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200 Best Paying Teams in the World

  • 25-04-2011 1:39pm
    #1
    PHB
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    Full list here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=6354899

    Here's the list just for football teams. Pretty interesting stuff. It shows just how impressively run United and Arsenal are in terms of wage control to still be up there competing with the rest of them.
    Rank	Football Rank		Team		League		Average Annual Salary Per PlayerAverage Weekly Salary Per Player
1	1		Barcelona		La Liga		$7,910,737		$152,130
2	2		Real Madrid		La Liga		$7,356,632		$141,474
6	3		Chelsea			EPL		$6,020,741		$115,783
7	4		Inter Milan		Serie A		$5,999,643		$115,378
10	5		Manchester City		EPL		$5,863,585		$112,761
12	6		Bayern Munich		Bundesliga	$5,780,358		$111,161
14	7		AC Milan		Serie A		$5,647,633		$108,608
16	8		Manchester United	EPL		$5,106,214		$98,196
20	9		Liverpool		EPL		$4,935,847		$94,920
22	10		Arsenal			EPL		$4,758,252		$91,505
38	11		Juventus		Serie A		$4,127,666		$79,378
51	12		Aston Villa		EPL		$3,848,229		$74,004
56	13		Schalke 04		Bundesliga	$3,525,614		$67,800
62	14		AS Roma			Serie A		$3,383,783		$65,073
63	15		Newcastle United	EPL		$3,370,667		$64,821
68	16		Valencia		La Liga		$2,927,719		$56,302
72	17		Portsmouth		EPL		$2,875,947		$55,307
76	18		Werder Bremen		Bundesliga	$2,807,018		$53,981
84	19		Stuttgart		Bundesliga	$2,666,667		$51,282
86	20		Borussia Dortmund	Bundesliga	$2,649,825		$50,958
91	21		Atletico Madrid		La Liga		$2,589,754		$49,803
94	22		West Ham United		EPL		$2,517,851		$48,420
104	23		Sevilla			La Liga		$2,428,632		$46,704
106	24		Hamburg			Bundesliga	$2,385,965		$45,884
110	25		Tottenham Hotspur	EPL		$2,364,778		$45,476
120	26		Everton			EPL		$2,224,538		$42,780
130	27		Sunderland		EPL		$2,091,947		$40,230
132	28		Blackburn Rovers	EPL		$2,086,298		$40,121
134	29		Fiorentina		Serie A		$2,071,877		$39,844
136	30		Fulham			EPL		$2,036,977		$39,173
145	31		Wolfsburg		Bundesliga	$1,964,912		$37,787
147	32		Genoa			Serie A		$1,959,883		$37,690
151	33		Bolton Wanderers	EPL		$1,863,573		$35,838
152	34		Wigan Athletic		EPL		$1,857,161		$35,715
153	35		Hertha Berlin		Bundesliga	$1,796,491		$34,548
154	36		FC Cologne		Bundesliga	$1,796,098		$34,540
159	37		Borussia MonchengladbachBundesliga	$1,628,070		$31,309
160	38		Napoli			Serie A		$1,623,903		$31,229
162	39		Villarreal		La Liga		$1,619,088		$31,136
163	40		Celtic			SPL		$1,607,449		$30,912
165	41		Bayer Leverkusen	Bundesliga	$1,571,930		$30,229
166	42		Palermo			Serie A		$1,567,907		$30,152
170	43		Lazio			Serie A		$1,511,910		$29,075
171	44		Athletic Bilbao		La Liga		$1,493,333		$28,718
173	45		Hoffenheim		Bundesliga	$1,459,649		$28,070
174	46		Hull City		EPL		$1,403,299		$26,987
175	47		Torino			Serie A		$1,399,917		$26,921
176	48		Middlesbrough		England (D2)	$1,376,640		$26,474
177	49		Hannover 96		Bundesliga	$1,372,632		$26,397178	50		Stoke City		EPL		$1,367,627		$26,301
179	51		Eintracht Frankfurt	Bundesliga	$1,362,526		$26,202
181	52		Rangers			SPL		$1,271,905		$24,460
182	53		Real Betis		La Liga		$1,265,404		$24,335
184	54		Cagliari		Serie A		$1,231,927		$23,691
185	55		West Bromwich Albion	EPL		$1,209,335		$23,256
187	56		Espanyol		La Liga		$1,198,596		$23,050
188	57		Sampdoria		Serie A		$1,175,930		$22,614
190	58		Catania			Serie A		$1,119,933		$21,537
191	59		Bologna			Serie A		$1,063,937		$20,460
192	60		Mallorca		La Liga		$1,045,333		$20,103
193	61		Karlsruher FC		Germany (D2)	$1,042,627		$20,051
194	62		Siena			Serie A		$1,035,938		$19,922
195	63		Lecce			Serie A		$1,007,940		$19,383
197	64		Osasuna			La Liga		$986,386		$18,969
199	65		Racing Santander	La Liga		$954,947		$18,364
200	66		Deportivo		La Liga		$915,649		$17,609


