List of professional sports leagues by revenue

This is a list of professional sports leagues by revenue. Individual sports are not included.

The "Season" column refers to the sports league season for which financial data is available and referenced, which is usually not the most recently completed season of competition. Revenue is listed in millions of euros. The "Tier Level" column refers to the importance/division in their respective countries/leagues. For example, Premier League is the first division/level, compared to EFL Championship which is the second division/level.

List

Rank	League	Sport	Country(ies)	Season	Tier Level	Teams[a]	Mat­ches / Games / Events	Rev. (€ mil)	Rev. / team (€ mil)	Rev. / match (€ thou­sands)	Ref.
1	National Football League (NFL)	American football	United States	2022	1	32	285	18,027[b]	563	63,252	[1]
2	National Basketball Association (NBA)	Basketball	United States  Canada	2023–24	1	30	1,320	12,010[c]	400	9,098	[2]
3	Major League Baseball (MLB)	Baseball	United States  Canada	2023	1	30	2,430	11,319[d]	377	4,658	[3]
4	Premier League (English Premier League)	Association football	England	2023–24	1	20	380	7,100	355	18,684	[4][5][6]
5	National Hockey League (NHL)	Ice hockey	Canada  United States	2022–23	1	32	1,400	6,069[e]	189	4,334	[7]
6	Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División (La Liga)	Association football	Spain	2021–22	1	20	380	4,443	222	11,692	[8][9]
7	Fußball-Bundesliga (Bundesliga)		Germany	2021–22	1	18	306	3,610	200	11,797	[10][6]
8	Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A (Serie A)		Italy	2021–22	1	20	380	2,927	146	7,702	[11]
9	Championnat de France de football (Ligue 1)		France  Monaco	2022–23	1	20[f]	380	2,378	115.4	8,328	[12]
10	Major League Soccer (MLS)		United States  Canada	2023	1	29[g]	493	1,849[h]	63.7	3,751	[13][14]
11	Campeonato Brasileiro Série A (Brasileirão)		Brazil	2023	1	20	380	1,705[i]	85	4,486	[15]
12	Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB)	Baseball	Japan	2019	1	12	878	1,506[j]	125.5	1,715	[16]
13	Indian Premier League (IPL)	Twenty20 cricket	India	2023	1	10	74	1,087[k]	109	14,694	[17][18][19]
14	English Football League Championship (EFL Championship)	Association football	England	2021–22	2	24	557	1,060[l]	44.1	1,903	[5]
15	Russian Premier League (RPL)	Association football	Russia	2021–22	1	16	240	1,050	65.6	4,375	[20]
16	Australian Football League (AFL)	Australian rules football	Australia	2023	1	18	216	974.3[m]	35.0	2,913	[21][22]
17	2. Fußball-Bundesliga (2. Bundesliga)	Association football	Germany	2021–22	2	18	306	867.8	48.2	2,836	[10]
18	EuroLeague	Basketball	Europe	2021–22	1 (Int.)	18	260	665[n]	36.9	2,350	[23]
19	Eredivisie	Association football	Netherlands	2021–22	1	18	312	629	34.9	2,016	[20]
20	Chinese Basketball Association (CBA)	Basketball	China	2015–16	1	20	405	575.8[o]	28.8	1,422	[24]
21	J1 League	Association football	Japan	2023	1	18[p]	306	564.65[q]	31.3	1,845	[25]
22	Primeira Liga		Portugal	2021–22	1	18	306	557	30.9	1,820	[20]
23	Liga MX		Mexico	2018–19	1	18	334	555[r]	30.8	1,662	[26]
24	Turkish Süper Lig		Turkey	2021–22	1	20	380	533	26.6	1,403	[20]
25	Belgian Pro League		Belgium	2021–22	1	18[s]	330	494	27.4	1,497	[20]
26	Liga Profesional de Fútbol		Argentina	2018–19	1	26[t]	325	490.8	18.9	1,510	[27]
27	National Rugby League (NRL)	Rugby league football	Australia  New Zealand	2023	1	17	213	427[u]	25.1	1,962	[28]
28	Kontinental Hockey League (KHL)	Ice hockey	Russia  Belarus  China  Kazakhstan	2022–23	1	22[v]	748	425[w]	19.3	568	[29]
29	Championnat de France de football de Ligue 2 (Ligue 2)	Association football	France	2022–23	2	20[x]	380	423	21.15	1,113	[12]
