QPR earn £3million a point for finishing bottom of Premier League

Queens Park Rangers earned almost £3million per point they earned in the Premier League this season. 

The Hoops reaped £64,886,028 (89.191m) in Premier League payments, and were relegated back to the Championship with a total of 30 points, finishing last.

Champions Chelsea were awarded almost £99m (over 136m) as they claimed the title for the first time in five years. Chelsea’s total share was just over 46million more than QPR. Around a quarter Chelsea’s 136m came from prize money for finishing top of the table but the largest amount came from overseas broadcast rights, with all 20 top-flight clubs receiving over £27.5m from that stream. Manchester United were the biggest earners from facility fees with their 27 live TV appearances bringing in just under 30million.

Jose Mourinho’s side scooped a record total of £98,999,554 from a combination of television revenue, prize money and other payments.

Manchester City (£98,501,832) earned the second most while Manchester United (£96,759,212) completed the top three despite finishing below Arsenal (£96,509,758).

Each club earned an equal share of the domestic TV money (£21,968793) and an equal share of the overseas TV money (£27,757,371). They also received an equal share on centralised sponsorship money (e.g. Barclays), which worked out at £4,392,630 per club.

An £8,775,160 ‘facility fee’ was given to each team to help facilitate the filming matches in their stadium. This amount was paid to each team even if fewer than 10 of their games were shown on television.

However, they also received an additional £747,176 for each game more than 10. For example, a team who had 11 games on TV would have been awarded over 10m (£9,552,336).

More Manchester United matches (27) were shown on TV than any other side. That is why they earned more money than Arsenal (25) overall despite finishing below them.

In total, more than £1.6billion was distributed among the 20 Premier League clubs from last season.

The Premier League has also changed the way that parachute payments will be handed out to relegated clubs. From 2016/17, payments will be paid over three years, not four.

Under the new rules, clubs who are in their first year after relegation will receive 55 per cent of an equal share of domestic television money and and equal share of overseas television money. These payments would amount to roughly £40m.

In their second year after relegation they would receive a 45 per cent of an equal share of domestic television money and in the third year that figure would drop to 20 per cent