Monday, April 25, 2011

15 best-paying teams in the world

Barcelona and Real Madrid top an ESPN list of the world's highest-paying sporting teams, with three other football clubs featuring in the top ten.

A global salary survey published in ESPN The Magazine, which was conducted by Sporting Intelligence, revealed which clubs or franchises paid the most on a per-player basis in their most recently completed seasons, with the two Spanish giants coming in first and second ahead of last year's top payers, the New York Yankees.


Rank
Team
League
Average Annual Salary Per Player
Average Weekly Salary Per Player
1
Barcelona
La Liga
$7,910,737
$152,130
2
Real Madrid
La Liga
$7,356,632
$141,474
3
New York Yankees
MLB
$6,756,301
$129,929
4
Los Angeles Lakers
NBA
$6,540,690
$125,782
5
Orlando Magic
NBA
$6,367,114
$122,445
6
Chelsea
EPL
$6,020,741
$115,783
7
Inter Milan
Serie A
$5,999,643
$115,378
8
Boston Red Sox
MLB
$5,991,203
$115,215
9
Denver Nuggets
NBA
$5,990,174
$115,196
10
Manchester City
EPL
$5,863,585
$112,761
11
Utah Jazz
NBA
$5,829,643
$112,109
12
Bayern Munich
Bundesliga
$5,780,358
$111,161
13
Philadelphia Phillies
MLB
$5,765,879
$110,882
14
AC Milan
Serie A
$5,647,633
$108,608
15
Boston Celtics
NBA
$5,236,922
$100,710

The sports and leagues: Aussie rules football (AFL), baseball (MLB, NPB), basketball (NBA), cricket (IPL), football (CFL, NFL), soccer (Bundesliga, EPL, La Liga, MLS, Serie A, SPL).

The countries: Australia, Canada, England, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Scotland, Spain, USA.

source: ESPN, www.soccernet.com

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