PSG world's top-paying team - report

PSG world's top-paying team - report

LONDON - French champions Paris Saint-Germain pay their players higher salaries than any other team in world sport, according to figures published on Wednesday.

Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic (3rd left) runs a drill during a team training session in Hong Kong on July 28, 2014

The Global Sports Salaries Survey for 2015 produced by the website Sporting Intelligence found that PSG pay their first-team players an average yearly salary of pound sterling5.299 million ($8.236 million, 7.416 million euros).

It took the Ligue 1 giants, bankrolled by Qatar Sports Investments, to first place in the list, with Manchester City, who topped the poll in 2014, slipping to third place with an average yearly wage of pound sterling5.015 million.

Last season's European champions Real Madrid came second, while Barcelona, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Arsenal all made the top 10.

The survey only takes into account earnings for playing sport and ignores income from commercial endorsements or other activities.

The 2015 report looked at 333 teams in 17 leagues across 13 countries in seven sports: football, baseball, basketball, American football, cricket, ice hockey and Australian Rules football.

America's basketball championship the NBA is the highest-paying league as a whole, with the 448 players who competed during the 2014-15 season each earning an average of pound sterling2.67 million per year.

Top 10 highest-paying sports teams (average pay per year):

1. Paris Saint-Germain (FRA/football) pound sterling5,298,693

2. Real Madrid (ESP/football) pound sterling5,040,520

3. Manchester City (ENG/football) pound sterling5,015,122

4. Barcelona (ESP/football) pound sterling4,715,116

5. Los Angeles Dodgers (USA/baseball) pound sterling4,679,937

6. Manchester United (ENG/football) pound sterling4,679,377

7. Bayern Munich (GER/football) pound sterling4,468,643

8. Chelsea (ENG/football) pound sterling4,353,056

9. New York Yankees (USA/baseball) pound sterling4,263,577

10. Arsenal (ENG/football) pound sterling4,054,066

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