Pro Sport Salary Structures of the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL

Pro Sport Salary Structures

Visual Comparison between the NBA, MLB, NFL, & NHL

High Team Salary/ Low Team Salary/Median Salary

$92 Million Lakers/$44 Million Kings/$67 Million

$66 Million Bruins/ $46 Million Islanders/$59 Million

$207 Million Yankees/ $35 Million Pirates/$84 Million

$178.2 Million Redskins/$81 Million Buccanears/$123 Million



Average Team Salary in Millions/Number of Players per Team

Football 122/53

Baseball 90/25

Basketball 67/15

Hockey 57/23



Low Player Salary//High Player Salary

$400,000/ $33 Million Alex Rodriguez/Average $3.3 Million

$467,604/$24.8 Million Kobe Bryant/Average $5.765 Million

$320,000/$18 Million Tom Brady/ Average $1.9 Million

$500.000/$10 Million Vincent Lecavalier/Average $2.4 Million



% League Revenue to Player Contracts

Football 59.5%

Hockey 54-57%

Basketball 57%

Baseball 52%

Depending on revenue Pro Sport Salary Structures Visual Comparison between the NBA, MLB, NFL, & NHL HIGH TEAM SALARY // LOW TEAM SALARY 210 168 126 84 42 $92 Million $66 Million $207 Million $178.2Million Lakers Bruins Yankees Redskins $44 Million $46 Million $35 Million $81 Million Islanders Pirates Buccannears Kings $67 Million $59 Million $84 Million $123 Million Median Salary AVERAGE TEAM SALARY IN MILLIONS 122 90 67 57 53 25 15 23 NUMBER OF PLAYERS PER TEAM LOW PLAYER SALARY // HIGH PLAYER SALARY Average $33 Million Alex Rodriguez 13 Low $400,000 Average $3.3 Million $24.8 Million Low $467,604 Kobe Bryant 24 Average $5.765 Million $18 Million 12 Low $320,000 Tom Brady Average $1.9 Million $10 Million 4 Low $500,000 Vincent Lecavalier Average $2.4 Million % LEAGUE REVENUE TO PLAYER CONTRACTS *One of the biggest disputes in labor disputes 59.5% 54-57% 57% 52% depending on revenue Sources http://blogs.payscale.com/salary_report_kris_cowan/2010/09/nfl-p layer-salaries-tom-brady.html http://hoopshype.com/salaries.htm http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/salaries/top50 http://www.forbes.com/2010/11/30/ovechkin-lecavalier-crosby- business-sports-hockey-valuations-10-highest-paid-players.html http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/09/19/team-by-team- salary-cap-numbers-if-there-were-a-salary-cap/ http://espn.go.com/mlb/team/salaries/_/name/ nyy/new-york-yankees http://www.nhlnumbers.com/teams http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/conte nt/11 06/b4214058615722.htm