How much do the top football players make?
The English Premier League is undoubtedly the most lucrative league in world football, therefore they essentially have the ability to attractive a huge proportion of the best players. Note: This summary was done based on the 2017/18 season earnings.
The Premier League’s status as the world’s wealthiest football league was underpinned in 2017 by headline-grabbing numbers. The three-year TV deals in place from 2016–19 led to ‘TV cash’ payments of £2.4 billion to the 20 clubs in May 2017, at an average of £120m per club — before a ticket or shirt was sold. To put this into context the team that finishes last in the Premier League earns more domestics broadcast than Bayern Munich. And not to mention the orgy of Chinese consortium and and middle-eastern monarchist that bring their cash to the league.
The average Premier League player earns $90 000 per match they play in the league which is second to only the NBA who collect a staggering $168 000 per game.
A total of $ 1.73 billion dollars was spent on player wage in the premier league for the 207/18 season and the BIG GUNS were the biggest spenders with Man United being the biggest spenders of all,with an average Manchester United player earning $6.8 million a year which 2 times the average salary of other teams.
The average top footballer in the Premier earns around $3.5 million dollars per season. This obviously doesn’t represent the majority if footballer around the world and does not account for the disproportionate inequality that exists with other leagues .
