The report “Global Sports Salaries Survey (GSSS) 2016 was made available online (free) today by Sporting Intelligence.
From an Introductory Blog Post:
The Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA are now the best paid team in global sport according to Sporting Intelligence’s Global Sports Salaries Survey (GSSS) for 2016…
The average first-team pay at the Cavaliers, home to NBA icon LeBron James, is £6.54m per year ($8.7m), or £125,883 per week in the 2016-17 season that commenced on 25 October.
Direct to Full Text Report (28 pages; PDF, 56 pages Total)
Previous Editions of the Report