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.

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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.

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