Sport Lisboa e Benfica 2024/25 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2024/25 · top earner Nicolás Otamendi on £57,000 per week · see the current Sport Lisboa e Benfica wage bill
We hold a wage for all 98 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 — 138% higher than the £469,306 of 2024/25.
Where the money went in 2024/25
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 3 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2024/25 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolás Otamendi | £57,000 | £2,964,000 | 37 | D C | Argentina | ||
| Enzo Barrenechea | £50,000 | £2,600,000 | 24 | DM | Argentina | ||
| Dodi Lukébakio | £41,000 | £2,132,000 | 27 | AM RL, ST | Belgium | ||
| Fredrik Aursnes | £31,000 | £1,612,000 | 29 | DM | Norway | ||
| Anatolii Trubin | £28,000 | £1,456,000 | 23 | GK | Ukraine | ||
| Vangelis Pavlidis | £27,000 | £1,404,000 | 26 | AM LC, F C | Greece | ||
| Rafa | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 32 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| Amar Dedić | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 22 | D RL | Bosnia & Herzegovina | ||
| Andreas Schjelderup | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 21 | AM L, ST | Norway | ||
| Alexander Bah | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 27 | D/WB/AM R | Denmark | ||
| Heorhii Sudakov | £17,000 | £884,000 | 22 | AM LC | Ukraine | ||
| Franjo Ivanović | £15,000 | £780,000 | 21 | AM LC, F C | Croatia | ||
| António Silva | £14,000 | £728,000 | 21 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Gianluca Prestianni | £14,000 | £728,000 | 19 | AM RLC | Argentina | ||
| Leandro Barreiro | £13,000 | £676,000 | 25 | DM | Luxembourg | ||
| Manu Silva | £12,000 | £624,000 | 24 | D C, DM | Portugal | ||
| Tomás Araújo | £5,600 | £291,200 | 23 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Henrique Araújo | £5,200 | £270,400 | 23 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Richard Ríos | £4,700 | £244,400 | 25 | DM | Colombia | ||
| Samuel Dahl | £4,600 | £239,200 | 22 | D/WB/M L | Sweden | ||
| Samuel Soares | £3,600 | £187,200 | 23 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Bruma | £3,500 | £182,000 | 30 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Prioste | £2,400 | £124,800 | 21 | M C | |||
| Josh Wynder | £2,100 | £109,200 | 20 | D C | |||
| André Vakulyuk | £1,500 | £78,000 | 18 | DM | Ukraine | ||
| Arnas Voitinovičius | £1,500 | £78,000 | 18 | GK | Lithuania | ||
| André Gomes | £1,500 | £78,000 | 19 | AM C | Portugal | ||
| Dinis Telehovschi | £1,400 | £72,800 | 18 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Duarte Soares | £1,400 | £72,800 | 18 | D/WB R | Portugal | ||
| Diogo Rocha | £1,400 | £72,800 | 18 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Guilherme Gaspar | £1,200 | £62,400 | 19 | D LC | Portugal | ||
| Jair Monteiro | £1,100 | £57,200 | 18 | ST | Portugal | ||
| João Pedro Gonçalves | £1,100 | £57,200 | 18 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| João Afonso | £1,100 | £57,200 | 18 | AM RL | Portugal | ||
| João Fidalgo | £1,100 | £57,200 | 19 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Luka Veličković | £1,000 | £52,000 | 20 | GK | Serbia | ||
| Diogo Ferreira | £890 | £46,280 | 18 | GK | |||
| Vladimir Vieira | £888 | £46,176 | 20 | D/WB L | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Ricardo Ribeiro | £700 | £36,400 | 22 | GK | |||
| Gonçalo Oliveira | £648 | £33,696 | 19 | D C | |||
| Sidny Lopes Cabral | £600 | £31,200 | 22 | D RL | Cape Verde | ||
| João Rêgo | £548 | £28,496 | 20 | AM RLC | Portugal | ||
| Gonçalo Moreira | £533 | £27,716 | 19 | AM RLC | |||
| Rodrigo Rêgo | £423 | £21,996 | 20 | AM RL | |||
| João Veloso | £388 | £20,176 | 20 | AM C | |||
| Tiago Freitas | £251 | £13,052 | 18 | AM C | |||
| Nuno Félix | £228 | £11,856 | 21 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Francisco Neto | £218 | £11,336 | 18 | AM RLC | |||
| João Fonseca | £218 | £11,336 | 18 | D C | |||
| Olívio Tomé | £218 | £11,336 | 19 | AM RL | |||
| Gonçalo Sobral | £216 | £11,232 | 19 | GK | Portugal | ||
| Peter Edokpolor | £216 | £11,232 | 18 | ST | |||
