SPORT LISBOA E BENFICA · ALL-TIME EARNERS
The highest earners in the history of Sport Lisboa e Benfica
Rafa has earned £17m at Sport Lisboa e Benfica across 10 seasons, more than any other player in our records. 14 of the twenty above have since left the club.
PAID TO THESE PLAYERS £222m
PLAYERS RANKED92
NO LONGER AT THE CLUB74
YEARS2017-2026
The 20 biggest earners in Sport Lisboa e Benfica history
These 20 players took £132m between them, 59% of everything Sport Lisboa e Benfica has paid the players we hold a wage for.
Every Sport Lisboa e Benfica player we hold a wage for
Every player we hold a Sport Lisboa e Benfica wage for, ranked on what the club has paid them. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
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| # | PLAYER | EARNED AT CLUB | SEASONS | YEARS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rafa Current squad | £17m | 10 | 2017-2026 |
| 2 | Nicolás Otamendi | £13m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 3 | Julian Weigl | £8.2m | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 4 | Fredrik Aursnes Current squad | £7.4m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 5 | Juan Bernat | £7.2m | 1 | 2024 |
| 6 | Álex Grimaldo | £7.1m | 7 | 2017-2023 |
| 7 | Andrija Zivkovic | £6.8m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 8 | João Mário | £6.8m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 9 | Anatolii Trubin Current squad | £6.4m | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 10 | Ljubomir Fejsa | £5.7m | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 11 | Enzo Barrenechea Current squad | £5.6m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 12 | Odysseas Vlachodimos | £5.0m | 5 | 2019-2023 |
| 13 | Dodi Lukébakio Current squad | £4.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 14 | Franco Cervi | £4.7m | 5 | 2017-2021 |
| 15 | Gonçalo Guedes | £4.7m | 1 | 2023 |
| 16 | Alexander Bah Current squad | £4.7m | 4 | 2023-2026 |
| 17 | Jan Vertonghen | £4.6m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 18 | Lucas Veríssimo (Lucas Veríssimo da Silva) | £4.4m | 3 | 2021-2023 |
| 19 | Everton (Everton Sousa Soares) | £4.0m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 20 | Raúl Jiménez | £4.0m | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 21 | David Neres | £3.9m | 2 | 2023-2024 |
| 22 | Vangelis Pavlidis Current squad | £3.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 23 | Andreas Schjelderup Current squad | £3.6m | 3 | 2023-2026 |
| 24 | António Silva | £3.5m | 6 | 2021-2026 |
| 25 | Darwin Núñez | £3.5m | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 26 | Amar Dedić | £3.2m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 27 | Julian Draxler | £3.1m | 1 | 2023 |
| 28 | Florentino Luís | £2.9m | 6 | 2017-2024 |
| 29 | Leandro Barreiro Current squad | £2.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 30 | Richard Ríos Current squad | £2.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 31 | Mile Svilar | £2.6m | 5 | 2018-2022 |
| 32 | André Carrillo | £2.6m | 1 | 2017 |
| 33 | Rúben Dias | £2.6m | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 34 | Franjo Ivanović | £2.3m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 35 | Morato | £2.2m | 4 | 2020-2024 |
| 36 | Ángel Di María | £2.1m | 1 | 2024 |