30	Korea Baseball Organization League (KBO League)	Baseball	South Korea	2018	1	10	590	396.3	39.6	672	[30]
31	Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Segunda División (La Liga 2)	Association football	Spain  Andorra	2021–22	2	22	468	395.1	17.9	855	[8]
32	Championnat de France de rugby à XV (Top 14)	Rugby union football	France	2021–22	1	14	187	371	26.5	1,984	[31]
33	Lega Nazionale Professionisti B (Serie B)	Association football	Italy	2021–22	2	20	380	355.2	17.7	934	[11]
34	Scottish Premiership (SPFL)		Scotland	2021–22	1	12	258	313	26.1	1,213	[20]
35	J2 League		Japan	2023	2	22[y]	465	294.65[z]	13.4	634	[25]
36	Danish Superliga		Denmark	2021–22	1	12	193	287	23.9	1,487	[20]
37	K League 1		South Korea	2019	1	12	228	287[aa]	23.9	1,258	[32]
38	Austrian Football Bundesliga		Austria	2020–21	1	12	195	267	22.2	1,369	[20]
39	English Football League One (EFL League One)		England	2021–22	3	24	557	260.3[ab]	10.8	471	[5]
40	Swiss Super League		Switzerland	2021–22	1	10[ac]	180	248	24.8	1,378	[20]
41	B1 League	Basketball	Japan	2021–22	1	22[ad]	660	227.7[ae]	10.3	345	[33]
42	Premiership Rugby	Rugby union football	England	2022–23	1	11[af]	130	218.2[ag]	19.9	1,678	[34]
43	Allsvenskan	Association football	Sweden	2022	1	16	240	210	13.1	875	[20]
44	Ekstraklasa		Poland	2022–23	1	18	306	206.5[ah]	11.4	674	[35]
45	National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)		United States	2024	1	14[ai]	182	193.2[aj]	13.8	1,062	[36]
46	3. Fußball-Liga (3. Liga)		Germany	2021–22	3	20	373	187.6	9.4	503	[37]
47	Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Serie C)	Association football	Italy	2021–22	3	59[ak]	1,151	182.2	3.1	158	[11]
48	Big Bash League	Twenty20 cricket	Australia	2018–19	1	8	59	173[al]	21.6	2,932	[38]
49	English Football League Two (EFL League Two)	Association football	England	2023–24	4	24	557	170[am]	7	305	[5]
50	National League (NL)	Ice hockey	Switzerland	2013–14	1	12[an]	339	167	13.9	493	[39]
51	Eliteserien	Association football	Norway	2022	1	16	240	161	10.0	671	[20]
52	Swedish Hockey League (SHL)	Ice hockey	Sweden	2021–22	1	14	364	159.2	11.3	437	[40]
53	Super League Greece	Association football	Greece	2021–22	1	14	240	159	11.3	663	[20]
54	Nemzeti Bajnokság I		Hungary	2021–22	1	12	198	158	13.1	798	[20]
55	Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL)	Ice hockey	Germany	2022–23	1	15[ao]	466	150	10	322	[41]
56	Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)	Basketball	United States	2023	1	12[ap]	220	146.9[aq]	12.2	668	[42]
57	Championnat de France de rugby à XV de 2e division (Rugby Pro D2)	Rugby union football	France	2021–22	2	16	245	144	9	587	[31]
58	Canadian Football League (CFL)	Canadian football	Canada	2018	1	9	86	143[ar]	15.9	1,663	[43]
59	Israeli Premier League	Association football	Israel	2021–22	1	14	240	138	9.8	575	[20]
60	Liga de la Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (Liga ACB)	Basketball	Spain  Andorra	2021–22	1	18	306	136	7.56	444	[44]
61	Caribbean Premier League (CPL)	Twenty20 cricket	West Indies	2022	1	6	34	134.7[as]	22.4	3,961	[45]
62	Ukrainian Premier League (UPL)	Association football	Ukraine	2021–22	1	16	143	118	7.3	825	[20]
63	Liiga	Ice hockey	Finland	2021–22	1	15	495	114.6	7.6	231	[46]
64	Saudi Professional League (SPL)	Association football	Saudi Arabia	2022–23	1	16[at]	240	111.1[au]	6.9	463	[47]
65	Basketball Bundesliga (BBL)	Basketball	Germany	2021–22	1	18	330	109.6	6.1	332	[48]
66	Handball-Bundesliga (HBL)	Handball	Germany	2018–19	1	18	306	105	5.8	343	[49]
67	Categoría Primera A	Association football	Colombia	2022	1	20	451	102[av]	5.1	226	[50]
68	Croatian First Football League (1. HNL)		Croatia	2021–22	1	10	180	97	9.7	539	[20]
69	Czech First League		Czech Republic	2021–22	1	16	276	97	6.0	351	[20]
