PRIMEIRA LIGA · 2023/24 · ARCHIVE
Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2023/24 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2023/24 · top earner Juan Bernat on £138,000 per week · see the current Sport Lisboa e Benfica wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £667k
YEARLY WAGE BILL £35m
SQUAD SIZE91
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £35k
Then and now
Sport Lisboa e Benfica pay £1,276,972 a week in 2026/27 — 91% higher than the £666,870 of 2023/24.
Where the money went in 2023/24
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 5 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2023/24 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Bernat | £138,000 | £7,176,000 | 30 | Left-back, left winger | Spain | JUN 2025 | ||
| Nicolás Otamendi | £57,000 | £2,964,000 | 35 | Centre-back | Argentina | JUN 2025 | ||
| João Mário | £43,000 | £2,236,000 | 30 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2026 | ||
| Ángel Di María | £41,000 | £2,132,000 | 35 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Argentina | JUN 2024 | ||
| David Neres | £37,000 | £1,924,000 | 26 | Winger | Brazil | JUN 2027 | ||
| Arthur Cabral | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 25 | Striker | Brazil | JUN 2028 | ||
| Fredrik Aursnes | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 27 | Defensive midfielder | Norway | JUN 2027 | ||
| Anatolii Trubin | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 21 | Goalkeeper | Ukraine | JUN 2028 | ||
| Orkun Kökçü | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 22 | Attacking midfielder | Türkiye | JUN 2028 | ||
| Rafa | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 30 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Marcos Leonardo | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 20 | Left winger, striker | Brazil | JUN 2029 | ||
| Florentino Luís | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 23 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2027 | ||
| Alexander Bah | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 25 | Right-back, right winger | Denmark | JUN 2027 | ||
| Casper Tengstedt | £18,000 | £936,000 | 23 | Striker | Denmark | JUN 2028 | ||
| Morato | £17,000 | £884,000 | 22 | Centre-back | Brazil | JUN 2027 | ||
| António Silva | £14,000 | £728,000 | 19 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2027 | ||
| João Neves | £14,000 | £728,000 | 18 | Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2028 | ||
| Tiago Gouveia | £6,600 | £343,200 | 22 | Winger | Portugal | JUN 2028 | ||
| Tomás Araújo | £5,600 | £291,200 | 21 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2028 | ||
| Benjamín Rollheiser | £5,500 | £286,000 | 23 | Attacking midfielder | Argentina | JUN 2025 | ||
| Álvaro Carreras | £4,000 | £208,000 | 20 | Left-back | Spain | JUN 2024 | ||
| Samuel Soares | £3,600 | £187,200 | 21 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2027 | ||
| André Gomes | £3,500 | £182,000 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2028 | ||
| Diogo Spencer | £3,400 | £176,800 | 19 | Full-back | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| João Veloso | £3,100 | £161,200 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2028 | ||
| Marcel Mendes-Dudziński | £2,900 | £150,800 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Poland | JUN 2028 | ||
| Tiago Coser | £2,600 | £135,200 | 19 | Centre-back | Brazil | JUN 2027 | ||
| Alexander Sandahl | £2,500 | £130,000 | 19 | Goalkeeper | Sweden | JUN 2025 | ||
| João Conceição | £2,100 | £109,200 | 18 | Right-back | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| José Müller | £2,100 | £109,200 | 20 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Ivan Lima | £2,100 | £109,200 | 18 | Winger | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Kyanno Lorenzo (Kyanno Silva) | £2,000 | £104,000 | 18 | Winger | Netherlands | JUN 2026 | ||
| Paul Okon | £1,800 | £93,600 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | Australia | JUN 2027 | ||
| Tiago Parente | £1,600 | £83,200 | 17 | Left-back | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Carlos Meotti | £1,400 | £72,800 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2026 | ||
| Guilherme Gaspar | £1,200 | £62,400 | 17 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Guilherme Afonso | £1,200 | £62,400 | 17 | Winger | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| João Fidalgo | £1,100 | £57,200 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2026 | ||
| José Melro | £1,100 | £57,200 | 19 | Right winger, striker | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| João Pereira | £1,100 | £57,200 | 18 | Left-back | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| João Félix | £1,100 | £57,200 | 20 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Jelani Trevisan Dumas | £1,100 | £57,200 | 18 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Belgium | JUN 2024 | ||
| Guilherme Peixoto | £1,030 | £53,560 | 17 | Right-back | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Leandro Santos | £1,000 | £52,000 | 17 | Right-back | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Leandro Martins | £1,000 | £52,000 | 17 | Left-back | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Karel Mustmaa | £1,000 | £52,000 | 17 | Left winger, striker | Estonia | JUN 2024 | ||
| Luka Veličković | £1,000 | £52,000 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Serbia | JUN 2026 | ||
