The minimum salary for players signing contracts in the 2024/25 NBA season amounted to **** million U.S. dollars. This represented an increase of around * percent from the previous season, when the figure stood at **** million U.S. dollars.

In the 2024/25 National Basketball Association (NBA) season, veteran players with over 10 years of service in the league were entitled to a minimum salary of *** million U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, minimum salaries for NBA rookies totaled **** million U.S. dollars.

The NBA and WNBA are the two top leagues for basketball in the United States for men and women, respectively. In the NBA, players took home an average annual salary of over ** million U.S. dollars for the 2024/25 season, with the league's minimum salary set at **** million U.S. dollars that year. In comparison, players in the WNBA received an average annual pay of ******* U.S. dollars in the 2025 season, with the highest-earning players in the WNBA receiving around ******* U.S. dollars annually.

With each player taking home a handsome 8.32 million U.S. dollars every year, the NBA is the professional sports league with the highest player wages worldwide. In second place is the Indian Premier League, an annual cricket competition contested each year between eight franchises representing eight different Indian cities.

Big money in the NBA Although the wages that players in the NBA take home are astronomical, the average annual salaries vary from one team to another. Whilst the New York Knicks pay their players an average of 7.08 million U.S. dollars a year, Portland Trail Blazers spent around 10.04 million U.S. dollars annually on each of their stars in 2019/20. NBA salaries have tremendously increased throughout the years reaching 8.32 million U.S. dollars in 2019/20 compared to 4.6 million U.S. dollars in 2015/16.

The National Basketball Association has one of the highest percentages of African American players from the big four professional sports leagues in North America. In 2023, approximately **** percent of NBA players were African American. Meanwhile, ethnically white players constituted a **** percent share of all NBA players that year. After the WNBA and NBA, the National Football League had the largest share of African Americans in a professional sports league in North America. How do other roles in the NBA compare? When it comes to African American representation in the NBA, no other role in the NBA is as well represented by African Americans as players. Meanwhile, on the opposite end of the scale, less than **** percent of team governors in the NBA were African American in 2023. During the 2022/23 season, the role with the second-highest share of African Americans was head coach, with a share of ** percent. That season, the number of African American head coaches in the NBA exceeded the number of white head coaches for the first time. African Americans in the NFL In 2022, the greatest share of players by ethnicity in the NFL were African American, with more than half of all NFL players falling within this group. The representation of African Americans in American Football extended beyond the playing field, with **** percent of NFL assistant coaches being African American in 2022 as well. However, positions such as vice presidents and head coaches were less representative of the African American population, as less than ** percent of the individuals fulfilling these roles in 2022 were African American.

During the 2023/24 season, the 30 franchises comprising the National Basketball Association (NBA) recorded a total revenue amounting to ***** billion U.S. dollars. This was an increase of over *** million dollars from the previous year. What are the NBA's main sources of revenue? Among the NBA's main sources of income are broadcasting deals, sponsorships, and gate receipts. In particular, the NBA's sponsorship revenue has consistently exceeded one billion U.S. dollars since the 2017/18 season. One of the league's main sponsors since then has been Nike, which is the league's official outfitter. Meanwhile, the share of overall revenue from gate receipts in the NBA was ***** percent in 2023/24. Which NBA team generates the most revenue? With a revenue of *** million U.S. dollars, the Golden State Warriors were the NBA team with the highest revenue in the 2023/24 season. Between 2015 and 2023, the Warriors were a dominant force in the NBA, appearing in six of eight finals and winning four championships, ending their trophy drought stretching back to 1975. However, the Warriors still have some way to go to match the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers as the NBA teams with the most championships, with the Celtics winning a record **** championship title in 2024.

Teams in Major League Baseball were estimated at an average franchise value of just over 2.3 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. Meanwhile, the average value of National Football League franchises reached a high of over 5.1 billion U.S. dollars in 2023.

This graph depicts the average ticket price of all National Basketball Association teams in the 2015/16 season. The average ticket price for a Milwaukee Bucks home game was at 50.30 U.S. dollars in the 2015/16 season.

National Basketball Association (NBA) average ticket price

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a North American professional basketball league with 29 teams in the United States and one in Canada. The combined revenue of all NBA teams amounted to about 5.9 billion U.S. dollars in the 2015/16 season – 25 percent of this total was generated by regular season ticketing. For the last few seasons, NBA home games brought an average of over 17 thousand people to NBA arenas. The 2016/17 season established a new record for the league in terms of attendance, with an average of 17,884 attendees. Regular season tickets for the 2015/16 season cost 55.88 U.S. dollars on average, the highest figure to date.

