Ray Romano's jaw-dropping residuals from Everybody Loves Raymond revealed

Everybody Loves Raymond continues to be a major win for its lead star Ray Romano, after it was revealed he makes an eye-watering $25 million per year in residuals.Although the hit show ended 20 years ago, Variety and Forbes reported in 2012 the cash continued to flow – largely due to the show's syndication deals.Two decades on, Romano, 68, remains part of an elite list of actors still raking in five figures annually, long after their shows went off the air.Residuals, like royalties, are a passive form of income actors receive when their shows are re-run on television networks.According to media labour union SAG-AFTRA's website, they are defined as compensation paid to performers "for use of a theatrical motion picture or television program beyond the use covered by initial compensation."Syndication deals, on the other hand, involve the licensing of a TV show to multiple independent stations, cable networks or streaming platforms beyond its original network."For TV work, residuals begin once a show starts re-airing or is released to video/DVD, pay television, broadcast TV, basic cable, or new media," SAG-AFTRA stated.READ MORE: Milly Alcock goes from washing dishes to global stardomREAD MORE: Brad Pitt's PDA-packed date night after graduation snubREAD MORE: Aussie star reveals lie he told to land role in hit TV showAt the time of the report, Vanity Fair ranked Romano as one of TV's highest-paid actors despite Everybody Loves Raymond having ended seven years prior.The other top-earning male actors on their list included Ashton Kutcher, Tim Allen, Patrick Dempsey, Hugh Laurie and Mark Harmon, all of whom were starring in popular shows at the time.According to Celebrity Net Worth, Romano remains worth a whopping $200 million as of 2026.The comic actor portrayed sportswriter Ray Barone across all nine seasons of the long-running CBS sitcom, joined by co-stars Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, Patricia Heaton and Peter Boyle.He even made history during the show's final season, setting the Guinness World Record for highest-paid actor in television per episode at $AU2.7 million.This proved a contentious point amongst the cast when it came to light, with the remainder of the show's core cast addressing the pay gap and negotiating raises in the aftermath.Romano is not the only TV star to be cashing in on residuals, with Friends star Lisa Kudrow recently revealing the eye-watering sum she still receives annually in an interview with The Times of London.According to Kudrow, she and her fellow co-stars still make around $27 million per year over 20 years on from the hit show's final season.