70	Cypriot First Division		Cyprus	2021–22	1	12[aw]	192	95	7.9	495	[20]
71	Egyptian Premier League		Egypt	?	1	20	306	95	4.7	310	[51]
72	Super Rugby	Rugby union football	Australia  New Zealand  Fiji	2018	1 (Int.)	15[ax]	127	94	7.0	740	[52][53]
73	Ligue Nationale de Basket Pro A (LNB Pro A)	Basketball	France  Monaco	2021–22	1	18	328	93.5	5.2	285	[54]
74	Mexican Baseball League (Liga Mexicana de Béisbol; LMB)	Baseball	Mexico	2022	1	18[ay]	900	93[az]	5.1	103	[55]
75	Liga I	Association football	Romania	2021–22	1	16	316	90	5.6	285	[20]
76	J3 League		Japan	2023	3	20	380	85.7[ba]	4.3	226	[25]
77	Campeonato Brasileiro Série B (Série B)		Brazil	2020	2	20	380	84.1[bb]	4.2	221	[56]
78	Chinese Football Association Super League (CSL)		China	2022	1	16	240	75.8[bc]	4.7	316	[57]
79	Mexican Pacific League (Liga Mexicana del Pacífico; LMP)	Baseball	Mexico	2012–13	1	8	306	72	9	235	[58]
80	Kazakhstan Premier League	Association football	Kazakhstan	2022	1	14	182	70	5.0	385	[20]
81	Swiss Challenge League		Switzerland  Liechtenstein	2019–20	2	10	180	67.1[bd]	6.7	373	[56]
82	UAE Pro League		United Arab Emirates	2021–22	1	14	182	65.8[be]	4.7	367	[59]
83	Indian Super League (ISL)		India	2018–19	1	10[bf]	95	65	6.5	684	[60]
84	Serbian SuperLiga		Serbia	2021–22	1	16	296	65	4.0	220	[20]
85	First Professional Football League (Bulgarian First League)		Bulgaria	2021–22	1	14[bg]	222	64	4.5	288	[20]
86	A-League		Australia  New Zealand	2017–18	1	10[bh]	140	63[bi]	6.3	450	[61]
87	Super League	Rugby league football	England  France[bj]	2015	1	12[bk]	195	60	5.0	308	[62]
88	Championnat National	Association football	France	2019–20	3	18	223	57.4[bl]	3.2	257	[56]
89	Women's Super League (WSL)	Association football	England	2022–23	1	12	132	56.6[bm]	4.7	429	[63]
90	Chilean Primera División	Association football	Chile	2023	1	16	240	55.3[bn]	3.4	230	[64]
91	Bangladesh Premier League	Twenty20 cricket	Bangladesh	2016–17	1	7[bo]	46	53.5	7.6	1,164	[65]
92	South African Premier Division	Association football	South Africa	2019–20	1	16	240	53.4	3.3	222	[66]
93	Slovak Super Liga		Slovakia	2021–22	1	12	195	51	4.2	262	[20]
94	Azerbaijan Premier League		Azerbaijan	2021–22	1	8[bp]	112	47	5.8	420	[20]
95	LNB Pro B	Basketball	France	2021–22	2	18	326	46.2	2.5	142	[54]
96	I liga polska	Association football	Poland	2022–23	2	18	309	43.5[bq]	2.4	141	[67]
97	Belarusian Premier League (Vyšejšaja Liha)		Belarus	2022	1	16[br]	240	42	2.6	175	[20]
98	Challenger Pro League		Belgium	2019–20	1	8[bs]	114	41.2	5.1	362	[56]
99	Deutsche Eishockey Liga 2 (DEL2)	Ice hockey	Germany	2021–22	2	14	410	40.6	2.9	99	[68]
100	Superettan	Association football	Sweden	2020	2	16	240	39.1[bt]	2.4	163	[56]
101	Danish 1st Division		Denmark	2019–20	2	12	198	35.7[bu]	2.9	180	[56]
102	Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (LKL)	Basketball	Lithuania	2023–24	1	11	185	34	3.1	184	[69][70]
103	Veikkausliiga	Association football	Finland	2022	1	12	167	33	2.7	198	[20]
104	Latvian Higher League		Latvia	2022	1	10	180	29	2.9	161	[20]
105	Persian Gulf Pro League		Iran	2015–16	1	16	240	29	1.8	121	[71]
106	Besta deild karla		Iceland	2022	1	12	162	27	2.2	167	[20]
107	Primera B de Chile		Chile	2020	2	15[bv]	218	26.92[bw]	1.8	128	[56]
108	United Rugby Championship[bx]	Rugby union football	Ireland  Italy  Scotland  South Africa  Wales	2017–18	1 (Int.)	14	153	26.9	1.9	176	[72]
109	Ekstraliga	Speedway	Poland	2021	1	8	64	26.3[by]	3.3	471	[73]
110	League of Ireland Premier Division	Association football	Ireland  Northern Ireland	2022	1	10	180	26	2.6	144	[20]
111	Campeonato Brasileiro Série C (Série C)		Brazil	2020	3	20	206	25.2[bz]	1.2	122	[56]
112	Primera Categoría Serie A (Ecuadorian Serie A)		Ecuador	2018	1	12[ca]	266	25	2.1	94	[74]

