernandes | £1,200 | £62,400 | 18 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Jorginho | £1,100 | £57,200 | 21 | D/WB/AM L | Portugal | ||
| João Borges | £1,100 | £57,200 | 19 | ST | Brazil | ||
| Jeremy Sarmiento | £1,100 | £57,200 | 17 | AM RL | England | ||
| Leo Kokubo | £1,000 | £52,000 | 18 | GK | Japan | ||
| Luís Pinheiro | £1,000 | £52,000 | 19 | D/WB R | Portugal | ||
| Miguel Montenegro | £900 | £46,800 | 18 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Paulo Bernardo | £800 | £41,600 | 17 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Rafael Rodrigues | £700 | £36,400 | 17 | D/WB/M L | Portugal | ||
| Renato Matos | £700 | £36,400 | 17 | D R | Portugal | ||
| Morato | £690 | £35,880 | 18 | D C, DM | Brazil | ||
| Tiago Macedo | £620 | £32,240 | 20 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Tomás Azevedo | £600 | £31,200 | 18 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Tomás Araújo | £600 | £31,200 | 17 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Samuel Soares | £600 | £31,200 | 17 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Sérgio Andrade | £600 | £31,200 | 18 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| Sandro Cruz | £600 | £31,200 | 18 | D/WB L | Portugal | ||
| Vilius Armalas | £500 | £26,000 | 18 | D C | Lithuania | ||
| Alexandre Penetra | £130 | £6,760 | 17 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Matheus Palmério | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | DM | Brazil | ||
| Bernardo Silva | £100 | £5,200 | 18 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Ronaldo Camará | £90 | £4,680 | 16 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Rafael Afonso | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C, DM | Portugal | ||
| Gustavo Mendonça | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Martim Neto | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | M RC | Portugal | ||
| Gabriel Araújo | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | D RC | Portugal | ||
| Zan Jevsenak | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | Slovenia | ||
| João Resende | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Pedro Souza | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | GK | Brazil | ||
| Pedro Santos | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM LC | Portugal | ||
| João Tomé | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| Miguel Pinto | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Rodrigo Pereira | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| José Müller | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Manuel Campos | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Dário Miranda | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D/WB RL | Portugal | ||
| Ricardo Ribeiro | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Tomás Martinho | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Gonçalo Negrão | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D R | Portugal | ||
| Francisco Domingues | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM L | Portugal | ||
| Rajmund Molnár | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Hungary | ||
| Luís Semedo | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Nascimento | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM C | Portugal | ||
Wage vs age, 2019/20
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2019/20 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 44% of the squad wage bill, across the 93 players we hold a 2019/20 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2019/20 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Sport Lisboa e Benfica wages, 2019/20
What was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's wage bill in 2019/20?
Sport Lisboa e Benfica paid £572,490 a week in 2019/20 - £29,769,480 across the year - spread over a squad of 93. We hold a wage for all 93 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Sport Lisboa e Benfica player in 2019/20?
Dyego Sousa was the highest earner in the 2019/20 squad on £92,000 a week, 3.8x the 22+ squad average of £24,240.
What was the average Sport Lisboa e Benfica salary in 2019/20?
The average Sport Lisboa e Benfica player aged 22 or over earned £24,240 a week in 2019/20, across the 20 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 93. The top five earners took 44% of the bill between them.
How do Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 2019/20 wages compare with now?
Sport Lisboa e Benfica pay £1,116,072 a week in 2026/27, 95% higher than the £572,490 of 2019/20. The current squad is 87 players against 93 then.