The New York Knicks is the franchise that charges the most for its tickets, followed by the Los Angeles Lakers. The average ticket price for a Knicks game stands at more than 129 U.S. dollars, while tickets to Lakers games cost just over a hundred U.S. dollars. With an average price of 30.2 U.S. dollars, tickets for New Orleans Pelicans games are the least expensive in the league.

Compared to the other major North American sports leagues, tickets for NBA games are more expensive than tickets for Major League Baseball (MBL) games, but less expensive than tickets for National Hockey League (NHL) games and National Football League (NFL) games. Of the major sports leagues in the North America, the NFL has the most expensive tickets, with an average ticket price of almost 93 U.S. dollars per game in the 2015/16 season.

With an estimated net worth of 8.8 billion U.S. dollars, the Golden State Warriors franchise was the most valuable team in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2024. Trailing in second place were the New York Knicks with a value of 7.5 billion U.S. dollars. How much revenue does the NBA generate? For the 2023/24 season, all NBA teams generated combined revenues of over 10 billion U.S. dollars; regular season ticketing in the NBA accounted for about a fifth of the total. Meanwhile, the Golden State Warriors and the New York Knicks were the NBA franchises that generated the most revenue, with 800 million U.S. dollars and 543 million U.S. dollars, respectively. Meanwhile, the average franchise value in the NBA registered a significant growth between 2014 and 2024, rising from 634 million U.S. dollars to over four billion U.S. dollars. Sports team values Compared to the National Football League (NFL), franchises in the NBA are, on average, worth less. However, since 2018, teams in the NBA have become more valuable than the average team valuation in Major League Baseball (MLB). In 2023, the average franchise value in the National Football League (NFL) was around 5.11 billion, whereas Major League Baseball teams had an average value of over 2.31 billion U.S. dollars. The most valuable NFL franchise was the Dallas Cowboys, valued at 9 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. That year in the MLB, the New York Yankees, with an estimated worth of 7.1 billion U.S. dollars, were the most valuable MLB franchise.

In the 2023/24 season, the Golden State Warriors generated the most revenue from the National Basketball Association franchises. Specifically, the Golden State Warriors generated 800 million U.S. dollars in revenue by the end of the season.

Founded in 1996, the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a professional basketball league composed of 12 teams from the United States. The Indiana Fever registered the highest average attendance across the 2023 season with 17,036. That season, the Fever secured the services of college basketball sensation Caitlin Clark, who went on to break a series of rookie and all-time records. One such record was the number of assists made in a single WNBA game. Player salaries in the WNBA Jackie Young of the Las Vegas Aces was the highest earner in the WNBA in the 2024 season, having earned an annual salary of 252 thousand U.S. dollars. Meanwhile, looking at the average annual salaries in the WNBA vs. the NBA, the average WNBA player took home around 120 thousand U.S. dollars at the end of the year, which was nearly 100 times lower than the average NBA player salary. WNBA league records Since the opening season in 1997, former and current WNBA players have been setting high standards and surpassing old ones throughout the course of the competition. Sue Bird was the career games leader of the WNBA, having played 580 professional games prior to her retirement in 2022. Meanwhile, the WNBA's all-time scoring leader was Diana Taurasi, who began her career with the Phoenix Mercury in 2004. Overall, three WNBA teams held the record for most WNBA championships during the history of the league, all winning four championships apiece.

The average per game attendance during the 2024/25 regular season of the National Basketball Association stood at ******. This marked a slight decrease from the previous season, however, was the second-highest average attendance recorded since 2010/11. NBA attendances The total attendance at regular season games in the NBA also dipped marginally in the 2024/25 season, however, remained over an aggregate total of ** million. The Chicago Bulls had the highest average regular season home attendance among all NBA franchises that year - over ****** spectators attended home games in 2024/25. Meanwhile, the Philadelphia 76ers, the New York Knicks, and the Denver Nuggets also recorded some of the highest average home attendances. NBA TV audiences Over the last five years, the average TV audience for the NBA's regular season has minimally but steadily decreased. During the 2024/25 season, an average of **** million viewers tuned into each NBA regular season fixture across ABC, ESPN, and TNT. The decline in viewership of the NBA Finals, however, has been more dramatic, with the average audience in the United States nearly halving between 2015 and 2024.

The games of the 2024 NBA Finals had an average TV rating of ***. The 2024 championships were contested between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks and saw the Celtics win 4-1 to claim their record-breaking **** NBA title in franchise history.

With 21.87 million likes, the Los Angeles Lakers had the most likes on Facebook among National Basketball Association (NBA) teams as of October 2023. Bringing up the rear was the official account of the Atlanta Hawks with 1.57 million likes. Meanwhile, the NBA’s own official Facebook page had accrued 39.93 million likes.

