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Revenue in the NFL reached an estimated $9.5 billion in 2011-12. That is up $500 million (5.6%) from the year before, and $1.8 billion (23.4%) more than Major League Baseball ($7.7 billion).
Colin Kaepernick makes less than $1 million per year Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images The NFL is the most lucrative pro sports league in the world, but its players are dead last among the four major American professional sports in average salary. On average, NBA players make $5.15 million, MLB players make $3.2 million, NHL players make $2.4 million, and NFL players make $1.9 million per year, according to Forbes. But that doesn't even tell the full story. Andrew Powell-Morse and Brett Cohen at BestTicketsBlog put together two charts that reveal how few NFL players are making real money. In short, the average NFL salary doesn't spike until most players are out of the league. 70% of NFL players are between the ages of 22 and 27. Players in that group earn less than the NFL average overall. BestTicketsBlog. Compare that chart to this age distribution chart for players. They are mirror images of another: BestTicketBlog