Any professional sports requires large financial investments. Each of its types is surrounded by a constant cash flow, consisting of sponsorship investments, fees to athletes and coaches, purchase and maintenance of equipment, transportation costs, finances for the organization of competitions and championships, maintenance of training grounds and junior facilities. sports schools. And for all these indicators, both collectively and individually, there are leaders. The costs of the most expensive sports in just one year could amount to the budget of an entire country.

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Opens a list of the most expensive sports. Loved by millions spectacular view sports generates significant income for players, coaches and club owners. Two leaders have long been identified in this game: Russia and Canada, and it is the athletes of these countries who earn the most from the games. Shea Weber made $14 million last season. In addition to him, there are 4 more Canadians in the top ten hockey players with large fees with incomes above $10 million. Two Russian athlete Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin playing American teams, earned $10 million. The most expensive club is the New York Rangers. Its cost is $1.2 billion.

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It is also an expensive sport, Forbes magazine says, citing ten NBA athletes whose annual income exceeded $27 million as proof. LeBron James, the California player, is not giving up his position. For last year he added $71 million to his bank account. And this is only the net salary of basketball players, excluding income from numerous advertising deals, mainly with manufacturers. sportswear and inventory. Companies such as Coca-Cola, Tissot, Nike are trying to invest in NBA teams and improve their prospects.
The most expensive team for several seasons has been the Lakers, which cost $3 billion. A significant indicator is the fact that last year 30 teams increased their value, crossing the threshold of 1 billion. Compared to 2013, there were only 3 such teams.

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brought its fabulous prize funds into the top ten most expensive sports. They also raised tennis players to first place in the ranking of the richest athletes. Over the past year, two world celebrities Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova earned $29 and $22 million respectively. Moreover, they received 20 million not for prizes, but from other commercial sources. Tournament winner Grand Slam Roger Federer has achieved such popularity that he now receives $60 million a year from advertising alone. The Wimboldon prize fund is also growing year by year. This season it will be about $40 million. Singles winners will receive $2.8 million each.

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He deserved the seventh step with his huge prize funds. The fact that boxing brings in fabulous money can be judged even by one fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, which took place in May 2015. The total income from the event was $400 million. People are willing to pay a lot of money for the spectacle. So the price of tickets for this fight reached $150 thousand. Floyd and Pacquiao received huge fees of $150 and $100 million respectively. Mayweather is recognized by Forbes magazine as the richest athlete in the world.

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takes place in the ranking thanks to the famous Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, who are among the ten most expensive athletes in the world with annual incomes of $50.6 and $50.8 million per year, respectively. Their income consists not only of prize money, but also from sponsorship payments and active advertising contracts. Golf is a very fashionable sport among businessmen and show business stars who are willing to pay impressive sums on golf club membership fees and spend millions on equipment. So to play in Donald Trump's club you need to pay an entrance fee of $350 thousand. In just one year, equipment goods (sticks, balls, etc.) worth $9 billion were sold worldwide. Golf courses have long been part of the tourism business, which generates $2 billion a year from golf tournaments.

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ceased to be a game for championship, but became a game for money, which determined its fifth place in the ranking. The sale of players is a determining factor affecting the profitability of clubs. A significant share of the income structure is made up of money received from matches, sponsorship, advertising contracts, and income from television broadcasts. The above sources have brought the Spanish football club Real Madrid to the forefront in terms of annual profitability. So in 2015, the Spaniards earned 577 million €. For 12 years now, Real Madrid has not given up its position and makes its players the highest paid in the world. Cristiano Ronaldo, the club's striker, earned €67 million last year. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) took the lead with his 74 million € and became the most dear football player peace. The fabulous fees of coaches make football the most expensive sport. So, in order to lure Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, the Munich club Bayern signed a contract with him for €14.8 million. And this is only for one season.

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Includes 9 varieties of aircraft type. By technical specifications it is on par with Formula 1. This is not a cheap pleasure due to the technical equipment, which requires large expenses. The main expenses go towards renting or purchasing aircraft, insurance and providing the necessary infrastructure. It is large investments that have made aviation one of the most expensive sports.

3. Equestrianism

The top three most expensive sports opens. The cost of a thoroughbred horse is millions of dollars. The most expensive horse in the history of horse racing is Sharif Dancer, which in 1983 was sold at auction for a record amount of 40 million US dollars. As you can see, the most expensive racing stallions can exceed the price of the best and fastest sports supercars. In addition to the costs of a thoroughbred horse, a lot of money is spent on its maintenance and physical training, which is handled by the trainer.