How does this compare to Twitter followers? The Lakers’ impressive reach on Facebook was matched by their Twitter following, having also ranked first in the list of NBA teams with the most Twitter followers with 11.88 million. However, despite ranking lowest among NBA teams on Facebook, the Atlanta Hawks didn’t have the smallest following on Twitter, with the last spot taken by the Detroit Pistons. The NBA's official Twitter page on the other hand had nearly 45 million followers.

Do NFL teams have larger social media followings? When comparing the annual revenue of the National Football League (NFL) to the annual revenue of the NBA, it’s clear that the NFL is the more lucrative sports league in the United States. However, NBA teams appear to have a larger global presence on social media channels. This is evident in the NFL franchise with the most Facebook fans, the Dallas Cowboys, having fewer than 10 million Facebook likes, which is less than half of the Lakers’ Facebook fan base.

The National Football League (NFL) was the most watched sports league in the United States in 2023. Viewers watched a combined 974.7 billion minutes of football action across the 284 televised games between November 2022 and November 2023. Meanwhile, Major League Baseball (MLB) ranked second with a little less than 330 billion combined minutes from viewers.

How much does a Super Bowl ad cost?

The price of running an ad during the Super Bowl has tripled over the past two decades. In 2024, advertisers paid an average of seven million U.S. dollars to air a 30-second commercial during the Super Bowl LVI broadcast. The renowned sporting event is highly anticipated each year and is watched by millions around the world. In the U.S., the 2024 edition of the Super Bowl was watched by over 123 million Americans.

How many people watch the World Series?

Unlike the Super Bowl, MLB World Series TV viewership experienced an overall decrease over the past two decades. The games of the 2023 World Series, in which the Texas Rangers achieved a five-game series win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, were watched by around nine million viewers. This shows a considerable drop from the previous year, when nearly 12 million people tuned in to see the Houston Astros win the Commissioner’s Trophy.

In the 2024/25 season, the sponsorship revenue of teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA) increased by eight percent over the previous season, reaching 1.62 billion U.S. dollars. Who are the NBA’s main sponsors? Before the introduction of jersey sponsors for the 2017/18 season, Nike signed an eight-year deal in 2015 with the NBA to become the league’s new official outfitter. The NBA also partners with technology giants such as Microsoft and Rakuten and, more recently, struck sponsorship deals with cryptocurrency companies like the crypto-based gaming company Sorare. Some NBA franchises, however, have been unfortunate in their choice of cryptocurrency sponsors, with the Miami Heat and the Golden State Warriors both seeing their partnerships with FTX fall apart after the latter’s bankruptcy in 2022. What is the total revenue of the NBA? Except for a slump during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the total league revenue of the NBA has also grown significantly in the last decade and stood at over 10 billion U.S. dollars in 2024. Making up a significant share of this total was the Golden State Warriors, whose revenue stream of 800 million U.S. dollars in 2024 made it the NBA franchise with the most revenue that year. With four NBA championships to their name since 2015, the Warriors’ financial performance has been a fair reflection of the franchise’s on-court performance.

Professional sports leagues in North America have traditionally been home to athletes from many backgrounds and ethnicities. In the 2023 season, over 70 percent of the players in the National Basketball Association (NBA) were African American. In comparison, 17.5 percent of NBA athletes were white and 2.2 percent were Hispanic.

Having defeated the Indiana Pacers 4-3 in the 2025 NBA Finals, the Oklahoma City Thunder secured its ****** NBA championship in the franchise's history. Meanwhile, the NBA team with the most championships won as of 2025 was the Bolton Celtics, with ** rings. The Celtics won * straight titles between 1959 and 1966 with a team that is widely considered one of the best ever in the league.

The average regular-season home game attendance in the National Football League (NFL) during the 2022-23 season stood at almost ** thousand fans. This made it the highest attended professional sports league in North America. By contrast, the average home game attendance in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 2022-23 season stood at just under ** thousand. The NFL is a professional football league in the United States that was founded in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association. Which NFL team has the highest average home game attendance? In 2022, the Dallas Cowboys recorded an average home attendance of ****** spectators, making them the NFL team with the highest average regular season attendance. This figure represents the average number of fans who attended each game held at the team's home stadium during the regular season. While this number is only an average, it provides a good indication of the overall level of support the team received from its fans. What is the most watched women’s soccer game of all time? As of May 2023, the highest-attended women's soccer game of all time was Barcelona's home match against Wolfsburg in April 2022. Barcelona’s home semi-final victory against Wolfsburg was watched by a crowd of ****** fans, which broke the record set only two months earlier when the women's Clásico drew a crowd of ******. Barcelona’s match against Wolfsburg represented the highest-ever attendance for a Women’s Champions League game and, indeed, a women’s soccer game.

Teams in Major League Baseball were estimated at an average franchise value of just over **** billion U.S. dollars in 2024. Meanwhile, the average value of National Football League franchises reached a high of over **** billion U.S. dollars in the same year.