| Martim Ferreira | £920 | £47,840 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2027 | ||
| Modibo Keita | £900 | £46,800 | 19 | Centre-back | Mali | JUN 2024 | ||
| Martim Fortes | £900 | £46,800 | 18 | Striker | Portugal | JUN 2028 | ||
| Olívio Tomé | £800 | £41,600 | 17 | Winger | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Rodrigo Pires | £700 | £36,400 | 17 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2026 | ||
| Rodrigo Rêgo | £700 | £36,400 | 18 | Winger | Portugal | JUN 2027 | ||
| Tiago Pinto | £600 | £31,200 | 17 | Central midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Stígur Diljan Þórðarson | £600 | £31,200 | 17 | Winger | Iceland | JUN 2025 | ||
| Sofiane Dris | £600 | £31,200 | 18 | Left winger | Algeria | JUN 2025 | ||
| Vladimir Vieira | £500 | £26,000 | 18 | Left-back | Guinea-Bissau | JUN 2024 | ||
| Diogo Ferreira | £220 | £11,440 | 18 | Central midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Gonçalo Moreira | £90 | £4,680 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| João Fonseca | £90 | £4,680 | 16 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Arnas Voitinovičius | £90 | £4,680 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Lithuania | JUN 2024 | ||
| Tiago Freitas | £90 | £4,680 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| André Vakulyuk | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Ukraine | JUN 2026 | ||
| Francisco Couto | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right-back, winger | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| João Afonso | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Winger | Portugal | JUN 2027 | ||
| Sandro Santo | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2026 | ||
| João Capucho | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Left-back | Portugal | JUN 2026 | ||
| João Pedro Gonçalves | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2026 | ||
| Eduardo Fernandes | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Winger | Portugal | JUN 2026 | ||
| Kevin Pinto | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right-back | Portugal | JUN 2024 | ||
| Michée Ndembi | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Belgium | JUN 2026 | ||
| Dinis Telehovschi | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2026 | ||
| Victor Saraiva | £60 | £3,120 | 15 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Gustavo Ferreira | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Portugal | JUN 2026 | ||
| Francisco Neto | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2026 | ||
| Duarte Soares | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right-back | Portugal | JUN 2026 | ||
| Filipe Gonçalves | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Benjamim Fonseca | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Anton Fisun | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Diogo Ferreira | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2026 | ||
| Rui Silva | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Diogo Rocha | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Gonçalo Oliveira | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Centre-back | Portugal | JUN 2026 | ||
| Juvenal Correia | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Left winger | Guinea-Bissau | JUN 2025 | ||
| Fletcher Lowe | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Goalkeeper | South Africa | JUN 2025 | ||
| André Moreira | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Jair Monteiro | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Striker | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Miguel Patrício | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Central midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Evandro Luz | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Right winger | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
| Artur Fernandes | £60 | £3,120 | 16 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2026 | ||
| André Gomes | £60 | £3,120 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | Portugal | JUN 2025 | ||
Wage vs age, 2023/24
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2023/24 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
44 Under £1k 1%
15 £1k-£2k 3%
12 £2k-£5k 5%
3 £5k-£10k 3%
7 £10k-£25k 19%
9 £25k-£100k 48%
1 £100k+
21%
Top 5 earners took 47% of the squad wage bill, across the 91 players we hold a 2023/24 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2023/24 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Sport Lisboa e Benfica wages, 2023/24
What was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's wage bill in 2023/24?
Sport Lisboa e Benfica paid £666,870 a week in 2023/24 - £34,677,240 across the year - spread over a squad of 91. We hold a wage for all 91 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Sport Lisboa e Benfica player in 2023/24?
Juan Bernat was the highest earner in the 2023/24 squad on £138,000 a week, 4x the 22+ squad average of £34,673.
What was the average Sport Lisboa e Benfica salary in 2023/24?
The average Sport Lisboa e Benfica player aged 22 or over earned £34,673 a week in 2023/24, across the 15 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 91. The top five earners took 47% of the bill between them.
How do Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 2023/24 wages compare with now?
Sport Lisboa e Benfica pay £1,276,972 a week in 2026/27, 91% higher than the £666,870 of 2023/24. The current squad is 86 players against 91 then.