GARY Lineker is the BBC’s top earning on-air talent for the fifth consecutive year and the only name to earn over £1 million annually, new figures show.
The 61-year-old pundit and former footballer was paid between £1,350,000 and £1,354,999 in 2021/2022 for work including Match Of The Day and Sports Personality Of The Year – a reduction of £10,000 on the previous year.
Lineker first topped the list for 2017/18 with a pay bracket of £1,750,000 to £1,759,999, and in 2020 it was announced he had taken a voluntary pay cut.
The corporation’s annual report for 2021/22, which also marks its centenary, shows four out of the top 10 best paid names have seen their salaries fall.
The list, shown in full below, is ranked by salary band, starting with the highest.
The equivalent salary band for 2020/21 is shown in brackets, with a description of the year-on-year change.
As director-general Tim Davie announced the pay news, he also revealed that the BBC will deliver a report into complaints made about veteran radio host Tim Westwood within the next two weeks.
The hip hop DJ, who was a BBC radio presenter for almost 20 years, stepped down from his show on Capital Xtra in April following accusations by several women of sexual misconduct and predatory behaviour, which he denies.
Davie said: “We have (an) internal audit separate to myself working to the senior independent director Nick Serota going through now, responding to anything that is coming into us.
“I don’t want to give a running commentary on that. It is not because I am lacking in transparency. It is just we want to do that work and then we will come back, and I think what we will do is publish something and summarise exactly to the questions.
“Here are the things we have got in, this is all we have got as the BBC and be fully transparent around that. And we should get that out within the next two weeks.”
The full list of top BBC earners
1 Gary Lineker £1,350,000-1,354,999 (down from £1,360,000-£1,364,999)
2 Zoe Ball £980,000-£984,999 (down from £1,130,000-£1,134,999)
3 Alan Shearer £450,000-£454,999 (up from £390,000-£394,999)
= Steve Wright £450,000-£454,999 (down from £465,000-£469,999)
5 Stephen Nolan £415,000-£419,999 (up from £405,000-£409,999)
6 Fiona Bruce £410,000-£414,999 (up from £405,000-£409,999)
= Huw Edwards £410,000-£414,999 (down from £425,000-£429,999)
8 Vanessa Feltz £400,000-£404,999 (up from £390,000-£394,999)
= Scott Mills £400,000-£404,999 (up from £375,000-£379,999)
10 Greg James £390,000-£394,999 (up from £310,000-£314,999)
11 Ken Bruce £385,000-£389,999 (up from £365,000-£369,999)
12 Lauren Laverne £380,000-£384,999 (down from £395,000-£399,999)
13 Naga Munchetty £365,000-£369,999 (up from £255,000-£259,999)
14 George Alagiah £325,000-£329,999 (no change)
= Emily Maitlis £325,000-£329,999 (no change)
= Amol Rajan £325,000-£329,999 (up from £240,000-£244,999)
17 Sophie Raworth £305,000-£309,999 (up from £280,000-£284,999)
18 Nicky Campbell £295,000-£299,999 (no change)
19 Jeremy Vine £290,000-£294,999 (down from £295,000-£299,999)
20 Jason Mohammad £285,000-£289,999 (up from £270,000-£274,999)
21 Sara Cox £275,000-£279,999 (up from £270,000-£274,999)
= Mishal Husain £275,000-£279,999 (no change)
23 Evan Davis £270,000-£274,999 (no change)
= Nick Robinson £270,000-£274,999 (no change)
25 Andrew Marr £265,000-£269,999 (down from £335,000-£339,999)
= Jo Whiley £265,000-£269,999 (down from £275,000-£279,999)
27 Laura Kuenssberg £260,000-£264,999 (no change)
28 Martha Kearney £255,000-£259,999 (up from £250,000-£254,999)
= Clive Myrie £255,000-£259,999 (up from £205,000-£209,999)
= Justin Webb £255,000-£259,999 (no change)
31 Mark Chapman £250,000-£254,999 (no change)
32 Sarah Montague £245,000-£249,999 (no change)
= Kirsty Wark £245,000-£249,999 (up from £210,000-£214,999)
34 Victoria Derbyshire £240,000-£244,999 (up from £170,000-£174,999)
= Faisal Islam £240,000-£244,999 (up from £205,000-£209,999)
36 Jeremy Bowen £230,000-£234,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
37 Jon Sopel £225,000-£229,999 (down from £230,000-£234,999)
= Michael Vaughan £225,000-£229,999 (up from £175,000-£179,999)
39 Jermaine Jenas £220,000-£224,999 (up from £195,000-£199,999)
= Dan Walker £220,000-£224,999 (down from £295,000-£299,999)
41 Katya Adler £215,000-£219,999 (down from £220,000-£224,999)
= Emma Barnett £215,000-£219,999 (down from £240,000-£244,999)
= Mary Berry £215,000-£219,999 (no change)
44 Fergal Keane £210,000-£214,999 (up from £205,000-£209,999)
= Trevor Nelson £210,000-£214,999 (down from £230,000-£234,999)
46 Clare Balding £205,000-£209,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
= Simon Jack £205,000-£209,999 (up from £190,000-£194,999)
48 Reeta Chakrabarti £200,000-£204,999 (up from £175,000-£179,999)
= Gabby Logan £200,000-£204,999 (up from £165,000-£169,999)
= Micah Richards £200,000-£204,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
= Louis Theroux £200,000-£204,999 (no change)
52 Alex Scott £195,000-£199,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
53 Mark Easton £190,000-£194,999 (no change)
= Sarah Smith £190,000-£194,999 (up from £185,000-£189,999)
= Charlie Stayt £190,000-£194,999 (no change)
56 Sue Barker £185,000-£189,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
57 Rachel Burden £180,000-£184,999 (down from £205,000-£209,999)
= John McEnroe £180,000-£184,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
59 Jonathan Agnew £175,000-£179,999 (no change)
= Stephen Sackur £175,000-£179,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
61 Ben Brown £170,000-£174,999 (no change)
62 Harpreet Bhullar (Harpz Kaur) £160,000-£164,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
= Orla Guerin £160,000-£164,999 (no change)
= Colin Murray £160,000-£164,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
65 Clara Amfo £155,000-£159,999 (down from £165,000-£169,999)
= Joanna Gosling £155,000-£159,999 (no change)
= Isa Guha £155,000-£159,999 (up from £150,000-£154,999)
= Chris Sutton £155,000-£159,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
= Claudia Winkleman £155,000-£159,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
70 Nihal Arthanayake £150,000-£154,999 (no change)
= Lyse Doucet £150,000-£154,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
= Steve Lamacq £150,000-£154,999 (down from £155,000-£159,999)
= Tony Livesey £150,000-£154,999 (not listed in 2020/21)
= Carolyn Quinn £150,000-£154,999 (no change)
