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CENTRAL PAYMENTS · 2024/25

Wolverhampton Wanderers central payments

The Premier League paid Wolverhampton Wanderers £123,100,000 for 2024/25, the 17th largest of its 20 payments that season and 4.3% of the whole pot. Across the 6 seasons we hold, the club has been paid £747,253,303.

PAID 2024/25 £123m
RANK IN PAYMENTS17th of 20
ALL SEASONS £747m
BEST SEASON 2023/24 £130m
MERIT PAYMENT £13m
LIVE UK MATCHES15

Every season's payment

What Wolverhampton Wanderers received from the central pot, newest first

Wolverhampton Wanderers central payments by season, with the league, finishing position and rank among the clubs paid.
SEASON LEAGUE FINISHED PAID RANK SHARE OF POT
2024/25 Premier League 16th £123,100,000£123.1m 17 / 20 4.3%
2023/24 Premier League 14th £130,000,000£130.0m 14 / 20 4.6%
2022/23 Premier League 13th £124,556,230£124.6m 14 / 20 4.5%
2021/22 Premier League 10th £124,522,236£124.5m 11 / 20 4.9%
2020/21 Premier League 13th £117,909,723£117.9m 13 / 20 4.7%
2018/19 Premier League 7th £127,165,114£127.2m 8 / 20 5.2%

The payment, season by season

2018/19 paid £127,165,114 and 2024/25 £123,100,000, a change of -3.2%. The pot itself grows with each broadcasting contract, so a club standing still in the table is paid more every cycle.

What the 2024/25 payment was made of

Every component the Premier League publishes for Wolverhampton Wanderers

International equal share £59m
UK equal share £30m
UK facility fees £13m
UK merit payment £8.1m
Central commercial £7.9m
International merit payment £5.2m

The equal shares and central commercial money, £96,900,000, are paid to every club whatever happens. The merit payment is the finishing position and nothing else, and the facility fees follow the television picks: 15 live matches for Wolverhampton Wanderers in 2024/25.

Central payment against the club's own accounts

The broadcasting revenue Wolverhampton Wanderers reports, and how much of it the league paid

Wolverhampton Wanderers central payments beside the broadcasting revenue in its filed accounts, by season.
SEASON CENTRAL PAYMENT BROADCASTING IN ACCOUNTS FROM ELSEWHERE
2024/25 £123,100,000£123.1m £125,591,000£125.6m £2,491,000£2.5m

In 2024/25 Wolverhampton Wanderers booked £125,591,000 of broadcasting revenue, and the league paid £123,100,000 of it. The other £2,491,000 is European competition and cup television money. The rest of the accounts are on Wolverhampton Wanderers's finances page.

Every Premier League club's payment, 2024/25

Where Wolverhampton Wanderers's cheque sits among the 20 the Premier League paid

Every Premier League club's central payment in 2024/25, ranked.
# CLUB FINISHED PAID
1 Liverpool 1st £174,900,000£174.9m
2 Arsenal 2nd £171,500,000£171.5m
3 Manchester City Man City 3rd £165,500,000£165.5m
4 Chelsea 4th £163,700,000£163.7m
5 Newcastle United Newcastle 5th £160,200,000£160.2m
6 Aston Villa 6th £159,300,000£159.3m
7 Nottingham Forest Nott'm Forest 7th £152,500,000£152.5m
8 Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton 8th £145,100,000£145.1m
9 AFC Bournemouth Bournemouth 9th £143,400,000£143.4m
10 Brentford 10th £138,900,000£138.9m
11 Manchester United Man Utd 15th £136,200,000£136.2m
12 Crystal Palace 12th £136,100,000£136.1m
13 Fulham 11th £135,500,000£135.5m
14 Everton 13th £131,800,000£131.8m
15 West Ham United West Ham 14th £130,900,000£130.9m
16 Tottenham Hotspur Spurs 17th £127,800,000£127.8m
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolves 16th £123,100,000£123.1m
18 Leicester City Leicester 18th £116,900,000£116.9m
19 Ipswich Town Ipswich 19th £111,100,000£111.1m
20 Southampton 20th £109,200,000£109.2m

Frequently asked questions

How much did Wolverhampton Wanderers get from the Premier League in 2024/25?

Wolverhampton Wanderers were paid £123,100,000 in central payments for 2024/25, the 17th largest of the 20 payments the Premier League made that season.

How much have Wolverhampton Wanderers been paid in central payments in total?

£747,253,303 across 6 seasons from 2018/19 to 2024/25. The biggest single season was 2023/24, at £130,000,000.

How much of Wolverhampton Wanderers's 2024/25 payment was merit money?

£13,300,000 was merit payment, paid for finishing 16th. £96,900,000 was the equal share every club receives, and £12,900,000 was facility fees for 15 live UK television matches.

Is Wolverhampton Wanderers's central payment the same as its broadcasting revenue?

No. In 2024/25 Wolverhampton Wanderers reported £125,591,000 of broadcasting revenue against a £123,100,000 central payment. The accounts figure also carries European competition and domestic cup broadcasting money, which the league does not pay.

Where to next

For what Wolverhampton Wanderers pays its squad, see Wolverhampton Wanderers player wages , and for the whole set of accounts, Wolverhampton Wanderers finances. The league-wide table is on Premier League prize money, and every club in the division is on Premier League wages.