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The 2019 edition of Sportingintelligence’s Global Sports Salaries Survey has just come out, and Messi's team has done it again—Barcelona FC pays the best salaries in the world.
The survey looked at 350 teams, 18 leagues, 12 countries, 8 sports, 10,070 players, and billions in salaries. While the top 10 has three soccer teams (two of them from Spain's La Liga), the NBA dominates the ranking as the richest sports league in the world.
Click through the gallery and get to know which teams made Barcelona is the best-payed team of 2019
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$7,739,041
Position in 2018: 23
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$7,806,673
Position in 2018: 13
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$7,827,956
Position in 2018: 37
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$7,857,738
Position in 2018: 41
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$7,876,629
Position in 2018: 50
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$7,882,150
Position in 2018: 21
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$7,916,790
Position in 2018: 32
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$8,036,324
Position in 2018: 43
Country: Germany
League: Bundesliga
Average annual pay: US$8,119,896
Position in 2018: 15
Country: Canada
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$8,150,291
Position in 2018: 6
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$8,168,508
Position in 2018: 29
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$8,271,517
Position in 2018: 12
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$8,282,386
Position in 2018: 11
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$8,474,594
Position in 2018: 22
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$8,500,330
Position in 2018: 5
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$8,621,800
Position in 2018: 33
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$8,668,805
Position in 2018: 26
League: Premier League
Average annual pay: US$8,734,375
Position in 2018: 20
League: Ligue 1
Average annual pay: US$8,934,220
Position in 2018: 18
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$9,160,612
Position in 2018: 7
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$9,207,157
Position in 2018: 16
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$9,298,579
Position in 2018: 8
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$9,311,943
Position in 2018: 24
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$9,432,072
Position in 2018: 3
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$9,475,757
Position in 2018: 28
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$9,921,892
Position in 2018: 4
Country: United States
League: NBA
Average annual pay: US$10,039,828
Position in 2018: 14
Country: Italy
League: Serie A
Average annual pay: US$10,106,647
Position in 2018: 9
Country: Spain
League: La Liga
Average annual pay: US$11,154,692
Position in 2018: 2
Country: Spain
League: La Liga
Average annual pay: US$12,284,555
Position in 2018: 1
Barcelona is the best-paid team of 2019
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The 2019 edition of Sportingintelligence’s Global Sports Salaries Survey has just come out, and Messi's team has done it again—Barcelona FC pays the best salaries in the world.
The survey looked at 350 teams, 18 leagues, 12 countries, 8 sports, 10,070 players, and billions in salaries. While the top 10 has three soccer teams (two of them from Spain's La Liga), the NBA dominates the ranking as the richest sports league in the world.
Click through the gallery and get to know which teams made the top 30 this year.