ANNUAL R£VIEW OF GLOBAL SPORTS $ALARIES 2010 AVERAGE FIRST-TEAM PAY, TEAM-BY-TEAM, IN THE WORLD’S MOST POPULAR SPORTS LEAGUES

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Introduction Welcome to Sporting Intelligence's first Annual Review the 2009 season in MLB, the MLS, the NPB and the of Global Sports Salaries, which compares earnings IPL; from the 2008-09 season in the NBA, the NHL in the world's richest sports leagues on a like-for-like and the NFL (ending with the 2009 Super Bowl), and basis for the first time, by players' average pay per from the 2007-08 season in the English Premier week and per year. The figures considered are "on League, the SPL, and for the Spanish clubs. field" earnings only, not endorsements. The latest figures as we process them are available on a companion database at www.sportingintelligence.com. The report includes wage and performance data from the world's richest leagues in football (the English Pre- This review found the New York Yankees to be the mier League), in gridiron (the NFL), in basketball (the highest-earning sports team in the world by average NBA), in (MLB), in cricket (the IPL) and in ice first-team pay, followed by Real Madrid, Barcelona hockey (the NHL). These are also the world's six richest and Chelsea, then the NBA's Dallas Mavericks. NBA leagues in terms of average pay per player per week, and MLB teams dominate the top 30; our full list in- although not in that order. cludes 211 clubs.

This review also includes Japan's NPB baseball league The NFL is the richest and most popular sports league as the highest-paying sports league in Asia (and the on the planet when judged solely on its massive TV in- highest paying overall in Asia aside from the new- come and average crowds per game, by far the high- comer IPL, played over six weeks but included for its est of any domestic league. But the NFL is only at No6 high weekly pay), as well as 's Serie A, the world's in our best-paying leagues by average earnings. Its second-highest paying football league. pay distribution within the league, with a ratio of 1.86 to 1 in average pay between the best paid and worst We include a pair of Spanish teams, Real Madrid and paid teams, is more equal than any other league. Barcelona, as the only two teams from outside our "core" six richest leagues that do or would make the This report does not draw conclusions on what is the top 30 payers by average pay. Football leagues from "fairest" league, or the "best". It simply provides a snap- the USA (MLS) and Scotland (SPL) are included as rep- shot of wages that is, by definition, already historic, resentatives of "small" leagues from the world's most plus some basic analysis between pay and performance. popular game. We hope it prompts debate on the underlying themes, and further investigation, including by ourselves in future Details about our methodology can be found at reports. Thank you for reading. www.sportingintelligence.com. All figures were ex- tracted from official club accounts, or sourced from Nick Harris unions and other reliable administrative bodies, Editor directly or indirectly. The uniqueness of this study lies Sporting Intelligence in looking beyond total payrolls or club wage bills to April 2010 what the players make per head.

All figures are from the most recent completed sea- sons for each league where there was a full set of data available for all the clubs in that league at our cut-off point - the end of 2009. That means numbers from

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Annual review of global sports salaries 2010: top 12 Nos 13-50 Rank-Team League Ave year Ave week Highest paid player(s) / wage per year

13 Kolkata K Riders IPL £2,935,117 £56,445 Sourav Ganguly / pro rata, £5,775,683 RANK TEAM LEAGUE AVE 1ST-TEAM AVE 1ST-TEAM 14 Man Utd £2,902,560 £55,818 n/a PAY PER YEAR PAY PER WEEK 15 Chennai S Kings IPL £2,887,333 £55,526 Andrew Flintoff / pro rata, £8,194,333 16 Portland Trail Bl. NBA £2,838,790 £54,592 Raef LaFrentz / £7,760,725 No1 NY Yankees MLB £4,674,644 £89,897 17 Orlando Magic NBA £2,834,524 £54,510 Rashard Lewis / £10,033,201 18 Denver Nuggets NBA £2,829,280 £54,409 Kenyon Martin / £8,803,409 Highest paid player: A Rodriguez £20,130,000 19 MLB £2,824,723 £54,322 Carlos Zambrano / £11,437,500 No2 Real Madrid £4,235,110 £81,444 20 Phil. 76ers NBA £2,805,967 £53,961 Elton Brand / £8,392,285 Highest paid player: n/a 21 MLB £2,794,735 £53,745 JD Drew / £8,540,000 No3 Barcelona La Liga £4,067,200 £78,231 22 Toronto Raptors NBA £2,777,155 £53,407 Shawn Marion / £10,864,100 23 Atlanta Hawks NBA £2,772,077 £53,309 Mike Bibby / £9,139,998 Highest paid player: n/a 24 New Orl. Hornets NBA £2,726,448 £52,432 Predrag Stojakovic / £7,642,080 No4 Chelsea Premier League £3,585,185 £68,946 25 Detroit Tigers MLB £2,705,294 £52,025 Magglio Ordonez / £11,572,674 26 Wash’ton Wizards NBA £2,697,050 £51,866 Gilbert Arenas / £8,938,614 Highest paid player: n/a 27 Utah Jazz NBA £2,694,834 £51,824 Andrei Kirilenko / £9,214,660 28 St L Cardinals MLB £2,694,332 £51,814 Albert Pujols / £8,800,669 No5 Dallas Mavericks NBA £3,553,823 £68,343 29 Indiana Pacers NBA £2,654,407 £51,046 Troy Murphy / £6,177,460 Highest paid player: Jason Kidd £13,036,920 30 LA Dodgers MLB £2,644,127 £50,849 Manny Ramirez / £14,551,241 No6 LA Lakers NBA £3,409,281 £65,563 31 Arsenal Premier League £2,615,052 £50,289 n/a Highest paid player: Kobe Bryant £12,970,125 32 LA Angels MLB £2,576,605 £49,550 Torii Hunter / £10,980,000 33 Liverpool Premier League £2,530,400 £48,662 n/a No7 Detroit Pistons NBA £3,340,18 £64,234 34 Delhi Daredevils IPL £2,524,892 £48,556 Virender Sehwag / pro rata, £4,407,758 Highest paid player: Allen Iverson £12,712,781 35 Houston Rockets NBA £2,522,182 £48,504 Tracy McGrady / £11,964,540 36 New Jersey Nets NBA £2,520,660 £48,474 Vince Carter / £8,981,716 No8 Cleveland Cavaliers NBA £3,303,495 £63,529 37 Deccan Chargers IPL £2,494,900 £47,979 Andrew Symonds / pro rata, £7,137,000 Highest paid player: Ben Wallace £8,845,000 38 Phil. Phillies MLB £2,473,828 £47,574 Ryan Howard / £9,150,000 39 Minn. T’wolves NBA £2,467,621 £47,454 Al Jefferson / £6,710,000 No9 Boston Celtics NBA £3,266,251 £62,813 40 Chicago Bulls NBA £2,454,196 £47,196 Brad Miller / £6,938,750 Highest paid player: Kevin Garnett £15,098,680 41 Sacramento Kings NBA £2,423,507 £46,606 Kevin Martin / £5,648,804 No10 New York Knicks NBA £3,264,010 £62,769 42 Mumbai Indians IPL £2,399,842 £46,151 Sachin Tendulkar / pro rata, £5,927,675 Highest paid player: Stephon Marbury £12,712,781 43 Milwaukee Bucks NBA £2,376,562 £45,703 Michael Redd / £9,625,800 44 Kings XI Punjab IPL £2,362,225 £45,427 Yuvraj Singh / pro rata, £5,623,692 No11 Phoenix Suns NBA £3,074,229 £59,120 45 NY Mets MLB £2,296,386 £44,161 Carlos Beltran / £11,738,646 Highest paid player: Shaquille O’Neal £12,200,000 46 Atlanta Braves MLB £2,244,910 £43,171 Tim Hudson / £9,455,000 47 Miami Heat NBA £2,205,574 £42,415 Jermaine O’Neal / £13,036,920 No12 RC Bangalore IPL £3,007,300 £57,833 48 Golden St. Warriors NBA £2,140,707 £41,167 Monta Ellis / £6,710,000 Highest paid player: Kevin Pietersen £8,194,333 (pro rata) 49 Newcastle Premier League £2,133,333 £41,026 n/a 50 MLB £2,113,478 £40,644 Carlos Lee / £11,590,000

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Nos 51-90 Nos 91-130 Rank-Team League Ave year Ave week Highest paid player(s) / wage per year Rank-Team League Ave year Ave week Highest paid player(s) / wage per year

