Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2022/23 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2022/23 · top earner Gonçalo Guedes on £91,000 per week · see the current Sport Lisboa e Benfica wage bill
We hold a wage for all 92 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 17 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 — 72% higher than the £648,640 of 2022/23.
Where the money went in 2022/23
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 6 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2022/23 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gonçalo Guedes | £91,000 | £4,732,000 | 25 | AM RLC, F C | Portugal | ||
| Julian Draxler | £60,000 | £3,120,000 | 28 | AM RLC | Germany | ||
| João Mário | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | 29 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| David Neres | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 25 | AM RL | Brazil | ||
| Nicolás Otamendi | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | 34 | D C | Argentina | ||
| Fredrik Aursnes | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 26 | DM | Norway | ||
| Lucas Veríssimo (Lucas Veríssimo da Silva) | £30,000 | £1,560,000 | 27 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Álex Grimaldo | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 26 | D/WB/M L | Spain | ||
| Rafa | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 29 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| Odysseas Vlachodimos | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 28 | GK | Greece | ||
| Andreas Schjelderup | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 18 | AM L, ST | Norway | ||
| Florentino Luís | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 22 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Alexander Bah | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 24 | D/WB/AM R | Denmark | ||
| Casper Tengstedt | £18,000 | £936,000 | 22 | AM RLC, F C | Denmark | ||
| Gilberto (Gilberto Moraes Júnior) | £17,000 | £884,000 | 29 | D/WB/M R | Brazil | ||
| Morato | £16,000 | £832,000 | 21 | D C | Brazil | ||
| Gonçalo Ramos | £16,000 | £832,000 | 21 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Petar Musa | £15,000 | £780,000 | 24 | ST | Croatia | ||
| Mihailo Ristic | £15,000 | £780,000 | 26 | D/WB L, M LC | Serbia | ||
| Chiquinho | £8,400 | £436,800 | 26 | AM RC | Portugal | ||
| António Silva | £7,500 | £390,000 | 18 | D C | Portugal | ||
| João Neves | £6,100 | £317,200 | 17 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| André Gomes | £3,500 | £182,000 | 17 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Spencer | £2,400 | £124,800 | 18 | D/WB RL | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Prioste | £2,400 | £124,800 | 18 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Guilherme Montóia | £2,200 | £114,400 | 18 | D/WB L | Portugal | ||
| Hugo Félix | £2,200 | £114,400 | 18 | AM LC | Portugal | ||
| João Rêgo | £2,100 | £109,200 | 17 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| João Veloso | £2,100 | £109,200 | 17 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| José Marques | £2,100 | £109,200 | 17 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| João Conceição | £2,100 | £109,200 | 17 | D/WB R | Portugal | ||
| Kyanno Lorenzo (Kyanno Silva) | £2,000 | £104,000 | 17 | AM RL | Holland | ||
| Kaloyan Kostov | £2,000 | £104,000 | 18 | D C | Bulgaria | ||
| Leo Kokubo | £2,000 | £104,000 | 21 | GK | Japan | ||
| Marcel Mendes-Dudziński | £1,900 | £98,800 | 17 | GK | Poland | ||
| Mario Tudose | £1,900 | £98,800 | 17 | D C, DM | Romania | ||
| Nuno Félix | £1,900 | £98,800 | 18 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Paul Okon | £1,800 | £93,600 | 17 | DM | Australia | ||
| Rafael Luís | £1,700 | £88,400 | 17 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Tomás Azevedo | £1,600 | £83,200 | 21 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Alexander Sandahl | £1,500 | £78,000 | 18 | GK | Sweden | ||
| Franculino Djú | £1,300 | £67,600 | 18 | ST | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Hugo Faria | £1,200 | £62,400 | 17 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Gabriel Araújo | £1,200 | £62,400 | 20 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Gustavo Varela | £1,200 | £62,400 | 17 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Gonçalo Negrão | £1,200 | £62,400 | 19 | D/WB R | Portugal | ||
| Júlio Gil | £1,100 | £57,200 | 17 | D/WB R | Portugal | ||
| Iuri Moreira | £1,100 | £57,200 | 18 | ST | Portugal | ||
| José Müller | £1,100 | £57,200 | 19 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Jelani Trevisan Dumas | £1,100 | £57,200 | 17 | AM RL, ST | Belgium | ||
| José Sampaio | £1,100 | £57,200 | 17 | D C | Portugal | ||
| João Pereira | £1,100 | £57,200 | 17 | D/WB L | Portugal | ||
| José Melro | £1,100 | £57,200 | 18 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| João Félix | £1,100 | £57,200 | 19 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Momed Ferreira | £900 | £46,800 | 18 | AM RL | Mozambique | ||
| Martim Ferreira | £900 | £46,800 | 18 | D/WB RL, M R | Portugal | ||
| Marcos Zambrano | £900 | £46,800 | 17 | ST | U.S.A. | ||
| Ricardo Ribeiro | £700 | £36,400 | 19 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Ricardo Marques | £700 | £36,400 | 18 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Rodrigo Rêgo | £700 | £36,400 | 17 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Rodrigo Matos | £700 | £36,400 | 18 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Sofiane Dris | £600 | £31,200 | 17 | AM L | Algeria | ||
| Vladimir Vieira | £500 | £26,000 | 17 | D/WB L | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Gonçalo Moreira | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| André Moreira | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Rodrigo Pires | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Tiago Reisinho | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Olívio Tomé | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Leandro Martins | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D/WB L | Portugal | ||
| Karel Mustmaa | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RLC | Estonia | ||
| João Fidalgo | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Guilherme Afonso | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| João Pinto | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Martim Ferreira | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Guilherme Peixoto | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D/WB R | Portugal | ||
| Miguel Vieira | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Rocha | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Tiago Parente | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D/WB L | Portugal | ||
| Miguel Constantinescu | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM RC | Romania | ||
| Rodrigo Anjos | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Stígur Diljan Þórðarson | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM RL | Iceland | ||
| João Fonseca | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Guilherme Gaspar | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Henrique Sá | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Leandro Santos | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D/WB R | Portugal | ||
| Gonçalo Oliveira | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Francisco Machado | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | D/WB L | Portugal | ||
| Tiago Pinto | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | M C | Portugal | ||
| Ivan Lima | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Tiago Freitas | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Jair Monteiro | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | ST | Portugal | ||
| André Gomes | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | AM C | Portugal | ||
Wage vs age, 2022/23
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2022/23 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 41% of the squad wage bill, across the 92 players we hold a 2022/23 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2022/23 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Sport Lisboa e Benfica wages, 2022/23
What was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's wage bill in 2022/23?
Sport Lisboa e Benfica paid £648,640 a week in 2022/23 - £33,729,280 across the year - spread over a squad of 92. We hold a wage for all 92 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Sport Lisboa e Benfica player in 2022/23?
Gonçalo Guedes was the highest earner in the 2022/23 squad on £91,000 a week, 3x the 22+ squad average of £30,494.
What was the average Sport Lisboa e Benfica salary in 2022/23?
The average Sport Lisboa e Benfica player aged 22 or over earned £30,494 a week in 2022/23, across the 17 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 92. The top five earners took 41% of the bill between them.
How do Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 2022/23 wages compare with now?
Sport Lisboa e Benfica pay £1,116,072 a week in 2026/27, 72% higher than the £648,640 of 2022/23. The current squad is 87 players against 92 then.