BBC Match of the Day and World Cup presenters' salaries revealed as they earn less COMBINED than Gary Lineker did

GARY LINEKER was paid more than the other three Match of the Day presenters COMBINED, new BBC figures show.

The former Match of the Day presenter also banked between £325,000-£329,999 for his work from April 1 2025 to March 31 2026 – despite only being on the payroll for two months of that period.

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Lineker, 65, left the company at the end of the 2024/25 season – earlier than planned after controversy over social media posts.

And he was replaced by a mixture of Kelly Cates, Gabby Logan, and Mark Chapman.

But the trio only banked £855,000 together – much less than Lineker’s usual yearly earnings of £1.35MILLION.

That was the figure the ex-England striker took home for hosting from April 2024 to March 2025.

Now, the Beeb’s annual report – which also reveals sacked Radio 2 host Scott Mills’ shocking pay rise – shows that Lineker’s brief spell on BBC covering Prem and FA Cup action was paid at a higher rate than any of the others for an entire year.

Chapman, who is credited with around 98 editions of BBC Radio 5 Live Sport – as well MOTD, Champions League and Challenge Cup rugby – raked in £335k-340k.

Meanwhile Logan split her work across athletics, rugby union, the Women’s Euros, Women’s rugby World Cup, and Sports Personality of the Year.

She falls into the £290-295k bracket, which is still comfortably more than footie expert Cates – who is regularly seen on Sky Sports as well.

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Cates has around 40 editions of 5 Live and MOTD with the Champions League.

Her pay is recorded as a maximum of £219,999.

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Altogether, the group have covered for Lineker – who did every single Match of the Day going – hence the split in individual pay.

He is now leading podcast empire Goalhanger, which he co-hosts The Rest is Football on.

Lineker also landed a cushy World Cup gig this summer, putting out his pod on Netflix alongside Micah Richards and Alan Shearer.

The two pundits also appear on Match of the Day as analysts, and Shearer is handsomely rewarded.

He got a massive £395,000 – the most of any sports employee.

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Alex Scott, axed when Football Focus was canned earlier this year, got £199,000, but has total yearly earnings across her portfolio of over £800,000.

Other notable sports payees include former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan – who does TMS radio coverage and TV highlights for £189,000.

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