| Gustavo Ferreira | £216 | £11,232 | 18 | ST | Portugal | ||
| Tomás de Sousa Moreira | £212 | £11,024 | 20 | AM C | |||
| Tiago Parente | £209 | £10,868 | 19 | D/WB L | |||
| Jelani Trevisan Dumas | £204 | £10,608 | 20 | AM/F C | |||
| Kevin Pinto | £195 | £10,140 | 18 | D/WB R | |||
| Leandro Martins | £190 | £9,880 | 19 | D/WB L | |||
| Martim Ferreira | £190 | £9,880 | 19 | DM | |||
| Federico Coletta | £186 | £9,672 | 18 | AM C | |||
| Eduardo Fernandes | £159 | £8,268 | 18 | AM RL | |||
| Alexander Sandahl | £150 | £7,800 | 21 | GK | |||
| João Capucho | £150 | £7,800 | 18 | D/WB L | |||
| Diego Castel-Branco | £115 | £5,980 | 17 | AM RLC | |||
| Guilherme Castro | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | AM RL | |||
| Tomás Soares | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | AM/F C | |||
| João Conceição | £109 | £5,668 | 20 | D/WB R | |||
| Jaden Umeh | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | AM L | |||
| Stevan Manuel | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | AM C | |||
| Rafael Quintas | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | DM | Portugal | ||
| Anísio Cabral | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | ST | |||
| José Neto | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | D LC | |||
| Ricardo Fernandes | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | AM RL | |||
| Gil Neves | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | AM C | |||
| Daniel Banjaqui | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | D/WB R | |||
| Dilan Neves | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | ST | |||
| Leonardo Lopes | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | GK | |||
| Marcelo Branco | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | D/WB R | |||
| Chrystyan Djaló | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | AM RL | |||
| Ismaël Dabo | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | D C | |||
| Martim Vasconcelos | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | D C | |||
| Luiz Xavier | £109 | £5,668 | 17 | GK | |||
| Martim Gomes | £90 | £4,680 | 15 | ST | |||
| Nazif Inoussa | £90 | £4,680 | 16 | AM RL | |||
| Francisco Wang | £90 | £4,680 | 15 | AM RL | |||
| Mauro Furtado | £55 | £2,860 | 16 | D C | |||
| Bernardo Nunes | £55 | £2,860 | 16 | AM R | |||
| Ricardo Neto | £55 | £2,860 | 16 | D C | |||
| Simão Constantino | £55 | £2,860 | 16 | DM | |||
| Andreson Semedo | £55 | £2,860 | 16 | AM C | |||
| Miguel Figueiredo | £55 | £2,860 | 16 | M C | |||
| Afonso Ferreirinha | £55 | £2,860 | 16 | AM/F C | |||
| Tiago Rodrigues | £55 | £2,860 | 16 | AM RL | |||
| Miguel Vieira | £55 | £2,860 | 16 | D C | |||
| Rui Silva | £55 | £2,860 | 18 | D C | Portugal | ||
| Nilson Semedo | £55 | £2,860 | 16 | AM L | |||
| Juvenal Correia | £55 | £2,860 | 18 | AM L | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| Leonardo Tavares | £55 | £2,860 | 15 | D L | |||
Wage vs age, 2024/25
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2024/25 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 44% of the squad wage bill, across the 98 players we hold a 2024/25 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2024/25 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Sport Lisboa e Benfica wages, 2024/25
What was Sport Lisboa e Benfica's wage bill in 2024/25?
Sport Lisboa e Benfica paid £469,306 a week in 2024/25 - £24,403,912 across the year - spread over a squad of 98. We hold a wage for all 98 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Sport Lisboa e Benfica player in 2024/25?
Nicolás Otamendi was the highest earner in the 2024/25 squad on £57,000 a week, 3x the 22+ squad average of £18,725.
What was the average Sport Lisboa e Benfica salary in 2024/25?
The average Sport Lisboa e Benfica player aged 22 or over earned £18,725 a week in 2024/25, across the 20 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 98. The top five earners took 44% of the bill between them.
How do Sport Lisboa e Benfica's 2024/25 wages compare with now?
Sport Lisboa e Benfica pay £1,116,072 a week in 2026/27, 138% higher than the £469,306 of 2024/25. The current squad is 87 players against 98 then.