Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Highest Paid Sports Teams 2011

Interesting article on Highest paid sports teams in 2011. The majority of teams in the ESPN list are are soccer teams.

The top paying sports teams are
  • Soccer - Barcelona
  • Baseball - New York Yankees
  • Baketball - Lakers
  • Cricket - Royal Challengers Bangalore
  • NFL - Washington Redskins
  • Ice Hockey - Detroit Red Wings
The results are average salaries for players not total worth of a team so basketball teams would rank higher then NFL teams because NLF have more players .Below is the list of Highest paid sports teams broken up in their respective sports.


Highest paid Soccer Teams
Team
League
Average Annual Salary
Barcelona
La Liga
$ 7,910,737
Real Madrid
La Liga
$ 7,356,632
Chelsea
EPL
$ 6,020,741
Inter Milan
Serie A
$ 5,999,643
Manchester City
EPL
$ 5,863,585
Bayern Munich
Bundesliga
$ 5,780,358
AC Milan
Serie A
$ 5,647,633
Manchester United
EPL
$ 5,106,214
Liverpool
EPL
$ 4,935,847
Arsenal
EPL
$ 4,758,252



Highest paid Basketball Teams
Team
League
Average Annual Salary
Los Angeles Lakers
NBA
$ 6,540,690
Orlando Magic
NBA
$ 6,367,114
Denver Nuggets
NBA
$ 5,990,174
Utah Jazz
NBA
$ 5,829,643
Boston Celtics
NBA
$ 5,236,922
Houston Rockets
NBA
$ 4,972,115
Philadelphia 76ers
NBA
$ 4,954,303
Dallas Mavericks
NBA
$ 4,882,757
Atlanta Hawks
NBA
$ 4,665,981



Highest paid Baseball Teams
Team
League
Average Annual Salary
New York Yankees
MLB
$ 6,756,301
Boston Red Sox
MLB
$ 5,991,203
Philadelphia Phillies
MLB
$ 5,765,879
Chicago Cubs
MLB
$ 5,001,893
Chicago White Sox
MLB
$ 4,732,926
Minnesota Twins
MLB
$ 4,509,480
Los Angeles Angels
MLB
$ 4,469,134
New York Mets
MLB
$ 4,401,752
San Francisco Giants
MLB
$ 4,377,716
Detroit Tigers
MLB
$ 3,914,823



Highest paid NFL Teams
Team
League
Average Annual Salary
Washington Redskins
NFL
$ 2,913,048
New Orleans Saints
NFL
$ 2,845,831
Minnesota Vikings
NFL
$ 2,826,007
Chicago Bears
NFL
$ 2,719,637
Seattle Seahawks
NFL
$ 2,697,114
Dallas Cowboys
NFL
$ 2,679,093
Oakland Raiders
NFL
$ 2,653,532
Green Bay Packers
NFL
$ 2,592,050
Detroit Lions
NFL
$ 2,476,803
San Francisco 49ers
NFL
$ 2,446,040


Highest paid Cricket Teams
Team
League
Average Annual Salary
Royal Challengers Bangalore
IPL
$ 4,506,667
Kolkata Knight Riders
IPL
$ 4,448,333
Kings Xi Punjab
IPL
$ 4,065,833
Mumbai Indians
IPL
$ 3,997,500
Deccan Chargers
IPL
$ 3,993,333
Chennai Super Kings
IPL
$ 3,583,333
Delhi Daredevils
IPL
$ 3,392,500
Rajasthan Royals
IPL
$ 2,152,667


Highest paid Hockey Teams

Team

League

Average Annual Salary

Detroit Red Wings

NHL

$ 2,957,955

Boston Bruins

NHL

$ 2,742,614

Chicago Blackhawks

NHL

$ 2,725,130

Philadelphia Flyers

NHL

$ 2,683,696

San Jose Sharks

NHL

$ 2,673,712

Vancouver Canucks

NHL

$ 2,639,423

Ottawa Senators

NHL

$ 2,627,971

Montreal Canadiens

NHL

$ 2,520,660

New Jersey Devils

NHL

$ 2,481,458

Calgary Flames

NHL

$ 2,480,500



The major movement in currencies will affect the above totals and will be interesting that once China revalues the Yuan if there will be any Chinese teams in this list. Again NFL and NBA are looking at changing how players will be paid so look for there annual salaries to go down.

I am also interested in getting the same statistics for Rugby and Australian Rules football when collating highest paid sports teams 2011. So when I get that information will include it in this post.

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