Gary Lineker is the perfect example of a sports star who has carved out a successful TV career – becoming the BBC’s top earning male presenter.
The 62-year-old shot to fame as a footballer but is now just as well known for shows like Match Of The Day.
And last year when the corporation published the salaries of its highest-paid stars as part of its annual report, he was at the top of the list.
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The list looked at earnings from 2021 to 2022, and Gary was number one with a salary of £1,350,000-£1,354,999.
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Fellow football star Alan Shearer and radio star Steve Wright were in joint second, with earnings of £450,000-£454,999.
Hot on their heels was radio presenter Stephen Nolan, who raked in £415,000-£419,999 thanks to jobs like The Nolan Show on Radio Ulster.
Huw Edwards was another big hitter, coming fifth in the list of highest paid BBC male presenters.
The 61-year-old Welsh journalist had a salary in the range of £410,000-£414,999 thanks to the News at Six and News at Ten and other news programmes.
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Radio star Scott Mills came next, with £400,000-£404,999, and he was followed by Greg James on £390,000-£394,999.
Radio legend Ken Bruce had a salary in the range of £385,000-£389,999.
The 72-year-old made the list because of programmes like Radio 2’s mid morning show, the Eurovision Song Contest and PopMaster Special.
However, Ken has since stepped down from Radio 2 after 31 years with the BBC and at the beginning of April this year the star made his debut on Greatest Hits Radio.
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Newsreader George Alagiah, who is battling bowel cancer, was ninth in the list with a salary of £325,000 – £329,999.
Amol Rajan, who was the journalist who interview Phillip Schofield amid his This Morning controversy rounded out the top 10 with the tidy sum of £325,000 – £329,999.
The list doesn’t include stars of shows which are made by commercial arm BBC Studio.
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