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Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada; Deloitte Football Money League; Forbes' list of the most valuable football clubs; Forbes' list of the most valuable sports teams; Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid athletes; List of largest sports contracts; List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues
The "Big Four" leagues each have revenues that can be many times greater than the payrolls of less popular sports leagues in the two nations. In terms of overall league revenue, the NFL, MLB, and NBA rank as the top three most lucrative sports leagues in the world, with the English Premier League and the NHL ranked at fourth and fifth place.
In addition to the major sports leagues, there are several other highest-level professional sports leagues in the United States. These leagues usually lack TV contracts for popular network TV or mainstream cable channels, draw more modest attendance, and generally pay significantly lower salaries than the major sports leagues.
Here are the highest-paid athletes in each of the top U.S. leagues and world's sports by average annual value, with contract information courtesy of Spotrac: NFL CONTRACTS: Cowboys QB Dak Prescott ...
This is a list of the largest sports contracts. These figures include signing bonuses but exclude options, buyouts , and the endorsement deals. This list does not reflect the highest annual salaries or career earnings, only the top 100 largest contracts and thus is largely limited to athletes in team sports and auto racing .
Soccer, which had eight clubs in the top 50 a decade ago, including the top three spots, now has seven teams spread across four leagues, with Real Madrid of Spain’s La Liga leading the way at $6.6 billion, tied for 12th overall. MLB, which had five teams in the top 50 a year ago, now has only three, with the New York Yankees leading the way.
Methodology: In order to find the highest-paid positions in sports, GOBankingRates looked at Spotrac current season positional cap/payroll data across the "big four" American sports leagues ...
In January 2023, the Ravens awarded Smith with a contract extension that made him the league's highest-paid linebacker. Smith was the NFL's third-leading tackler last season and was voted the team ...