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, finance for organizing competitions and championships, maintenance of training grounds and junior sports schools. And for all these indicators, both collectively and individually, there are leaders. The cost of the most expensive sports in just one year could make up the budget of an entire country.

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Opens a list of the most expensive sports. Loved by millions spectacular view sport 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 at the games. Shea Weber earned $14 million last season. In addition to him, in the top ten hockey players with large fees, there are 4 more Canadians with incomes above $ 10 million. Two Russian athletes Alexander Ovechkin and Evgeni Malkin playing American teams earned $10 million each. by the very expensive club is the New York Rangers. Its cost is $1.2 billion.

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is also an expensive sport, according to Forbes magazine, and cites the top ten NBA athletes whose annual income exceeded $ 27 million as proof. LeBron James, the player of "California" does not lose ground. Behind last year he replenished his bank account with $71 million. And this is only the net salary of basketball players, excluding income from numerous advertising deals, mainly with manufacturers. sportswear and inventory. Companies like Coca-Cola, Tissot, Nike are looking to invest in NBA teams and improve their prospects.
The most valuable team for several seasons has been the Lakers, which is worth $3 billion. A significant indicator is the fact that last year 30 teams increased their value, breaking the threshold of 1 billion. Compared to 2013, there were only 3 such teams.

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brought to the top ten most expensive sports by its fabulous prize funds. They also raised tennis players to the first places in the ranking of the richest athletes. Over the past year, two world celebrities Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova earned $29 million and $22 million respectively. Moreover, they received 20 million not for prizes, but from other commercial sources. Tournament winner Grand Slam Roger Federer has made himself so popular that he now earns $60 million a year from advertising alone. Wimboldon's 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 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. For the spectacle, people are willing to pay a lot of money. So the price of tickets for this fight reached $150,000. 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 a 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 hefty sums for golf club membership fees and spend millions on equipment. So, to play in Donald Trump's club, you need to pay an entry fee of $350,000. In just one year, outfitting goods (sticks, balls, etc.) were sold in the world in the amount of $ 9 billion. Golf courses have long been a part of the $2 billion a year tourism business.

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ceased to be a game for the championship, but became a game for money, which led to its fifth place in the ranking. The sale of players is a determining factor influencing the profitability of clubs. A significant share in the structure of income is money received from matches, sponsorship, advertising contracts, income from television broadcasts. The above sources brought out the Spanish football club"Real" in the lead in terms of annual profitability. So in 2015, the Spaniards earned €577 million. For 12 years, Real Madrid has not lost ground and has been making its players the highest paid in the world. Cristiano Ronaldo, the striker of the club, earned €67 million last year. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) took the lead with €74m to become the most dear footballer peace. The fabulous fees of coaches bring football to the most expensive sport. So, in order to lure Barcelona coach Pep Guardiola, the Munich club Bayern Munich signed a contract with him for 14.8 million €. And that's just for one season.

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Includes 9 varieties by type of aircraft. By technical specifications it is on par with Formula 1. This is not a cheap pleasure because of the technical equipment that requires a lot of money. The main expenses go to the lease or purchase of aircraft, insurance and the provision of the necessary infrastructure. It was large investments that made aviation one of the most expensive.

3. Equestrian sport

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 racing is Sharif Dancer, which was sold at auction in 1983 for a record $40 million. As you can see, the most expensive racehorses can outsell the best and fastest super sports cars. In addition to the cost of a thoroughbred horse, a lot of money is spent on its maintenance and physical training that the trainer is doing.

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It ranks second among the most expensive sports in the world. Incredible costs are being made to acquire 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 vehicles. It takes a lot of time and effort to create and develop sports boats. Creating drawings for a future design is painstaking work that requires high accuracy. The slightest error can lead to a decrease in the speed of the sailboat, which will be fatal for the participants in the race. The fees of professional yachtsmen are millions of dollars.

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Watching your favorite football or basketball team play, have you thought about how much this or that player earns? In order to bring you up to date, the editors hotshow life 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 has been familiar with chess since the age of 6. Very quickly 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 by the age of 30, after which the victory in one of the world championships brought him the 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? Although things are not going well for Tiger now, he still earns enough. Well, he lost several sponsors because of the press, well, they will 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, and not fees - Tiger takes no the highest bar 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 sports such as football, basketball and golf. Roger Federer for a long time continuously held the status of the first racket of the world, 17 times became the winner of the Grand Slam tournament, according to Forbes magazine he takes the 7th position 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. 11 times took part in the matches "All Stars", 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, twice he achieved the title of NBA champion. At age 30, his biggest paycheck is $13 million.

Alexander Ovechkin - hockey ($17 million)

Mikhail Ovechkin

Mikhail Ovechkin started 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 managed to receive many awards, and his fee today is about $ 17 million per season.

Carlos Dunlap - American football ($18.7 million)

Carlos Dunlap

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

Usain Bolt - athletics ($23 million)

Usain Bolt

Behind 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 view sports. Cristiano Ronaldo, a footballer with five Ballon d'Or awards, scores at least 60 goals for his football club every year. Thanks to a multi-million audience subscribed to his pages on social networks, Ronaldo holds the bar of one of the most famous football players peace. Cristiano's income exceeded $79.6 million in the last year alone, the largest fee was $20.5 million, and the footballer 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 to compete. Throughout his life, his career as a race car driver brought him many dangers, there were ups and downs, but in all this time he earned about $ 800 million. Michael's highest fee for a Formula 1 season was $36 million. As we know, in 2013 a tragedy occurred in France. Michael and his son went to ride in the mountains, Schumacher Sr. deviated from the track, stumbled and fell, and hit his head in the fall. Now the rider is undergoing rehabilitation in his mansion in Switzerland. We wish a speedy recovery to the famous racer!

