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Chelsea paid £150.8m by Premier League after winning 2016-17 title


Chelsea were paid £150.8m by the Premier League after winning the 2016-17 title - 50% more than the top earners in 2015-16.

The 2016-17 season was the first of the latest TV deal and saw a total of almost £2.4bn paid to the 20 clubs - up from £1.6bn last season.

Bottom club Sunderland got £93.471m - more than the £93.219m 2015-16 winners Leicester pocketed the previous season.

The figures are based on broadcast and commercial deals plus prize money.

Funds from the Premier League's central commercial deals and overseas broadcast rights are shared equally - as is half of the domestic broadcast income.

A quarter is paid out in prize money based on each club's league position and the other quarter in "facility fees" for each game broadcast on UK television.

Arsenal were the top earners in 2015-16 with £100.9m - but only the three relegated sides of Hull, Middlesbrough and Sunderland were paid less than that figure in 2016-17.

The ratio between the highest and lowest totals paid by the Premier League to its clubs in 2016-17 was 1.61 to 1, the lowest among Europe's top leagues, which means the Premier League is more equal when it comes to sharing revenue than its rivals.

The Premier League also paid out nearly £220m to Aston Villa, Cardiff, Fulham, Newcastle, Norwich, QPR, Reading and Wigan in parachute payments.

Villa, Newcastle and Norwich - the three most recently relegated sides - got almost £41m each.

Premier League payment to clubs 2016-17
Club (UK live TV appearances in brackets) Prize money (£s) Total payment (£s)
Prize money determined by finishing position - data from Premier League website
Chelsea (28) 38,832,180 150,811,183
Spurs (25) 36,890,571 145,461,325
Man City (28) 34,948,962 146,927,965
Liverpool (29) 33,007,353 146,112,439
Arsenal (25) 31,065,744 139,636,498
Man Utd (28) 29,124,135 141,103,138
Everton (18) 27,182,526 127,800,699
Southampton (15) 25,240,917 122,450,841
Bournemouth (13) 23,299,308 118,237,066
West Brom (11) 21,357,699 114,023,291
West Ham (15) 19,416,090 116,626,014
Leicester (16) 17,474,481 115,820,488
Stoke (10) 15,532,872 107,062,381
Crystal Palace (14) 13,591,263 109,665,104
Swansea (10) 11,649,654 103,197,163
Burnley (10) 9,708,045 101,237,554
Watford (13) 7,766,436 102,704,194
Hull (10) 5,824,827 97,354,336
Boro (13) 3,883,218 98,820,976
Sunderland (10) 1,941,609
93,471,118
Total 407,737,890 2,398,515,773

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