| Competition: | Primeira Liga |
| Season: | 1986–87 |
| Winners: | Benfica 27th title |
| Continentalcup1: | European Cup |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Benfica Porto (defending champions) |
| Continentalcup2: | Cup Winners' Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Sporting CP (first round) |
| Continentalcup3: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Vitória de Guimarães (first round) Chaves (first round) Belenenses (first round) |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 583 |
| League Topscorer: | Paulinho Cascavel (22 goals) |
| Prevseason: | 1985–86 |
| Nextseason: | 1987–88 |
The 1986–87 Primeira Divisão was the 53rd season of top-tier football in Portugal.
It was contested by 16 teams, and S.L. Benfica won the championship.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Paulinho Cascavel | Vitória de Guimarães | 22 |
| 2 | Fernando Gomes | Porto | 21 |
| 3 | Manuel Fernandes | Sporting | 17 |
| 4 | Raphael Meade | Sporting | 15 |
| Jorge Andrade | Farense | ||
| 6 | Richard Mapuata | Belenenses | 14 |
| 7 | Stoycho Mladenov | Belenenses | 13 |
| Rui Águas | Benfica | ||
| 9 | Radoslav Zdravkov | Chaves | 11 |
| Chico Faria | Rio Ave |