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It ranks second among the most expensive sports in the world. Incredible expenses are made to purchase a yacht and maintain it. The high cost of a sports marine vessel is due to the materials from which it is made. For manufacturing, components are often used that are used to build modern space equipment and devices. A lot of time and effort goes into creating and developing sports boats. Creating drawings for a future design is a painstaking job that requires high precision. The slightest error can lead to a decrease in the speed of the sailboat, which will be fatal for the participants in the race. Professional yachtsmen earn millions of dollars in fees.

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While watching your favorite football or basketball team play, have you ever thought about how much a player earns? In order to bring you up to date, the editors Hotshowlife prepared a list of the most highly paid athletes XXI century.

Viswanathan Anand - chess ($1.5 million)

Viswanathan Anand

The 15th world champion Viswanathan Anand was familiar with chess from the age of 6. Very quickly he became the champion among all chess players in India. Several times he achieved the title of champion in speed chess. He managed to break into the world level only at the age of 30, after which victory at one of the world championships brought him his highest fee to date - $1.5 million.

Tiger Woods - golf ($4.4 million)

Tiger Woods

It would seem that this American golf is unremarkable. Who even watches it? Even though things are not going well for Tiger now, he still earns enough. Well, he lost several sponsors because of the press, so they’ll pay a couple of million less, so what now? Throughout his career, Tiger has earned about $1.3 billion, and is rightfully considered the richest athlete in the world. Since most of his income comes from sponsorship payments rather than fees, Tiger does not borrow the highest level our top with a fee of 4.4 million dollars.

Roger Federer - tennis ($7.7 million)

Roger Federer

The most interesting thing is that as a child Roger was never interested in tennis, he was more attracted to such sports games like football, basketball and golf. Roger Federer has continuously held the status of the first racket of the world for a long time, won the Grand Slam tournament 17 times, according to Forbes magazine he ranks 7th in the ranking of the highest paid athletes, and his highest fee was $7.7 million. However, Roger's career development is slowed down by uncontrollable emotional outbursts.

LeBron James - basketball ($13 million)

LeBron James

LeBron Raymond James is a professional basketball player. He took part in All Stars matches 11 times and twice became the most productive player in the history of his team. He also twice managed to become the most valuable player of the regular season, and twice achieved the NBA title. At 30 years old, his highest salary is $13 million.

Alexander Ovechkin - hockey ($17 million)

Mikhail Ovechkin

Mikhail Ovechkin began his career with Dynamo Moscow. Then, at the age of 17, he became the most young player Russian national team in history. In 2008, he signed a record contract with the Washington Capitals for 13 years - $124 million. He has already received many awards, and his salary today is about $17 million per season.

Carlos Dunlap - American football ($18.7 million)

Carlos Dunlap

Carlos Dunlap is a deadly machine American football. This athlete is the personification of the protective aegis for his team. For his professional qualities, Carlos was not offended not only with sponsorship money, but also with a fee - $18.7 million per season.

Usain Bolt - athletics ($23 million)

Usain Bolt

For high speed Running, the Jamaican athlete received the famous nickname “Lightning”. Became six times Olympic champion, 11-time world champion. He set 8 world records and is the first person in history to win 11 gold medals at the world championships. Usain's highest fee was $23 million.

Cristiano Ronaldo - football ($30 million)

Football in the CIS countries is the most popular look sports Cristiano Ronaldo, a footballer who has won five Ballon d'Or awards, scores at least 60 goals for his football club every year. Thanks to a multimillion-dollar audience subscribed to his pages on social networks, Ronaldo holds the bar as one of the most famous football players peace. Cristiano's income exceeded $79.6 million just last year, the largest fee was $20.5 million, and the football player assured everyone who supported him that he was in no way going to slow down.

Michael Schumacher - circuit racing ($36 million)

Michael Schumacher

Who doesn't know this famous racer? Schumacher's career began back in 1984, when at the age of 14 he received a driver's license and began competing. Throughout his life, his career as a racing car driver brought him many dangers, there were ups and downs, but during all this time he earned about $800 million. Michael's highest fee for a Formula 1 season was $36 million. As we know, a tragedy occurred in France in 2013. Michael and his son went for a ride in the mountains, Schumacher Sr. deviated from the road, tripped and fell, and hit his head in the fall. The racer is currently undergoing rehabilitation at his mansion in Switzerland. We wish a speedy recovery to the famous racer!

