GARY LINEKER earned a staggering FOUR TIMES more than his Match of the Day successor Mark Chapman last season.The BBC have published their annual salaries list, with Lineker, 64, far and away their top earner in 2023-24.GettyMark Chapman’s BBC wage for the 2023-24 season has been revealed[/caption]GettyGary Lineker earned over four times as much as Chapman, raking in £1.35m[/caption]GettyWayne Rooney will join MOTD on a two-year deal worth £800,000[/caption]The former England striker spent 26 years as MOTD host and saw his pay reach a whopping £1.35MILLION per year.The Beeb’s second highest earner is Zoe Ball – who has raked in £515,000 over the last 12 months for her work on BBC Radio 2.Alan Shearer completes the top three, with the Newcastle and England legend earning £440,000 in 2023-24 for his work as a Match of the Day and Euro 2024 pundit.SunSport exclusively revealed Wayne Rooney is also set to join the hit show as a pundit on a two-year deal worth £800,000.And that means they’re both set to earn MORE than the shows new hosts – which include Gabby Logan and Kelly Cates.Chapman, 51, pocketed a cool £325,000 last year for his work with the BBC, which included 120 episodes of Radio 5 Live, the Olympics, Euro 2024 and, of course, Match of the Day 2.Despite his array of stellar work, ‘Chappers’ earned more than £1m LESS than his MOTD predecessor, Lineker – who officially quit the BBC in June – last year alone.Only three other BBC stars from the world of sport cracked their ‘rich list’.CASINO SPECIAL – BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITSFinal Score host Jason Mohammad – who also did some work for BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio 2 – took home £230,000 over the past year.Football Focus host Alex Scott raked in £205,000 in 2023-24, having also worked on Euro 2024, Sports Personality of the Year and the Women’s Super League. GettyGabby Logan is one of three stars replacing Lineker as MOTD host[/caption]GettyKelly Cates will team up with Chapman and Logan as one of the rotating hosts[/caption]Finally, ex-Chelsea striker Chris Sutton pocketed £200,000 last year having worked for BBC Radio 5 Live, the Monday Night Club podcast, the 606 podcast, Euro 2024, Football Focus and Final Score.Cates, 49, is daughter of Liverpool and Scotland legend Kenny Dalglish and has spent most of her career at Sky Sports, but also worked for talkSPORT and ESPN among others before her BBC move, with her Beeb wage yet to be announced.TV legend Logan, 52, has worked extensively for the BBC, ITV and even Channel 5 – covering all many of sports and lifestyle shows, from the Olympics, World Cup and Euros, to Loose Women and even game show Pointless.While her most recent BBC salaries are unknown, she did take home £240,000 in 2022-23.Logan, along with Cates and Chapman, will be tasked with leading a new era for Match of the Day after a 26-year Lineker monopoly.On his exit, Lineker told The Rest is Football podcast in November 2024: “It has been an absolute joy and privilege to present such an iconic show for the BBC, but all things have to come to an end.“It came at a point where really the BBC and Match Of The Day, they’ve got the rights for another three years.“The cycle starts from next season so it felt like if I just do one more year it would be a bit weird. I feel this is now the right time.“I think the next contract they’re looking to do Match Of The Day slightly differently.”GettyAlan Shearer is the BBC’s third highest paid star and will be top MOTD earner[/caption]Lineker – who replaced Des Lynam in 1999, added: “So I think it makes sense for someone else to take the helm.”However, in April 2025, speaking to fellow BBC star Amol Rajan – who earned £315,000 in 2023-24, good for 17th on the list – Lineker revealed: “Well, perhaps [the BBC] want me to leave.“There was the sense of that.“I always wanted one more contract, and I was umm-ing and ahh-ing about whether to do three years [more].“In the end, I think there was a feeling that, because it was a new rights period, it was a chance to change the programme.“I think it was their preference that I didn’t do Match of the Day for one more year, so they could bring in new people.”As for the future, Lineker told FourFourTwo he wouldn’t move to any of the BBC’s rivals.He claimed: “I don’t think you’ll see me doing much football, apart from the podcast.“I’ll do the odd thing, but I don’t think you’ll see me appearing regularly on another channel.”