Benfica Salaries 2025/26

Liga Portugal

Top Earner: A. Trubin (€3.9M)

Lowest Earner: J. Veloso (€280K)

A. Trubin

Top Earner

J. Veloso

Lowest Earner

Player Salaries

Estimated yearly salaries.

Salary Insights

Key takeaways from the wage structure.

Goalkeeper Is The Club's Top Earner

Anatoliy Trubin, the goalkeeper, is Benfica's highest-paid player, earning €3.9M per year. His salary surpasses every attacker, midfielder, and defender at the club.

Top Midfielder Out-earns Entire Attack

Midfielder Richard Ríos, with a salary of €3.0M, earns more than every forward at the club, including top attacking earners Dodi Lukebakio and Vangelis Pavlidis (€2.9M).

Huge Generational Wage Gap In Midfield

There is a massive salary divide in the midfield based on age. The three senior midfielders (ages 25-30) earn between €2.5M and €3.0M, while the two 20-year-old midfielders earn less than €400K each.

Benfica's Clear Salary Tiers

The squad's salaries are grouped into clear tiers. An elite group, including Anatoliy Trubin (€3.9M) and Richard Ríos (€3.0M), earns above €3.0M. A large second tier of key players earns between €2.0M and €2.9M, while a third group earns between €1.2M and €1.6M. A significant gap exists to the lowest earners, who are all under €700K.

Three Players Share Identical Salary

Midfielder Fredrik Aursnes and forwards Dodi Lukebakio and Vangelis Pavlidis all earn the exact same salary of €2.9M per year.

Young Full-Backs On Identical Wages

The club's two 23-year-old full-backs, right-back Amar Dedić and left-back Samuel Dahl, are on identical contracts, each earning €2.0M annually.

Ríos Is The Top-Paid Midfielder

With an annual salary of €3.0M, central midfielder Richard Ríos is the top earner in the midfield group.

Lukebakio and Pavlidis Top Attackers' Wages

Winger Dodi Lukebakio and striker Vangelis Pavlidis are the joint-highest earners among the forwards, both with salaries of €2.9M.

Otamendi Leads The Defensive Salaries

Veteran centre-back Nicolás Otamendi is the highest-paid defender at the club, earning €2.5M per year.

Trubin Is The Club's Top Earner

Goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin is the highest-paid player at Benfica with an annual salary of €3.9M.

Transfer rumour salaries: Stije Resink

Latest reported salary figures for players linked with a move to the club.

Stije Resink is reported to have an estimated annual salary of between 1.5 and 2 million euros if he moves to Benfica.

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Potential Wage Savings from Schjelderup and Ivanović Departures

Potential departures and their salary impact.

Andreas Schjelderup, currently earning €360K/year, is linked with moves to Club Brugge or Lazio. Franjo Ivanović, with a salary of €1.2M/year, is rumored to be moving to Como. João Rego, earning €380K/year, could depart for PAOK.

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