EPL prize money 2023/24: How much every club has earned as Man City win title

Another season, full of twists, turns and controversy, comes to an end with Manchester City reigning supreme for the fourth straight year and the three promoted clubs returning to the Championship.

But all 20 sides will have banked more than £100m in prize money for their travails over the past 10 months as the Premier League reiterates its position as the game’s financial behemoth.

The figures are expected to mirror last season’s totals, meaning City will end up earning more than £170m alongside the glory and silverware.

Even Sheffield United, who have produced one of the worst seasons in Premier League history, should bank a nine figure sum despite finishing bottom and conceding more than a century of goals. That is mostly down to the Premier League’s incomparable global broadcast revenue.

Every club receives almost £80m in equal share payments - effectively a dividend from the billions made from TV deals across the world - and that is topped up by a basic commercial figure of just under £10m. Clubs are also awarded a facility fee of approximately £900,000 for every game they play live on UK TV.

But the big difference comes in merit payments, awarded on a sliding scale depending on finishing position. Last season, and expected to be close to the same this year, every place was worth £3.1m - ensuring the champions make £62.3m.

That is before factoring in the riches of reaching the Champions League, which can be worth another £100m to clubs depending on their performance in the following season. And the merit payments also mean clubs who have been mired in the mid-table morass for several weeks should not have had their minds on the beach.

The Premier League will not confirm the exact payments until early 2025 when their annual report is published but the figures below are unlikely to have changed too much by position.

1st Manchester City £176.2m2nd Arsenal £172.2m3rd Liverpool £168.3m4th Aston Villa £164.3m 5th Tottenham £162.9m 6th Chelsea £149.7m7th Newcastle £148.3m8th Manchester United £151.9m9th West Ham £138.7m10th Crystal Palace 138.1m11th Brighton  £133.3m12th Bournemouth £137.7m13th Fulham £124.6m 14th Wolves £129m15th Everton £117.5m16th Brentford £118.6m17th Nottingham Forest £120.5m18th Luton Town £114m19th Burnley £111.7m20th Sheffield United £103.6m(Figures based on last year's confirmed prize money)