Everything you need to know about Renato Sanches' salary details playing for Benfica
Once considered one of the hottest prospects in Europe and a future midfield star, the hype around Renato Sanches faded after Portugal's win in the 2016 Euros.
Sanches moved to Bayern Munich in the summer of 2016, a transfer he would later come to regret. The Portuguese midfielder never settled in Germany, which led to a loan move to Swansea the following season, before he permanently joined Lille in France in 2019. He was later signed by PSG in 2022 and currently plays on a season-long loan with his boyhood club Benfica.
Despite being on loan, Sanches ranks as both Benfica's and Liga Portugal's highest-paid player with impressive weekly and annual wages. Exactly how much does he earn though?
GOAL delved into the numbers with Capology and found out!
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Renato Sanches' wages at Benfica in numbers
Under his current loan agreement with Benfica, the former Portuguese player earns £113,610 ($151,723) per week, with annual earnings of £5.8 million ($7.8m).
Player
Nationality
Weekly wages in Pounds
Weekly wages in USD
Annual wages in Pounds
Annual wages in USD
Renato Sanches
Portuguese
£113,610
$151,723
£5,884,318
$7,889,583
AdvertisementAFPTop earners at Benfica
Renato Sanches is the highest-paid player at Benfica.
Anatoli Trubin, Angel Di Maria, and Arthur Cabral share the second, third, and fourth positions, all earning the same salary.
Orkun Kokcu, a Turkish international, completes the top five.
Player
Nationality
Weekly wages in Pounds
Weekly wages in USD
Annual wages in Pounds
Annual wages in USD
Renato Sanches
Portuguese
£113,610
$151,723
£5,884,318
$7,889,583
Anatoli Trubin
Ukrainian
£62,957
$84,412
£3,273,789
$4,389,435
Angel Di Maria
Argentine
£62,957
$84,412
£3,273,789
$4,389,435
Arthur Cabral
Brazilian
£62,957
$84,412
£3,273,789
$4,389,435
Orkun Kokcu
Turkish
£49,058
$65,776
£2,551,005
$3,420,339
Top earners in Liga Portugal
Four of the top five highest-paid players in Liga Portugal are from Benfica.
Renato Sanches is the highest-paid, with Francisco Trincao from Sporting CP in second place.
Anatoli Trubin, Angel Di Maria, and Arthur Cabral are in third, fourth, and fifth positions, respectively.
Player
Club
Weekly wages in Pounds
Weekly wages in USD
Annual wages in Pounds
Annual wages in USD
Renato Sanches
Benfica
£113,610
$151,723
£5,884,318
$7,889,583
Francisco Trincao
Sporting CP
£62,957
$84,412
£3,273,789
$4,389,435
Anatoli Trubin
Benfica
£62,957
$84,412
£3,273,789
$4,389,435
Angel Di Maria
Benfica
£62,957
$84,412
£3,273,789
$4,389,435
Arthur Cabral
Benfica
£62,957
$84,412
£3,273,789
$4,389,435
AFPHighest paid players in the world
No players from Liga Portugal rank among the top five highest-paid globally, despite high earnings.
The top five are all from the Saudi Pro League, with Cristiano Ronaldo at Al Nassr earning the most.
Karim Benzema, formerly of Real Madrid, is second, and Riyad Mahrez, now with Al-Ahli, is third.
Sadio Mane and Kalidou Koulibaly, both from Senegal, are fourth and fifth, respectively.
Player
Club
Weekly wages GBP
Weekly wages USD
Annual wages GBP
Annual wages USD
Cristiano Ronaldo
Al Nassr
£3,216,155
$4,210,425
£167,250,468
$218,942,120
Karim Benzema
Al Ittihad
£1,608,178
$2,105,213
£83,625,234
$109,471,060
Riyad Mahrez
Al Ahli
£839,469
$1,098,921
£45,652,372
$57,43,893
Sadio Mane
Al Nassr
£643,271
$842,085
£33,450,094
$43,788,424
Kalidou Koulibaly
Al Hilal
£558,038
$730,509
£29,017,956
$37,986,458