Floyd Mayweather - boxing ($85 million)

Floyd Mayweather

A record holder among all athletes, who was even symbolically nicknamed “Money”. Floyd Mayweather is an undefeated professional boxer who competed at welterweight weight category. Floyd fights only a few boxing fights a year, but his fee for being in the ring for less than one hour is $85 million. You will also have to believe that this is his non-main income. Floyd is very flexible and hardworking. That is why he dismissed his manager and organized his own company, Mayweather Promotions, where he does self-PR and promotion. Contracts with brands, ticket distribution, sale of broadcast rights to TV channels - all this brings him a lot of money. But the boxer’s temper is really hot; in June 2015 he beat ex-girlfriend, for which he was thrown into prison for 3 months.

10 Athletes in the World Who Earn Crazy Money

Forbes has published a list of the 100 highest paid athletes on the planet. The only Russian woman in the ranking was Maria Sharapova.

Edition " Forbes has published a list of the 100 highest paid athletes on the planet. The only Russian woman in the ranking was Maria Sharapova. Sovsport.ru finds out who earned the rest of the money in sports.

1st place: Floyd Mayweather, $300,000,000

Type of sport: boxing

Country: USA

Income famous boxer for the year amounted to an unprecedented $300,000,000. This amount became a record in the entire history of the list. Where does an athlete get that kind of money? It's all about the legendary fight with Manny Pacquiao, which took place on May 2. The fight's total proceeds are expected to be $600,000,000. Much of that money will go into the boxer's pocket. The win bonus alone is $100,000,000.

2nd place: Manny Pacquiao,$ 160 000 000

Type of sport: boxing

Country: Philippines

Pacquiao, despite losing the fight with Mayweather, also made good money from broadcast sales. The American’s most serious opponent after the “fight of the century” received $125,000,000. According to media reports, the Filipino will soon retire. However, the athlete will not be left without money. His contracts with Nike, Foot Locker and other global brands are not going anywhere.

3rd place: Cristiano Ronaldo,$ 79 600 000

Type of sport: football

Country: Portugal

Despite numerous football achievements and regalia, the famous Ronaldo ranks third in the rankings by a significant margin. The athlete’s salary is about $50,000,000 per year, the rest of the money comes from sponsorship events. In 2018, the contract with Real Madrid expires. But we are sure that the football player will find something to do - the status of the most popular athlete in the world obliges him.

4th place: Lionel Messi, $73,800,000

Type of sport: football

Country: Argentina

Argentine Lionel Messi was not far behind his main competitor Ronaldo. Recently, the athlete re-signed a contract with Champions League winner Barcelona. This means that he will consistently receive $50,000,000 a year until 2018. In addition, Lionel’s advertisers include giants such as Adidas and Samsung.

5th place: Roger Federer,$ 67 000 000

Type of sport: tennis

Country: Switzerland

Forbes cites the huge demand from advertisers as the reason for the athlete’s high earnings. Global brands highly value the excellent reputation of the multiple Grand Slam title winner.

6th: LeBronJames, $64 800 000

Type of sport: basketball

Country: USA

One of the best basketball players in the world receives approximately $40,000,000 per season. In addition, the image of the NBA star is actively used by world sharks such as Nike, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Samsung and many others. The athlete also has his own line of sneakers, which are selling well all over the world.

7th place: Kevin Durant,$ 54 100 000

Type of sport: basketball

Country: USA

Durant is one of the top ten athletes in the NBA. A basketball player gets money not only from games, but also from a fairly large contract with Nike.

8th: Phil Mickelson$ 50 800 000

Type of sport: golf

Country: USA

The lion's share of Mickelson's earnings comes from sponsorship events. This year the contracts brought him about $40,000,000. Big victories The athlete has not been in his career for 2 years.

9th place: Tiger Woods, $50 600 000

Type of sport: golf

Country: USA

Last major victory golfer's participation in the 2008 US Open. Over the past two years, the athlete has not won a single major competition - elbow and back injuries have taken their toll. Injuries are a major reason for Woods' earnings decline. Previously, sporting achievements brought much more income. In the same year, sponsorship contracts helped Tiger stay in the top ten.

10th: KobeBryant, $49 500 000

Type of sport: basketball

Country: USA

Five-time champion NBA Kobe Bryant gets paid for more than just sporting achievements. Other employers of the athlete include Nike, Lenovo and Panini.

26th place: Maria Sharapova, $29,700,000

Type of sport: tennis

Country: Russia

The tennis player became the only representative of Russia included in the list. The most important part of an athlete’s income was prize money for winning Open Championship France in 2014 - Sharapova received $6,700,000 in Paris. Maria earned the rest of the amount through contracts with advertisers.

Such giants as Nike, Samsung and Evian love and appreciate our athlete. In addition to all of the above, do not forget about Sharapova’s business - the Sugarpova candy brand. During this year, more than 3 million packages of sweets were sold worldwide. We also note that Maria was ahead of her main rival, American Serena Williams, on the list. The world number one earned only $24,600,000 over the past year.

