With 1.161 billion euros in revenue generated in 2024/25, a new record, Real Madrid is still at the top of the ‘Football Money League’ ranking published Thursday by Deloitte.
Winner of the last Champions League, Paris St-Germain gave up one place to find themselves 4th.
FC Barcelona, 6th the previous year, returns to the podium (2nd) for the first time since the 2019/20 season with almost a billion in revenue (974 million euros), ahead of Bayern Munich (more than 860 million). PSG, third in the last edition of the ranking, fell one place, with 837 million euros, up slightly compared to the previous year (836 million).
Liverpool is for the first time the English club with the highest revenue (836 million), and jumps from 8th to 5th place.
In 2026, the 20 clubs in the Football Money League reported cumulative revenues of €12.4 billion, a record and an increase of 11% compared to the 2023/24 season. The Deloitte study is based on three sources of revenue to establish its ranking: ticketing, TV rights and commercial revenue.
Thanks to the Club World Cup
For the third year in a row, commercial revenues represent the largest share of club revenues (5.3 billion euros, or 43% of the total). Revenues from TV rights are up sharply, by 10%, and represent 38% of total revenues.
This increase, explains Deloitte, is explained in particular by the TV rights for the Club World Cup, expanded to 32 teams and the first edition of which took place last summer in the United States. The clubs which participated in this World Cup saw an increase of 17% in their income linked to TV rights.
As for women’s football, the 15 clubs with the most revenue generate a total revenue exceeding 150 million euros for the first time (158 million). The ranking is dominated by Arsenal, titled in the Champions League (25.6 million), with an increase in revenue of 43% compared to the previous season, ahead of Chelsea (25.4 million) and Barcelona (22 million).
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