Top 26 Sporting CP Players of All Time

Choose the best players in Sporting CP's history, a club that has produced some of Portugal's finest footballing talents.

1. 1
   Luís Figo

   Portuguese winger who developed into a World Player of the Year at Sporting's academy before his moves to Barcelona and Real Madrid, remaining the club's most beloved modern player.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Manuel Fernandes

   Prolific forward and 'eternal captain' who scored 189 official goals from 1975 to 1987, including four in the 7–1 rout of Benfica in 1986, and won two league titles.
   924pts
3. 3
   Bas Dost

   Dutch striker who scored over 90 goals in three seasons from 2016 to 2019, including 34 league goals that made him the 2016–17 top scorer.
   815pts
4. 4
   Bruno Fernandes

   Midfielder who scored over 60 goals from 2017 to 2020, captaining Sporting and winning two League Cups and the 2019 Taça de Portugal.
   694pts
5. 5
   Sebastián Coates

   Uruguayan centre-back and captain who arrived in 2016 and lifted the 2020–21 league title, ending a 19-year wait.
   642pts
6. 6
   João Moutinho

   Academy midfielder and later captain who played over 250 games from 2004 to 2010, winning the Taça de Portugal in 2007 and 2008.
   642pts
7. 7
   Pedro Gonçalves

   Portuguese midfielder known as 'Pote' who finished as the league's top scorer with 23 goals as Sporting won the 2020–21 title.
   582pts
8. 8
   Mário Jardel

   Brazilian striker who was the most devastating finisher in Portuguese football during his Sporting years, winning the European Golden Boot in 2001–02 with a staggering 42 Primeira Liga goals.
   582pts
9. 9
   Ricardo Sá Pinto

   Fiery forward and fan favourite who served two spells between 1994 and 2006, winning the 2002 league and cup double and later coaching the club.
   582pts
10. 10
    Viktor Gyökeres

    Swedish striker who scored over 90 goals in two seasons from 2023 to 2025, firing Sporting to back-to-back league titles.
    513pts
11. 11
    Ivaylo Yordanov

    Bulgarian forward who spent a decade at Alvalade from 1991 to 2001, scoring 55 goals and helping end an 18-year title drought in 2000.
    513pts
12. 12
    Nani

    Academy winger who starred from 2005 to 2007 before joining Manchester United and later returned for two more spells at Alvalade.
    513pts
13. 13
    Oceano

    Combative midfielder who made over 300 appearances across two spells between 1984 and 1998 and won the 1995 Taça de Portugal.
    434pts
14. 14
    Emanuel Amunike

    Nigerian winger who arrived in 1994 as the reigning African Player of the Year and helped Sporting win the 1995 Taça de Portugal with his pace and dribbling.
    434pts
15. 15
    Krasimir Balakov

    Bulgarian playmaker who orchestrated Sporting's midfield from 1991 to 1995, scoring 43 goals and winning the 1995 Taça de Portugal.
    342pts
16. 16
    Peter Schmeichel

    Danish great who joined after his Manchester United treble and kept goal as Sporting won the 1999–2000 league title, ending an 18-year wait.
    342pts
17. 17
    William Carvalho

    Towering academy midfielder who anchored Sporting's midfield from 2013 to 2018 and won the 2015 Taça de Portugal.
    342pts
18. 18
    Hilário

    Left-back who spent his whole career at Sporting from 1958 to 1973, making a club-record 471 appearances and winning the 1964 Cup Winners' Cup and three league titles.
    342pts
19. 19
    Fernando Peyroteo

    Legendary centre-forward of the Cinco Violinos who scored 332 goals in just 197 official games from 1937 to 1949, winning five league titles.
    342pts
20. 20
    Rui Jordão

    Angolan-born striker who scored 140 goals from 1977 to 1987, leading the line in the 1980 and 1982 title-winning sides alongside Manuel Fernandes.
    342pts
21. 21
    Islam Slimani

    Algerian striker whose aerial power and goals made him a fan favourite from 2013 to 2016 before his move to Leicester City.
    233pts
22. 22
    Héctor Yazalde

    Argentine striker who scored 104 goals in 104 games from 1971 to 1975, including a record 46 league goals in 1973–74 that won him the European Golden Shoe.
    233pts
23. 23
    Rui Patrício

    Academy goalkeeper who made over 450 appearances from 2006 to 2018 and won Euro 2016 with Portugal as Sporting's number one.
    233pts
24. 24
    Adrien Silva

    Combative academy midfielder and captain who lifted the 2015 Taça de Portugal and drove Sporting's midfield until 2017.
    233pts
25. 25
    João Pinto

    Former Benfica star who crossed Lisbon in 2000 and helped Sporting win the 2001–02 league and cup double with his creativity.
    233pts
26. 26
    Liedson

    Brazilian-born striker nicknamed 'Levezinho' who scored over 170 goals from 2003 to 2011, becoming Sporting's top scorer of the modern era.
    233pts

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