Chelsea lead Premier League payments with £150.8m

The Premier League has announced the value of their broadcast and commercial payments to their clubs for 2016/17 and champions Chelsea lead the way with £150.8m.

Bottom club Sunderland, who were relegated to the Sky Bet Championship along with Middlesbrough and Hull City, received £93.4m and, overall, the Premier League paid out a total of £2.398billion to its 20 clubs.

The ratio of earning between the highest club (Chelsea) and the lowest club (Sunderland) is 1.61:1 - the lowest in any of Europe's major leagues.

The payments consist of UK broadcast income, international broadcast income and central commercial income.

The UK broadcast income is distributed as follows:

50 per cent is shared equally by the clubs (£35.3m per club)
25 per cent is paid on 'Facility Fees' based on each time a club's matches are broadcast in the UK
25 per cent is paid in 'Merit Payments' based on each club's final league position

The international broadcast income totalled £781.8m, with each club receiving a payment of £39.1m.

The central commercial income totalled £95.2m, with each club receiving £4.8m.

Premier League 2016/17 Payments to Clubs


Club	UK Live	Domestic TV	Overseas TV	Commercial	Total (£)
Chelsea	28	106,961,183	39,090,596	4,759,404	150,811,183
Tottenham	25	101,611,325	39,090,596	4,759,404	145,461,325
Man City	28	103,077,965	39,090,596	4,759,404	146,927,965
Liverpool	29	102,272,439	39,090,596	4,759,404	146,122,439
Arsenal	25	95,786,498	39,090,596	4,759,404	139,636,498
Man Utd	28	97,253,138	39,090,596	4,759,404	141,103,138
Everton	18	83,950,699	39,090,596	4,759,404	127,800,699
S'ton	15	78,600,841	39,090,596	4,759,404	122,450,841
B'mouth	13	74,387,066	39,090,596	4,759,404	118,237,066
West Brom	11	70,173,291	39,090,596	4,759,404	114,023,291
West Ham	15	72,776,014	39,090,596	4,759,404	116,626,014
Leicester	16	71,970,488	39,090,596	4,759,404	115,820,488
Stoke	10	63,212,381	39,090,596	4,759,404	107,062,381
C. Palace	14	65,815,104	39,090,596	4,759,404	109,665,104
Swansea	10	59,329,163	39,090,596	4,759,404	103,179,163
Burnley	10	57,387,554	39,090,596	4,759,404	101,237,554
Watford	13	58,854,194	39,090,596	4,759,404	102,704,194
Hull	10	53,504,336	39,090,596	4,759,404	97,354,336
M'boro	13	54,970,976	39,090,596	4,759,404	98,820,976
S'derland	10	49,621,118	39,090,596	4,759,404	93,471,118
Total (£)		1,521, 515, 773	781,811,920	95,188,080	2,398,515,773

In addition, the Premier League also released details of their parachute payments to clubs which have been relegated to the Championship over the previous four seasons.

Reading and Wigan Athletic, who were relegated in 2012/13 along with Queens Park Rangers, each received a payment of £16.3m.

Cardiff and Fulham, who were relegated in 2013/14 along with Norwich, also received a payment of £16.3m.

QPR gained promotion back to the Premier League in 2013/14 before dropping out again in 2014/15 and therefore receive a payment of £31.2m

Norwich performed a similar feat, gaining promotion straight back to the Premier League in 2014/15 before being immediately relegated again in 2015/16 and therefore receive a payment of £40.9m.

The other two clubs promoted in 2015/16, Aston Villa and Newcastle United, also received payments of £40.9m.

The collective nature and financial structure of the Premier League mean that it can support the development of the sport throughout the English football pyramid, and the wider community in terms of investing in facilities, running sports participation programmes, and supporting schools.

In the latest financial year the League has contributed £200m towards this activity (roughly 7% of its audio-visual rights income). This figure excludes Parachute Payments to relegated clubs.

2016/17 Parachute Payments to Clubs


Club	Equal Share	Overseas TV	Total (£)
Aston Villa	19,416,094	21,499,828	40,915,922
Newcastle	19,416,094	21,499,828	40,915,922
Norwich	19,416,094	21,499,828	40,915,922
QPR	15,885,895	15,290,768	31,176,663
Cardiff City	8,825,497	7,472,649	16,298,146
Fulham	8,825,497	7,472,649	16,298,146
Reading	8,825,497	7,472,649	16,298,146
Wigan Athletic	8,825,497	7,472,649	16,298,146
Total (£)	109,436165	109,680,848	219,117,013