has birthed a whole new panel of famous TV quizzers, with as the ever-reverent host of the programme.
Members of the public have made eye-watering amounts of money on the show after walking away with the grand prize, with the biggest win in the show’s history going to contestants Karen and Ian. They scooped £100,000 – that’s £50,000 each.
But when it comes to the professional quizzers, they have them beat with their whopping net worths.
might have lost plenty of inches off his waistline, but his net worth has only been increasing over the years. Now standing at a cool £12.3million, Mark has been a staple of the show since 2009, as well as its spin-off Beat the Chasers.
Mark said he earns more money for the spin-off than the main show, explaining at the National Reality TV Awards: “That’s the week we earn like footballers, so of course I’ll do it. If I could get away with it, I’d purge half of them because the fewer Chasers there are, the more money I get.”
The Chase stars have plenty money between them (Image: Getty)
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comes in second, with an estimated net worth of around £6.2million. The star still practices as a barrister to supplement his income, despite earning a six-figure salary on The Chase.
He explained that he has spent over £50,000 on lavish footwear, dropping around £2,000-£3,000 per pair of shoes. The Chase earnings cover 70% of his income, while his lawyer salary comprises around 30%.
The star earns 10 times as much as a quizzer than he does in his day job.
Despite choosing to live in a housing association flat, is worth around £3million.
Anne Hegerty still lives in a housing association flat (Image: Getty)
The star, who first appeared on Mastermind in 1988, doesn’t lead an extravagant lifestyle, admitting on the How to Be 60 podcast: “I live in a Housing Association flat. I own half of it and rent the other half.
“I like pondering that [the money] is sitting in the bank. I buy clothes, stupid amounts of clothes.”
Jenny ‘The Vixen’ Ryan is also said to have a net worth of around £3million, after starring on The X Factor Celebrity and other game shows including Fifteen to One and The Weakest Link.
Jenny started out her quizzing career on University Challenge, where she helped the University of Leeds storm to victory until the semi-finals. She’s also been on Are You an Egghead?, competed on Celebrity MasterChef and won a series of Only Connect.
Comedian and quizzer Paul ‘The Sinnerman’ Sinha is estimated to be worth around £1.4million, after starting out his career working as a GP.
The star started out his quizzing career on The Weakest Link, and has also performed stand-up comedy to crowds at the Edinburgh Fringe. Although he’s not the wealthiest chaser, he’s still got plenty to be excited about.
Darragh Ennis is the newest Chaser (Image: Getty)
Darragh ‘The Menace’ Ennis joined The Chase after first appearing as a contestant. The star keeps cool about his earnings, but was keen to clear up the idea that the chasers win lost prize money.
He said: “A lot of people ask me, do we get the money when we beat contestants on The Chase? Do we win that money? I wish we did, I really wish we did. I’d be a lot better off, believe me, but no, we don’t.
“The money isn’t actually real until someone wins. It’s just numbers on a screen until it’s won, so it just disappears.”
Darragh’s net worth is not currently known.