Barclays' chief executive John Varley has come out as the "best value" chief executive, according to data compiled by Financial News and Dow Jones Newswires comparing pay with the profits their banks made last year.

Varley scored four times higher than BNP Paribas' boss Baudouin Prot, who came in second place, and nearly six times more than third place Ken Lewis, who stepped down as chief executive of Bank of America Merrill Lynch at the end of last year.