63rd place: Wladimir Klitschko, $22 500 000

Type of sport: boxing

Country: Ukraine

The professional boxer, performing in the heavy weight category, became the only representative of Ukraine who entered the top hundred. Klitschko since 2005 has been the most strong athlete in its category. Vladimir signed a very lucrative contract with German television to show the fights. In April, the boxer defeated Bryant Jennings. In addition, the athlete is engaged to Hollywood actress Hayden Panettiere. The couple is expecting a baby in December.

source: Forbes

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Professional sports involve huge financial investments. Almost all team games involve bets, sponsorship investments, and costs for organizing events. The monetary turnover of some individual disciplines is also striking in its capacity and intensity. Athletic competitions are regularly held in which best athletes receive huge fees. There are a lot of such disciplines. New varieties and classes of competition appear every day. We propose to consider the most expensive sports at the moment.

10 most expensive sports

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It is unlikely that anyone will be surprised to see hockey in the ranking of expensive sports. A very spectacular discipline requires extraordinary preparation of each representative team game. Every year, top clubs receive huge investments to develop their potential. This applies to coaches, players, and club owners. Today we can distinguish two leaders in the championships, which are Russian Federation and Canada. Thus, the contract amount of some of the national team players exceeds the $15 million mark. The clubs are worth up to $1.2 billion.

Boxing takes 7th place in the ranking of the most expensive sports. What's it worth? last Stand between boxer and representative mixed martial arts. In 2017, Mayweather was able to replenish his bank account with more than $500,000,000. Typically, sponsors receive up to $400 million from such events. Huge sums revolve around bets. Entire funds are becoming major players in the world of the financial market. And every year the cost of boxers' salaries is growing rapidly. It is unlikely that Pacquiao could have ever imagined that today the price of his fight would cost close to 100 million dollars.

Game of aristocrats! It is difficult to say for sure how much Tiger Woods managed to earn from this expensive sport. His annual income is approximately $50 million. At the same time, top athletes can earn money not only from performances, but also through shows. We are talking about a fairly young sport that is also a business. To join America's President's Club, each athlete must contribute $350,000. At the same time, celebrities are regularly added to the number of amateurs. Interest in the game is growing rapidly!

This is no longer just a game in which ordinary athletes compete. We are talking about a large business that has its pitfalls. Player exchanges are carried out regularly. Clubs buy out other athletes for fabulous fees. Important role Sponsorship plays a role in the development of clubs. The best Spanish clubs manage to earn about 600 million euros per year. The contracts of football players such as Lionel Messi are valued at 70 million euros. It is difficult to say what the limits are in terms of monetary turnover. Every day the price of players only increases. New stars are appearing...

We are talking about 9 types of expensive sports, depending on the type of aircraft. Speaking about the technical component, airsports can be compared with Formula 1. Accordingly, the costs leave much to be desired. Both the device itself and the fuel are expensive. Large sums of money are needed to organize events and lay out routes. Many sponsors have to deal with insurance and other expenses that necessarily pay for themselves within the framework of tournaments and championships.

Many will be surprised, but horse racing is one of the most expensive sports. Some thoroughbred horses range in price from $500,000 to several million dollars. In 1983, a horse named Sharif Dancer was valued at $40 million. It was bought at an auction. Based on the data presented, we can conclude that some horses are valued significantly more expensive than top sports cars. Imagine how much money is needed to prepare them for competitions, food, etc.

There are sports that, at first glance, are accessible to everyone: basketball, football, volleyball. If success is achieved in some hobby, then the person begins to develop his talent in this direction. And unfortunately, not everyone has the opportunity to continue playing sports, since in modern society hard work is not a determining factor of success. Financial costs are the main factor influencing education professional athlete. What is the most expensive sport? This will be discussed in this article.

Basic investments

To achieve professional heights in any business, you need to start doing it as early as possible. Since childhood, parents have been thinking about which section to send their child to, because any form physical activity will be collateral healthy body and spirit. And here the question arises about the main purpose of the classes. If you plan to raise a champion and see his name in the top of the most expensive sports, then you need to prepare for significant investments in his career growth. If the goal of the exercise is to maintain health, then the costs will be relatively small.

If the sport requires equipment, for example tennis racket, sticks, saddles, skates, then for training and competitions a professional sports equipment, tested for reliability and durability. It is not cheap, as is the equipment. Also costly are the maintenance, maintenance and modernization of equipment, travel to competitions with the transportation of sports equipment and fees for participation in competitions. Well, the main costs are titanic work and constant training, regardless of whether the most expensive sport is chosen or not.

