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List of professional sports leagues by revenue - wikipedia List of professional sports leagues by revenue Jump to : navigation , search This list is incomplete ; you can help by expanding it . The following is a list of sports competitions 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 . Revenues are listed in millions of euros . League Sport Country ( ies ) Season Teams Revenue ( € mil ) Rev. / team ( € mil ) Ref . National Football League American football United States 2016 32 7004107000000000000 ♠ 10,700 7002333100000000000 ♠ 333.1 Major League Baseball Baseball United States Canada 2017 30 7003820000000000000 ♠ 8,200 7002273300000000000 ♠ 273.3 National Basketball Association Basketball United States Canada 2016 -- 17 30 7003594000000000000 ♠ 5,940 7002198000000000000 ♠ 198 Premier League Association football England Wales 2015 -- 16 20 7003488800000000000 ♠ 4,888 7002244400000000000 ♠ 244.4 National Hockey League Ice hockey United States Canada 2016 -- 17 30 7003370000000000000 ♠ 3,700 7002123300000000000 ♠ 123.3 Bundesliga Association football Germany 2016 -- 17 18 7003337500000000000 ♠ 3,375 7002187500000000000 ♠ 187.5 La Liga Association football Spain 2016 -- 17 20 7003319100000000000 ♠ 3,191 7002159600000000000 ♠ 159.6 Serie A Association football Italy 2016 -- 17 20 7003226700000000000 ♠ 2,267 7002113400000000000 ♠ 113.4 Formula One Auto racing World 2017 10 7003183000000000000 ♠ 1,830 7002166400000000000 ♠ 166.4 Ligue 1 Association football France Monaco 2015 -- 16 20 7003148500000000000 ♠ 1,485 7001742000000000000 ♠ 74.2 Campeonato Brasileiro Association football Brazil 2016 20 7003129800000000000 ♠ 1,298 7001649000000000000 ♠ 64.9 Nippon Professional Baseball Baseball Japan 2012 12 7003125300000000000 ♠ 1,253 7002104000000000000 ♠ 104 Australian Football League Australian rules football Australia 2017 18 7002890000000000000 ♠ 890 7001496000000000000 ♠ 49.6 Major League Soccer Association football United States Canada 2017 23 761 33 Süper Lig Association football Turkey 2015 -- 16 18 7002734000000000000 ♠ 734 7001408009999900000 ♠ 40.8 EFL Championship Association football England Wales 2015 -- 16 24 7002723000000000000 ♠ 723 7001301000000000000 ♠ 30.1 Russian Premier League Association football Russia 2015 -- 16 16 7002701000000000000 ♠ 701 7001438000000000000 ♠ 43.8 NASCAR Auto Racing United States 2017 20 7002660800000000000 ♠ 660.8 7001330000000000000 ♠ 33.0 2 . Bundesliga Association football Germany 2016 -- 17 18 7002635000000000000 ♠ 635 7001353009999900000 ♠ 35.3 Korea Professional Baseball Baseball South Korea 2014 10 7002563000000000000 ♠ 563 7001560000000000000 ♠ 56 J1 League Association football Japan 2015 18 7002532000000000000 ♠ 532 7001300000000000000 ♠ 30 K - League Association football South Korea 2014 12 7002509000000000000 ♠ 509 7001260000000000000 ♠ 26 Liga MX Association football Mexico -- 18 7002509000000000000 ♠ 509 7001280000000000000 ♠ 28 Eredivisie Association football Netherlands 2015 -- 16 18 7002481000000000000 ♠ 481 7001267000000000000 ♠ 26.7 Primeira Liga Association football Portugal 2015 -- 16 18 7002366000000000000 ♠ 366 7001203000000000000 ♠ 20.3 Belgian Pro League Association football Belgium 2015 -- 16 16 7002359000000000000 ♠ 359 7001224000000000000 ♠ 22.4 