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 Highest Earner
Unusually for a football club, the highest-paid position is the goalkeeper. Anatoliy Trubin's €3.9M salary surpasses the top earners from defense, midfield, and attack.
Benfica's Three Clear Salary Tiers
The squad's salaries fall into three distinct groups. An elite tier above €3.0M is occupied by Anatoliy Trubin and Richard Ríos. A large core group earns between €2.0M and €2.9M, including players like Vangelis Pavlidis and Fredrik Aursnes. A third group of players earns €1.6M or less, featuring names like António Silva and Bruma.
Midfielder and Forwards on Identical Pay
Three key players from different positions share an identical salary of €2.9M: midfielder Fredrik Aursnes, right winger Dodi Lukebakio, and center-forward Vangelis Pavlidis.
Top Earner Out-Earns Five Players Combined
Goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin's €3.9M salary is greater than the combined wages of the five lowest-paid players in the squad: Gianluca Prestianni, Samuel Soares, João Rego, Andreas Schjelderup, and Joao Veloso.
Full-Back Pairing Earns The Same
The club's starting full-backs are on identical contracts, with right-back Amar Dedić and left-back Samuel Dahl both earning €2.0M.
Ríos Is The Top-Paid Midfielder
The highest-paid midfielder is Richard Ríos, earning €3.0M annually, making him the only midfielder in the club's elite salary tier.
Attackers Share Top Forward Salary
The highest salary in the attack is shared by two players: right winger Dodi Lukebakio and center-forward Vangelis Pavlidis, who both earn €2.9M per year.
Otamendi Leads The Defensive Line
The highest-paid defender at the club is veteran centre-back Nicolás Otamendi, with an annual salary of €2.5M.
Trubin Is The Club's Top Earner
Goalkeeper Anatoliy Trubin is the highest-paid player in the entire squad, 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 at Benfica of between 1.5 and 2 million euros.
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Potential wage savings if Franjo Ivanović leaves
Potential departures and their salary impact.
Franjo Ivanović currently earns €1.2M/year and is linked with moves to Como or Brighton & Hove Albion.
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Wage Breakdown
Total spend by position group.
€38.1M
Total Yearly Wage Bill
€733K
Total Weekly Wage Bill
€12.9M / 34%
FW
€9.0M / 24%
MF
€11.8M / 31%
DF
€4.3M / 11%
GK
