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Sporting CP was the Portuguese soccer club with the highest market value as of June 2025, reaching a total worth of 511 million euros. The second-most valuable club in the country that month was SL Benfica, worth roughly 363.5 million euros. In third place, FC Porto was worth 345.9 million euros. As of June 2025, the three teams played in the Primeira Liga, the highest professional soccer division in Portugal. 

National dominance of Sporting CP, SL Benfica, and FC Porto

  The dominance of the Big Three in Portugal has allowed Sporting CP, SL Benfica, and FC Porto to create a gap between themselves and the rest of the domestic opponents. In fact, these clubs have won 89 out of 91 editions of the Primeira Liga. With such prominence, players from the Big Three often generate impressive offensive output. In the 2022/2023 season, the players Taremi, Pedro Gonçalves, and João Mário, respectively from FC Porto, Sporting CP, and SL Benfica, had the highest goal participation for their positions.

The Big Three work as selling clubs

  Although winning competitions increases the value of the clubs, the Big Three are also efficient negotiators. In the 21st century, Portugal became the gate into Europe for South American players. The business model is to buy young players from the region, develop them technically, and sell them to clubs with greater economic power. SL Benfica has not only mastered this way of dealing, but has also been able to sell their young Portuguese players, such as João Félix, who represents the highest transfer in Portuguese football history.