Indian Premier League Twenty20 cricket India 2016 8 7002341000000000000 ♠ 341 7001426000000000000 ♠ 42.6 Primera División Argentina Association football Argentina -- 20 7002338000000000000 ♠ 338 7001170000000000000 ♠ 17 Chinese Super League Association football China 2015 16 7002336000000000000 ♠ 336 7001210000000000000 ♠ 21 Top 14 Rugby union football France 2015 -- 16 14 7002303000000000000 ♠ 303 7001216000000000000 ♠ 21.6 Serie B Association football Italy 2011 -- 12 22 7002276000000000000 ♠ 276 7001125000000000000 ♠ 12.5 J2 League Association football Japan 2015 22 7002262000000000000 ♠ 262 7001119000000000000 ♠ 11.9 Saudi Professional League Association football Saudi Arabia 2016 -- 17 14 7002254610000000000 ♠ 254.61 7001182000000000000 ♠ 18.2 Segunda División Association football Spain 2016 -- 17 22 7002249000000000000 ♠ 249 7001113000000000000 ♠ 11.3 English Premiership Rugby union football England 2015 -- 16 12 7002245000000000000 ♠ 245 7001204009999900000 ♠ 20.4 National Rugby League Rugby league football Australia New Zealand 2015 16 7002241000000000000 ♠ 241 7001140000000000000 ♠ 14.0 Swiss Super League Association football Switzerland Liechtenstein 2015 -- 16 10 7002227000000000000 ♠ 227 7001227000000000000 ♠ 22.7 Ligue 2 Association football France 2011 -- 12 20 7002214000000000000 ♠ 214 7001107009999900000 ♠ 10.7 Danish Superliga Association football Denmark 2015 -- 16 12 7002203000000000000 ♠ 203 7001169009999900000 ♠ 16.9 Canadian Football League Canadian football Canada 2015 9 7002200000000000000 ♠ 200 7001220000000000000 ♠ 22 EFL League One Association football England 2015 -- 16 24 7002177000000000000 ♠ 177 7000740000000000000 ♠ 7.4 Categoria Primera A Association football Colombia -- 18 7002176000000000000 ♠ 176 7001100000000000000 ♠ 10 Austrian Football Bundesliga Association football Austria 2015 -- 16 10 7002163000000000000 ♠ 163 7001163000000000000 ♠ 16.3 3 . Liga Association football Germany 2016 - 17 20 7002155000000000000 ♠ 155 7000860000000000000 ♠ 8.6 Allsvenskan Association football Sweden 2016 16 7002150000000000000 ♠ 150 7000940000000000000 ♠ 9.4 Scottish Premiership Association football Scotland 2015 -- 16 12 7002148000000000000 ♠ 148 7001123000000000000 ♠ 12.3 Tippeligaen Association football Norway 2015 16 7002146000000000000 ♠ 146 7000910000000000000 ♠ 9.1 Superleague Greece Association football Greece 2015 -- 16 16 7002142000000000000 ♠ 142 7000890000000000000 ♠ 8.9 Ekstraklasa Association football Poland 2015 -- 16 16 7002125000000000000 ♠ 125 7000780000000000000 ♠ 7.8 Chilean Primera Division Association football Chile -- 18 7002113000000000000 ♠ 113 7000630000000000000 ♠ 6.3 EFL League Two Association football England Wales 2015 -- 16 24 7002112000000000000 ♠ 112 7000470000000000000 ♠ 4.7 Rugby Pro D2 Rugby union football France 2015 -- 16 16 7002111000000000000 ♠ 111 7000690000000000000 ♠ 6.9 South African Premier Division Association football South Africa -- 16 7002111000000000000 ♠ 111 7000690000000000000 ♠ 6.9 Deutsche Eishockey Liga Ice hockey Germany 2014 - 15 14 7002107000000000000 ♠ 107 7000760000000000000 ♠ 7.6 Kazakhstan Premier League Association football Kazakhstan 2016 12 7002105000000000000 ♠ 105 7000870000000099999 ♠ 8.7 Basketball Bundesliga Basketball Germany 2014 - 15 18 7001980000000000000 ♠ 98 7000500000000000000 ♠ 5.0 Handball - Bundesliga Handball Germany 2014 - 15 18 7001960000000000000 ♠ 96 7000490000000000000 ♠ 4.9 Egyptian Premier League Association football Egypt -- 20 7001950000000000000 ♠ 95 7000470000000000000 ♠ 4.7 Ukrainian Premier League Association football Ukraine 2015 -- 16 14 7001940000000000000 ♠ 94 7000670000000000000 ♠ 6.7 Israeli Premier League Association football Israel 2015 -- 16 14 7001910000000000000 ♠ 91 7000650000000000000 ♠ 6.5 Mexican Pacific League Baseball Mexico 2012 -- 13 8 7001720000000000000 ♠ 72 7000900000000000000 ♠ 9 Czech First League Association football Czech Republic 2015 -- 16 16 7001710000000000000 ♠ 71 7000440000000000000 ♠ 4.4 A-League Association football Australia New Zealand 2012 -- 13 10 7001630000000000000 ♠ 63 7000630000000000000 ♠ 6.3 Indian Super League Association football India 2017 10 7001620000000000000 ♠ 62 7000620000000000000 ♠ 6.2 Minor League Baseball Baseball United States Canada 2015 160 7001620000000000000 ♠ 62 6999380000000000000 ♠ 0.38 Eerste Divisie Association football Netherlands 2014 -- 15 20 7001610000000000000 ♠ 61 7000310000000000000 ♠ 3.1 Hungary First League Association football Hungary 2015 -- 16 12 7001600000000000000 ♠ 60 7000500000000000000 ♠ 5 Super League Rugby league football England France 2015 12 7001600000000000000 ♠ 60 7000500000000000000 ♠ 5.0 Liga I Association football Romania 2015 -- 16 14 7001580000000000000 ♠ 58 7000410009999999999 ♠ 4.1 Chinese Basketball Association Basketball China 2012 -- 13 17 7001530000000000000 ♠ 53 7000310000000000000 ♠ 3.1 Croatian First Football League Association football Croatia 2015 -- 16 10 7001470000000000000 ♠ 47 7000470000000000000 ♠ 4.7 Cypriot First Division Association football Cyprus 2015 -- 16 14 7001460000000000000 ♠ 46 7000330000000000000 ♠ 3.3 A Group Association football Bulgaria 2015 -- 16 10 7001410000000000000 ♠ 41 7000410009999999999 ♠ 4.1 J3 League Association football Japan 2015 12 7001350000000000000 ♠ 35 7000290000000000000 ♠ 2.9 Belarusian Premier League Association football Belarus 2016 16 7001350000000000000 ♠ 35 7000220000000000000 ♠ 2.2 Liga ACB Basketball Spain 2011 -- 12 18 7001300000000000000 ♠ 30 7000590000000000000 ♠ 5.9 Veikkausliiga Association football Finland 2016 12 7001240000000000000 ♠ 24 7000200000000000000 ♠ 2.0 Mexican League Baseball Mexico 2016 16 7001230000000000000 ♠ 23 7000150000000000000 ♠ 1.5 Serbian SuperLiga Association football Serbia 2015 -- 16 16 7001200000000000000 ♠ 20 7000130000000000000 ♠ 1.3 Pro Kabaddi League Kabaddi India 2017 12 7000730000000000000 ♠ 7.3 6999600000000000000 ♠ 0.6 Pakistan Super League Twenty20 cricket Pakistan 2016 5 7000487000000000000 ♠ 4.87 7000100000000000000 ♠ 1 Notes Jump up ^ Number of teams in the season referenced in this table . Due to league expansion and contraction , does not necessarily match the number of current teams . Jump up ^ The NHL expanded to 31 teams starting with the 2017 -- 18 season . Jump up ^ Cited revenue was AUD 998m for clubs and further 437m for league net of club distributions ; million ; approximate average exchange rate of EUR 1 per AUD 1.6 at time of edit used here . Jump up ^ MLS expanded to 23 teams starting with the 2018 season . Jump up ^ Cited revenue was £ 556 million ; approximate average exchange rate of € 1.3 per £ 1 for 