The 2022/23 LaLiga Santander season kicks off on Friday with Osasuna vs Sevilla.
Reigning champions Real Madrid, and Barcelona, who have strengthened their squad this summer, start as favourites.
Atletico Madrid, who know what it’s like to win the league having done so twice in the last decade, start on the second row of the grid.
One of the many questions asked by fans is how much money does the LaLiga Santander champion receive, along with how much money is distributed for each position in the final standings based on the Royal Decree Law.
Just over 60 million for the champion
Based on the LaLiga TV rights deal, half of the money must be distributed equally amongst all 20 of the clubs.
The other half is divided into two parts: one is based on what is called the social implantation of each club, ie. season tickets, the average box office sales over the last five seasons and the individual participation of each club in regards to creating resources that can be used for broadcasting.
The second part is based on the standings, which is 25 percent of the revenue generated from the Royal Decree Law.
The champion gets 17 percent of that revenue, with the remaining money trickling down to the last-placed team, who get 0.25 percent.
Among the top eight finishers in the league, the difference between each position is around 7 million euros, with that figure decreasing further down the table.
Using the 1.44 billion euros from the television rights from the 2020/21 LaLiga Santander as a reference, half (722 million) would be shared equally among the 20 teams.
Of the remaining 722 million, one half is distributed by the social implantation and the other half (361 million) is handed out based on the final standings as follows:
- First place, 17 percent: 61.3 million
- Second place, 15 percent: 54.1 million
- Third place, 13 percent: 46.9 million
- Fourth place, 11 percent: 39.7 million
- Fifth place, 9 percent: 32.4 million
- Sixth place, 7 percent: 25.2 million
- Seventh place, 5 percent: 18.0 million
- Eighth place, 3.5 percent: 12.6 million
- Ninth place, 3.0 percent: 10.8 million
- Tenth place, 2.75 percent: 9.9 million
- Eleventh place, 2.5 percent: 9.0 million
- Twelfth place, 2.25 percent: 8.1 million
- Thirteenth place, 2 percent: 7.2 million
- Fourteenth place, 1.75 percent: 6.3 million
- Fifteenth place, 1.5 percent: 5.4 million
- Sixteenth place 1.25 percent. 4.5 million
- Seventeenth place, 1 percent: 3.6 million
- Eighteenth place, 0.75 percent: 2.7 million
- Nineteenth place, 0.5 percent: 1.8 million
- Twentieth place, 0.25 percent: 0.9 million
How is the money collected?
The actual money that is collected is based on the standings over the last five seasons at these percentages: 35 percent, 20 percent, 15 percent, 15 percent and 15 percent.
That means that Madrid will receive 35 percent of the 61 million for winning this season, 20 percent for finishing second last season, 15 percent for being champions three seasons ago, and 15 percent for finishing in third place four and five seasons ago, respectively.