TV Revenue For Premier League Clubs Revealed

The Barclays Premier League proved itself as the richest football league in the world this week after revealing its distribution of television cash, which saw bottom club Cardiff City secure more money than Manchester United did for winning the title one year earlier.

The rise follows a significant jump in the value of Premier League rights, after BT Sport joined the market, with the newcomers and Sky Sports paying a combined £3bn over three years.

On top of that, foreign broadcasters around world are paying an additional £2.3bn combined for the same period.

In all, Premier League clubs were paid £1.6bn from broadcasting revenue for the season, an increase from £972m in the 2012/13 campaign.

Champions Manchester City earned £96.6m, actually less than top-earners Liverpool, who were rewarded with £97.5m for their second place finish – a £42.7m rise in year-on-year television revenue – after being screened live 28 times throughout the season. 

Premier League television revenue is distributed in a more competitive manner than in other major leagues on the continent – Liverpool picked up 1.57 times more than bottom club Cardiff, who prepare for the Championship with a £62m windfall. 

Half of all domestic broadcast revenue is split evenly among the league’s clubs, with a quarter of the money paid according to a team’s league position, and the final 25% depending on how often a team is televised – overseas income amounted to a payment of £26.3m to each club.

Stoke City’s ninth place finish only saw them shown live seven times throughout the season, although each club receives payments based on a minimum of 10 live matches being broadcast, even if they are shown less than that figure.

As well as Manchester City and Liverpool, fellow top four finishers Chelsea and Arsenal also earned over £90m this year, securing £94.1m and £92.9m respectively.