Sports Wages

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Anyone have a link to the average wage of different sports?

Rangings from top pier football, rugby league, nfl, tennis and so on.

Always been interested to know what many are on, probably more so the smaller sports actually.

If no one has any links but could put wages to players or whatever that would be great too.

Thanks

[mrmuzeman]

Things like Tennis and Snooker are purely performance based so it will literally depend on how well that player does in tournies. Just conjecture but I heard that not top tennis players can earn a lot of money but not top snookerplayers earn fcuk all.

Duno what significance the darts tourny I was watching the other day but it was called the World Masters so musta been something fairly big. Anyway the winner got 15K and 2nd got a poultry 2K.

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Yeah i see what you mean.

Things like Rugby League especially i would be interested in.

[Doc]

In rugby union, 'frontline players' - i.e. solid internationals - but not necessarily stars would earn about the following:
England £120K pa
France £200K pa
Ireland £90K pa
Wales and Scotland similar to Ireland. The above would be total income from playing, including international games, but excluding sponsorship
Non-international club players probably earn about 1/2 that. Star names might get twice it.

I'm pretty sure rugby league players get less, considering it is less well supported with fcuk-all international dimension worth talking about. Virtually all traffic these days is from league to union, so I'd guess maybe 2/3 that or something in that region.
Many of the teams would be PLC's so you should be able to get hold of the data if you dig.

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NFL 2005
Rank Player Salary Team
1 Vick, Michael $ 23,102,750 Atlanta Falcons
2 Hasselbeck, Matt $ 19,005,280 Seattle Seahawks
3 Pace, Orlando $ 18,000,000 St. Louis Rams
4 Jones, Walter $ 17,701,320 Seattle Seahawks
5 Brady, Tom $ 15,654,180 New England Patriots
6 Bailey, Champ $ 13,507,625 Denver Broncos
7 Smoot, Fred $ 12,300,000 Minnesota Vikings
8 Rolle, Samari $ 12,000,990 Baltimore Ravens
9 Henry, Anthony $ 11,604,840 Dallas Cowboys
10 Ogden, Jonathan $ 10,665,550 Baltimore Ravens
11 Stroud, Marcus $ 10,640,000 Jacksonville Jaguars
12 Woodson, Charles $ 10,537,000 Oakland Raiders
13 Baxter, Gary $ 10,510,698 Cleveland Browns
14 Bulluck, Keith $ 10,251,980 Tennessee Titans
15 Johnson, Rudi $ 10,250,000 Cincinnati Bengals
16 Samuels, Chris $ 9,550,000 Washington Redskins
17 Favre, Brett $ 9,500,000 Green Bay Packers
18 Roethlisberger, Ben $ 9,498,840 Pittsburgh Steelers
19 Lucas, Ken $ 9,400,000 Carolina Panthers
20 Muhammad, Muhsin $ 9,335,407 Chicago Bears
21 Manning, Eli $ 9,305,000 New York Giants
22 Rivera, Marco $ 9,130,280 Dallas Cowboys
23 Ferguson, Jason $ 9,129,290 Dallas Cowboys
24 Wahle, Mike $ 9,100,000 Carolina Panthers
25 James, Edgerrin $ 9,081,000 Indianapolis Colts