51 Chicago W Sox MLB £2,109,624 £40,570 Mark Buehrle / £8,540,000 91 Ariz. Diamondbacks MLB £1,323,000 £25,442 Eric Byrnes / £7,116,666 52 LA Clippers NBA £2,097,158 £40,330 Zach Randolph / £8,946,667 92 Montreal Canadiens NHL £1,316,115 £25,310 Andrei Markov / £3,340,110 53 Okla. City Thunder NBA £2,087,334 £40,141 Malik Rose / £4,664,975 93 MLB £1,313,376 £25,257 Aaron Harang / £8,540,000 54 Seattle Mariners MLB £2,060,440 £39,624 / £10,980,000 94 Carolina Hurricanes NHL £1,295,778 £24,919 Eric Staal / £2,904,443 55 Charlotte Bobcats NBA £2,050,285 £39,429 Emeka Okafor / £5,817,875 95 Minnesota Wild NHL £1,279,432 £24,604 Marian Gaborik / £4,356,665 56 Serie A £2,022,535 £38,895 Kaka / £4,225,352 96 S Francisco 49ers NFL £1,271,007 £24,442 Justin Smith / £7,472,500 57 San Antonio Spurs NBA £1,985,623 £38,185 Tim Duncan / £12,565,209 97 Pittsburgh Steelers NFL £1,267,374 £24,373 Ben Roethlisberger / £16,898,171 58 Internazionale Serie A £1,904,225 £36,620 Patrick Vieira / £3,521,127 98 Blackburn Premier League £1,267,018 £24,366 n/a 59 New York Rangers NHL £1,827,426 £35,143 Scott Gomez / £4,647,109 99 Tottenham Premier League £1,264,853 £24,324 n/a 60 Milwaukee Brewers MLB £1,791,874 £34,459 Jeff Suppan / £7,777,500 100 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL £1,264,314 £24,314 Sidney Crosby / £5,227,998 61 Colorado Rockies MLB £1,785,300 £34,333 Todd Helton / £10,126,000 101 Chicago Blackhawks NHL £1,247,666 £23,994 Brian Campbell / £4,149,205 62 Aston Villa Premier League £1,781,818 £34,266 n/a 102 Boston Bruins NHL £1,247,337 £23,987 Zdeno Chara / £4,356,665 63 Memphis Grizzlies NBA £1,777,341 £34,180 Darko Milicic / £4,282,200 103 San Jose Sharks NHL £1,246,937 £23,980 Joe Thornton / £4,182,399 64 San Franciso Giants MLB £1,768,634 £34,012 Barry Zito / £11,285,000 104 Florida Panthers NHL £1,243,888 £23,921 Bryan McCabe / £3,572,465 65 Dallas Cowboys NFL £1,685,000 £32,404 Flozell Adams / £8,543,514 105 New York Jets NFL £1,229,572 £23,646 C Pace & Brett Favre / £7,320,000 66 West Ham Premier League £1,657,143 £31,868 n/a 106 Cleveland Indians MLB £1,224,526 £23,549 Travis Hafner / £7,015,000 67 Minnesota Twins MLB £1,625,576 £31,261 Justin Morneau / £7,076,000 107 Carolina Panthers NFL £1,221,250 £23,486 Travelle Wharton / £7,838,500 68 Kansas City Royals MLB £1,598,970 £30,749 Jose Guillen / £7,320,000 108 San Diego Chargers NFL £1,217,967 £23,422 Luis Castillo / £6,835,587 69 Philadelphia Flyers NHL £1,596,718 £30,706 Daniel Briere / £4,647,109 109 Buffalo Bills NFL £1,213,204 £23,331 Lee Evans, / £7,209,475 70 Calgary Flames NHL £1,593,655 £30,647 Miikka Kiprusoff / £4,937,554 110 Colorado Avalanche NHL £1,206,854 £23,209 Ryan Smyth / £4,211,443 71 Oakland Raiders NFL £1,549,292 £29,794 JaMarcus Russell / £10,292,164 111 Anaheim Ducks NHL £1,206,264 £23,197 Scott Niedermayer / £3,920,999 72 Detroit Red Wings NHL £1,489,187 £28,638 Nicklas Lidstrom / £4,327,621 112 Dallas Stars NHL £1,196,738 £23,014 Brad Richards / £4,530,932 73 Texas Rangers MLB £1,465,529 £28,183 Michael Young / £7,963,261 113 St. Louis Rams NFL £1,186,223 £22,812 Steven Jackson / £7,320,000 74 Rajasthan Royals IPL £1,457,493 £28,029 Tyron Henderson / pro rata, £3,436,333 114 Toronto Mpl. Leafs NHL £1,181,987 £22,731 Pavel Kubina / £2,904,443 75 Ottawa Senators NHL £1,446,851 £27,824 Dany Heatley / £5,808,887 115 Wash’ton Redskins NFL £1,177,549 £22,645 Chris Cooley / £7,133,950 76 New Jersey Devils NHL £1,405,604 £27,031 Patrik Elias / £3,485,332 116 Philadelphia Eagles NFL £1,172,456 £22,547 Asante Samuel / £8,628,450 77 Tampa Bay Rays MLB £1,401,393 £26,950 Carl Crawford / £5,032,500 117 Buffalo Sabres NHL £1,166,820 £22,439 Thomas Vanek / £4,647,109 78 Portsmouth Premier League £1,400,000 £26,923 n/a 118 Nashville Predators NHL £1,165,870 £22,421 David Legwand / £3,194,888 79 Minnesota Vikings NFL £1,378,745 £26,514 Jared Allen / £12,882,746 119 Miami Dolphins NFL £1,165,605 £22,415 Justin Smiley / £6,100,000 80 Tennessee Titans NFL £1,372,690 £26,398 Michael Roos / £8,238,367 120 Jacksonville Jag’s NFL £1,145,948 £22,037 David Garrard / £5,921,099 81 Everton Premier League £1,366,087 £26,271 n/a 121 New York Giants NFL £1,139,482 £21,913 Chris Snee / £9,082,900 82 Edmonton Oilers NHL £1,365,527 £26,260 Lubomir Visnovsky / £4,066,221 122 Toronto Blue Jays MLB £1,113,852 £21,420 Roy Halladay / £8,692,500 83 Juventus Serie A £1,364,789 £26,246 / £3,521,127 123 St. Louis Blues NHL £1,100,865 £21,170 Paul Kariya / £3,485,332 84 New Orleans Saints NFL £1,359,905 £26,152 Will Smith / £7,899,500 124 Tampa Bay Bucs NFL £1,097,257 £21,101 Jeff Faine / £7,994,514 85 Washington Capitals NHL £1,359,802 £26,150 Alexander Ovechkin / £5,227,998 125 Columbus B Jackets NHL £1,085,899 £20,883 Rick Nash / £3,775,776 86 Man City Premier League £1,356,657 £26,090 n/a 126 Cincinnati Bengals NFL £1,079,581 £20,761 Antwan Odom / £7,808,000 87 Vancouver Canucks NHL £1,342,206 £25,812 Roberto Luongo / £4,066,221 127 Tampa B Lightning NHL £1,052,901 £20,248 Vincent Lecavalier / £4,163,035 88 Cleveland Browns NFL £1,341,149 £25,791 Joe Thomas / £5,368,000 128 Houston Texans NFL £1,050,027 £20,193 Andre Johnson / £6,816,750 89 Chicago Bears NFL £1,331,639 £25,608 Tommie Harris / £7,274,982 129 Wash’ton Nationals MLB £1,028,430 £19,777 Guzman, Dunn and Kearns / £4,880,000 90 Arizona Cardinals NFL £1,330,128 £25,579 Larry Fitzgerald / £10,433,123 130 Baltimore Orioles MLB £1,027,351 £19,757 Brian Roberts & Melvin Mora / £4,880,000

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Nos 131-170 Nos 171-211 Rank-Team League Ave year Ave week Highest paid player(s) / wage per year Rank-Team League Ave year Ave week Highest paid player(s) / wage per year

