The title “Al-Nasrin” is not enough. Al-Hilal takes the lion’s share of the Saudi League’s money.

Al-Hilal club took the lion’s share of the money allocated to clubs in the Saudi Roshan League by the association’s recruitment committee, despite their neighbors and arch-rivals Al-Nasr winning the title last season.

Yesterday, Wednesday, the Saudi League published the criteria according to which the funds allocated by the recruitment committee are distributed to the clubs.It included 3 main criteria.

The association clarified that 22% of that amount is shared equally between all clubs, while 22% is distributed according to sporting results, 28% according to commercial results and the same is divided by viewership calculations.

Far from an equal percentage, the Saudi League announced today, Thursday, that Al-Hilal club took first place in all three other criteria, being the owner of the largest share of the fundraising committee’s funds.

Despite winning the Saudi League title last season, after an absence of seven full years, Al-Nasr finished second behind Al-Hilal on all three criteria.

Al-Ahli finished third in sporting terms, ahead of neighbors and arch-rivals Al-Ittihad, but fourth behind the Tigers in terms of commercial performance and viewership.

Sports performance measures the average rating of each club in the league over the last 3 seasons, while viewership measures the total number of people watching club matches via live streaming and digital broadcasting platforms in the Middle East and North Africa.

In contrast, the Commercial Performance Standard measures each club’s ability to maximize its commercial resources, such as ticket sales, sponsorship, advertising, merchandise, player image rights and licensing rights.