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NBA 2005/6

Rank ??Player Salary ??Team
1 O'Neal, Shaquille $ 20,000,000 Miami Heat
2 Webber, Chris $ 19,130,000 Philadelphia 76ers
3 Finley, Michael $ 18,612,000 San Antonio Spurs
4 Garnett, Kevin $ 18,000,000 Minnesota Timberwolves
5 Iverson, Allen $ 16,450,000 Philadelphia 76ers
6 Marbury, Stephon $ 16,450,000 New York Knicks
7 Kidd, Jason $ 16,440,000 New Jersey Nets
8 O'Neal, Jermaine $ 16,430,000 Indiana Pacers
9 Bryant, Kobe $ 15,950,000 Los Angeles Lakers
10 Duncan, Tim $ 15,850,000 San Antonio Spurs
11 Van Horn, Keith $ 15,700,000 Dallas Mavericks
12 Rose, Jalen $ 15,694,000 New York Knicks
13 Hill, Grant $ 15,690,000 Orlando Magic
14 McGrady, Tracy $ 15,690,000 Houston Rockets
15 Jones, Eddie $ 14,560,000 Memphis Grizzlies
16 Thomas, Tim $ 13,975,000 Phoenix Suns
17 Pierce, Paul $ 13,843,157 Boston Celtics
18 Carter, Vince $ 13,840,000 New Jersey Nets
19 Jamison, Antawn $ 13,840,000 Washington Wizards
20 Nowitzki, Dirk $ 13,840,000 Dallas Mavericks
21 Davis, Baron $ 13,770,000 Golden State Warriors
22 Francis, Steve $ 13,770,000 New York Knicks
23 Marion, Shawn $ 13,770,000 Phoenix Suns
24 Allen, Ray $ 13,220,000 Seattle SuperSonics
25 Brand, Elton $ 13,150,000 Los Angeles Clippers

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MLB 2006 - Yankees must have some wage bill

Rank Player Salary Team
1 Rodriguez, Alex $ 21,680,727 New York Yankees
2 Jeter, Derek $ 20,600,000 New York Yankees
3 Giambi, Jason $ 20,428,571 New York Yankees
4 Bagwell, Jeff $ 19,369,019 Houston Astros
5 Bonds, Barry $ 19,331,470 San Francisco Giants
6 Mussina, Mike $ 19,000,000 New York Yankees
7 Ramirez, Manny $ 18,279,238 Boston Red Sox
8 Helton, Todd $ 16,600,000 Colorado Rockies
9 Pettitte, Andy $ 16,428,416 Houston Astros
10 Ordonez, Magglio $ 16,200,000 Detroit Tigers
11 Johnson, Randy $ 15,661,427 New York Yankees
12 Park, Chan Ho $ 15,505,142 San Diego Padres
13 Martinez, Pedro $ 14,875,000 New York Mets
14 Hampton, Mike $ 14,503,543 Atlanta Braves
15 Berkman, Lance $ 14,500,000 Houston Astros
16 Thome, Jim $ 14,166,667 Chicago White Sox
17 Colon, Bartolo $ 14,000,000 Los Angeles Angels
18 Pujols, Albert $ 14,000,000 St. Louis Cardinals
19 Abreu, Bobby $ 13,600,000 Philadelphia Phillies
20 Beltran, Carlos $ 13,571,428 New York Mets
21 Delgado, Carlos $ 13,500,000 New York Mets
22 Guerrero, Vladimir $ 13,500,000 Los Angeles Angels
23 Jones, Andruw $ 13,500,000 Atlanta Braves
24 Damon, Johnny $ 13,000,000 New York Yankees
25 Matsui, Hideki $ 13,000,000 New York Yankees

[mrmuzeman]

Fcuk those Americans get paid alot eh

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NHL 2006 - The poor relations