131 Wigan Premier League £1,014,642 £19,512 n/a 171 Fiorentina Serie A £394,366 £7,584 Sebastien Frey / £1,056,338 132 Denver Broncos NFL £988,404 £19,008 Dre’ Bly / £6,344,000 172 Napoli Serie A £350,646 £6,743 Marcelo Zalayeta / £563,380 133 Indianapolis Colts NFL £982,036 £18,885 Dallas Clark / £7,106,500 173 Sampdoria Serie A £349,296 £6,717 / £845,070 134 Seattle Seahawks NFL £981,583 £18,877 Marcus Trufant / £4,941,000 174 Hiroshima TC NPB £332,220 £6,389 Katsuhiro Nagakawa / £1,079,293 135 Atlanta Falcons NFL £979,981 £18,846 Michael Turner / £9,762,342 175 Torino Serie A £323,577 £6,223 Alvaro Recoba / £1,056,338 136 Green Bay Packers NFL £972,054 £18,693 Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila / £4,425,794 176 Serie A £283,099 £5,444 / £880,282 137 NPB £963,719 £18,533 SY Lee / £4,047,348 177 Livorno Serie A £273,803 £5,265 Marco Amelia / £704,225 138 Detroit Lions NFL £958,271 £18,428 Calvin Johnson / £3,820,384 178 Parma Serie A £272,676 £5,244 / £1,126,761 139 Atlanta Thrashers NHL £947,748 £18,226 Ilya Kovalchuk / £4,356,665 179 Lazio Serie A £259,155 £4,984 Roberto Baronio / £528,169 140 New Eng. Patriots NFL £912,384 £17,546 Randy Moss / £8,544,099 180 Serie A £247,324 £4,756 Lorenzo Stovini / £457,746 141 Kansas City Chiefs NFL £910,902 £17,517 Branden Albert / £5,782,038 181 Siena Serie A £237,042 £4,559 Tomas Locatelli / £492,958 142 Baltimore Ravens NFL £907,140 £17,445 Terrell Suggs / £5,169,750 182 Hearts SPL £233,038 £4,482 n/a 143 Reading Premier League £897,173 £17,253 n/a 183 LA Galaxy MLS £220,639 £4,243 David Beckham / £3,965,000 144 Oakland Athletics MLB £896,245 £17,236 Eric Chavez / £7,015,000 184 Udinese Serie A £201,408 £3,873 Antonio Di Natale / £457,746 145 Roma Serie A £896,197 £17,235 / £3,845,070 185 Atalanta Serie A £191,268 £3,678 / £704,225 146 Rangers SPL £890,270 £17,121 n/a 186 Reggina Serie A £186,773 £3,592 Nicoloa Amoruso / £563,380 147 LA Kings NHL £874,056 £16,809 Jarret Stoll / £2,381,644 187 Aberdeen SPL £148,275 £2,851 n/a 148 Phoenix Coyotes NHL £873,623 £16,800 Ed Jovanovski / £3,775,776 188 Cagliari Serie A £140,000 £2,692 Daniele Conti / £246,479 149 Bolton Premier League £856,037 £16,462 n/a 189 Empoli Serie A £130,986 £2,519 Luca Saudati / £316,901 150 Fulham Premier League £853,174 £16,407 n/a 190 Chicago Fire MLS £130,495 £2,510 Cuauhtemoc Blanco / £1,795,658 151 Sunderland Premier League £851,613 £16,377 n/a 191 Toronto FC MLS £115,128 £2,214 Julian de Guzman / £583,374 152 Celtic SPL £848,082 £16,309 n/a 192 Hibernian SPL £107,123 £2,060 n/a 153 Florida Marlins MLB £810,060 £15,578 N Johnson & H Ramirez / £3,355,000 193 NY Red Bulls MLS £90,212 £1,735 Juan Pabo Angel / £1,096,780 154 NY Islanders NHL £772,989 £14,865 Rick DiPietro / £2,613,999 194 Motherwell SPL £88,459 £1,701 n/a 155 Middlesbrough Premier League £767,627 £14,762 n/a 195 Kilmarnock SPL £82,338 £1,583 n/a 156 NPB £762,082 £14,655 Tomoaki Kanemoto / £3,710,069 196 Seattle Sounders MLS £79,938 £1,537 Freddie Ljungberg / £801,540 157 Birmingham Premier League £684,457 £13,163 n/a 197 Dundee United SPL £77,887 £1,498 n/a 158 Fukuoka SB Hawks NPB £678,156 £13,041 Nobuhiko Matsunaka / £3,372,790 198 Columbus Crew MLS £70,847 £1,362 Guillermo Barros Schelotto / £472,750 159 NPB £607,912 £11,691 Hitoki Iwase / £2,900,599 199 DC United MLS £68,967 £1,326 Luciano Emilio / £462,903 160 San Diego Padres MLB £585,091 £11,252 Brian Giles / £5,490,000 200 N E Revolution MLS £67,783 £1,304 Shalrie Joseph / £274,500 161 NPB £554,626 £10,666 Naoyuki Shimizu / £1,618,939 201 Falkirk SPL £65,750 £1,264 n/a 162 Saitama S Lions NPB £513,339 £9,872 / £1,888,762 202 FC Dallas MLS £63,272 £1,217 David Ferreira / £183,000 163 Derby Premier League £510,489 £9,817 n/a 203 Houston Dynamo MLS £61,332 £1,179 Ricardo Clark / £151,311 164 Hokk. NH Fighters NPB £490,685 £9,436 / £1,821,307 204 Colorado Rapids MLS £59,295 £1,140 Pablo Mastroeni / £183,305 165 Pittsburgh Pirates MLB £482,002 £9,269 Paul Maholm / £1,525,000 205 San J Earthquakes MLS £56,125 £1,079 Darren Huckerby / £234,850 166 NPB £475,114 £9,137 Tuffy Rhodes / £2,158,586 206 St Mirren SPL £55,050 £1,059 n/a 167 Yokohama BS NPB £455,237 £8,755 Daisuke Miura / £2,023,674 207 Real Salt Lake MLS £53,681 £1,032 Javier Morales / £122,000 168 Serie A £448,143 £8,618 Andrea Barzagli / £704,225 208 Kansas City Wiz MLS £52,707 £1,014 Davy Arnaud / £139,538 169 Y Swallows NPB £442,847 £8,516 Norichika Aoki / £1,753,851 209 Chivas USA MLS £49,810 £958 Sacha Kljestan / £123,830 170 Tohoku RG Eagles NPB £430,143 £8,272 / £2,023,674 210 Inverness SPL £39,954 £768 n/a 211 Gretna SPL £28,378 £546 n/a

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Summary of average pay per league

RANK LEAGUE TEAMS PLAYERS AVE PAY / YEAR AVE PAY / WEEK RANK LEAGUE TEAMS PLAYERS AVE PAY / YEAR AVE PAY / WEEK

No1 NBA 30 504 £2,625,303 £50,487 No6 NFL 32 1,889 £1,170,307 £22,506 NBA top payers: Dallas Mavericks £68,343 NFL top payers: Dallas Cowboys £32,404 NBA bottom payers: Memphis Grizzlies £34,180 NFL bottom payers: Baltimore Ravens £17,445 Ratio between top and bottom payers: 2 to 1 Ratio between top and bottom payers: 1.86 to 1

No2 IPL 8 104 £2,508,638 £48,243 No7 NPB 12 359 £558,852 £10,747 IPL top payers: Royal Challengers Bangalore £57,833 NPB top payers: Yomiuri Giants £18,533 IPL bottom payers: Rajasthan Royals £28,029 NPB bottom payers: £6,389 Ratio between top and bottom payers: 2.06 to 1 Ratio between top and bottom payers: 2.9 to 1

No3 MLB 30 926 £1,827,624 £35,147 No8 Serie A 20 494 £526,041 £10,116 MLB top payers: New York Yankees £89,897 Serie A top payers: Milan £38,895 MLB bottom payers: Pittsburgh Pirates £9,269 Serie A bottom payers: Empoli £2,519 Ratio between top and bottom payers: 9.7 to 1 Ratio between top and bottom payers: 15.4 to 1

No4 EPL 20 554 £1,467,945 £28,230 No9 SPL 12 360 £222,621 £4,281 EPL top payers: Chelsea £68,946 SPL top payers: Rangers £17,121 EPL bottom payers: Derby £9,817 SPL bottom payers: Gretna £546 Ratio between top and bottom payers: 7.02 to 1 Ratio between top and bottom payers: 31.4 to 1

No5 NHL 30 722 £1,240,314 £23,852 No10 MLS 15 383 £82,378 £1,584 NHL top payers: New York Rangers £35,143 MLS top payers: LA Galaxy £4,243 NHL bottom payers: New York Islanders £14,865 MLS bottom payers: Chivas £958 Ratio between top and bottom payers: 2.36 to 1 Ratio between top and bottom payers: 4.43 to 1

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National Basketball Association (NBA) 2008-09 Season Rank Team Ave 1st-team Ave 1st-team Highest paid EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE (overall) pay per year pay per week player, per year Atlantic Division WLPCT Northwest Division WLPCT Boston Celtics 62 20 .756 Denver Nuggets 54 28 .659 1 (5) Dallas Mavericks £3,553,823 £68,343 J Kidd, £13m Philadelphia 76ers 41 41 .500 Portland Trail Blazers 54 28 .659 2 (6) LA Lakers £3,409,281 £65,563 K Bryant, £12.97m New Jersey Nets 34 48 .415 Utah Jazz 48 34 .585 3 (7) Detroit Pistons £3,340,189 £64,234 A Iverson, £12.7m Toronto Raptors 33 49 .402 Minnesota T’wolves 24 58 .293 4 (8) Cleveland Cavaliers £3,303,495 £63,529 B Wallace, £8.8m New York Knicks 32 50 .390 Oklahoma City T. 23 59 .280 5 (9) Boston Celtics £3,266,251 £62,813 K Garnett, £15.1m Central Division WLPCT Pacific Division WLPCT 6 (10) New York Knicks £3,264,010 £62,769 S Marbury, £12.7m Cleveland Cavaliers 66 16 .805 Los Angeles Lakers 65 17 .793 7 (11) Phoenix Suns £3,074,229 £59,120 S O’Neal, £12.2m Chicago Bulls 41 41 .500 Phoenix Suns 46 36 .561 8 (16) Portland Trail Blazers £2,838,790 £54,592 R LaFrentz, £7.8m Detroit Pistons 39 43 .476 Golden State Warriors 29 53 .354 9 (17) Orlando Magic £2,834,524 £54,510 R Lewis, £10m Indiana Pacers 36 46 .439 Los Angeles Cl. 19 63 .232 10 (18) Denver Nuggets £2,829,280 £54,409 K Martin, £8.8m Milwaukee Bucks 34 48 .415 Sacramento Kings 17 65 .207 11 (20) Phil. 76ers £2,805,967 £53,961 E Brand, £8.4m Southeast Division WLPCT Southwest Division WLPCT Orlando Magic 59 23 .720 San Antonio Spurs 54 28 .659 12 (22) Toronto Raptors £2,777,155 £53,407 S Marion, £10.9m Atlanta Hawks 47 35 .573 Houston Rockets 53 29 .646 13 (23) Atlanta Hawks £2,772,077 £53,309 M Bibby, £9.1m Miami Heat 43 39 .524 Dallas Mavericks 50 32 .610 14 (24) New Orleans Hornets £2,726,448 £52,432 P Stojakovic, £7.6m Charlotte Bobcats 35 47 .427 New Orleans Hornets 49 33 .598 15 (26) Washington Wizards £2,697,050 £51,866 G Arenas, £8.9m Washington Wizards 19 63 .232 Memphis Grizzlies 24 58 .284 16 (27) Utah Jazz £2,694,834 £51,824 A Kirilenko, £9.2m 17 (29) Indiana Pacers £2,654,407 £51,046 T Murphy, £6.2 18 (35) Houston Rockets £2,522,182 £48,504 T McGrady, £11.96m PLAY-OFFS, FIRST ROUND 19 (36) New Jersey Nets £2,520,660 £48,474 V Carter, £8.98m Cleveland 4 Detroit 0 20 (39) Minn. T’wolves £2,467,621 £47,454 A Jefferson, £6.7m Atlanta 4 Miami 3 21 (40) Chicago Bulls £2,454,196 £47,196 B Miller, £6.9m Orlando 4 Philadelphia 2 22 (41) Sacramento Kings £2,423,507 £46,606 K Martin, £5.6m Boston 4 Chicago 3 LA Lakers 4 Utah 1 23 (43) Milwaukee Bucks £2,376,562 £45,703 M Redd, £9.6m Portland 2 Houston 4 24 (47) Miami Heat £2,205,574 £42,415 J O’Neal, £13m San Antonio 1 Dallas 4 25 (48) Golden State Warriors £2,140,707 £41,167 M Ellis, £6.7m Denver 4 New Orleans 1 26 (52) LA Clippers £2,097,158 £40,330 Z Randolph, £8.9m CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS 27 (53) Okla. City Thunder £2,087,334 £40,141 M Rose, £4.7m Cleveland 4 Atlanta 0 28 (55) Charlotte Bobcats £2,050,285 £39,429 E Okafor, £5.8m Orlando 4 Boston 3 29 (57) San Antonio Spurs £1,985,623 £38,185 T Duncan, £12.6m LA Lakers 4 Houston 3 Dallas 1 Denver 4 30 (63) Memphis Grizzlies £1,777,341 £34,180 D Milicici, £4.3m CONFERENCE FINALS Orlando 4 Cleveland 2 No1 league by average pay LA Lakers 4 Denver 2 NBA FINALS Orlando 1 LA Lakers 4

