How Much Money Every 2025 FIFA Club World Cup Side Has Earned in the Competition

This summer’s revamped Club World Cup, featuring top clubs from across the globe based on performances over the past four years – and expanded from seven to 32 teams – was designed to inject fresh prestige into a once-overlooked tournament. And one of the most powerful ways FIFA has turned up the heat is by introducing a massive spike in prize money.

But just how much are clubs raking in? While the likes of Liverpool, Napoli, and Barcelona – all absent from this remodelled showpiece despite domestic title wins – might relish the unexpected breather as they recharge for the upcoming season, you’d forgive them for casting a jealous glance at the riches on offer in the new-look competition.

The Club World Cup’s prize distribution mimics UEFA’s model across its three competitions, splitting the £772.81 million prize pot into two key pillars: sporting performance and participation payment. In simple terms: the higher your ranking, the fatter your cheque. Lower-coefficient clubs get a smaller slice of the pie, but each victory can rake in important funds. With the Round of 16 results now in and eyes looking ahead at the quarter-finals, we’ve taken stock of what every club has banked so far, courtesy of findings from Sports Illustrated.

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Auckland City, Wydad AC, and Seattle Sounders feature among the worst-paid clubs

It will come as no surprise to anyone that Auckland City – whose squad is largely made up of semi-professionals who had to take annual leave to participate – sit rock bottom of the earnings list, having brought in just £3.53 million. Their group stage campaign yielded only a single point, with one goal scored and a brutal 17 conceded.

Strangely, Wydad Casablanca failed to earn even a point, yet, due to their higher club ranking, earned double what Auckland managed. They took home £7.38 million – the same figure banked by Urawa Red Diamonds, Ulsan HD, Seattle Sounders, and Pachuca, despite none of those clubs leaving the States with more than a draw from their three matches.

Los Angeles FC managed just one result – a 1-1 draw with Flamengo in the opening round – but still raked in £8.15 million on home soil. Meanwhile, ES Tunis, the Tunisian side that edged LAFC with a 1-0 win, walked away with £8.92 million – although they were not the highest-paid African club at the tournament.

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Boca Juniors, River Plate, and Al-Hilal included

United Arab Emirates outfit Al-Ain and Egyptian giants Al-Ahly – who are the most successful clubs in world football based on major honours – both also earned £8.92 million. Mamelodi Sundowns, based in South Africa, were the highest-earning African side at the tournament. A draw against Fluminense and a narrow 1-0 win over Ulsan helped them pocket £9.69 million, having also come close to snatching something against Borussia Dortmund before ultimately falling short in a thrilling 4-3 loss.

RB Salzburg are unlikely to be too thrilled with their £11.79 million haul – not when their ownership group is practically swimming in cash. Meanwhile, Boca Juniors’ only real gripe about their £13.29 million prize pot may be the fact that it fell short of what their fierce Buenos Aires rivals River Plate earned. River’s four points banked them £14.06 million.

Monterrey, the final footballing home of Sergio Ramos, edged River Plate in Group E by just a single point, qualifying for the Round of 16 and netting £16.25 million in the process. But another club unlikely to even blink at their earnings is Inter Miami. Despite matching Monterrey’s figure, £16.25 million for David Beckham’s side – a franchise hoping to dethrone LA Galaxy as the MLS’s A-listers – may as well be loose change in the cushions. That said, the money could still go a long way toward covering the wages of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Sergio Busquets.

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All four Brazilian teams rank highly, as do Inter Miami

After a humbling 4-0 defeat to Champions League holders Paris Saint-Germain and finishing below Botafogo in their group, Atletico Madrid were handed a sobering reminder of how far behind their European rivals they still are. Still, £17.68 million is a decent return to soften the blow – just slightly less than Porto, who raked in £17.85 million. Juventus, Serie A’s giants, just about crossed the £20 million mark, despite most recently suffering a 5-2 defeat to Manchester City.

Two of Brazil’s four representatives – Botafogo, and Flamengo – each earned £20.62 million and £21.39 million, further cementing their reputation as South America’s club football powerhouses, even if the national team has faltered in recent major international tournaments. Benfica shocked many with a 1-0 win over Bayern Munich. They were unable to repeat that kind of performance against Chelsea in the Round of 16, so didn’t manage to add to their £22.53 million take home.

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Al-Hilal are Saudi Arabia’s flag-bearers, having pulled off a shock 4-3 win over Manchester City in the Round of 16 to take their prize money so far to £24.95 million. For the oil-rich club, money isn’t what excites them most this summer, but rather the chance to prove they can rival Europe’s elite – something they’ve done emphatically so far, having also held Real Madrid to a 1-1 draw in their opener, though AI recently ranked their domestic league very lowly compared to the rest of the world.

Inter Milan reached their second Champions League final in three years last season, only to collapse against Paris Saint-Germain in a record-breaking 5-0 loss at the Allianz Arena. They’ll be hoping to spend their £26.84 million earnings wisely to make another push, though they’ll be disappointed by a 2-0 loss to Fluminense that sent them packing early.

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Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, and PSG boast the best earnings

Palmeiras narrowly beat Brazilian rivals Botafogo 1-0 in the Round of 16, while Fluminense, as aforementioned, produced another shock win with a 2-0 result over Inter Milan. That means they are their nation’s joint-highest earners so far with £29.11 million banked and still more to play for.

Borussia Dortmund’s £38.18 million in earnings after a close 2-1 win over Monterrey will need to be reinvested if they’re to avoid finishing 25 points behind the Bundesliga champions again next season, but they will take a lot of positives from earning more than Manchester City in the end, who crashed out at the hands of Al-Hilal and were stopped in their moneymaking tracks after winning £37.7 million.

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Chelsea’s £39.13 million earnings will no doubt ease concerns over meeting the Premier League’s profitability and sustainability rules. Liam Delap starred in a mixed group stage run that included wins – and clean sheets – against ES Tunis and LAFC, but also included a concerning 3-1 defeat to Flamengo, despite going 1-0 up within 13 minutes. That said, a 4-1 hammering over Benfica in the first knockout round will have quickly put the club back on track.

PSG had a similar group stage journey, with dominant wins over Atletico Madrid and Seattle Sounders, only to suffer a narrow 1-0 loss to Botafogo. Still, they earned £40.79 million after a 4-0 win over Inter Miami – just behind a top two of Bayern Munich (£42.48 million) and Real Madrid (£44.90 million).

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