Top 10 Football Clubs by Matchday Revenue (2026)

Real Madrid generated 232.5 million euros of matchday revenue in 2024-25, the most among Deloitte's 20 Money League clubs. Barcelona ranked second at 209.7 million euros, even while playing away from Spotify Camp Nou, and Manchester United was third at 190.7 million euros. The 20 clubs recorded a record 2.4 billion euros of matchday income, up 16%.

Key facts

• This is a ranking of matchday revenue inside the Money League, not a separate study of every club in world football. The 20 clubs are those with the highest total revenue in Deloitte's 2026 edition.
• Matchday was the fastest-growing stream for a fourth year, rising 16% to 2.4 billion euros, or 19% of the 12.4 billion euro Money League total.
• Deloitte said improved matchday experiences and personal seat licences (PSLs) helped drive the growth. PSLs can be one-off and should not be read as a new recurring run-rate.
• The order differs from the overall top 10 highest-revenue clubs. Manchester United and Arsenal rank higher here than on total revenue. Manchester City, sixth overall, does not appear in this matchday top 10.

1. Real Madrid: 232.5 million euros

Real Madrid still led the matchday table, even after a 6% decline. Deloitte's UK report said the fall was driven mainly by lower revenue from personal seat licences, and that 232.5 million euros (the press text rounded this to 233 million euros) would still rank as the second-highest matchday figure a Money League club has recorded. The Bernabeu redevelopment is the commercial backdrop, but the 2024-25 line already includes the effect of fewer PSL sales than in the prior year.

2. FC Barcelona: 209.7 million euros

Barcelona ranked second on matchday income at 209.7 million euros, despite playing home matches away from Spotify Camp Nou in 2024-25. Deloitte attributed a large part of the club's 27% rise in total revenue to PSLs introduced with the stadium rebuild, putting that one-off contribution at about 70 million euros. That item inflates the 2024-25 matchday line and will not automatically repeat at the same level once the licence sales are complete.

3. Manchester United: 190.7 million euros

Manchester United had the highest matchday revenue of any Premier League club, at 190.7 million euros, and ranked third overall. That strength sits against a weaker broadcast year: Deloitte recorded a drop in broadcast income after a 15th-place finish and no Champions League football, which is why United is only eighth on total revenue. Old Trafford's scale still supports a large ticket and hospitality take, and the club's listed filings can be used to cross-check the sterling equivalent, using United's own definitions.

4. Arsenal: 183.1 million euros

Arsenal placed fourth, with 183.1 million euros of matchday revenue, just behind United and well above most of the rest of the Premier League group. The Emirates has the capacity to deliver that income without a one-off licence programme of the kind Deloitte highlighted in Spain. Arsenal ranked only seventh on total revenue, so matchday is a larger part of its relative strength than commercial income, which at 314.0 million euros lagged several clubs above and below it in the overall list.

5. Paris Saint-Germain: 176.6 million euros

Paris Saint-Germain ranked fifth on matchday revenue, at 176.6 million euros, ahead of every English club except United and Arsenal. The Parc des Princes remains a high-yield venue, and the club's matchday line held up even as Deloitte flagged pressure on Ligue 1 domestic broadcast contracts. PSG was the only French club in the Money League top 20. Its matchday income was also higher than Bayern Munich's, even though Bayern ranked above PSG on total revenue.

6. Tottenham Hotspur: 150.5 million euros

Tottenham ranked sixth, with 150.5 million euros. The figure is consistent with the year-round hospitality and event model around the club's stadium, which we examined in our Tottenham stadium analysis. Broadcast revenue of 192.4 million euros was the lowest in the overall top 10, so matchday and commercial income do more of the work. There is no PSL-style one-off in Deloitte's commentary for Tottenham in this edition, which makes the 150.5 million euros a cleaner run-rate comparison than Barcelona's line.

7. Liverpool: 149.8 million euros

Liverpool was just behind Tottenham, at 149.8 million euros. Deloitte pointed to additional non-matchday events at Anfield as a contributor to a 7% rise in commercial revenue, which is recorded separately from this matchday line. The two should not be added together. Liverpool's 2024-25 matchday figure reflects a Champions League season at a still-expanding Anfield, and it sits very close to Tottenham despite a smaller stadium than the newer London ground.

8. Bayern Munich: 147.2 million euros

Bayern Munich ranked eighth on matchday revenue, at 147.2 million euros, even though the club was third on total income. The Allianz Arena still produces a large gate, but the gap to Real Madrid and Barcelona is wide, and several Premier League clubs now out-earn Bayern on this line alone. Deloitte linked Bayern's overall rise more to broadcast income, including the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, than to a step-change in tickets and hospitality.

9. Internazionale: 108.0 million euros

Inter ranked ninth, with 108.0 million euros of matchday revenue, the highest of any club outside the overall Money League top 10. San Siro remains a shared, ageing venue, and the figure sits well below the London and Madrid clubs even after a strong on-pitch year. Inter's total revenue rose 37% to 537.5 million euros, according to Deloitte, but most of that gain came from broadcast and commercial lines rather than matchday. The club also later published 2025-26 accounts, which cover a different period and should not be mixed with these figures.

10. Chelsea: 103.2 million euros

Chelsea completed this matchday top 10 at 103.2 million euros, just below Inter and well below the rest of the Premier League group in the list. Stamford Bridge's capacity is the main constraint. Clubs immediately below Chelsea in the Money League table, including Borussia Dortmund at 94.9 million euros and AC Milan at 87.0 million euros, show how tight the lower end of this ranking is. Manchester City, by comparison, recorded only 89.3 million euros of matchday revenue and therefore falls outside this top 10, despite ranking sixth on total income.

Methodology and last updated

This list ranks the 20 clubs in the Deloitte Football Money League 2026 by the matchday column in Deloitte's published 2024-25 revenue table. It is not a ranking of all professional clubs, only of those already in the Money League by total revenue. Totals are in millions of euros, at Deloitte's 12-month average rates of 1 euro = GBP 0.84 and 1 euro = USD 1.08, unless otherwise stated. Personal seat licences and similar one-off items are included where Deloitte recorded them in matchday revenue; they are flagged in the club notes. Transfer income is excluded. Last updated: 12 November 2026.

Sources

• Deloitte Football Money League 2026, UK report page (22 January 2026)
• Deloitte UK press release: Real Madrid tops the Money League (22 January 2026)
• Deloitte Greece press pack, published revenue-split table (2026 edition)
• Deloitte Czech page, official top-20 revenue table (2026 edition)