While the reveal may initially surprise you, it’s actually not that crazy considering the pay-day the actors of this show have contracted for their recent season (an alarming $1 million per episode) according to reports from E News! Can you beat that?

For this reason, his co-stars help him round out the top five. Johnny Galecki claimed the number two spot with $24 million, Simon Helberg came in third with $22.5 million, and Kunal Nayyar is number four  with $22 million.

But the  fifth TV actor who brought in the most money, is not from the Big Bang Theory, he is – Mark Harmon of NCIS with $20 million.