Average salaries professional sports teams 2018/19

The statistic ranks sports teams from all over the world by the average pay per player in the 2018/19 season. The FC Barcelona of the NBA had the highest average player salary with players making an average of 12.28 million U.S. dollars in 2018/19.

Sports teams worldwide by average annual pay per player in 2018/19 (in million U.S. dollars)*

Characteristic	Pay per player in million U.S. dollars
FC Barcelona (La Liga)	12.28
Real Madrid (La Liga)	11.15
Oklahoma City Thunder (NBA)	9.43
Golden State Warriors (NBA)	9.92
Washington Wizards (NBA)	8.5
Toronto Raptors (NBA)	8.15
Houston Rockets (NBA)	9.16
Miami Heat (NBA)	9.3
Juventus Turin (Serie A)	10.11
Manchester United (EPL)	7.66
Charlotte Hornets (NBA)	8.28
Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA)	8.27
Boston Celtics (NBA)	7.81
Portland Trail Blazers (NBA)	10.04
Bayern Munich (Bundesliga)	8.12
Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA)	9.21
Atletico Madrid (La Liga)	7.04
Paris Saint-Germain (Ligue 1)	8.93
Memphis Grizzlies (NBA)	7.1
Manchester City (EPL)	8.73
Los Angeles Clippers (NBA)	8.67
New Orleans Pelicans (NBA)	7.73
Detroit Pistons (NBA)	8.47
Milwaukee Bucks (NBA)	8.17
San Antonio Spurs (NBA)	7.88
Utah Jazz (NBA)	7.74
Denver Nuggets (NBA)	9.31
Philadelphia Phillies (MLB)	5.85
Brooklyn Nets (NBA)	8.04
FC Liverpool (EPL)	6.92
Washington Nationals (MLB)	5.18
Boston Red Sox (MLB)	6.96
Los Angeles Lakers (NBA)	7.86
Tottenham (EPL)	4.95
Chicago Bulls (NBA)	7.45
New York Knicks (NBA)	7.08
San Francisco Giants (MLB)	2.99
New York Yankees (MLB)	7.69
Orlando Magic (NBA)	9.48
Internazionale Milan	4.08
AC Milan	3.44
Los Angeles Angels	5.21
Dallas Mavericks (NBA)	7.92
Atlanta Hawks	7.48
Sacramento Kings (NBA)	7.88
Philadelphia 76ers	8.62
Los Angeles Dodgers (MLB)	5.04
Chelsea London (EPL)	5.97
Detroit Tigers (MLB)	3.12
Arsenal London (EPL)	5.99

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Release date

December 2019

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2018/19

Supplementary notes

* 333 teams in 17 major pro leagues from 13 countries comprising 9,731 athletes were covered for the study. Average annual pay is calculated from base player salaries from current or most recently completed seasons from each sport. All figures converted to U.S. dollars.
MLB, MLS: 2015; NBA, NHL: 2014/15; NFL, CSL (Chinese Super League, soccer), NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball), AFL (Australian Football League) and CFL (Canadian Football League): 2014; EPL, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and SPL: 2013/14; IPL (Indian Premier League, cricket): Annual pay extrapolated from 2014 tournament

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