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National Basketball Association (NBA) 2008-09 Season

Performance indicators within the NBA: Pay versus performance:

EIGHT of the top TEN payers (of 30) finished with positive win-loss records in the regular season. Those In the graph below, each team is ranked according to pay (in blue, from most to least, left to right) and per- eight included all four of the best-performing teams over the season as a whole: the NBA finals winners formance (in green, by finishing position, 1st = tallest, 30th = shortest). In the 16-team play-offs, the NBA (Lakers), and runners-up (Magic), plus both Conference finals runners-up (Cavaliers and Nuggets). finals winners are ranked No1, the runners-up No2, then two teams ranked No3, four ranked No5, and eight ranked No9. Teams ranked 17-30 on WL records. SEVEN of the bottom TEN payers (of 30) finished with negative win-loss records in the regular season. An- other of the 10 had an equal WL record. Three of the bottom 10 reached the play-offs, and all lost in the first round.

Pay Performance Utah Jazz LA Lakers LA Clippers Miami Heat Phoenix Suns Chicago Bulls Atlanta Hawks Orlando Magic Boston Celtics Detroit Pistons Indiana Pacers Denver Nuggets Toronto Raptors Toronto New Jersey Nets

NBA Wage Distribution Knicks New York Houston Rockets Dallas Mavericks Milwaukee Bucks San Antonio Spurs Sacramento Kings Charlotte Bobcats Memphis Grizzlies Okla. City Thunder Philadelphia 76ers Minnesota T’wolves Cleveland Cavaliers Washington Wizards New Orleans Hornets Portland Trail Blazers Portland Trail Golden State Warriors

There is a correlation between pay and success, but also some notable “over-achievers”, including the trio of bottom-10 payers (Spurs, Heat, Bulls) who reached the play-offs, plus the Rockets, No18 payers who fin- ished effectively joint fifth. The big “under-achievers” were the Knicks, No6 payers but No23 on WL record, and the Wizards, No15 payers, No29 on WL.

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Indian Premier League (IPL) 2009 Season Rank Team Ave 1st-team Ave 1st-team Highest paid Team PWL No Res. Points (overall) pay per year pay per week player, per year Delhi Daredevils 14 10 40 20 (all pro rata) Chennai Super Kings 14 8 5 1 17 Royal Challengers Bang. 14 8 6 0 16 1 (12) Royal Challengers £3,007,300 £57,833 K Pietersen, £8.2m Deccan Chargers 14 7 7 0 14 Bangalore Kings XI Punjab 14 7 7 0 14 2 (13) Kolkata Knight £2,935,117 £56,445 S Ganguly, £5.8m Rajasthan Royals 14 6 7 1 13 Riders Mumbai Indians 14 5 8 1 11 Kolkata Knight Riders 14 3 10 17 3 (15) Chennai Super £2,887,333 £55,526 A Flintoff, £8.2m Kings 4 (34) Delhi Daredevils £2,524,892 £48,556 V Sehwag, £4.4m SEMI-FINALS Deccan Chargers beat Delhi Daredevils by 6 wickets 5 (37) Deccan Chargers £2,494,900 £47,979 A Symonds, £7.1m Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Chennai Super Kings by 6 wickets 6 (42) Mumbai Indians £2,399,842 £46,151 S Tendulkar, £5.9m

7 (44) Kings XI Punjab £2,362,225 £45,427 Y Singh, £5.6m FINAL 8 (74) Rajasthan Royals £1,457,493 £28,029 T Henderson, £3.4m Deccan Chargers beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by 6 runs

No2 league by average pay

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Indian Premier League (IPL) 2009 Season

Performance indicators within the IPL: Pay versus performance:

THREE of the top FOUR payers (of eight) finished in the top four places, namely Royal Challengers Banga- In the graph below, each team is ranked according to pay (in blue, from most to least, left to right) and per- lore (runners up), and both semi-finalists, Chennai Super Kings and Delhi Daredevils. formance (in green, by finishing position, 1st = tallest, 8th = shortest).

THREE of the bottom FOUR payers (of eight) finished in the bottom four, not progressing to the semi-finals.

Pay Performance Kolkata KR Chennai SK

IPL Wage Distribution RC Bangalore Kings XI Punjab Delhi Daredevils Mumbai Indians Rajasthan Royals Deccan Chargers

There is some correlation between pay and success but with such a small sample of teams it is impossible to draw firm conclusions. The two outstanding teams in terms of movement away from their pay ranking were Kolkata Knight Riders - the season’s No2 payers and clear “under-achievers”, finishing eighth of eight with three wins, 10 defeats and one no result - and the Deccan Chargers, the No5 payers and “over-achievers” who finished the season as IPL champions.

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Major League Baseball (MLB) 2009 Season Rank Team Ave 1st-team Ave 1st-team Highest paid (overall) pay per year pay per week player, per year AMERICAN LEAGUE

1 (1) NY Yankees £4,674,644 £89,897 A Rodriguez, £20.1m East WLPCT East WLPCT 2 (19) Chicago Cubs £2,824,723 £54,322 C Zambrano, £11.4m New York Yankees 103 59 .636 Philadelphia Phillies 93 69 .574 Florida Marlins 87 75 .537 3 (21) Boston Red Sox £2,794,735 £53,745 JD Drew, £8.5m Boston Red Sox 95 67 .586 Tampa Bay Rays 84 78 .519 Atlanta Braves 86 76 .531 4 (25) Detroit Tigers £2,705,294 £52,025 M Ordonez, £11.6m Toronto Blue Jays 75 87 .463 New York Mets 70 92 .432 5 (28) St Louis Cardinals £2,694,332 £51,814 A Pujols, £8.8m Baltimore Orioles 64 98 .395 Washington Nationals 59 103 .364 6 (30) LA Dodgers £2,644,127 £50,849 M Ramirez, £14.6m Central WLPCT Central WLPCT 7 (32) LA Angels £2,576,605 £49,550 T Hunter, £11m Minnesota Twins 87 76 .533 St. Louis Cardinals 91 71 .562 8 (38) Philadelphia Phillies £2,473,828 £47,574 R Howard, £9.2m Detroit Tigers 86 77 .528 Chicago Cubs 83 78 .516 9 (45) NY Mets £2,296,386 £44,161 C Beltran, £11.7m Chicago White Sox 79 83 .488 Milwaukee Brewers 80 82 .494 10 (46) Atlanta Braves £2,244,910 £43,171 T Hudson, £9.5m Cleveland Indians 65 97 .401 Cincinnati Reds 78 84 .481 11 (50) Houston Astros £2,113,478 £40,644 C Lee, £11.6m Kansas City Royals 65 97 .401 Houston Astros 74 88 .457 12 (51) Chicago White Sox £2,109,624 £40,570 M Buehrle, £8.5m West WLPCT Pittsburgh Pirates 62 99 .385 13 (54) Seattle Mariners £2,060,440 £39,624 I Suzuki, £11m LA Angels 97 65 .599 West WLPCT 14 (60) Milwaukee Brewers £1,791,874 £34,459 J Suppan, £7.8m Texas Rangers 87 75 .537 LA Dodgers 95 67 .586 15 (61) Colorado Rockies £1,785,300 £34,333 T Helton, £10.1m Seattle Mariners 85 77 .525 Colorado Rockies 92 70 .568 16 (64) San Franciso Giants £1,768,634 £34,012 B Zito, £11.3m Oakland Athletics 75 87 .463 San Fran. Giants 88 74 .543 17 (67) Minnesota Twins £1,625,576 £31,261 J Morneau, £7.1m San Diego Padres 75 87 .463 18 (68) Kansas City Royals £1,598,970 £30,749 J Guillen, £7.3m Arizona Diamondbacks 70 92 .432 19 (73) Texas Rangers £1,465,529 £28,183 M Young, £8m 20 (77) Tampa Bay Rays £1,401,393 £26,950 C Crawford, £5m 21 (91) Arizona Diamondbacks £1,323,000 £25,442 E Byrnes, £7.1m 22 (93) Cincinnati Reds £1,313,376 £25,257 A Harang, £8.5m POSTSEASON 23 (106) Cleveland Indians £1,224,526 £23,549 T Hafner, £7m Division Series 24 (122) Toronto Blue Jays £1,113,852 £21,420 R Halladay, £8.7m NY Yankees 3 Minnesota 0 25 (129) Washington Nationals £1,028,430 £19,777 Guzman, Dunn, Kearns, £4.9m LA Angels 3 Boston RS 0 26 (130) Baltimore Orioles £1,027,351 £19,757 Roberts & Mora, £4.9m LA Dodgers 3 St Louis 0 Phil. Phillies 3 Colorado 1 27 (144) Oakland Athletics £896,245 £17,236 E Chavez, £7m 28 (153) Florida Marlins £810,060 £15,578 Johnson & Ramirez, £3.4m League Championship Series 29 (160) San Diego Padres £585,091 £11,252 B Giles, £5.5m NY Yankees 4 LA Angels 2 30 (165) Pittsburgh Pirates £482,002 £9,269 P Maholm, £1.5m LA Dodgers 1 Phil. Phillies 4

World Series No3 league by average pay NY Yankees 4 Phil. Phillies 2

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Major League Baseball (MLB) 2009 Season

Performance indicators within the MLB: Pay versus performance:

NINE of the top TEN payers (of 30) finished with positive win-loss records in the regular season. Those In the graph below, each team is ranked according to pay (in blue, from most to least, left to right) and nine included all four of the best-performing teams over the season as a whole: the World Series winners performance (in green, by finishing position, 1st = tallest, 30th = shortest). In the eight-team play-offs, the (Yankees), and runners-up (Phillies), plus both Championship Series runners-up (Dodgers and Angels). World Series winners are ranked No1, the runners-up No2, then two teams ranked No3, and four ranked No5. Teams ranked 9-30 on WL records. NINE of the bottom TEN payers (of 30) finished with negative win-loss records in the regular season. None of the bottom 10 reached the post-season.

