The Global Sports Salaries Survey for 2015, compiled by the
sportingintelligence website in association with ESPN The Magazine,
reveals Paris St Germain have taken over top spot with an average first
team salary of £101,898 per week.
City topped the poll in 2014 but their weekly average of £96,445 has seen them fall to third place behind Real Madrid.
Five
Premier League sides make the top 20 with Manchester United at number
six, Chelsea eighth, Arsenal at 10 and Liverpool at 14.
The GSS
Survey considers solely the earnings for playing sport, not for
endorsements or other extra-curricular activities. The 2015 report
surveyed 333 teams in 17 leagues across 13 countries in seven sports:
football, baseball, basketball, american football, cricket, ice hockey
and Australian Rules football.
The NBA is the highest-paying
league as a whole, with 448 players at 30 teams in the 2014-15 season
earning an average of £2.67m per year each, or 4.58m US dollars each on
average.
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