2005-06
Rank Player Salary Team
1 Jagr, Jaromir $ 8,360,000 New York Rangers
2 Lidstrom, Nicklas $ 7,600,000 Detroit Red Wings
3 Tkachuk, Keith $ 7,600,000 St. Louis Blues
4 Yashin, Alexei $ 7,600,000 New York Islanders
5 Iginla, Jarome $ 7,000,000 Calgary Flames
6 Sundin, Mats $ 6,840,000 Toronto Maple Leafs
7 Khabibulin, Nikolai $ 6,750,000 Chicago Blackhawks
8 Niedermayer, Scott $ 6,750,000 Anaheim Mighty Ducks
9 Guerin, Bill $ 6,738,498 Dallas Stars
10 Sakic, Joe $ 6,664,797 Colorado Avalanche
11 Thornton, Joe $ 6,660,000 San Jose Sharks
12 Kovalchuk, Ilya $ 6,500,000 Atlanta Thrashers
13 St. Louis, Martin $ 6,500,000 Tampa Bay Lightning
14 Blake, Rob $ 6,364,112 Colorado Avalanche
15 Pronger, Chris $ 6,250,000 Edmonton Oilers
16 Fedorov, Sergei $ 6,080,000 Columbus Blue Jackets
17 Lecavalier, Vincent $ 6,000,000 Tampa Bay Lightning
18 Naslund, Markus $ 6,000,000 Vancouver Canucks
19 Forsberg, Peter $ 5,750,000 Philadelphia Flyers
20 Weight, Doug $ 5,700,000 Carolina Hurricanes
21 Bertuzzi, Todd $ 5,269,333 Vancouver Canucks
22 Brodeur, Martin $ 5,237,238 New Jersey Devils
23 Hossa, Marian $ 5,000,000 Atlanta Thrashers
24 Kolzig, Olaf $ 4,940,000 Washington Capitals
25 Roenick, Jeremy $ 4,940,000 Los Angeles Kings

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Total payrolls

2005-06
Team Total Payroll
New Jersey Devils $ 44,895,949
Vancouver Canucks $ 43,711,344
Philadelphia Flyers $ 42,566,760
New York Rangers $ 41,474,800
Colorado Avalanche $ 41,044,829
Dallas Stars $ 40,651,480
Detroit Red Wings $ 39,578,300
Tampa Bay Lightning $ 39,157,379
Edmonton Oilers $ 38,469,340
Los Angeles Kings $ 37,856,150
Atlanta Thrashers $ 37,170,200
Ottawa Senators $ 36,909,094
Toronto Maple Leafs $ 36,796,580
Boston Bruins $ 36,662,100
Calgary Flames $ 36,589,140
Carolina Hurricanes $ 35,308,700
Montreal Canadiens $ 32,994,940
Anaheim Mighty Ducks $ 32,060,233
Nashville Predators $ 31,649,440
New York Islanders $ 31,447,520
San Jose Sharks $ 31,005,400
Phoenix Coyotes $ 30,354,345
Chicago Blackhawks $ 30,141,200
Columbus Blue Jackets $ 30,093,235
Buffalo Sabres $ 28,515,120
St. Louis Blues $ 28,480,800
Florida Panthers $ 26,500,510
Minnesota Wild $ 25,158,800
Pittsburgh Penguins $ 23,122,650
Washington Capitals $ 18,932,830


2005
Team Total Payroll
Seattle Seahawks $ 100,604,116
Atlanta Falcons $ 98,787,003
Oakland Raiders $ 98,199,827
New Orleans Saints $ 96,027,339
Denver Broncos $ 95,409,738
Baltimore Ravens $ 94,699,413
New England Patriots $ 94,409,059
Carolina Panthers $ 90,207,818
Minnesota Vikings $ 85,405,909
Pittsburgh Steelers $ 84,225,127
Kansas City Chiefs $ 83,390,185
Jacksonville Jaguars $ 83,310,713
San Francisco 49ers $ 82,824,487
New York Giants $ 82,422,436
Dallas Cowboys $ 82,234,816
Houston Texans $ 81,743,598
Buffalo Bills $ 80,937,517
Detroit Lions $ 80,555,718
New York Jets $ 79,346,324
St. Louis Rams $ 78,874,540
San Diego Chargers $ 78,729,437
Chicago Bears $ 78,447,028
Indianapolis Colts $ 77,425,584
Arizona Cardinals $ 76,539,161
Cincinnati Bengals $ 74,841,371
Tampa Bay Buccaneers $ 73,770,494
Cleveland Browns $ 73,505,292
Philadelphia Eagles $ 72,721,279
Miami Dolphins $ 70,942,305
Washington Redskins $ 66,108,711
Green Bay Packers $ 64,740,177
Tennessee Titans $ 61,332,658



