How much will FIFA World Cup 2026 players earn for their respective clubs?

Players at this month’s World Cup will earn their clubs about $5,000 a day from a $355 million FIFA fund.

FIFA on Friday provided details of how it will distribute clubs’ share of revenue among those whose players are among the 1,248 players picked for the 48-team tournament in North America and – for the first time – also those called up for the 905 qualifiers.

Football’s governing body said players involved in the qualifying program earned $2,360 per match for the clubs they were registered with during that period.

Thousands of clubs worldwide should get some money because 209 national teams played matches. Only Eritrea and Russia, which is suspended from international competitions, did not participate.

The 19 players that Manchester City has selected for this World Cup are the most of any club. It also received the largest share from the FIFA payment program during the 2022 edition in Qatar and for the Russian final four years earlier.

City’s previous payments were $4.6 million and $5 million from a $209 million fund for each tournament.

The FIFA fund for clubs was agreed at $355 million for this tournament in 2023. $250 million will be set aside to reward clubs for their World Cup players, and $100 million for clubs that have sent players to qualifying matches.

FIFA said the remaining $5 million will cover administrative costs.

Other clubs that will have to pay millions of dollars from FIFA include Bayern Munich with 18 players selected, and Champions League finalists Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal with 16 players each. Outside Europe, the Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal is best represented with 12 players.

Crystal Palace has beaten Liverpool and Real Madrid. The new champions of the Europa Conference League have twelve players involved in this World Cup, while Liverpool have eleven and Madrid ten.

FIFA payments to clubs from World Cup revenues began during the 2010 edition as part of negotiations to create and recognize the influential European Club Association two years earlier. The fund totaled $40 million in 2010 in South Africa and $70 million from the 2014 tournament in Brazil.

Published on June 5, 2026