If England lifts the World Cup trophy in 2026, Thomas Tuchel stands to pocket around £3 million. Each of the 26 players in the squad would walk away with roughly £577,000. The Football Association has structured its bonus plan around half of the £38 million prize money FIFA awards to the tournament winner, meaning a successful England campaign would trigger approximately £19 million in payouts to players and staff.
It is the kind of number that sounds enormous until you remember FIFA’s total prize pool for the 2026 tournament sits at $871 million.
The money behind the beautiful game
FIFA has steadily inflated its prize pools over successive tournaments, and 2026 represents the largest commitment in the organization’s history. The tournament, co-hosted across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, expands to 48 teams for the first time, which partly explains the ballooning prize money.
On June 9, 2026, FIFA confirmed Kraken as its first Official Crypto Exchange Supporter. The designation is new territory for FIFA, which has historically kept its sponsorship categories within traditional financial services.
