The NBA has topped a list of leagues ranked by average pay at their teams, which threw up some surprising results including a second-place appearance for the Indian Premier League cricket competition, the Premier League only making fourth place, and the NFL only coming sixth.
The data comes from the inaugural Annual Review of Global Sports Salaries (ARGSS), to be published this week by research company sportingintelligence.
Major League Baseball's New York Yankees topped the list of teams ranked by average first team salary, with their players earning £89,897 per week each in 2009. They are followed by Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, and then a slew of teams from the top US leagues. Manchester United is the only other Premier League team in the top 30.
Nick Harris, the author of the review, said: “My aim was to find a meaningful comparison in average player pay between different sports, and to examine the extent to which pay equals success. I found wages higher than expected in cricket and Japanese baseball, and lower in American football and parts of the Premier League. In all sports the biggest spenders generally win, with notable exceptions, particularly in American Football's NFL and ice hockey's NHL.”
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