Sliding bearing with improved surface topography

Sliding bearing comprising two opposite bearing surfaces which enclose a gap containing a lubricant film, said bearing surfaces being moveable with respect to each other in a generally parallel fashion, at least one of said surfaces being provided with at least one cavity, said cavity having a depth which is larger than 10 times the lubricant film thickness, at least one of the length and width dimension of the surface area of said cavity being larger than 100 μm, wherein the sum of the surface areas of all cavities of one and the same bearing surface amounts to at least 15% of the contact area of the bearing surfaces.