Comments

  • #2
    dagdha
    Registered Users Posts: 645 ✭✭✭dagdha


    Pompey in at 17th??


  • #3
    MUSEIST
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,258 ✭✭✭MUSEIST


    A little shocked to see chelsea third, for some reason I just assumed they were miles ahead of everyone else in wages.


  • #4
    CSF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,550 ✭✭✭✭CSF


    Portsmouth and Villa dangerously high.


  • #5
    Melion
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    How old is the list? Portsmouth are still listed as being in the EPL


  • #6
    PHB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,617 ✭✭✭✭PHB


    Melion wrote: »
    How old is the list? Portsmouth are still listed as being in the EPL

    It was just released from ESPN today. I think they just have EPL to refer to all English teams frankly, not that it was made when Portsmouth were in the PL.


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  • #7
    Melion
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    PHB wrote: »
    It was just released from ESPN today. I think they just have EPL to refer to all English teams frankly, not that it was made when Portsmouth were in the PL.

    Middlesborough are listed as English D2


  • #8
    OhNoYouDidn't
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭OhNoYouDidn't


    Its clearly a very dated list. Valencia, Celtic and Rangers wouldn't be paying anything like that money anymore. I would assume Man City are higher than Chelsea this year.

    How did they get the figures?


  • #9
    TheTownie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,177 ✭✭✭TheTownie


    Probably based on the 09/10 accounts of clubs (or whatever their financial period for that year was).


  • #10
    MisterAnarchy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,244 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    Very surprised to see Barcelona spending so much on wages .


  • #11
    Ebbs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,142 ✭✭✭Ebbs


    MisterAnarchy wrote: »
    Very surprised to see Barcelona spending so much on wages .

    Really? Messi doesnt play for the good of his health, hes on amazingly high wages. Same with other people like Xavi, Inestia, etc.

    If its based on 09/10...and theres no Bohs? Thought they'd be muscling Real out atleast.


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  • #12
    Col200sx
    Registered Users Posts: 1,728 ✭✭✭Col200sx


    Am I the only one that read the thread title wrong?

    I thought it said: 200 Best Playing Teams in the World.

    No wonder I was scratching my head :o


  • #13
    kryogen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 25,953 ✭✭✭✭kryogen


    MisterAnarchy wrote: »
    Very surprised to see Barcelona spending so much on wages .


    Why?

    Messi
    Xavi
    Iniesta
    Puyol
    Villa
    Valdes
    Mascherano
    Abidal
    Alves etc..

    These guys all command big wages,


    The list is a little dated imo though, City should be well up on it due to the last couple of years, they are probably outspending everyone in england at the moment in wages, with the possible exception of Chelsea

    But Chelsea did ship out a few recently, Ballack and the likes to bring the bill down a bit


  • #14
    eZe^
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,046 ✭✭✭eZe^


    If it's the 09/10 season then the reason Barca are so much higher than everyone else is because of the bonuses when winning those 6 trophies. Not that bad a predicament to have I suppose.


  • #15
    Desire.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Desire.


    There's only 66 teams on that list?


  • #16
    OhNoYouDidn't
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,934 ✭✭✭OhNoYouDidn't


    Desire. wrote: »
    There's only 66 teams on that list?

    The other 134 are other sports.


  • #17
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,311 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »
    Its clearly a very dated list. Valencia, Celtic and Rangers wouldn't be paying anything like that money anymore. I would assume Man City are higher than Chelsea this year.

    How did they get the figures?

