Micah Richards’ post-playing career has been underlined by non-stop media duties, with the former Manchester City defender currently a pundit across three broadcasters. We unpick his career as an ex-player-turned-analyst to determine the true Micah Richards net worth figure.
Micah Richards Net Worth
Micah Richards, a player plagued by injuries who perhaps never quite reached his full potential, has managed to utilise his larger-than-life character to forge a successful career in media, following a premature retirement in 2019.
The early stages of Richards’s career at Manchester City pre-dates Sheikh Mansour’s 2009 takeover, but after emerging through the youth system he quickly became a mainstay in the beginnings of a hugely ambitious project.
Although he would go on to be blighted by injuries across a ten-year spell in the first team, those among the City hierarchy viewed him as an important home-grown component of their shiny new product.
This saw him earn around £50,000-per-week by the time he was 20.
Despite collecting a sizeable wage at City, he eventually turned down a lucrative £100,000-per-season offer in favour of regular game time at Aston Villa, to which his now-fellow BBC colleagues Alan Shearer and Gary Lineker labelled him an ‘idiot’ for in a light-hearted jibe.
Now as a pundit across Sky Sports, American broadcaster CBS and of course BBC as mentioned, he is among the highest earning football media personalities in the UK.
He ranks in the BBC’s top-50 earners according to the Mirror, which makes up a large chunk of his estimated net worth of around £37m (Idolnetworth).
When And Why Did Micah Richards Retire?
Micah Richards hung up his boots in 2019, aged 31, having played on just three occasions across this final three years as a player.
Despite lifting an FA Cup and a Premier League title as a Manchester City right-back, he missed out on another league medal in 2013-14 after making just two appearances that year.
That was largely the story of a career that almost certainly would have been more fruitful, had it not been for a spate of injuries – the most severe being a nasty knee problem that kickstarted a downward trajectory.
Micah Richards BBC Salary
BBC’s annual report for 2021/22 revealed a full scale list of the broadcaster’s highest earners, with Gary Lineker by far and away their biggest beneficiary.
Micah Richards, who can often be found on the panel alongside Lineker for events such as England games and major football tournaments, ranks down at joint-48th in the same report.
His BBC salary stands between £200,000 – £205,000 per year. It is worth noting that these figures are based on the 2021/22 report, and as such could have fluctuated since.
Micah Richards Sky Sports Salary
Although Micah Richards’s salary at Sky Sports is yet to be officially divulged, we can safely estimate a ballpark figure based on his colleague’s earnings.
The Mirror reported last year that both Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville earn around £1 million for their punditry duties on Sky Sports, which ranks them firmly among the highest paid UK sports pundits.
With Micah Richards also being a regular feature, we estimate him to be earning anywhere between £500,000 – £1 million per year.
Micah Richards CBS Salary
CBS’s hugely popular Champions League show line-up typically consists of Micah Richards alongside Thierry Henry and Jamie Carragher.
His role on the US broadcaster has produced some comical moments, which in turn has many fans tuning into CBS’s coverage over TNT Sports here in the UK.
It is unclear how much he earns per year from punditry on their channel.
Micah Richards Endorsements
Back in his playing days, Micah Richards sparked a row between sports apparel heavyweights Nike and Adidas, who tussled over his boot sponsorship around the time he emerged as full England international.
Adidas would eventually win the war of words with a supposedly lucrative offer, although details of the value were never released.
Richards has also appeared in Sky Bet-endorsed advertising campaigns in past, which is presumably part of a tie-in with his broadcasting contract. Clips of him alongside fellow pundit Roy Keane were met with stern criticism back in 2021, with campaign groups accusing Sky of using household names to normalise gambling.
Micah Richards Haircut Price
Micah Richards’s arrival on the punditry scene saw him bring some much-needed comic relief to our screens, particularly on Sky Sports where he is the perfect juxtaposition to Roy Keane’s no-nonsense analysis.
However, Richards often finds himself at the centre of the banter, more commonly on CBS where much-loved presenter Kate Abdo regularly takes aim at his lack of trophies in comparison to his co-presenters, but more importantly, his haircut.
“I told my barber I want the @micahrichards!”@RLC joins the crew to talk about his fresh cut. 😂 pic.twitter.com/iq3ldPMEy5
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) November 8, 2023
For context, Richards revealed live on air that he regularly gets three haircuts a week, at a cost of around £200-per-trim. Sticking to that routine, a quick bit of maths tells us that he spends over £30,000 a year on haircuts, which of course has been a comical topic of debate on social media ever since.
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