Big Earnings Revealed: Prize Money for 6 Premier League Teams in UCL After Reaching Round of 16 and Playoffs

Big earnings revealed: Prize money for 6 Premier League teams in the UCL after reaching the round of 16 and playoffs.

On 30 Jan 2026 GMT+7, the total prize money for all 6 English Premier League teams in the 2025-26 UEFA Champions League was disclosed after the league phase concluded. All 6 teams advanced to the knockout stage with the following results.

Rankings of the 6 Premier League teams after the league phase ended.

(Qualified for round of 16)

1st place: Arsenal.

3rd place: Liverpool.

4th place: Tottenham Hotspur.

6th place: Chelsea.

8th place: Manchester City.
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(Qualified for playoffs)

12th place: Newcastle United *Seeded team.

The UEFA Champions League prize money for the league phase, featuring 36 teams, is divided into 3 parts as follows.

1) Participation fee (£581.7 million / 27.5%).

– Each team is guaranteed an equal amount of £16.2 million.

2) Performance-based rewards (£793.6 million / 37.5%).

- £1.8 million per win.

- £608,000 per draw.

- Ranking difference £238,000 per position * (36th place receives £238,000 – 1st place receives £8.57 million).

3) Market value rewards (£740.6 million / 35%).

– Paid based on club coefficient rankings and shares from TV broadcasting rights.

Prize money for the 6 Premier League teams after the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League league phase.

1. Manchester City £83.41 million (2nd out of 36 teams).

2. Liverpool £83.28 million (3rd out of 36 teams).

3. Arsenal £82.59 million (4th out of 36 teams).

4. Chelsea £78.91 million (5th out of 36 teams).

5. Tottenham Hotspur £71.86 million (7th out of 36 teams).

6. Newcastle United £46.44 million (19th out of 36 teams).