List of professional sports leagues by revenue

The following is a list of professional sports leagues by revenue.

In this table, the "Season" column refers to the league season for which financial data is available and referenced, which is usually not the most recently completed season of competition.

LeagueSportCountrySeasonTeamsRevenue
(€ million)		Rev. per club
(€ million)		Ref
National Football League American football USA 2015 32 11,880 371 [1]
Major League Baseball Baseball USA/Canada 2015 30 8,680 289 [2]
National Basketball Association Basketball USA/Canada 2014–15 30 4,750 158 [3]
Premier League Association football England/Wales 2014–15 20 4,070 203 [4]
National Hockey League Ice hockey USA/Canada 2014–15 30[n 1] 3,300 110 [5]
Bundesliga Association football Germany 2014–15 18 2,620 146 [6]
La Liga Association football Spain 2014–15 20 2,053 103 [7]
Serie A Association football Italy 2014–15 20 1,792 90 [7]
Ligue 1 Association football France/Monaco 2014–15 20 1,418 71 [7]
Nippon Professional Baseball Baseball Japan 2012 12 1,253 104 [8]
Campeonato Brasileiro Association football Brazil 2015 20 958 48 [9]
Russian Premier League Association football Russia 2014–15 16 803 50 [7]
Football League Championship Association football England/Wales 2014–15 24 620 26 [10]
Major League Soccer Association football USA/Canada 2015 20[n 2] 536 27 [11]
J1 League Association football Japan 2015 18 532 30 [12]
Süper Lig Association football Turkey 2014–15 18 520 29 [13]
Liga MX Association football Mexico – 18 509 28 [14]
2. Bundesliga Association football Germany 2014–15 18 505 28 [6]
Eredivisie Association football Netherlands 2014–15 18 442 25 [10]
Australian Football League Australian rules football Australia 2015 18 342 19 [15]
Primera División Argentina Association football Argentina – 20 338 17 [14]
Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket India 2016 8 337 42 [16]
Chinese Super League Association football China 2015 16 336 21 [17]
Belgian Pro League[n 3] Association football Belgium 2014–15 16 303 18.9 [7]
Top 14 Rugby union France 2014–15 14 299 21.3 [18]
Primeira Liga Association football Portugal 2014–15 16 298 18.6 [13]
Serie B Association football Italy 2011–12 22 276 12.5 [19]
J2 League Association football Japan 2015 22 262 11.9 [12]
National Rugby League Rugby league Australia/New Zealand 2015 16 241 14.0 [20]
Ligue 2 Association football France 2011–12 20 214 10.7 [19]
Swiss Super League Association football Switzerland/Liechtenstein 2014–15 10 206 20.9 [13]
Segunda División Association football Spain 2011–12 22 201 9 [19]
Canadian Football League Canadian football Canada 2015 9 200 22 [21]
Categoria Primera A Association football Colombia – 18 176 10 [14]
3. Liga Association football Germany 2013–14 20 167 8.4 [22]
Football League One Association football England 2014–15 24 163 6.8 [7]
Ukrainian Premier League Association football Ukraine 2014–15 16 158 11.2 [13]
Allsvenskan Association football Sweden 2014 16 152 9.5 [7]
Tippeligaen Association football Norway 2014 16 152 9.5 [13]
English Premiership Rugby union England 2010–11 12 149 12.4 [23]
Danish Superliga Association football Denmark 2014–15 12[n 4] 149 12.4 [7]
Superleague Greece Association football Greece 2014–15 16 137 7.6 [13]
Scottish Premiership Association football Scotland 2014–15 12 135 11.3 [7]
Austrian Football Bundesliga Association football Austria 2014–15 10 129 12.9 [7]
Chilean Primera Division Association football Chile – 18 113 6.3 [14]
South African Premier Division Association football South Africa – 16 111 6.9 [24]
Football League Two Association football England/Wales 2014–15 24 108 4.5 [7]
Liga ACB Basketball Spain[n 5] 2011–12 18 107 5.9 [25]
Deutsche Eishockey Liga Ice hockey Germany 2013–14 14 106 7.6 [26]
Rugby Pro D2 Rugby union France 2014–15 16 97 6.1 [27]
Egyptian Premier League Association football Egypt – 20 95 4.7 [28]
Basketball Bundesliga Basketball Germany 2013–14 18 91 5.0 [26]
Handball-Bundesliga Handball Germany 2013–14 18 89 4.9 [26]
Ekstraklasa Association football Poland 2014–15 16 77 4.8 [13]
Mexican Pacific League Baseball Mexico 2012–13 8 72 9 [29]
Indian Super League Association football India 2014 8 70 8.6 [30]
Czech First League Association football Czech 2014-15 16 69 4.3 [13]
Korea Professional Baseball Baseball South Korea 2012 8 69 8.6 [31]
Liga I Association football Romania 2014-15 18 66 3.7 [13]
A-League Association football Australia/New Zealand 2012–13 10 63 6.3 [32]
Super League Rugby league England 2015 12 60 5.0 [33]
Eerste Divisie Association football Netherlands 2011–12 18 58 3.2 [34]
Israeli Premier League Association football Israel 2014-15 14 56 4 [13]
Chinese Basketball Association Basketball China 2012–13 17 53 3.1 [35]
J3 League Association football Japan 2015 12 35 2.9 [12]
Mexican League Baseball Mexico 2016 16 23 1.5 [36]
  1. ↑ The NHL will expand to 31 teams for the 2017–18 season.
  2. ↑ MLS will expand to 22 teams for the 2017 season.
  3. ↑ Renamed as Belgian First Division A effective with the 2016–17 season.
  4. ↑ The Danish Superliga expanded to 14 teams starting with the 2016–17 season.
  5. ↑ The ACB has included a team from Andorra since the 2014–15 season.

See also

References

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  3. ↑ "Forbes Releases 18th Annual NBA Team Valuations". Forbes. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
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  5. ↑ "Hockey's Loonie Problem May Cost NHL $200 Million, Bettman Says". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
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