The 10th edition of the Global Sports Salaries Survey carried out by sportintelligence.com released a list of the highest-paid sports team across the world on Monday. Catalan giants FC Barcelona top the list followed by record Spanish champions Real Madrid and Italian heavyweight’s Juventus. According to the survey, the average earning of Barcelona in the calendar year is just above £9.8 million ($12.8 million) followed by Real Madrid in second place on £8.9 million ($11.51 dollars). The biggest surprise on this list are Juventus as they barely made it into the top 10 last year and were ranked 32 in 2017-18. Real Madrid Transfer News Updates: Mauricio Pochettino Offered Contract By Spanish Giants.

Barcelona, Real Madrid and Juventus are the only three football teams in the top 10 as all the remaining slots are filled by teams from the NBA. Portland Trailblazers are fourth making a big jump from 14 while Step Curry’s Golden State Warriors slip down to the fifth position on the list. The biggest risers from the last year’s survey were Orlando Magic as they come in sixth place after being 28th the previous year. Oklahoma City Thunder fall down to the seventh position after being third last year while eight placed Denver Nuggets jumped 16 places this year. The last two slots are occupied by Miami Heat on ninth and LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers on tenth. Javier Tebas Re-elected as La Liga President for Next Four Years.

Highest Paid Sports Teams in the World:

Rank Teams Sport Leagues
1 FC Barcelona Football La Liga
2 Real Madrid Football La Liga
3 Juventus Football Serie A
4 Portland Trail Blazers Basketball NBA
5 Golden State Warriors Basketball NBA
6 Orlando Magic Basketball NBA
7 Oklahoma City Thunder Basketball NBA
8 Denver Nuggets Basketball NBA
9 Miami Heat Basketball NBA
10 Cleveland Cavaliers Basketball NBA

Best Paid Sports Teams

This survey looks solely at the basic annual pay of the teams and does not include any endorsements or any extracurricular activities. It considers 350 teams from 18 different leagues across 12 countries in eight different sports such as football, basketball, baseball, cricket and ice hockey.

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