For the second consecutive year, Manchester City has won the Deloitte Football Money League, with 11 of the world's 20 highest-earning clubs hailing from the Premier League.

The ranking, which evaluates the top-performing football clubs in terms of revenue every year, saw reigning English champions City become just the fourth club to ever come in first place last year.

In the 2021–22 season, the first one in which coronavirus restrictions were relaxed and supporters started to return to stadiums, City continued to be the team with the highest income generation in the world.

They earned £619.1 million (€731 million) over that time period to finish ahead of LaLiga's Real Madrid (€713.8 million), while Liverpool advanced from seventh to third after earning £594.3 million (€701.7 million).

Fellow English clubs Manchester United (fourth), Chelsea (eighth), Tottenham (ninth) and Arsenal (10th) also make the top 10, with West Ham (15th), Leicester City (17th), Leeds United (18th), Everton (19th) and Newcastle United (20th) in the top 20.

It marks the first time in the report's 26 years that a single country has provided more than half of the rich list.

𝗜𝗧'𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛𝗗𝗔𝗬We take on Spurs in the @premierleague! 👊#ManCity pic.twitter.com/V3kfqiZ4dn— Manchester City (@ManCity) January 19, 2023

"The Premier League was the only one of the big five European leagues to experience an increase in its media rights value during its most recent rights sale process," said Tim Bridge, the lead partner in Deloitte's Sports Business Group.

"It continues to appeal to millions of global followers and its member clubs have a greater revenue advantage over international rivals."

Paris Saint-Germain (fifth), Bayern Munich (sixth), Barcelona (seventh), Juventus (11th), Atletico Madrid (12th), Borussia Dortmund (13th), Inter (14th) and Milan (16th) make up the rest of the top 20.

In the women's game, Barcelona generated the highest revenue (€7.7m) after winning the Champions League in 2021 and reaching the final last year.