Pay Performance NY Mets LA Angels LA Dodgers Detroit Tigers Chicago Cubs Texas Rangers Texas Atlanta Braves Florida Marlins Houston Astros Boston Red Sox Cincinnati Reds Washington N’ls Arizona D’backs Tampa Bay Rays Tampa Minnesota Twins Seattle Mariners Toronto Blue Jays Toronto Oakland Athletics Baltimore Orioles Colorado Rockies San Diego Padres Cleveland Indians Pittsburgh Pirates New York Yankees New York St. Louis Cardinals Chicago White Sox S Francisco Giants Kansas City Royals Milwaukee Brewers Philadelphia Phillies

MLB Wage Distribution There is a correlation between pay and success, but there are some “under-achievers”, notably the Mets, No9 payers but 25th on WL record (a -16 performance), and the Cubs, No2 payers but 16th on WL record (a - 14 performance). The “over-achievers” were the Marlins, No28 payers but 11th on WL record, while the Timber- wolves and Rockies can take credit for reaching the post-season while being No17 and No15 payers respectively.

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English Premier League (EPL) 2007-08 Season

Rank Team Ave 1st-team Ave 1st-team (overall) pay per year pay per week

Final 1 (4) Chelsea £3,585,185 £68,946 Position Team P WDLFA GD Points 2 (14) Man Utd £2,902,560 £55,818 1 Man Utd 38 27 6 5 80 22 58 87 3 (31) Arsenal £2,615,052 £50,289 2 Chelsea 38 25 10 3 65 26 39 85 4 (33) Liverpool £2,530,400 £48,662 3 Arsenal 38 24 11 3 74 31 43 83 5 (49) Newcastle £2,133,333 £41,026 4 Liverpool 38 21 13 4 67 28 39 76 6 (62) Aston Villa £1,781,818 £34,266 5 Everton 38 19 8 11 55 33 22 65 7 (66) West Ham £1,657,143 £31,868 6 A Villa 38 16 12 10 71 51 20 60 8 (78) Portsmouth £1,400,000 £26,923 7 Blackburn 38 15 13 10 50 48 2 58 9 (81) Everton £1,366,087 £26,271 8 Portsmouth 38 16 9 13 48 40 8 57 10 (86) Man City £1,356,657 £26,090 9 Man City 38 15 10 13 45 53 -8 55 11 (98) Blackburn £1,267,018 £24,366 10 West Ham 38 13 10 15 42 50 -8 49 12 (99) Tottenham £1,264,853 £24,324 11 Spurs 38 11 13 14 66 61 5 46 13 (131) Wigan £1,014,642 £19,512 12 Newcastle 38 11 10 17 45 65 -20 43 14 (143) Reading £897,173 £17,253 13 Middlesbro’ 38 10 12 16 43 53 -10 42 15 (149) Bolton £856,037 £16,462 14 Wigan 38 10 10 18 34 51 -17 40 16 (150) Fulham £853,174 £16,407 15 Sunderland 38 11 6 21 36 59 -23 39 17 (151) Sunderland £851,613 £16,377 16 Bolton 38 9 10 19 36 54 -18 37 17 Fulham 38 8 12 18 38 60 -22 36 18 (155) Middlesbro’ £767,627 £14,762 18 Reading 38 10 6 22 41 66 -25 36 19 (157) Birmingham £684,457 £13,163 19 Birmingham 38 8 11 19 46 62 -16 35 20 (163) Derby £510,489 £9,817 20 Derby 38 1 8 29 20 89 -69 11

No4 league by average pay

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English Premier League (EPL) 2007-08 Season Performance indicators within the EPL: Pay versus performance:

FIVE of the top SEVEN payers (of 20) finished inside the top seven. In the graph below, each team is ranked according to pay (in blue, from most to least, left to right) and per- formance (in green, by finishing position, 1st = tallest, 20th = shortest). SIX of the bottom SEVEN payers (of 20) finished inside the bottom seven.

Pay Performance Derby A Villa Wigan Bolton Fulham Arsenal Everton Chelsea Reading Man Utd Man City Liverpool West Ham Blackburn Newcastle Tottenham Middlesbro Sunderland Portsmouth Birmingham

EPL Wage Distribution

There is a clear correlation between pay and success, making it evident which clubs buck the trend. The “over-achievers” were led by Middlesbrough (with manager Gareth Southgate), who were No18 payers but finished 13th (+5 performance), then Everton (David Moyes), the No9 payers, who finished 5th (+4 per- formance) and Blackburn Rovers (Mark Hughes), the No11 payers, who finished 7th (+4 performance). The “under-achievers” were led by Newcastle United (manager Sam Allardyce, then Kevin Keegan), the No5 payers, who finished 12th (-7), and Reading (Steve Coppell), the No14 payers, who finished 18th (-4). Coppell’s squad size (smaller than Bolton and Fulham, for example) increased the average pay per member.

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Season 2008-09 National Hockey League (NHL) EASTERN CONFERENCE Rank Team Ave 1st-team Ave 1st-team Highest paid Atlantic Division PWL OTL GF GA Points (overall) pay per year pay per week player, per year New Jersey Devils 82 51 27 4 244 209 106 Pittsburgh Penguins 82 45 28 9 264 239 99 Philadelphia Flyers 82 44 27 11 264 238 99 1 (59) New York Rangers £1,827,426 £35,143 S Gomez, £4.6m New York Rangers 82 43 30 9 210 218 95 2 (69) Philadelphia Flyers £1,596,718 £30,706 D Briere, £4.6m New York Islanders 82 26 47 9 201 279 61 3 (70) Calgary Flames £1,593,655 £30,647 M Kiprusoff, £4.9m Northeast Division PWL OTL GF GA Points 4 (72) Detroit Red Wings £1,489,187 £28,638 N Lidstrom, £4.3m Boston Bruins 82 53 19 10 274 196 116 5 (75) Ottawa Senators £1,446,851 £27,824 D Heatley, £5.8m Montreal Canadiens 82 41 30 11 249 247 93 Buffalo Sabres 82 41 32 9 250 234 91 6 (76) New Jersey Devils £1,405,604 £27,031 P Elias, £3.5m Ottawa Senators 82 36 35 11 217 237 83 7 (82) Edmonton Oilers £1,365,527 £26,260 L Visnovsky, £4.1m Toronto Maple Leafs 82 34 35 13 250 293 81 8 (85) Washington Capitals £1,359,802 £26,150 A Ovechkin, £5.2m Southeast Division PWL OTL GF GA Points 9 (87) Vancouver Canucks £1,342,206 £25,812 R Luongo, £4.1m Washington Capitals 82 50 24 8 272 245 108 Carolina Hurricanes 82 45 30 7 239 226 97 10 (92) Montreal Canadiens £1,316,115 £25,310 A Markov, £3.3m Florida Panthers 82 41 30 11 234 231 93 11(94) Carolina Hurricanes £1,295,778 £24,919 E Staal, £2.9m Atlanta Thrashers 82 35 41 6 257 280 76 12 (95) Minnesota Wild £1,279,432 £24,604 M Gaborik, £4.4m Tampa Bay Lightning 82 24 40 18 210 279 66 13 (100) Pittsburgh Pengiuns £1,264,314 £24,314 S Crosby, £5.2m 14 (101) Chicago Blackhawks £1,247,666 £23,994 B Campbell, £4.1m WESTERN CONFERENCE 15 (102) Boston Bruins £1,247,337 £23,987 Z Chara, £4.4m Central Division PWL OTL GF GA Points 16 (103) San Jose Sharks £1,246,937 £23,980 J Thornton , £4.2m Detroit Red Wings 82 51 21 10 295 244 112 17 (104) Florida Panthers £1,243,888 £23,921 B McCabe, £3.6m Chicago Blackhawks 82 46 24 12 264 216 104 St. Louis Blues 82 41 31 10 233 233 92 18 (110) Colorado Avalanche £1,206,854 £23,209 R Smyth, £4.2m Columbus Blue Jackets 82 41 31 10 226 230 92 19 (111) Anaheim Ducks £1,206,264 £23,197 S Niedermayer, £3.9m Nashville Predators 82 40 34 8 213 233 88 20 (112) Dallas Stars £1,196,738 £23,014 B Richards, £4.5m Northwest Division PWL OTL GF GA Points 21 (114) Toronto Maple Leafs £1,181,987 £22,731 P Kubina, £2.9m Vancouver Canucks 82 45 27 10 246 220 100 22 (117) Buffalo Sabres £1,166,820 £22,439 T Vanek, £4.6m Calgary Flames 82 46 30 6 254 248 98 Minnesota Wild 82 40 33 9 219 200 89 23 (118) Nashville Predators £1,165,870 £22,421 D Legwand, £3.2m Edmonton Oilers 82 38 35 9 234 248 85 24 (123) St Louis Blues £1,100,865 £21,170 P Kariya, £3.5m Colorado Avalanche 82 32 45 5 199 257 69 25 (125) Columbus B Jackets £1,085,899 £20,883 R Nash, £3.8m Pacific Division PWL OTL GF GA Points 26 (127) Tampa B Lightning £1,052,901 £20,248 V Lecavalier, £4.2m San Jose Sharks 82 53 18 11 257 204 117 Anaheim Ducks 82 42 33 7 245 238 91 27 (139) Atlanta Thrashers £947,748 £18,226 I Kovalchuk, £4.4m Dallas Stars 82 36 35 11 230 257 83 28 (147) LA Kings £874,056 £16,809 J Stoll , £2.4m Phoenix Coyotes 82 36 39 7 208 252 79 29 (148) Phoenix Coyotes £873,623 £16,800 E Jovanovski, £3.8m Los Angeles Kings 82 34 37 11 207 234 79 30 (154) NY Islanders £772,989 £14,865 R DiPietro, £2.6m PLAY-OFFS Conference QFs: Boston 4 Montreal 0; Washington 4 NY Rangers 3; NJ Devils 3 Carolina 4; Pittsburgh 4 Philadelphia No5 league by average pay 2; San Jose 2 Anaheim Ducks 4; Detroit 4 Columbus 0; Vancouver 4 St Louis 0; Chicago 4 Calgary 2 Conference SFs: Boston 3 Carolina 4; Washington 3 Pittsburgh 4; Detroit 4 Anaheim Ducks 3; Vancouver 2 Chicago 4 Conference finals: Eastern: Carolina 0 Pittsburgh 4. Western: Detroit 4 Chicago 1 Stanley Cup final: Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Detroit Red Wings 3

