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.