Renato Sanches salary: How much does forgotten wonderkid earn per week and annually at Benfica?

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!

*Salaries are gross

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

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Top 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

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Highest 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

Renato Sanches' wages at Benfica in numbers

Top earners at Benfica

Top earners in Liga Portugal

Highest paid players in the world