Football
13th Aug 2025
Premier League Prize Money (2025/26 Breakdown)
Premier League TV rights and commercial revenue for 2025/28 cycle has increased by 17% thanks to massive oversees tv deals. Premier League will generate a total of £12.25 billion in next 4-year cycle from domestic, oversees tv rights and commercial sponsorship. That is 17% increase compared to previous cycle where £10.5 billion was generated.
Premier League Prize Money Distribution 2025/26:
80% of the total revenue generated from TV & sponsorship is distributed among premier league teams and parachute payments to clubs who get relegated. We breakdown how Premier League revenue distribution system works.
| Revenue Stream | Distribution Method |
|---|---|
| Domestic TV Rights | 50% equal share, 25% based on facility fees, 25% based on merit |
| International TV Rights | Equal share to all clubs, plus a merit element based on league position. |
| Commercial Revenue | Distributed equally to all clubs. |
How much each club can earn from TV money distribution in 2025/26 season ?
Premier League will generate around £3.84 billion per season from (2025/29) Domestic and Overseas tv rights cycle plus central sponsorship. From total yearly revenue £3.32 billion (80%) will be distributed among premier league teams every year while the rest is kept as administration costs by Premier League. £1.33 billion from domestic rights and £1.73 billion from overseas rights per year will be distributed between 20 premier league clubs each season from 2025/26 to 2028/29 season. Around £320 million more then what last cycle was distributing each year.
Now we breakdown official premier league revenue distribution system which features equal share payments, merit payments and how many matches of the teams are shown live in season known as Facility fee.
*this is how much each club can expect to earn at the end of 2025/26 season. Under the new (2025/29) cycle, Premier League clubs in 2025/26 season will be earning around £21 million more then what they did in 2024/25 season.
| Rank | Total (m) | Domestic Rights (2025/26) | International Rights (2025/26) | Commercial (m) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equal Share (m) | Facility Fees (m) | Merit (m) | Equal Share (m) | Merit (m) | |||
| 1 | £195.6 | £31.0 | £25.9 | £33.7 | £73.0 | £25.7 | £7.9 |
| 2 | £191.7 | £31.0 | £25.2 | £32.0 | £73.0 | £24.3 | £7.9 |
| 3 | £188.5 | £31.0 | £24.9 | £30.2 | £73.0 | £23.1 | £7.9 |
| 4 | £184.0 | £31.0 | £23.6 | £28.6 | £73.0 | £21.7 | £7.9 |
| 5 | £180.2 | £31.0 | £22.7 | £26.9 | £73.0 | £20.5 | £7.9 |
| 6 | £176.3 | £31.0 | £21.8 | £25.3 | £73.0 | £19.2 | £7.9 |
| 7 | £173.3 | £31.0 | £21.8 | £23.6 | £73.0 | £17.9 | £7.9 |
| 8 | £169.6 | £31.0 | £21.0 | £22.0 | £73.0 | £16.6 | £7.9 |
| 9 | £164.9 | £31.0 | £19.3 | £20.3 | £73.0 | £15.4 | £7.9 |
| 10 | £158.6 | £31.0 | £16.0 | £18.5 | £73.0 | £14.1 | £7.9 |
| 11 | £155.7 | £31.0 | £16.0 | £16.9 | £73.0 | £12.8 | £7.9 |
| 12 | £152.7 | £31.0 | £16.0 | £15.2 | £73.0 | £11.5 | £7.9 |
| 13 | £148.9 | £31.0 | £15.2 | £13.5 | £73.0 | £10.2 | £7.9 |
| 14 | £145.1 | £31.0 | £14.4 | £11.9 | £73.0 | £9.0 | £7.9 |
| 15 | £141.2 | £31.0 | £13.4 | £10.2 | £73.0 | £7.6 | £7.9 |
| 16 | £138.3 | £31.0 | £13.4 | £8.5 | £73.0 | £6.4 | £7.9 |
| 17 | £134.6 | £31.0 | £12.6 | £6.8 | £73.0 | £5.2 | £7.9 |
| 18 | £131.5 | £31.0 | £12.6 | £5.1 | £73.0 | £3.8 | £7.9 |
| 19 | £126.2 | £31.0 | £10.1 | £3.4 | £73.0 | £2.6 | £7.9 |
| 20 | £122.3 | £31.0 | £9.3 | £1.7 | £73.0 | £1.2 | £7.9 |
| TOTAL | £3,322.5 | £621.4 | £355.4 | £353.2 | £1,460.0 | £270.0 | £158.0 |
Liverpool earned around £175 million from 2024/25 campaign while the bottom side club Southampton earned £109 million. With new TV rights cycle starting from 2025/26 season winners of Premier League can expect to earn as much as £195 million while bottom sides will be guaranteed atleast £120 million.
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