Welsh presenter Jason Mohammad received a 15,000 pay rise last year, BBC figures have confirmed.
Mohammad, the face of the BBC's Final Score programme, earned a salary of between £285,000 and £289,999, an increase from the £270,000 to £274,999 he received the year before. The Cardiff City fan also has his own BBC Radio Wales show and is a regular presenter on snooker, as well as the Olympics and Commonwealth Games.
However, he was only the 20th highest earner in the list of on-air talent, which was topped by Match of the Day presenter Gary Linker for the fifth straight year.
Lineker was the only one to earn a salary exceeding £1 million a year. The figures show the 61-year-old was paid between £1,350,000 and £1,354,999 in 2021/2022, which was actually a reduction of £10,000 on his earnings last year.
He remains ahead of Radio 2 presenter Zoe Ball, whose salary also slipped for a second consecutive year, dipping below the £1 million mark to a salary of £980,000 to £984,999.
Meanwhile, football pundit Alan Shearer has enjoyed a year-on-year increase of £60,000, bringing his salary to £450,000-£454,999, which puts him joint third with Steve Wright, whose salary this year reflects a £15,000 decrease
The only new addition to the top 10 is Greg James, whose salary has increased by £80,000 to between £390,000 and £394,999 for work including the Radio 1 Breakfast Show, Rewinder on Radio 4, Radio 1’s Big Weekend.
Meanwhile, Welsh news presenter Huw Edwards saw his pay packet fall by £15,000, although he remains in the top 10.
Here is a full list of BBC on-air salaries for 2021/22 above £150,000, as published in the BBC annual report.
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 £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)
