How much Swansea City, Leeds United, Aston Villa and the rest earned from 2018-19 Championship season

Each club competing in this season’s Championship is expected to receive around £7m.

It has been a stark return to the second tier for Swansea City, who have seen cutbacks both on and off the pitch as a result of their relegation.

It has been a bitter pill to swallow financially, with the Liberty club raking in around £100million despite being finishing in the bottom three in their last season in the top flight.

Now, finding themselves in the Championship, the monetary rewards are worlds apart.

Cardiff City, for example, earned around £102million despite finishing 18th last term.

Unlike the Premier League, where teams are rewarded for where they finish in the final league table, prize money is fixed for each Championship side, regardless of their performance on the pitch.

That prize money is broken down into two main figures: a ‘basic award’ and a ‘solidarity payment’.

The Championship are yet to confirm the final totals for this season, but given that this was the final year of the current TV deal, the figures are likely to be around the same as last year’s.

Twelve months ago, the basic award handed to sides was £2.3m, which was approximately 10 per cent more than the previous season, and going off last season’s figures, this year’s total should be around £2.5m.

This is figure is given to every side in the Championship, meaning champions Norwich will receive the same sum as rock-bottom Ipswich Town. This is handed out by the EFL, with the money coming from the current Sky Sports TV deal.

While the solidarity payment comes from the Premier League and is handed out to Championship sides in an effort to ensure that the financial gap between the two divisions does not get too wide.

Once again, and like the basic award, this is distributed equally, with last year’s sum totaling £4.5m, up from £4.3m from the year before, and is likely to be around the £4.7m mark for this season.

Clubs also have the chance to gain additional revenue when selected to be broadcast on Sky Sports throughout the season.

There is £100,000 up for grabs for every Championship home game a club hosts live on the channel, with that figure going up to £120,000 for games being played on a Sunday and £140,000 for Thursday games.

While visiting sides are awarded £10,000 for each game they participate in.