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CENTRAL PAYMENTS · 2024/25

Arsenal central payments

The Premier League paid Arsenal £171,500,000 for 2024/25, the 2nd largest of its 20 payments that season and 6.1% of the whole pot. Across the 6 seasons we hold, the club has been paid £941,919,323.

PAID 2024/25 £172m
RANK IN PAYMENTS2nd of 20
ALL SEASONS £942m
BEST SEASON 2023/24 £176m
MERIT PAYMENT £50m
LIVE UK MATCHES29

Every season's payment

What Arsenal received from the central pot, newest first

Arsenal 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 2nd £171,500,000£171.5m 2 / 20 6.1%
2023/24 Premier League 2nd £175,500,000£175.5m 2 / 20 6.2%
2022/23 Premier League 2nd £172,224,933£172.2m 2 / 20 6.2%
2021/22 Premier League 5th £145,699,820£145.7m 4 / 20 5.7%
2020/21 Premier League 8th £134,801,390£134.8m 8 / 20 5.4%
2018/19 Premier League 5th £142,193,180£142.2m 6 / 20 5.8%

The payment, season by season

2018/19 paid £142,193,180 and 2024/25 £171,500,000, a change of 20.6%. 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 Arsenal

International equal share £59m
UK merit payment £31m
UK equal share £30m
UK facility fees £24m
International merit payment £20m
Central commercial £7.9m

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: 29 live matches for Arsenal in 2024/25.

Every Premier League club's payment, 2024/25

Where Arsenal'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 Arsenal get from the Premier League in 2024/25?

Arsenal were paid £171,500,000 in central payments for 2024/25, the 2nd largest of the 20 payments the Premier League made that season.

How much have Arsenal been paid in central payments in total?

£941,919,323 across 6 seasons from 2018/19 to 2024/25. The biggest single season was 2023/24, at £175,500,000.

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

£50,400,000 was merit payment, paid for finishing 2nd. £96,900,000 was the equal share every club receives, and £24,200,000 was facility fees for 29 live UK television matches.

Where to next

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