Premier League champions Chelsea raked in £151million in prize money in 2016-17… with 20th placed Sunderland even bagging £93m for horror season
Manchester United have now won £1billion since the league's rebranding in the 1992-93 season as money in football soars
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PREMIER LEAGUE champions Chelsea raked in £151million in prize money in 2016-17... with 20th placed Sunderland even bagging £93m.
Since the start of the Premier League in 1992-93 a total of £17.5BILLION has been awarded in prize money.
Manchester United have now even taken home an astonishing £1.01bn on their own in the past 25 seasons.
Chelsea's champions pay-packet of £151m this term is incredibly £149m more than Man United took home for winning the title in the 1992-93 season.
That year, Sir Alex Ferguson's side got their hands on a mere £2.4m.
Even more remarkable perhaps are the changes in parachute payments.
Back in 1992-93, when Luton, Notts County and West Ham were relegated, each side were handed a £750,000 cushion.
However, Newcastle, Aston Villa and Norwich all picked up parachute payments of almost £41m in 2015-16.
This season, all 20 Premier League clubs earned an equal share of £706m - at £35.3m apiece.
On top of that, clubs were awarded a 'facility fee' for appearing on TV, a 'merit' fee based on their final league position, a £4.8m additional payment from the central pot and a share of £782m in overseas TV rights.
That meant that despite Sunderland only earning £1.9m in merit for finishing dead last, they still took home close to £100m for their disastrous season.
Only three clubs - the Black Cats, Middlesbrough and Hull - failed to break the £100m barrier, with Tottenham, Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal and United all taking home over £140m.
All in all, Premier League clubs finished the season with a combined prize total of £2.4bn.