    Chelsea spend £40m more than Manchester City on wages - Premier League, Football - The Independent

    Chelsea paid £40 Million more in the year to June 2010 which made the splashing the cash on Torres and Luiz very surprising. City's obviously would have risen since but they are putting a lot of players out on loan so it mighn't be that much.

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  • #18
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ColeTrain


    Hull City in 46th? Madness.


  • #19
    flahavaj
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,235 ✭✭✭✭flahavaj


    The figure they have for each team, what is it the average of?

    Edit: Average annual salary per player. Lord.


  • #20
    parker kent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,289 ✭✭✭parker kent


    The list is not dated for the sake of it, I presume it is based on the latest available financial reports. To get current figures, we'll have to wait for annual reports and so forth.


  • #21
    MisterAnarchy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,244 ✭✭✭✭MisterAnarchy


    OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »
    The other 134 are other sports.

    I'm shocked that the best paid NFL team are The Redskins ,in 70th place overall .
    I'd have though NFL players would have been more highly paid but then again the squads are huge (Lower average) and there is a salary cap.
    Its a sign of the times that football has overtaken the US sports in salary demands.


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  • #22
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,497 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    French football doesn't pay well, it seems.


  • #23
    ArmaniJeanss
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,511 ✭✭✭✭ArmaniJeanss


    pickarooney wrote: »
    French football doesn't pay well, it seems.

    The French league (and Russian, Ukranian and Turkish leagues for that matter) weren't even part of the survey. It'd be likely that a few clubs from those leagues would be in the list, though near the lower end.

    Bundesliga, EPL+C, La Liga, MLS, Serie A & SPL were the only 6 'soccer' countries/leagues included in ESPNs '200 best paying teams in the World' survey*.


    * You can click into the OPs link to confirm.


  • #24
    Leiva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Leiva


    I can see UTD going up the list a bit after breaking the wage structure for Rooney.


  • #25
    everdead.ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,153 ✭✭✭everdead.ie


    Don't know how Inter intend on surviving their wage bill is ridiculous considering they have for the year ending June 30, 2009, and reported an enormous loss of €154 million


  • #26
    28064212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,818 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    One big thing that's not taken into account is the net/gross salary difference across countries. A footballer in Spain on 200,000 receives a lot more than a footballer in England on the same wage

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  • #27
    Pepe LeFrits
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    everdead.ie wrote: »
    Don't know how Inter intend on surviving their wage bill is ridiculous considering they have for the year ending June 30, 2009, and reported an enormous loss of €154 million
    They're bankrolled by Massimo Moratti.

    Though they do have plenty of work to do to get in line with the FFP rules.


  • #28
    Hazys
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,510 ✭✭✭Hazys


    MisterAnarchy wrote: »
    I'm shocked that the best paid NFL team are The Redskins ,in 70th place overall .
    I'd have though NFL players would have been more highly paid but then again the squads are huge (Lower average) and there is a salary cap.
    Its a sign of the times that football has overtaken the US sports in salary demands.

    Not really fair to say, salary caps prevent teams from overspending on one player e.g. LeBron James (NBA) only makes $15m a year and Peyton Manning (NFL) only makes $15m a year also. In a free market they'd easily earn double that.

    Even though the NBA has smaller rosters they are capped at a certain amount and fined heavily for exceeding it. If they exceed the limit, for every $1 they spend on a player they have to give a $1 to the NBA. So the cap is at $60m a year but as you can see teams like the Lakers and Celtics will exceed that by $10-$15m a year...then multiple that by 2.

    NFL has a cap which cannot be broken and rules to prevent a team having to spend all their money on one player. Also the average is spread out over 50+ players. The salary cap is around $140m a year and the majority of teams max out their cap.

    Baseball has no cap so its the leader of all sports in spending. A-Rod $30m a year while soccer's Ronaldo is $20m a year.
    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=6391391

    Another interesting report on the highest paid athletes by country:
    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/news/story?id=6391145


  • #29
    Neil3030
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,154 ✭✭✭✭Neil3030


    To add to Hazy's above post:
    "Average Annual Salary" represents base player salaries from current or most recently completed seasons from each sport, and excludes endorsements, bonuses, appearance fees and any other source of extra compensation.

    Thus, given the degree to which appearance money and bonuses make up such a sizeable portion of players' wages, that list is completely unreliable.


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