Top 10 Highest Paid Sports in the World
Here we have the top 10 highest paid sports in the world:
10. Tennis
o Average salary for tennis player ranges from US$38,800 for male players and US$40,180 for female players. Highly qualified players, both women, and men, can earn large prize money. While the players that rank between 200 to 2,000 make almost nothing.
9. Combat sport
o Average combat sport salary ranges from $51,370 to $500,000
Boxers earn a reward for every fight, not a regular salary. Pay range varies from several hundred dollars to millions per fight and is the highest for popular TV and title fights.
The reputation of MMA in recent years has grown significantly. In 2018, 187 fighters won six figures.
WWE says the average wrestler on the main list is $500,000 annually, while the top performers make upto seven numbers.
8. Golf
o Average Salary of a Professional Golfer revolves around $628,079
Best golf players like Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead, and Jack Nicklaus solidified their heritage in the sport’s history.
These billionaire players earned millions from Golf and have the highest net worth.
7. Auto racing
Average auto racing driver salary ranges between $112,038 to $2.5 million
F1 legend Michael Schumacher was ranked as the highest-paid sportsperson in 1999, with a total reveneue of $49 million.
6. Ice hockey
o Average ice hockey player salary (NHL) ranges from 1.54 million to 3.54 million U.S. dollars
The average salary of players in different National Hockey League (NHL) teams range from 1.54 million to 3.54 million.
Depending on the various League Minor level, the amount is accounted for $40,000 to $90,000 annually.
This peak paying professional sport relatively pays higher than the field hockey.
5. American football
o NFL average salary surrounds around $860,000
The average salaries ranged from $2.07 million to $2.99 million for NFL players on different teams in 2017-18.
Among the top competitors, like Matt Ryan, earn the most and as well as biggest contract in sports arena.
4. Soccer
o Average salary of players ranges from $1.6 million to $8 million
The popular players like Lionel Messi, David Beckham, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Neymar earn the highest pay and also get a large share of the money from endorsements.
Football earnings are usually not limited to only salaries but also include bonuses, patrons, rights, backing, and, sometimes, a cut of club profits.
3. Baseball
o Average MLB salary ranges from $3.4 million to $4.36 million
Supported by a strong union, they guarantee the safety of contracts and a kind pension program to players making baseball one of the top paid sports in America.
2. Cricket
Average IPL player salary is about $4.33 million
International cricketers earn about $1M from playing international matches for their national teams.
Speaking about professional sports leagues, the biggest among them, The Indian Premier League (IPL), has attracted topmost players from five continents with usual paychecks of up to $111,000 per three hours.
1. Basketball
o Average NBA player salary ranges from $7.4 million to $7.7 million
With an average annual salary of $7,422,823 in 2018-19, basketball is listed as the world’s highest paid sport, with the highest-paid athletes with an enormous salary and plenty of sponsorship opportunities in the sports world.
The world’s leading basketball players residing in Spain, Greece, Italy, China, and Argentina also earn high salaries upto 1 million dollars.