Notes

1. 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.
2. Cited revenue was $18.6 billion, exchange rate of 1 USD = 0.9696 EUR used here for 2022 season.
3. Cited revenue was $13.000 billion, exchange rate of 1 USD = 0.92 EUR used here for 2023–24 season.
4. Cited revenue was $11.6 billion, exchange rate of 1 USD = 0.9758 EUR used here for 2023 season.
5. Cited revenue was $6.432 billion, exchange rate of 1 USD = 0.9435 EUR used here for 2023–23 season.
6. The number of teams has contracted to 18 in 2023.
7. The number of teams has expanded to 30 in 2025.
8. Cited revenue was USD $1.871B per Forbes and estimated at USD $2.0 billion per Sportico; exchange rate of 0.9245 euro per USD for 2023 season used here.
9. Source cites $R 9,122 billion; exchange rate used for January, 1st, 2024, 1 Brazilian Real is equivalent to 0.186 EUROs
10. Cited revenue was Yen JPY 180 billion; approximate average exchange rate of 0.008368 EUR for 1 JPY in 2020-06-20 used here.
11. Cited revenue was ₹ 96.78B; Exchange rate of ₹ 89 = €‎1 for 2023 season used here. Note that this is only the revenue from the sale of media rights to broadcasters. Total IPL ecosystem value in 2023 was ₹ 92,500 crore which translates to $11.2B or €‎10,393 mil
12. Cited revenue was £676 million; approximate average exchange rate of €1.1833 per £1 for 2021–22 season used here.
13. Cited revenue was AUD$1048.87M; exchange rate of AUD$1 = €0.60 for 2023 season used here.
14. Cited revenue was estimated at $650 million; exchange rate of €1.0231 per $1 for 2022-10-19 used here.
15. Cited revenue was USD 655 million; approximate average exchange rate of USD 0.88 per EUR 1 for March 2016 used here.
16. The number of teams has increased to 20 in 2024.
17. Cited revenue was ¥86.388B; exchange rate of ¥1=€‎0.00654 for 2023 season used here.
18. Cited revenue was 16.B$, exchange rate of 1 USD = 0.8329 EUR used here for end of 2017
19. The number of teams has contracted to 16 in 2023.
20. The number of teams has contracted to 24 in 2019, expanded to 26 in 2021, 28 in 2022, and contracted to 22 since 2026.
21. Cited revenue was estimated at 700 mln. in AU$; exchange rate of AU$1=€‎0.61 for 2023 season used here.
22. The number of teams has expanded to 23 in 2023.
23. Cited revenue was estimated at ₽34B; exchange rate of 1 euro per ₽80 for 2022–23 season used here.
24. The number of teams has contracted to 18 in 2024.
25. The number of teams has contracted to 20 in 2024.
26. Cited revenue was ¥45.045B; exchange rate of ¥1=€‎0.00654 for 2023 season used here.
27. Cited revenue was 371.9.B₩, exchange rate of 1296 KRW = 1 EUR used here for end of 2019
28. Cited revenue was £220 million; approximate average exchange rate of €1.1833 per £1 for 2021–22 season used here.
29. The number of teams has expanded to 12 in 2023.
30. The number of teams has expanded to 24 in 2022.
31. Cited revenue was ¥29.962B; exchange rate of ¥1=€‎0.0076 for 2021–22 season used here.
32. The number of teams has contracted to 10 in 2023.
33. Cited revenue was £191.12 million; approximate average exchange rate of €1.1415 per £1 for 2022–23 season used here.
34. Cited revenue was zł‎921 million; approximate average exchange rate of zł‎ 4.46 per €1 for 2022–23 season used here.
35. The number of teams has expanded to 14 in 2024.
36. Cited revenue was $215 million, exchange rate of 1 USD = 0.90 EUR used here for 25 September 2024.
37. The number of teams has expanded to 60 in 2022.
38. Exchange rate of €0.8782 per $1 for 2018–19 season used here.
39. Cited revenue was £124 million; approximate average exchange rate of €1.1833 per £1 for 2021–22 season used here.
40. The number of teams has expanded to 13 in 2021, 14 in 2022.