Team Total payroll
New York Yankees $ 194,663,079
Boston Red Sox $ 120,099,824
Los Angeles Angels $ 103,472,000
Chicago White Sox $ 102,750,667
New York Mets $ 101,084,963
Los Angeles Dodgers $ 98,447,187
Chicago Cubs $ 94,424,499
Houston Astros $ 92,551,503
Atlanta Braves $ 90,156,876
San Francisco Giants $ 90,056,419
St. Louis Cardinals $ 88,891,371
Philadelphia Phillies $ 88,273,333
Seattle Mariners $ 87,959,833
Detroit Tigers $ 82,612,866
Baltimore Orioles $ 72,585,582
Toronto Blue Jays $ 71,915,000
San Diego Padres $ 69,896,141
Texas Rangers $ 68,228,662
Minnesota Twins $ 63,396,006
Washington Nationals $ 63,143,000
Oakland Athletics $ 62,243,079
Cincinnati Reds $ 60,909,519
Arizona Diamondbacks $ 59,684,226
Milwaukee Brewers $ 57,568,333
Cleveland Indians $ 56,031,500
Kansas City Royals $ 47,294,000
Pittsburgh Pirates $ 46,717,750
Colorado Rockies $ 41,233,000
Tampa Bay Devil Rays $ 35,417,967
Florida Marlins $ 14,998,500


New York Knicks $ 92,904,104
San Antonio Spurs $ 79,634,858
Dallas Mavericks $ 68,271,402
Indiana Pacers $ 66,566,770
Memphis Grizzlies $ 64,619,770
New Jersey Nets $ 61,597,900
Sacramento Kings $ 60,527,850
Philadelphia 76ers $ 59,746,631
Phoenix Suns $ 59,695,420
Miami Heat $ 59,651,468
Detroit Pistons $ 57,910,879
Utah Jazz $ 57,756,286
Golden State Warriors $ 57,457,524
Milwaukee Bucks $ 56,490,247
Minnesota Timberwolves $ 54,258,656
Los Angeles Lakers $ 54,215,834
Denver Nuggets $ 53,844,460
Orlando Magic $ 52,923,892
Boston Celtics $ 52,595,022
Cleveland Cavaliers $ 51,818,572
Los Angeles Clippers $ 51,282,790
Portland Trail Blazers $ 51,092,188
Washington Wizards $ 50,243,981
Seattle SuperSonics $ 46,878,397
Houston Rockets $ 46,762,013
New Orleans Hornets $ 43,616,745
Chicago Bulls $ 37,657,772
Atlanta Hawks $ 36,632,449
Toronto Raptors $ 34,559,996
Charlotte Bobcats $ 30,313,645


You can get more stuff including average salaries at

http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/baske...x?year=2005-06

[cakes]

only reason Yankees can sustain that bill is the fact they are the biggest sporting franchise in the world. must be some turnover cos the owners etc aint doin it for nothin

[GaNgStA kEeKs]

Cheers for that folks.

Just what i was after. Them Americans make some crazy money don't they. Have to laugh looking at that Yankee pay roll don't you.

The rugby players DOD mentions make far more than i ever thought they would i have to say.

[Doc]

Well if you consider it, it makes sense Kiko. Average attendances are probably not too different to the bulk of Championship Football teams, and the international game is more of a money spinner. Fewer games per year (although not massively so). I dunno what average wages are in the championship, but I'd guess they must be at least double or treble what we're talking about here.

[Swooperman]

Cricket isnt particularly well paid unless your in the elite (by comparison)

A county pro is on about £30k I'd say, but the point is theres too many counties & too many average county pros.
An England international will get about £60-70k including add ons I reckon, + about £4k per test.
Englland captains about £140-150 + sponsorship & paper columns...around £250k all in all