Who will become the biggest winner? The total Champions League prize money hit a new high, reaching 2.47 billion euros

With the 2025/26 Champions League coming soon, 36 participating teams not only pay attention to the lottery results, but also the bonus allocation has become the focus.

According to Marca, UEFA maintained its policy of increasing the Champions League bonus last season, with a total amount slightly increased from 2.437 billion euros to 2.47 billion euros, mainly divided into three major sectors, including basic bonuses and stage rewards. The specific details are as follows.

Basic Bonus and Stage Bonus

Each participating team will receive a fixed basic bonus of 18.6 million euros. In the eight games in the group stage, each victory can receive an additional 2.1 million euros, and a draw will be added 700,000 euros. After the group stage, the team will receive additional rewards based on their rankings. For example, the 16th place: 700,000 euros, 100,000 euros, 100,000 euros, 100,000 euros, 100 million euros, the prize for advancing to the knockout stage is as follows: 11 million euros, 11 million euros, quarterfinals: 12.5 million euros, semi-finals: 15 million euros, runner-up: 18.5 million euros, champions: 25 million euros, 20 million euros, and the teams that win each round of knockouts will receive an additional 10 million euros.

Bonus three major parts

UEFA divides the total prize of 2.47 billion euros into three parts:

Core value - accounting for about 35% of the total, that is, 864.5 million euros

Distributed based on the club's UEFA ties and the contributions to the television and broadcast markets.

core values ​​include the European market (75%) and the non-European market (25%).

The European market part is based on national television revenue and club European performance rankings in the past five years; the non-European part is based on UEFA points in the past decade.

Competitive performance rewards - accounting for 37.5%, about 926.2 million euros

The team won the prize according to their performance in the game, and the bonus will be higher as the stage advances go.

Participation bonus - accounting for 27.5%, about 679.2 million euros

All participating teams can receive a fixed bonus of 18.6 million euros in the initial stage.

Historical comparison reference

Last season Champions League champion Paris Saint-Germain won a total of 118.7 million euros through his game performance, which has not yet been added to the core value part, and the final total revenue will be released in UEFA's annual financial report.

The previous season's Champions League champion Real Madrid had a total revenue of 141 million euros.

This bonus increase is a move by UEFA to deal with the potential threat of the Premier League, ensuring that the Champions League maintains its advantage in economic and competitive attractiveness.

The new season's Champions League draw will be held at 0:00 on the 29th.