Approximate prices for Moscow

Sports that are difficult from a financial point of view in Moscow are skiing and horse riding, tennis, and hockey. Parents who want to teach their child tennis and technical downhill skiing will have to pay about $100 a month. The price of classes at the capital's equestrian school is 1.5 thousand rubles. However, you need to buy equipment: a helmet, boots, leggings, with a total cost of 6,000, and also rent a horse - from 12 thousand rubles. By the way, horse racing is among the top 10 most expensive sports.

To play hockey you need to purchase a uniform with protection ($300-1500) and a stick for 100 conventional units. For the goalkeeper, an additional mask is purchased - from 200 USD. e. Budgetary sports sections are athletics, football, gymnastics and figure skating.

The most expensive sports: ranking

Russian statistics of financially costly sports competitions combined the following elite hobbies into the top 3: Formula 1, sailing racing and horse riding.

Costs of training for technical jumps, in addition to the cost thoroughbred horse, include finances for its maintenance (veterinary care, farrier services), rental of an arena and tracks equipped with obstacles, as well as transportation of the horse to the competition site.

Sailing is attractive to beginners because, after some training, an amateur can begin competing at world championships. Yachtsmen's competitions are held in different classes of sailing vessels. A budget boat costs the team 600 thousand rubles. A premium yacht costs from two million euros. Annual expenses for the team range from 1.5-2 million euros. These amounts are given for participation in amateur regattas. Competitions in America's Cup and Volvo Ocean Race amount to millions of euros.

"Formula 1"

It's worth watching the spectacular shows once circuit racing"Formula 1" to understand what kind of money is spent on unique cars. You can achieve such heights in your hobby by starting your racing career with go-kart racing, the cost of which exceeds 3,000 euros. In addition, you should purchase spare engines - 2000 euros and tires (a set costs from 200 euros). Six seasons of European racing will cost an athlete 100-200 thousand euros.

After gaining skills on the map, the stage of training on Formula racing cars follows. The minimum budget at this level is 130,000 euros. Formula BMW and Renault require costs of 230-350 thousand. Starting season prices for participation in an average team can reach more than 600,000 euros. The financial burden of racers is often shared by sponsorship firms.

The title “The most expensive sport in the world” rightfully belongs to Formula 1, since not everyone can get to the world championship in royal racing, and in addition to talent, you need to invest more than one million euros.

The last five expensive sports according to the Most Luxurious List

• Equestrian sport.
• Polo is a popular race with a ball and sticks.
• "Formula 1".
• Sailing.
• Pentathlon. This sport consists of five disciplines: fencing, show jumping, shooting, swimming and running. Each type requires a training base, inventory and equipment. For show jumping, a team needs more than 20 horses, since according to the competition conditions, the pentathlete rides an unfamiliar horse.

Top 5 most expensive sports according to Most Luxurious List

• Wingsuit is a type parachuting. Distinctive feature– wing suit. To fly in a wingsuit, the cost of which starts from 135 thousand rubles, you need to make 200 parachute jumps.
• Bobsled. As in Formula 1, here the result of the competition depends on the speed of the bob. The cost is good racing car on ice - more than 100 thousand euros.
• Competitions in balloons called racers. They have a streamlined shape and cost from 40 thousand euros.
• Ski jumping.
• The Whitianga Festival of Speed ​​in New Zealand is the most expensive sport according to the Most Luxurious List. This festival brings together helicopter racing, motor boats, jet skis. Drifting and aerobatics competitions are also held.

Athletes' fees: top three

Having determined which sport is the most expensive, it remains to find out what financial rewards the athletes receive for their titanic work. The Sunday Times magazine ranking was topped by American golfer, winner of more than 100 tournaments, Tiger Woods, with a fortune of $869 million.

German pilot and Formula 1 participant with a net worth of $825 million, Michael Schumacher, received silver in the ranking of the world's richest athletes.

In third place in terms of earned fees is Michael Jordan. This basketball player is the only one in history who won 72 matches in one season and immediately became an Olympic champion. He was named National Basketball Players Association Most Valuable Player five times. Michael's earned net worth is $515 million.

Conclusion

As you can see, among the famous and rich athletes there are no yachtsmen, horse riders, pentathletes, or bobsledders. It turns out that not a single most expensive sport listed in the ranking is profitable. That is, you need to invest much more money in it than will later be returned in royalties from victories.

Continuing to study the ranking of wealthy athletes, we can conclude that golf is an expensive sport both in terms of investment and financial return. In fourth place in terms of fees ($370 million) in the list of famous and rich athletes is another American golfer and producer of a golf show, A. Palmer. The well-known English football player David Beckham is in tenth position.