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National Hockey League (NHL) Season 2008-09

Performance indicators within the NHL: Performance indicators within the NHL:

SEVEN of the top TEN payers (of 30) finished with positive win-loss records in the regular season. Eight of SEVEN of the top TEN payers (of 30) finished with positive win-loss records in the regular season. Eight of the top 10 payers reached the 16-team play-offs. the top 10 payers reached the 16-team play-offs.

TEN of the bottom TEN payers (of 30) finished with negative or equal win-loss records in the regular sea- TEN of the bottom TEN payers (of 30) finished with negative or equal win-loss records in the regular sea- son. Two of those teams reached the play-offs despite that, but lost in the round of 16, aka the Confer- son. Two of those teams reached the play-offs despite that, but lost in the round of 16, aka the Confer- ence quarter-finals ence quarter-finals Pay versus performance:

In the graph below, each team is ranked according to pay (in blue, from most to least, left to right) and performance (in green, by finishing position, 1st = tallest, 30th = shortest). In the 16-team play-offs, the Stanley Cup winners are ranked No1, the runners-up No2, then two teams ranked No3, four ranked No5, and eight ranked No9. Teams ranked 17-30 on points won in the regular season.

Pay Performance

NHL Wage Distribution LA Kings Dallas Stars Boston Bruins St Louis Blues Buffalo Sabres Minnesota Wild Anaheim Ducks Calgary Flames San Jose Sharks Edmonton Oilers Ottawa Senators Phoenix Coyotes Florida Panthers Atlanta Thrashers New Jersey Devils New York rangers New York Detroit Red Wings Philadelphia Flyers New York Islanders New York Nashville Predators Vancouver Canucks Colorado Avalanche Montreal Canadiens Carolina Hurricanes Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Pittsburgh Penguins Washington Capitals Tampa Bay Lightning Tampa Chicago Blackhawks Columbus Blue Jackets

There is a clear relationship between pay and performance particularly in the regular season win-loss records, making it evident that the biggest under-achievers were the Ottawa Senators and the Edmonton Oilers, both top-10 payers who failed to make the play-offs. The over-achievers were the St Louis Blues and the Columbus Blue Jackets, for reaching the play-offs. The play-off system itself allows for significant movement in overall “finishing order”.

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National Football League (NFL) Season 2008-09 Rank Team Ave 1st-team Ave 1st-team Highest paid AFC East WLT PCT NFC East WLT PCT (overall) pay per year pay per week player, per year Miami Dolphins 11 50.688 NY Giants 12 40.750 1 (65) Dallas Cowboys £1,685,000 £32,404 F Adams, £8.5m N E Patriots 11 50.688 Philadelphia E 9 6 1 .594 2 (71) Oakland Raiders £1,549,292 £29,794 J Russell, £10.3m New York Jets 9 7 0 .563 Dallas C 9 7 0 .563 3 (79) Minnesota Vikings £1,378,745 £26,514 J Allen, £12.9m Buffalo Bills 7 9 0 .438 Washington R 8 8 0 .500 4 (80) Tennessee Titans £1,372,690 £26,398 M Roos, £8.2m 5 (84) New Orleans Saints £1,359,905 £26,152 W Smith, £7.9m AFC North WLT PCT NFC North WLT PCT 6 (88) Cleveland Browns £1,341,149 £25,791 J Thomas, £5.4m 7 (89) Chicago Bears £1,331,639 £25,608 T Harris, £7.3m Pittsburgh S 12 40.750 Minnesota V 10 60.625 8 (90) Arizona Cardinals £1,330,128 £25,579 L Fitzgerald, £10.4m Baltimore R 11 50.688 Chicago B 9 7 0 .563 9 (96) S Francisco 49ers £1,271,007 £24,442 J Smith, £7.5m Cincinnati B 4 11 1 .281 Green Bay P 6 10 0 .375 10 (97) Pittsburgh Steelers £1,267,374 £24,373 B Roethlisberger, £16.9m Cleveland B 4 12 0 .250 Detroit L 0 16 0 .000 11 (105) New York Jets £1,229,572 £23,646 Pace & Favre, £7.3m 12 (107) Carolina Panthers £1,221,250 £23,486 T Wharton, £7.8m AFC South WLT PCT NFC South WLT PCT 13 (108) San Diego Chargers £1,217,967 £23,422 L Castillo, £6.8m 14 (109) Buffalo Bills £1,213,204 £23,331 L Evans,, £7.3m Tennessee T 13 30.813 Carolina P 12 40.750 15 (113) St. Louis Rams £1,186,223 £22,812 S Jackson, £7.3m Indianapolis C 12 40.750 Atlanta F 11 50.688 16 (115) Wash’ton Redskins £1,177,549 £22,645 C Cooley, £7.1m Houston T 8 8 0 .500 Tampa Bay B 9 7 0 .563 17 (116) Philadelphia Eagles £1,172,456 £22,547 A Samuel, £8.6m Jacksonville J 5 11 0 .313 New Orleans S 8 8 0 .500 18 (119) Miami Dolphins £1,165,605 £22,415 J Smiley, £6.1m 19 (120) Jacksonville Jaguars £1,145,948 £22,037 D Garrard, £5.9m AFC West WLT PCT NFC West WLT PCT 20 (121) New York Giants £1,139,482 £21,913 C Snee, £9.1m San Diego C 8 8 0 .500 Arizona C 9 7 0 .563 21 (124) Tampa Bay Bucs £1,097,257 £21,101 J Faine, £8m 22 (126) Cincinnati Bengals £1,079,581 £20,761 A Odom, £7.8m Denver B 8 8 0 .500 San Franciso 7 9 0 .438 23 (128) Houston Texans £1,050,027 £20,193 A Johnson, £6.8m Oakland R 5 11 0 .313 Seattle S 4 12 0 .250 24 (132) Denver Broncos £988,404 £19,008 D Bly, £6.3m Kansas City C 2 14 0 .125 St Louis Rams 2 14 0 .125 25 (133) Indianapolis Colts £982,036 £18,885 D Clark, £7.1m 26 (134) Seattle Seahawks £981,583 £18,877 M Trufant, £4.9m Wild card play-offs: 27 (135) Atlanta Falcons £979,981 £18,846 M Turner, £9.8m Baltimore 27 Miami 9; Indianapolis 17 San Diego 23; Philadelphia 26 Minnesota 14; Atlanta 24 Arizona 30 28 (136) Green Bay Packers £972,054 £18,693 K Gbaja-Biamila, £4.4m Divisional play-offs: 29 (138) Detroit Lions £958,271 £18,428 C Johnson, £3.8m Baltimore 13 Tennessee 10; San Diego 24 Pittsburgh 35; Philadelphia 23 NY Giants 11; Arizona 33 Carolina 13 30 (140) New Eng. Patriots £912,384 £17,546 R Moss, £8.5m AFC Championship: 31 (141) Kansas City Chiefs £910,902 £17,517 B Albert, £5.8m Baltimore 14 Pittsburgh 23 32 (142) Baltimore Ravens £907,140 £17,445 T Suggs, £5.2m NFC Championship: Philadelphia 25 Arizona 32 No6 league by average pay Super Bowl XLIII: Pittsburgh 27 Arizona 23

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National Football League (NFL) Season 2008-09

Performance indicators within the NFL: Pay versus performance:

FIVE of the top TEN payers (of 32) finished with positive win-loss records in the regular season. Those five In the graph below, each team is ranked according to pay (in blue, from most to least, left to right) and per- included the Super Bowl winners (Steelers) and runners-up (Cardinals) although six of the top 10 payers formance (in green, by finishing position, 1st = tallest, 32nd = shortest). In the 12-team play-offs, the failed to make the post-season. Super Bowl winners are ranked No1, the runners-up No2, then two teams ranked No3, four ranked No5 (divisional round) and four ranked No9 (wild card round). Teams ranked 13-32 on WL records. FOUR of the bottom TEN payers (of 32) finished with negative win-loss records in the regular season; an- other two had 8-8 records. Three of the bottom 10 played post-season, including the Ravens, the No32 payers who reached the AFC Championship game, aka the NFL semi-finals.

