Sports teams / franchises total player payroll ranking 2014/15

The statistic ranks sports teams from all over the world by total team payroll in the 2014/15 season. The Los Angeles Dodgers paid the most in player salaries in 2014/15 with a team payroll of more than 270 million U.S. dollars.

Sports teams worldwide with the highest team payroll in 2014/15 (in million U.S. dollars)

Characteristic	Total payroll in million U.S. dollars
Los Angeles Dodgers	272.8
Paris Saint-Germain	227.1
New York Yankees	219.3
Real Madrid	216
Manchester City	215
FC Barcelona	202.1
Manchester United	200.6
Bayern Munich	191.5
Boston Red Sox	187.4
Chelsea London	186.6
Detroit Tigers	173.8
Arsenal London	173.8
San Francisco Giants	172.7
Washington Nationals	164.9
Los Angeles Angels	150.9
FC Liverpool	150.4
Texas Rangers	142.1
Philadelphia Phillies	135.8
Juventus Turin	127.4
Miami Dolphins	124.3
Cincinnati Bengals	123.3
Green Bay Packers	123.2
Toronto Blue Jays	122.5
Denver Broncos	122.3
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	122.2
St. Louis Cardinals	120.9
Tottenham	120.5
Seattle Mariners	119.8
Chicago Cubs	119
Detroit Lions	118.8

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Release date

May 2015

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2014/15

Supplementary notes

* 333 teams in 17 major pro leagues from 13 countries comprising 9,731 athletes were covered for the study. Average annual pay is calculated from base player salaries from current or most recently completed seasons from each sport. All figures converted to U.S. dollars.
MLB, MLS: 2015; NBA, NHL: 2014/15; NFL, CSL (Chinese Super League, soccer), NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball), AFL (Australian Football League) and CFL (Canadian Football League): 2014; EPL, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and SPL: 2013/14; IPL (Indian Premier League, cricket): Annual pay extrapolated from 2014 tournament

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