Lineker tops list of BBC's highest earners on £1.3m

The BBC has announced the salaries of its highest-paid stars from 2024/25, with Gary Lineker topping the list two months after leaving the corporation.

- JACOB STOLWORTHY

In top spot for the eighth consecutive year, the former Match of the Day presenter was the only star paid more than £1m. His earnings remained unchanged from last year.

Radio 2 DJ Zoe Ball was the second highest-paid employee on the list, earning £515k-£519k. It is a £435k drop on last year following her departure from the station’s breakfast show.

Football pundit Alan Shearer was handed a £60k increase, to sit in third place, with £440k-£444k, while Radio 1 DJ Greg James is close behind with £425k-£429k.

Broadcasters Nick Robinson and Fiona Bruce are on the same salary (£410k-£414k), in fifth place.

Meanwhile, Ball stepped down from Radio 2’s Breakfast Show in December, but returned in May with a new Saturday afternoon programme.

Other stars to have seen drastic increases include Laura Kuenssberg, who presents her own Sunday morning politics show, and Radio 2 DJ Vernon Kay.