Pay Performance Buffalo Bills Detroit Lions New York Jets New York Chicago Bears St. Louis Rams Miami Dolphins Atlanta Falcons Dallas Cowboys Houston Texans Denver Broncos New York Giants New York Tampa Bay Bucs Tampa Oakland Raiders Tennessee Titans Tennessee Arizona Cardinals Seattle Seahawks Baltimore Ravens Cleveland Browns Indianapolis Colts Carolina Panthers Minnesota Vikings Kansas City Chiefs Cincinnati Bengals Green Bay Packers New Orleans Saints Pittsburgh Steelers Philadelphia Eagles San Diego Chargers Jacksonville Jaguars San Francisco 49ers Washington Redskins New England Patriots

NFL Wage Distribution

There appears to be a weaker relationship between pay and performance in the NFL than in any other league in our study. The most notable “over-achievers” were the Ravens, as noted (+29 performance differential between pay and performance ranking), but the Falcons (+18), Patriots (+17), Colts (+16) and Giants (+15) were all double-digit movers, as in the other direction were the Raiders, No2 payers finishing 26th (-24 performance), the Browns (-22), the Rams (-16), the Saints (-15), the Cowboys (-14) and the 49ers (-14). Our simplistic view? This is the chaos of relative fairness, in part due to the lowest ratio between best payers and worst of 1.86 to 1.

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Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Season 2009

Rank Team Ave 1st-team Ave 1st-team Highest paid GWLT PCT (overall) pay per year pay per week player, per year Yomiuri Giants 144 89 46 9 .659 Chunichi Dragons 144 81 62 1 .556 1 (137) Yomiuri Giants £963,719 £18,533 SY Lee, £4m Tokyo Yakult Swallows 144 71 72 1 .497 2 (156) Hanshin Tigers £762,082 £14,655 T Kanemoto, £3.7m Hanshin Tigers 144 67 73 4 .479 3 (158 ) Fukuoka SB Hawks £678,156 £13,041 N Matsunaka, £3.4m Hiroshima Toyo Carp 144 65 75 4 .464 4 (159) Chunichi Dragons £607,912 £11,691 H Iwase, £2.9m Yokohama BayStars 144 51 93 0 .354 5 (161) Chiba Lotte Marines £554,626 £10,666 N Shimizu, £1.6m 6 (162) Saitama S Lions £513,339 £9,872 K Ishii, £1.9m GWLT PCT 7 (164) Hokk. NH Fighters £490,685 £9,436 Y Darvish, £1.8m Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 144 82 60 2 .577 8 (166) Orix Buffaloes £475,114 £9,137 T Rhodes, £2.2m Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144 77 66 1 .538 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144 74 65 5 .532 9 (167) Yokohama BS £455,237 £8,755 D Miura, £2m 144 70 70 4 .500 10 (169) Tokyo Y Swallows £442,847 £8,516 N Aoki, £1.8m Chiba Lotte Marines 144 62 77 5 .446 11 (170) Tohoku RG Eagles £430,143 £8,272 H Iwakuma, £2m Orix Buffaloes 144 86 86 2 .394 12 (174) Hiroshima TC £332,220 £6,389 K Nagakawa, £1.1m

No7 league by average pay

Central League 1st stage: Chunichi Dragons 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Central League 2nd stage: Yomiuri Giants 4 Chunichi Dragons 1 Pacific League 1st stage: Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 0 Pacific League 2nd stage: Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 4 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 1 Yomiuri Giants 4 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2

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Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Season 2009

Performance indicators within the NPB: Pay versus performance:

THREE of the top FOUR payers (of 12) finished the regular season with positive win-loss records, and one In the graph below, each team is ranked according to pay (in blue, from most to least, left to right) and of those, the Yomiuri Giants, the No1 payers, won the Japan Series. performance (in green, by finishing position, 1st = tallest, 8th = shortest).

THREE of the bottom FOUR payers (of eight) finished the regular season with negative win-loss records, and the one with a positive record, the Eagles, reached what is effectively the seasonal semi-finals.

Pay Performance

NPB Wage Distribution Orix Buffaloes Yomiuri Giants Yomiuri Hanshin Tigers Hiroshima T Carp Tokyo Yak Swall’s Yak Tokyo Chunichi Dragons Hokk. NH Fighters Tohoku R G Eagles Tohoku Fukuoka SB Hawks Chiba Lotte Marine Saitama Seibu Lions Yokohama Bay Stars Yokohama

There is a relationship between pay and performance although with the small number of teams and the fact that half of them make the post-season, firm conclusions are tricky. What is clear is that the Tigers, No2 payers, were the major “under-achievers” by finishing 8th on WL record, while the Nippon Ham Fighters from Hokkaido, the No7 payers, were the major “over-achievers” by finishing as the Japan Series runners-up.

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Serie A Season 2007-08

Rank Team Ave 1st-team Ave 1st-team Highest paid Final (overall) pay per year pay per week player, per year Position Team P WDLFA GD Points 1 Internazionale 38 25 10 3 69 26 43 85 1 (56) Milan £2,022,535 £38,895 Kaka, £4.2m 2 Roma 38 24 10 4 72 37 35 82 2 (58) Internazionale £1,904,225 £36,620 P Vieira, £3.5m 3 Juventus 38 20 12 6 72 37 35 72 3 (83) Juventus £1,364,789 £26,246 G Buffon, £3.5m 4 Fiorentina 38 19 9 10 55 39 16 66 4 (145) Roma £896,197 £17,235 F Totti, £3.8m 5 Milan 38 18 10 10 66 38 28 64 5 (168) Palermo £448,143 £8,618 A Barzagli, £704k 6 Sampdoria 38 17 9 12 56 46 10 60 6 (171) Fiorentina £394,366 £7,584 S Frey, £1.1m 7 Udinese 38 16 9 13 48 53 -5 57 7 (172) Napoli £350,646 £6,743 M Zalayeta, £563k 8 Napoli 38 14 8 16 50 53 -3 50 8 (173) Sampdoria £349,296 £6,717 A Cassano, £845k 9 Atalanta 38 12 12 14 52 56 -4 48 9 (175) Torino £323,577 £6,223 A Recoba, £1.1m 10 Genoa 38 13 9 16 44 52 -8 48 10 (176) Genoa £283,099 £5,444 M Di Vaio, £880k 11 Palermo 38 12 11 15 47 57 -10 47 11 (177) Livorno £273,803 £5,265 M Amelia, £704k 12 Lazio 38 11 13 14 47 51 -4 46 12 (178) Parma £272,676 £5,244 B Corradi, £1.1m 13 Siena 38 9 17 12 40 45 -5 44 13 (179) Lazio £259,155 £4,984 R Baronio, £528k 14 Cagliari 38 11 9 18 40 56 -16 42 14 (180) Catania £247,324 £4,756 L Stovini, £458k 15 Torino 38 8 16 14 36 49 -13 40 15 (181) Siena £237,042 £4,559 T Locatelli, £493k 16 Reggina 38 9 13 16 37 56 -19 40 16 (184) Udinese £201,408 £3,873 A Di Natale, £458k 17 Catania 38 8 13 17 33 45 -12 37 18 Empoli 38 99 20 29 52 -23 36 17 (185) Atalanta £191,268 £3,678 S Inzaghi, £704k 19 Parma 38 7 13 18 42 62 -20 34 18 (186) Reggina £186,773 £3,592 N Amoruso, £563k 20 Livorno 38 6 12 20 35 60 -25 30 19 (188) Cagliari £140,000 £2,692 D Conti, £246k 20 (189) Empoli £130,986 £2,519 L Saudati, £317k

No8 league by average pay

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Scottish Premier League (SPL) Season 2007-08

Rank Team Ave 1st-team Ave 1st-team Final (overall) pay per year pay per week Position Team P WDLFA GD Points 1 (146) Rangers £890,270 £17,121 1 Celtic 38 28 5584 26 58 89 2 (152) Celtic £848,082 £16,309 2 Rangers 38 27 5684 33 51 86 3 (182) Hearts £233,038 £4,482 3 Motherwell 38 18 6 14 50 46 4 60 4 (187) Aberdeen £148,275 £2,851 4 Aberdeen 38 15 8 15 50 58 -8 53 5 (192) Hibernian £107,123 £2,060 5 Dundee Utd 38 14 10 14 53 47 6 52 6 (194) Motherwell £88,459 £1,701 6 Hibernian 38 14 10 14 49 45 4 52 7 (195) Kilmarnock £82,338 £1,583 7 Falkirk 38 13 10 15 45 49 -4 49 8 (197) Dundee United £77,887 £1,498 8 Hearts 38 13 9 16 47 55 -8 48 9 (201) Falkirk £65,750 £1,264 9 Inverness 38 13 4 21 51 62 -11 43 10 (206) St Mirren £55,050 £1,059 10 St Mirren 38 10 11 17 26 54 -28 41 11 (210) Inverness £39,954 £768 11 Kilmarnock 38 10 10 18 39 52 -13 40 12 (211) Gretna £28,378 £546 12 Gretna 38 58 25 32 83 -51 13

No9 league by average pay

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Scottish Premier League (SPL) Season 2007-08 Performance indicators within the SPL: Pay versus performance:

THREE of the top FOUR payers (of 12) finished inside the top four. In the graph below, each team is ranked according to pay (in blue, from most to least, left to right) and performance (in green, by finishing position, 1st = tallest, 12th = shortest). THREE of the bottom FOUR payers (of 12) finished inside the bottom four.

