Andrew Flintoff might be England’s most iconic modern cricketer, but he’s miles away from being the richest. That honour goes to Stuart Broad, whose net worth is three times larger than Flintoff’s. While “Freddie” remains a national treasure with a very respectable £16million in the bank, Broad’s estimated net worth now sits at a jaw-dropping £50m – more than three times his former teammate’s haul.
Broad’s cricket earnings were already handsome. A 17-year England career delivered central contracts worth up to £700,000 a year, as well as Test match fees, win bonuses and a lucrative IPL stint with Kings XI Punjab. Add in long-running endorsement deals with the likes of Adidas and luxury bookmaker Fitzdares and the on-field money alone would have left him very comfortable. But Broad’s real masterstroke came off the pitch.
Together with former Nottinghamshire team-mate Harry Gurney he co-founded The Cat & Wickets Pub Company. What started as a couple of beloved locals – including the Tap & Run in Nottinghamshire – has ballooned into a thriving chain now valued north of £10m across its venues.
Recent accounts show the business alone has generated millions in profit, with new sites still opening. Throw in commentary work for Sky Sports, the wildly popular Tailenders podcast with BBC Radio 1’s Greg James and Felix White and a string of media and sponsorship gigs and you can see why some estimates now push his wealth past the £50m mark.
Freddie’s story is the one every England fan knows by heart: the cigar-chomping, Pedalo-sailing superhero of 2005 who dragged England to Ashes glory. His cricket earnings were colossal for the era – a record-breaking £1.55m IPL deal with Chennai Super Kings in 2009, central contracts that peaked around £350,000–£400,000-a-year, plus Lancashire and England match fees.
Yet the bulk of Flintoff’s £16m fortune was earned long after he hung up the whites. He transitioned into TV presenting on A League of Their Own, which became a Sky institution, reportedly paying him six-figure sums per series.
A stint on Top Gear followed, with a rumoured £500,000-plus salary before his horrific 2022 crash (the BBC later settled with him for a reported multi-million sum after the crash). Documentaries, Field of Dreams tours, the Bullseye reboot and even a short-lived professional boxing career all topped up the pot.
As for the rest of English cricket’s rich list – James Anderson sits third on £15m, followed by Graeme Swann (£12.5m), Jos Buttler (£12m), Ben Stokes (£8m) and Joe Root (£7.5m).
