What is the salary of Professional football, basketball, and baseball players make a year?
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MLB has the highest average salaries, I believe, at $2.5-$3 million.  The NFL has average salaries close to $1.5 million.  The NBA and NHL are also in the $1-2 million range.  I'm quoting these from memory, as I've seen the numbers before, but they may have changed since I read the article.\n\nNote that the best players get payed quite a bit more than that (some are over $20 million).  All of the leagues have minimum salaries in the $300k-$500k range.
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baseball, basketball, football(american)
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No by the game my friends brother's best friend is in the NBA. Andrew Bynum and he said he made a certain amount of money every playoff game it was like 200,000. It sounds crazy.
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the avg. according to "sports salaries" is around 850,000
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2005-2006 Top Ten NBA Player Salaries\n\n1. Shaquille O'Neal  $20,000,000\n2. Chris Webber      $19,125,000\n3. Kevin Garnett     $18,000,000\n4. Stephon Marbury   $16,453,125\n4. Allen Iverson     $16,453,125\n6. Jason Kidd        $16,440,000\n6. Jermaine O'Neal   $16,440,000\n8. Tim Duncan        $15,845,157\n9. Anfernee Hardaway $15,750,000\n10. Jalen Rose       $15,694,250  \n10. Kobe Bryant      $15,694,250\n10. Tracy McGrady    $15,694,250\n10. Keith Van Horn   $15,694,250\n10. Grant Hill       $15,694,250\n\nRemember, these players are in different years of their contracts.
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Mate I honestly don't know the average salary of a US player is perhaps 90,000 US$ or less but in europe club level pros are paid 180,000 US$ wages per week.
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they are paid for how the game turns out like if they won they get paid more if lose than they get paid reguler.  and plus how the players play like kobe when he made those 81 points he scored alot of money because his outcome and dwyane in the play offs he help the team win 4 wins all the way to the championships and he got like raise for his accomplishment and thats it
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Yeah, but NFL careers are on average only 4 seasons. Body takes a pounding. I doubt anyone calculates pay per hour/minute...besides you are just talking game time. NFL players practice and study film way more per week than NBAers. Plus off-season they have a zillion workouts from actual working on their own to mini-camps etc.
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go to cbssportsline.com and click on any sport than player and you ll see their salary
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Not even close.  Supply and demand.  No one watches the WNBA.  Thats what they put on ESPN when there aren't any paintball championships.  People like flash and dunks and high flying, which isnt available in the WNBA.  If people paid the same attention to the WNBA as the NBA and paid as much money in tickets and merchandise, then yes they would be paid the same, however the WNBA players make around $30,000 a year on average vs. the NBA, where the minimum salary for a full year contract is $120,000.  Some NBA players make as much as a full year WNBA contract in a 10-day contract.
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Shaq is the highest paid
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Last year £786 million in wages alone was paid to 2,347 professional footballers, that's roughly equivalent to the GDP of Mongolia in 2005. Of that sum, £583 million went to Premiership players. And the likes of Steven Gerrard and David Beckham are reported to earn over £100,000 A WEEK – that's more than £5 million a year - not bad for playing a bit footy.
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all athletes get major dough
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The average annual salary for an arena football player is $22,000, a far cry from the National Football League's minimum of $175,000.
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The top players earn enough money these days to not have to work when they retire.  The less well paid players will often go into management or the media and some will re-educate themselves towards the end of their career.
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The current salary for rank-and-file members of the House and Senate is $158,100 per year.
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the link has a player index, and lists this years salary for each player. I know it isnt exactly what you asked for, but its a start.