Pay Performance

SPL Wage Distribution Celtic Hearts Gretna Falkirk Rangers St Mirren Aberdeen Hibernian Inverness Motherwell Kilmarnock Dundee Utd

The SPL wage distribution graph on page 37 tells the story of modern SPL football, for all the supposed fi- nancial problems of the ‘Old Firm’ clubs - Celtic and Rangers - in recent years. That pair are the only show in town, in serious pay terms, and should be the only show in town in the top two, which normally they are. The “under-achievers” of this season were Hearts, No3 payers but finishing 8th, while Kil- marnock, No7 payers who finished 11th were saved from further ignominy by minnows Gretna (No12 payers, 12th), subsequently bankrupt and now extinct. Dundee United were the “over-achievers” being No9 payers and finishing 6th.

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Major League Soccer (MLS) Season 2009

Rank Team Ave 1st-team Ave 1st-team Highest paid Final (overall) pay per year pay per week player, per year Position Team P WDLFA GD Points 1 Columbus Crew 30 13 10 7 41 31 10 49 1 (183) LA Galaxy £220,639 £4,243 D Beckham, £4m 2 LA Galaxy 30 12 12 6 36 31 5 48 2 (190) Chicago Fire £130,495 £2,510 C Blanco, £1.8m 3 Houston Dynamo 30 13 9839 29 10 48 3 (191) Toronto FC £115,128 £2,214 J de Guzman, £583k 4 Seattle Sounders 30 12 11 7 38 29 9 47 4 (193) NY Red Bulls £90,212 £1,735 JP Angel, £1.1m 5 Chicago Fire 30 11 12 7 39 34 5 45 5 (196) Seattle Sounders £79,938 £1,537 F Ljungberg, £802k 6 Chivas USA 30 13 6 11 34 31 3 45 6 (198) Columbus Crew £70,847 £1,362 GB Schelotto, £473k 7 N E Revolution 30 11 9 10 33 37 -4 42 7 (199) DC United £68,967 £1,326 L Emilio, £463k 8 Real Salt Lake 30 11 7 12 43 35 8 40 8 (200) N E Revolution £67,783 £1,304 S Joseph, £275k 9 Colorado Rapids 30 10 10 10 42 38 4 40 9 (202) FC Dallas £63,272 £1,217 D Ferreira, £183k 10 DC United 30 9 13 8 43 44 -1 40 10 (203) Houston Dynamo £61,332 £1,179 R Clark, £151k 11 FC Dallas 30 11 6 13 50 47 4 39 11 (204) Colorado Rapids £59,295 £1,140 P Mastroeni, £183k 12 Toronto 30 10 9 11 37 46 -9 39 12 (205) San J Earthquakes £56,125 £1,079 D Huckerby, £235k 13 Kansas City Wiz. 30 89 13 33 42 -9 33 13 (207) Real Salt Lake £53,681 £1,032 J Morales, £122k 14 San Jose Earthq. 30 79 14 36 50 -14 30 14 (208) Kansas City Wiz £52,707 £1,014 D Arnaud, £140k 15 NY Red Bulls 30 56 19 27 47 -20 21 15 (209) Chivas USA £49,810 £958 S Kljestan, £124k

No10 league by average pay

Conference semi-finals (aggregate scores over two legs): Columbus Crew 2 Real Salt Lake 4; N E Revolution 2 Chicago Fire 3; LA Galaxy 3 Chivas USA 2; Seattle Sounders 0 Houston Dynamo 1

Conference finals: Real Salt Lake beat Chicago Fire 5-4 on pens, aet, 0-0 after 90 mins; LA Galaxy 2 Houston Dynamo 0, aet

MLS Cup 2009: Real Salt Lake 1 LA Galaxy 1, Real Salt Lake won 5-4 on penalties

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Major League Soccer (MLS) Season 2009

Performance indicators within the MLS: Pay versus performance:

THREE of the top FIVE payers (of 15) finished in the top five places, while the other two finished last of 15 In the graph below, each team is ranked according to pay (in blue, from most to least, left to right) and (NY Red Bulls) and 12th (Toronto). performance (in green, by finishing position, 1st = tallest, 15th = shortest). Uniquely among the football leagues in our report, the MLS has post-season play. In the eight-team play-offs, the MLS Cup winners are TWO of the bottom FIVE payers (of 15) finished in the bottom five, while the other three bucked their pay ranked No1, the runners-up No2, the two beaten Conference finalists No3, and the four beaten Confer- scale to finish higher, and Real Salt Lake, the No13 payers, finished as the MLS Cup winners. ence semi-finalists No5. Teams ranked 9-15 on regular season records.

Pay Performance

MLS Wage Distribution FC Dallas LA Galaxy DC United Toronto FC Toronto Chivas USA NY Red Bulls Chicago Fire Real Salt Lake N E Revolution Columbus Crew Kansas City Wiz Colorado Rapids Houston Dynamo Seattle Sounders San Jose Earthquakes

There is some relationship between pay and performance, but two main “under-achievers” in NY Red Bulls, No4 payers (-11 performance in last place of 15), and Toronto, No3 payers (-9) and two over- achievers in Real Salt Lake, No13 payers (who won) and Chivas USA, No15 payers who finished 5th.

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How the world’s highest earning tennis players compare How the world’s highest earning golfers compare Prize-money earnings alone, from 2009 Prize-money earnings alone, from 2009

Rank Team Prize money Prize money Where they’d Rank Team Prize money Prize money Where they’d in 2009 pay per week rank in team list in 2009 pay per week rank in team list MEN 1 Roger Federer £5,523,909 £106,229 No1 1 Tiger Woods £6,678,313 £128,429 No1 2 Rafael Nadal £4,073,904 £78,344 No3 2 Phil Mickelson £4,026,462 £77,432 No4 3 Novak Djokovic £3,450,177 £66,350 No6 3 Steve Stricker £3,978,808 £76,516 No4 4 Juan Martin del Potro £2,994,445 £57,585 No13 4 Jim Furyk £3,230,874 £62,132 No11 5 Andy Murray £2,785,266 £53,563 No19 5 Lee Westwood £3,137,923 £60,345 No11 6 Nikolay Davydenko £2,305,271 £44,332 No45 6 Zach Johnson £3,024,723 £58,168 No12 7 Andy Roddick £1,561,593 £30,031 No70 7 Kenny Perry £2,823,118 £54,291 No20 8 Robin Soderling £1,457,685 £28,032 No78 8 Sean O'Hair £2,801,729 £53,879 No21 9 Fernando Verdasco £1,207,477 £23,221 No115 9 Geoff Ogilvy £2,700,152 £51,926 No26 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga £1,145,688 £22,032 No124 10 Paul Casey £2,652,449 £51,009 No30

WOMEN 1 Serena Williams £4,123,719 £79,302 No3 2 Dinara Safina £2,715,437 £52,220 No25 3 Svetlana Kuznetsova £2,305,070 £44,328 No45 4 Venus Williams £1,969,943 £37,884 No58 5 Jelena Jankovic £1,569,654 £30,186 No70 6 Caroline Wozniacki £1,494,077 £28,732 No74 7 Elena Dementieva £1,476,393 £28,392 No76 8 Victoria Azarenka £1,332,788 £25,631 No94 9 Vera Zvonareva £1,034,551 £19,895 No131 10 Kim Clijsters £1,028,513 £19,779 No131

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Top sports league attendances: by average crowd, most recent season Notes on methodology and database OUTDOOR

Rank Sport League Season Ave Total More information on our company can be found at: www.sportingintelligence.com/about-us No1 Am Football NFL 2009-10 67,509 17,282,225 2008-09 68,241* 17,469,636 More on our methodology behind this report can be found at: 2007-08 67,755 17,345,205 http://www.sportingintelligence.com/finance-biz/sports-salaries/ Sources: 1, 1a, 2,3 or 2007-08 67,738 17,341,012

No2 Football Bundesliga 2008-09 41,904* 12,822,484 Further reading on the structures of the sports leagues we deal with can be seen at: Source: 4 2007-08 38,975 11,926,395 http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2010/01/02/sports-salaries-database-explanatory-notes010101/

No3 Aussie rules AFL 2009 37,790 6,991,085 Our sports salaries database, regularly up-dated, can be accessed, after registration, at: Sources: 5,6 2008 38,287 7,083,015 www.sportingintelligence.com/finance-biz No4 Football Premier League 2008-09 35,619 13,535,272 Source: 7 2007-08 36,075** 13,708,875 Any further queries can be emailed to us at: [email protected]

No5 Baseball MLB 2009 30,338 73,418,479 2008 32,539 78,614,880 Sources: 8,9 2007 32,785* 79,503,175

No6 Canadian CFL 2009 28,572 2,057,184 football 2008 28,916 2,081,952 Sources: 10, 11 2007 29,167 2,100,016

No7 Football La Liga 2008-09 28,478 10,821,502 Sources: 12,13 2007-08 29,312 11,109,142

No8 Baseball NPB (Japan) 2009 25,926 22,399,679 Source: 14 2008 25,044 21,638,197

No9 Football Serie A 2008-09 25,304 9,615,546 Sources: 15,16 2007-08 23,340 8,869,339

No10 Cricket IPL 2009 23,763 (max) 1.4m (max) Source: 17 2008 49,983 (max) 2.8m (max)

INDOOR

No1 Basketball NBA 2008-09 17,520 21,549,238 2007-08 17,395 21,395,576 Source: 18 2006-07 17,757* 21,841,480

No2 Ice hockey NHL 2008-09 17,460* 21,475,223 Source: 19 2007-08 17,265 21,236,255

*Highest average ever in that league Report designed by Pelekan Design, www.pelekandesign.co.uk **Highest average since Premier League began (1992-93); highest in English top division since 1976-77. Copyright © 2010 Sporting Intelligence. This report may not be reproduced, as a whole or in part, without prior permission of the author. Updated versions of this table, as appropriate, and details of sources: http://tiny.cc/GTUpx

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