41. The number of teams has contracted to 14 in 2023.
42. The number of teams has expanded to 13 in 2025.
43. Cited revenue was $158 million, exchange rate of 1 USD = 0.93 EUR used here for 18 June 2024
44. Cited revenue was 210 million canadian dollars; exchange rate of 1.468 CAD = 1 EUR used here for 2013
45. Cited revenue was $134.7 million, exchange rate of 1 USD = 1 EUR used here for 2022 season.
46. SPL expanded to 18 teams in 2023.
47. Revenue was estimated at SAR450 million; Exchange rate of €0.24698 per 1 SAR for 2023-08-27 used here.
48. Exchange rate of COP 5189.0573 per €1 for 2022 season used here.
49. The number of teams has expanded to 14 in 2022.
50. The number of teams has contracted to 10 in 2021, expanded to 12 in 2022.
51. The number of teams has expanded to 20 in 2024.
52. Cited revenue was Mex$2 billion; exchange rate of Mex$21.5 per €1 for 2022 season used here.
53. Cited revenue was ¥13.108B; exchange rate of ¥1=€‎0.00654 for 2023 season used here.
54. Cited revenue was estimated at $100 million; Exchange rate $1.1884 per €1 used for 7 April 2021.
55. Cited revenue was estimated at 580 million yuan; Exchange rate 7.65 yuan per €1 used for 5 February 2024.
56. Cited revenue was estimated at $79.8 million; Exchange rate $1.1884 per €1 used for 7 April 2021.
57. Cited revenue was 265 million AED. exchange rate of 1 EUR = 4.0848 AED for March 2022 used here.
58. ISL expanded to 11 teams in 2020–21 season and to 12 teams since 2023–24.
59. The number of teams has contracted to 16 in 2022.
60. The number of teams has expanded to 11 in 2019, 12 in 2020, 14 in 2024.
61. Cited revenue was 100M AUS$, exchange rate of 1 AUD = 0.63 EUR used here for May 2018
62. Super League's next season in 2020 will include a team from Canada. The French team that played in the cited 2015 season has remained in the league in every subsequent season.
63. The number of teams has contracted to 11 in 2020, expanded to 12 in 2021, .
64. Cited revenue was estimated at $68.2 million; Exchange rate $1.1884 per €1 used for 7 April 2021.
65. Cited revenue was £48 million; approximate average exchange rate of €1.18 per £1 for 2022–23 season used here.
66. Cited revenue was CLP$48.151 billion; exchange rate of €0.00115 = CLP$1 for 2023 used here.
67. The number of teams has contracted to 6 in 2022, expanded to 7 in 2023.
68. The number of teams has expanded to 10 in 2022.
69. Cited revenue was zł‎194.1 million; approximate average exchange rate of zł‎ 4.46 per €1 for 2022–23 season used here.
70. The number of teams has contracted to 15 in 2023.
71. Challenger Pro has expanded to 12 teams in 2022. The number of teams will further increase to 16 in 2023.
72. Cited revenue was estimated at $46.56 million; Exchange rate $1.1884 per €1 used for 7 April 2021.
73. Cited revenue was estimated at $42.4 million; Exchange rate $1.1884 per €1 used for 7 April 2021.
74. The number of teams has expanded to 16 in 2021.
75. Cited revenue was estimated at $32 million; Exchange rate $1.1884 per €1 used for 7 April 2021.
76. During the referenced 2017–18 season, this competition was known as Pro14.
77. Cited revenue was zł‎120 million; approximate average exchange rate of zł‎ 4.55 per €1 for 2021 season used here.
78. Cited revenue was estimated at $30 million; Exchange rate $1.1884 per €1 used for 7 April 2021.
79. The number of teams has expanded to 16 in 2019.

See also

• Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada
• 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 largest sports contracts
• List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues
• List of sports attendance figures

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