2015 -- 16 season used here . Jump up ^ Renamed as Belgian First Division A effective with the 2016 -- 17 season . Jump up ^ Cited revenue was USD 378.78 million ; approximate average exchange rate of USD 0.9 per EUR 1 for 2016 season used here . Jump up ^ Cited revenue was £ 187.9 million ; approximate average exchange rate of € 1.3 per £ 1 for 2015 -- 16 season used here . Jump up ^ During the 2015 -- 16 season cited in this table , the Super League included FC Vaduz , based in Liechtenstein ( whose football clubs all play in the Swiss league system ) . Vaduz were relegated at the end of the 2016 -- 17 season , making the Super League once again an all - Swiss circuit . Jump up ^ The Danish Superliga expanded to 14 teams starting with the 2016 -- 17 season . Jump up ^ Cited revenue was £ 136 million ; approximate average exchange rate of € 1.3 per £ 1 for 2015 -- 16 season used here . Jump up ^ Renamed Eliteserien effective with the 2017 season . Jump up ^ Cited revenue was £ 86 million ; approximate average exchange rate of € 1.3 per £ 1 for 2015 -- 16 season used here . Jump up ^ Includes only US - based leagues affiliated to Major League Baseball . The Mexican League , listed separately , is part of Minor League Baseball , but its teams are not affiliated with MLB teams . Jump up ^ Liga ACB has included a team from Andorra since the 2014 -- 15 season . Jump up ^ Cited 2016 revenue was INR 56.0 crore ; approximate average exchange rate of EUR 1 per INR 77 used here . See also ( edit ) Deloitte Football Money League Forbes ' list of the most valuable football clubs Forbes ' list of the most valuable sports teams Forbes ' list of the world 's highest - paid athletes List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues List of sports attendance figures References ( edit ) ^ Jump up to : `` Which Professional Sports Leagues Make the Most Money ? '' . Jump up ^ `` Thanks To Roger Goodell , NFL Revenues Projected To Surpass $13 Billion in 2016 '' . Forbes . Retrieved February 15 , 2017 . Jump up ^ `` Forbes Releases 20th Annual NBA Team Valuations '' . Forbes . Retrieved February 15 , 2017 . ^ Jump up to : `` Club Licensing Benchmarking Report : Financial Year 2016 '' ( PDF ) . ^ Jump up to : `` Annual Review of Football Finance '' . Deloitte UK . July 2017 . Retrieved July 12 , 2017 . Full report available for download at this location . ^ Jump up to : `` Report 2018 : German professional football generates revenue in excess of € 4 billion for the first time -- 14 Bundesliga clubs with revenue over € 100 million '' . Report 2018 : German professional football generates revenue in excess of € 4 billion for the first time -- 14 Bundesliga clubs with revenue over € 100 million ( in German ) . Retrieved 2018 - 03 - 02 . Jump up ^ `` El Real Madrid , líder de LaLiga en ingresos : 675 millones '' ( in Spanish ) . Retrieved 8 April 2018 . Jump up ^ `` Serie A : the 2016 - 17 budget '' . Retrieved 8 April 2018 . Jump up ^ Barretto , Dieter Rencken and Lawrence . `` Formula 1 team payments for 2017 revealed '' . Autosport.com . Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 02 . Jump up ^ `` Clubes têm receitas recorde em 2016 , mas consultor avisa : `` 2017 será ano da verdade '' `` . Retrieved 8 April 2018 . 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