| 37 | Kostas Mitroglou | £2.1m | 1 | 2017 |
| 38 | Samuel Dahl Current squad | £2.0m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 39 | Tomás Araújo Current squad | £1.9m | 5 | 2019-2026 |
| 40 | Gianluca Prestianni Current squad | £1.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 41 | Manu Silva Current squad | £1.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 42 | Heorhii Sudakov Current squad | £1.8m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 43 | Valentino Lazaro | £1.8m | 1 | 2022 |
| 44 | Bruma Current squad | £1.7m | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 45 | Luca Waldschmidt | £1.7m | 1 | 2021 |
| 46 | Gonçalo Ramos | £1.5m | 5 | 2018-2023 |
| 47 | Nemanja Radonjic | £1.5m | 1 | 2022 |
| 48 | Henrique Araújo | £1.5m | 4 | 2019-2026 |
| 49 | Orkun Kökçü | £1.4m | 1 | 2024 |
| 50 | Roman Yaremchuk | £1.4m | 1 | 2022 |
| 51 | Filip Krovinovic | £1.3m | 2 | 2018-2019 |
| 52 | Marcos Leonardo | £1.2m | 1 | 2024 |
| 53 | Soualiho Meïté | £1.2m | 1 | 2022 |
| 54 | Chiquinho | £1.1m | 3 | 2020-2023 |
| 55 | João Neves | £1.0m | 3 | 2022-2024 |
| 56 | Ederson | £988k | 1 | 2017 |
| 57 | Sidny Lopes Cabral | £811k | 2 | 2025-2026 |
| 58 | Samuel Soares Current squad | £783k | 6 | 2019-2026 |
| 59 | Mihailo Ristic | £780k | 1 | 2023 |
| 60 | Petar Musa | £780k | 1 | 2023 |
| 61 | Sébastien Corchia | £780k | 1 | 2019 |
| 62 | Pedro Pereira | £728k | 1 | 2017 |
| 63 | Jota (João Filipe) | £697k | 4 | 2017-2020 |
| 64 | Gil Dias | £676k | 1 | 2022 |
| 65 | Gedson Fernandes | £551k | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 66 | Nuno Tavares | £491k | 4 | 2017-2021 |
| 67 | Tyronne Ebuehi | £478k | 2 | 2019-2020 |
| 68 | Tiago Gouveia | £433k | 4 | 2018-2024 |
| 69 | Carlos Vinicius | £385k | 1 | 2020 |
| 70 | Luka Jovic | £364k | 1 | 2017 |
| 71 | Nélson Semedo | £359k | 1 | 2017 |
| 72 | Victor Lindelöf | £338k | 1 | 2017 |
| 73 | João Félix | £326k | 3 | 2017-2019 |
| 74 | Benjamín Rollheiser | £286k | 1 | 2024 |
| 75 | Ivan Šaponjic | £265k | 1 | 2017 |
| 76 | Yuri Ribeiro | £239k | 2 | 2017-2019 |
| 77 | Chris Willock | £229k | 1 | 2018 |
| 78 | Álvaro Carreras | £208k | 1 | 2024 |
| 79 | Paulo Bernardo | £190k | 3 | 2019-2022 |
| 80 | Heriberto Tavares | £177k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 81 | Jeremy Sarmiento | £170k | 3 | 2019-2021 |
| 82 | André Gomes Current squad | £159k | 3 | 2024-2026 |
| 83 | Pedro Santos | £86k | 3 | 2020-2022 |
| 84 | Mésaque Djú | £86k | 2 | 2017-2018 |
| 85 | Aurélio Buta | £78k | 1 | 2017 |
| 86 | João Ferreira | £57k | 1 | 2019 |
| 87 | Jorge Pereira | £44k | 1 | 2017 |
| 88 | Bernardo Silva | £11k | 3 | 2018-2020 |
| 89 | Diego Moreira | £8k | 2 | 2021-2022 |
| 90 | Jorge Silva | £3k | 1 | 2017 |
| 91 | Ricardo Mangas | £3k | 1 | 2017 |
| 92 | Cher Ndour | £3k | 1 | 2021 |
Frequently asked questions
Who has earned the most money at Sport Lisboa e Benfica?
Rafa, with £17m across 10 seasons at Sport Lisboa e Benfica.
How is a career total worked out?
Each season counts the wage the club paid that year, added to every other season we hold. A player who moved mid-season has that year credited to the club paying him more. Totals run to the end of the 2025/26 season.
How far back does this go?
It covers the 92 players we hold a Sport Lisboa e Benfica wage for, from 2017 to 2026.