Number of professional sports players in the UK 2010-2022
In 2021 there were estimated to be around 12,900 professional sports players in the United Kingdom, compared with 9,400 in the previous year, and 12,600 in 2010.
Estimated number of professional sports players in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s)
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Statistics on Sports employment in the United Kingdom (UK)
Overview
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- Premium Statistic United Kingdom: number of employees in the sport industry 2011 to 2018
- Premium Statistic Number of people working in sports and fitness occupations in the UK 2010-2022
- Premium Statistic Employment in sport in UK 2018, by age group
- Premium Statistic Employment in sport UK 2019, by education level
- Premium Statistic Number of professional sports players in the UK 2010-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of fitness instructors in the UK 2010-2022
- Premium Statistic Individuals employed in sports occupations in the UK in 2018, by employment
- Basic Statistic Sports volunteering in England 2005-2019
Sports related-enterprises
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- Premium Statistic Employment in sports equipment retail stores in the United Kingdom (UK) 2008-2019
- Premium Statistic Number of sporting equipment retail stores in the UK 2022, by employees
- Basic Statistic Number of sports goods manufacturing enterprises in the UK 2022, by employees
- Basic Statistic Sports sector local enterprise units in the UK in 2020, by employment size
- Basic Statistic Number of fitness facilities operating in the UK 2015-2020, by employees
Coaching
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- Premium Statistic Number of sports coaches and officials in the UK 2010-2022
- Premium Statistic Age of sports coaches in Scotland 2015-2017
- Premium Statistic Scottish sports coaching roles breakdown as of 2017, by category
- Basic Statistic Reasons why Scottish people start coaching sports as of 2017, by category
- Premium Statistic Wales: share of people coaching sports in the past year in 2017, by region and gender
- Premium Statistic Basketball England: number of affiliated coaches from 2005-2018
- Premium Statistic England: number of volleyball coaches in 2017, by level
- Premium Statistic UK: number of judo coaches 2014-2019, by level
Sport associations
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- Premium Statistic Average number of staff of UK Sport 2016-2019
- Premium Statistic Staff costs of UK Sport in the United Kingdom 2019
- Premium Statistic Staff costs of Sport England in England from 2015 to 2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Number of employees of the FA on a monthly average in the UK 2014- 2021
- Premium Statistic Cost of staff for the FA in the United Kingdom (UK) 2014-2021, by category
- Premium Statistic Scotland: average monthly number of employees of the SRU 2013-2019, by category
- Premium Statistic Scotland: employment costs of the Scottish Rugby Union from 2013-2019, by type
- Premium Statistic Wales: monthly average number of staff of the Welsh Rugby Union 2014-2021, by type
Further related statistics
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- Number of market and street traders in the United Kingdom (UK) 2011-2017
- Number of public relations professionals in the UK 2010-2022
- Number of social workers in the UK 2010-2022
- Number of sales accounts and business development managers in the UK 2011-2021
- Number of arts officers, producers & directors in the United Kingdom (UK) 2011-2020
- Number of chartered surveyors in the UK 2010-2022
- Number of natural and social science professionals in the UK 2010-2021
- Number of electrical engineers in the UK 2010-2022
- Number of photographers and audio-visual operators in the UK 2010-2022
- Number of construction project managers in the UK 2010-2022
- Number of electronics engineers in the UK 2010-2022
- Number of media professionals in the United Kingdom (UK) 2011-2020
- Number of advertising accounts managers in the United Kingdom (UK) 2011-2020
- Number of farmers in the UK 2010-2022
- Number of design and development engineers in the UK 2010-2021
- Sports interest level in the UK 2021
- Haiti: services as share of total employment 2010-2019
- Taekwondo participation England 2016-2021
- Expenditure on sports Vietnam 2018, by category
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Office for National Statistics (UK). (August 16, 2022). Estimated number of professional sports players in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 31, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/319306/number-of-sports-players-in-the-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Estimated number of professional sports players in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Chart. August 16, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/319306/number-of-sports-players-in-the-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). (2022). Estimated number of professional sports players in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 31, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/319306/number-of-sports-players-in-the-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK). "Estimated Number of Professional Sports Players in The United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/319306/number-of-sports-players-in-the-uk/
Office for National Statistics (UK), Estimated number of professional sports players in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/319306/number-of-sports-players-in-the-uk/ (last visited March 31, 2023)
Estimated number of professional sports players in the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Office for National Statistics (UK), August 16, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/319306/number-of-sports-players-in-the-uk/