The statistic shows total professional sports player salaries by league in 2019/20. Total salaries paid to NFL players amounted to 5.52 billion U.S. dollars for the 2019/20 season.
Total annual player salaries in the sports industry in 2019/20, by league
(in billion U.S. dollars)
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Sporting Intelligence. (December 21, 2019). Total annual player salaries in the sports industry in 2019/20, by league (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/675220/total-sports-salaries-by-league/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Sporting Intelligence. "Total annual player salaries in the sports industry in 2019/20, by league (in billion U.S. dollars)." Chart. December 21, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/675220/total-sports-salaries-by-league/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Sporting Intelligence. (2019). Total annual player salaries in the sports industry in 2019/20, by league (in billion U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/675220/total-sports-salaries-by-league/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
Sporting Intelligence. "Total Annual Player Salaries in The Sports Industry in 2019/20, by League (in Billion U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Dec 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/675220/total-sports-salaries-by-league/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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Total annual player salaries in the sports industry in 2019/20, by league (in billion U.S. dollars) [Graph], Sporting Intelligence, December 21, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/675220/total-sports-salaries-by-league/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed