Gary Lineker Net Worth: How much is the England legend worth? | OneFootball

Gary Lineker is one of the most recognisable faces in English football as a result of his stellar playing career, long time role as host of Match of the Day and those famous Walkers Crisps advertisements.

Born in Leicester in 1960, Lineker played for his boyhood club for seven seasons before later playing for Everton, Barcelona, Tottenham Hotspur and even Nagoya Grampus Eight in Japan. His stunning goalscoring at club level was replicated with England, where he became their main goalscorer in the Bobby Robson era.

Following his retirement in 1994, Lineker transitioned into punditry and broadcasting, primarily with the BBC. After an apprenticeship as an analyst, he replaced Des Lynam as host in 1999, where he has remained since. With such an impressive career, it is little surprise Lineker is a wealthy man. How wealthy? Find out this and more below.

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Gary Lineker Net Worth 2023

According to celebritynetworth.com, Lineker’s current net worth is $35 million which is roughly £29 million give or take a few hundred thousand pounds as a result of the fluctuating exchange rates currently being experienced.

The bulk of Lineker’s wealth has come in his post-playing career, with the financial benefits of 1980s football in England nowhere near comparable to that of today. As well as hosting Match of the Day for over 20 years, Lineker has worked at every single World Cup and European Championships since France ’98 and hosted BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award on multiple occasions. Work for NBC Sports Network and guest columns with the Sunday Telegraph amongst others have further bulked up his bank balance.

His legendary run as the face of Walkers Crisps has been another source of income, with the Leicester legend starring in over 150 advertisements for the Leicester-based brand.

What is Gary Lineker’s current salary?

Lineker is by far the best-paid presenter at BBC, with his 2021 salary of £1.35 million for hosting Match of the Day and EURO 2020 over £300,000 clear of anyone else, via BBC.

Given BBC also had rights to the World Cup, it is likely his salary remained similar for 2022, but figures are yet to be released.

Did Gary Lineker ever get a yellow card?

Famously, Lineker never got a yellow or red card in his entire career, which spanned 16 years from 1978 to 1994. For his sportsmanship, he received the FIFA Fair Play Award in 1990.

For further details on this fascinating fact, take a look below.

How many goals did Gary Lineker score for England?

Linker is a verified England legend with a career to match that of anyone outside of the 1966 World Cup winning side. He earned the first of his 80 caps in 1984, but it would be at the World Cup two years later that he truly made his mark.

After top-scoring Division One with Everton, he took his form straight into the tournament, with his six goals earning him the Golden Boot. A hat trick came against Poland at the group stage, two against Paraguay in the round of 16 and one in the infamous “Hand of God” 2-1 loss to Argentina in the quarter final.

POZNAN, POLAND - NOVEMBER 13: England goalscorer Gary Lineker celebrates qualification for Euro 92' after the European Championships Qualifier between Poland and England on November 13, 1991 in Poznan, Poland. (Photo by Ben Radford/Allsport/Getty Images)

He followed this up with another four at the 1990 World Cup as the Three Lions went one better and made the last four, only to devastatingly lose on penalties to Germany. His 10 World Cup goals are the most of any English player although oddly he never scored at the European Championships.

His England career ended after EURO 1992 with a total of 48 goals to his name, which was one shy of Bobby Robson’s then-record, via Transfermarkt.

Linker rivalled Ian Rush as the best striker in England during the 1980s and early 1990s, with three Golden Boots coming his way in 1984/85 (Leicester), 1985/86 (Everton) and 1989/90 (Spurs), making him the only man to do so with three different clubs in English football history.

What made this all the more impressive was that he spent three seasons at Barcelona from 1986 until 1989, where he enjoyed great success under fellow Englishman Terry Venables. He won the Spanish Cup and the Cup Winners’ Cup, the only major trophies of his career alongside an FA Cup with Spurs in 1991 (also managed by Venables). His 43 La Liga goals included a hat trick against Real Madrid and place him second only to Gareth Bale among British players.

His club career tally was 282 goals in 487 games. A truly brilliant goalscorer and player, via Transfermarkt.