Planet Football
·24 May 2022
A club-by-club breakdown of the 2021-22 Premier League prize money

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·24 May 2022
and their success saw them earn more money in combined prize money and TV revenue than any other side in the competition for the second consecutive year.
Thanks to Nick Harris’ excellent work, we’ve been able to estimate how much every club in the Premier League will take home in prize money and TV revenue following the conclusion of the campaign.
Each club is given an equal share of £79million from the domestic and overseas TV deals, with an extra facility fee depending on how many times they are broadcast. They then receive a £5.6million share of the Premier League’s combined commercial income.
Premier League clubs also receive an extra share of overseas TV rights income, with the value increasing depending on how high up the table they finish and this is referred to as merit payments.
We’ve broken down each club’s earnings from TV and prize money for the 2021-22 campaign, ranking them in order of how much they made over the season. We’ve also compared that figure to the money they received in 2020-21.
Note: these figures are estimates and the facility fees are based on how many times each club was broadcast domestically in 2021-22.
Actual league position: 1st Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £26.3m Merit payment: £53.1m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £164m
2020-21 payment: £153.9m Difference: +£10.1m
Actual league position: 2nd Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £27.3m Merit payment: £50.4m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £162.3m
2020-21 payment: £148.3m Difference: +£14m
Actual league position: 4th Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £25.4m Merit payment: £45.1m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £155.1m
2020-21 payment: £139.4m Difference: +£15.7m
Actual league position: 3rd Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £22.6m Merit payment: £47.8m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £155m
2020-21 payment: £150.9m Difference: +£4.1m
Actual league position: 5th Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £27.3m Merit payment: £42.4m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £154.3m
2020-21 payment: £135m Difference: +£19.3m
Actual league position: 6th Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £25.4m Merit payment: £39.8m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £149.8m
2020-21 payment: £153.5m Difference: -£3.7m
Actual league position: 7th Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £21.6m Merit payment: £37.1m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £143.3m
2020-21 payment: £143.5m Difference: -£0.2m
Actual league position: 8th Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £15m Merit payment: £34.5m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £134.1m
2020-21 payment: £141.3m Difference: -£7.2m
Actual league position: 11th Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £19.8m Merit payment: £26.5m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £130.9m
2020-21 payment: £116.9m Difference: +£14m
Actual league position: 9th Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £14.1m Merit payment: £31.8m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £130.5m
2020-21 payment: £107.5m Difference: +£23m
Actual league position: 10th Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £15m Merit payment: £29.2m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £128.8m
2020-21 payment: £119.9m Difference: +£8.9m
Actual league position: 12th Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £15m Merit payment: £23.9m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £123.5m
2020-21 payment: £116.3m Difference: +£7.2m
Actual league position: 14th Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £18.8m Merit payment: £18.6m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £122m
2020-21 payment: £122.2m Difference: -£0.2m
Actual league position: 13th Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £14.1m Merit payment: £21.2m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £119.9m
Actual league position: 16th Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £20.7m Merit payment: £13.3m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £118.6m
2020-21 payment: £134.4m Difference: -£15.8m
Actual league position: 17th Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £18.8m Merit payment: £10.6m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £114m
2020-21 payment: £138.6m Difference: -£24.6m
Actual league position: 15th Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £11.3m Merit payment: £15.9m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £111.8m
2020-21 payment: £111.7m Difference: +£0.1m
Actual league position: 18th Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £11.3m Merit payment: £8m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £103.9m
2020-21 payment: £101.7m Difference: +£2.2m
Actual league position: 19th Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £11.3m Merit payment: £5.3m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £101.2m
Actual league position: 20th Equal share: £79m Facility fees: £11.3m Merit payment: £2.7m Commercial revenue: £5.6m Total: £98.6m