Floyd Mayweather - boxing ($85 million)

Floyd Mayweather

The record holder among all athletes, who was even symbolically nicknamed "Money". Floyd Mayweather is an undefeated professional boxer who competed in the welterweight weight class. Floyd has only a few boxing fights a year, but his fee for being in the ring in the amount of less than one hour is $ 85 million. You will also have to believe that this is not his main income. Floyd is very flexible and hardworking. That is why he fired his manager and organized his own company Mayweather Promotions, where he is engaged in self-PR and promotion. Contracts with brands, distribution of tickets, sale of broadcasting rights to TV channels - all this brings him a lot of money. That's just the boxer's temper is really hot, in June 2015 he beat ex girlfriend, for which he was sent to prison for 3 months.

10 Athletes in the World Who Make Crazy Money

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

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

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

Kind of sport: boxing

A country: USA

Income famous boxer for the year amounted to an unprecedented $ 300,000,000. This amount was a record for the entire history of the list. Where does the athlete get such money from? It's all about the legendary duel with Manny Pacquiao, which took place on May 2. The fight is expected to generate $600,000,000 in total proceeds. Most 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

Kind of sport: boxing

A country: Philippines

Pacquiao, despite losing the duel with Mayweather, also made good money from broadcast sales. The most serious opponent of the American after the “fight of the century” received $ 125,000,000. According to media reports, the Filipino will soon end his career. However, the athlete will not remain without money. His contracts with Nike, Foot Locker and other global brands are here to stay.

3rd place: Cristiano Ronaldo$ 79 600 000

Kind of sport: football

A country: Portugal

Despite numerous football achievements and regalia, the famous Ronaldo is 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. Real Madrid's contract expires in 2018. But we are sure that the football player will find something to do - the status of the most popular athlete in the world obliges.

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

Kind of sport: football

A country: Argentina

Argentinean Lionel Messi is not far behind his main rival Ronaldo. Recently, the athlete renegotiated the contract with the winner of the Champions League "Barcelona". This means that he will consistently receive $ 50,000,000 a year, until 2018. In addition, giants such as Adidas and Samsung are among Lionel's advertisers.

5th place: Roger Federer,$ 67 000 000

Kind of sport: tennis

A country: Switzerland

The reason for such a high income of an athlete, Forbes, calls the huge demand from advertisers. Global brands highly appreciate the excellent reputation of multiple Grand Slam title holders.

6th: LeBron James, $64 800 000

Kind of sport: basketball

A country: USA

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

7th place: Kevin Durant,$ 54 100 000

Kind of sport: basketball

A country: USA

Durant is one of the top ten athletes in the NBA. Not only games bring money to the basketball player, but also a fairly large contract with Nike.

8th place: Phil Mickelson,$ 50 800 000

Kind of sport: golf

A country: USA

The lion's share of Mickelson's earnings come from sponsored 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

Kind of sport: golf

A country: USA

Last big win golfer falls on the US Open-2008 tournament. Over the past two years, the athlete has not won any major competitions - injuries to the elbows and back affected. Injuries are the main reason Woods' earnings are cut. Previously, sports achievements brought much more income. In the same year, sponsorship contracts helped Tiger stay in the top ten.

10th: KobeBryant, $49 500 000

Kind of sport: basketball

A country: USA

Five times champion NBA Kobe Bryant gets paid for more than just sports achivments. Other employers of the athlete include Nike, Lenovo and Panini.

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

Kind of sport: tennis

A country: Russia

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

Such giants as Nike, Samsung and Evian love and appreciate our athlete very much. 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 in the list, Maria was ahead of her main rival, American Serena Williams. The first racket of the world over the past year has earned only $ 24,600,000.

63rd: Wladimir Klitschko, $22 500 000

Kind of sport: boxing

A country: Ukraine

A professional boxer competing in the heavy weight category became the only representative of Ukraine who entered the top 100. Klitschko since 2005 is the most a strong athlete in your category. Vladimir signed a very lucrative contract with German television to show fights. In April, the boxer defeated Bryant Jennings. In addition, the athlete is engaged to Hollywood actress Hayden Panettiere. The couple will have a baby in December.

source: Forbes

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Professional sports involve huge financial investments. Almost all team games involve stakes, sponsorship investments, and expenses for organizing events. The money circulation of some individual disciplines is also striking in its capacity and intensity. Athletic competitions are regularly held in which the best athletes receive huge fees. There are many such disciplines. New varieties and classes of competition appear daily. 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 training of each representative. team game. Every year top clubs receive huge investments to develop their potential. This applies to coaches, players, and club owners. To date, there are two leaders in the championships, which are Russian Federation and Canada. Thus, the amount of the contract of some of the national team players exceeds the mark of 15 million dollars. Clubs are valued at up to $1.2 billion.

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

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

This is no longer just a game in which ordinary athletes compete. We are talking about big business that has its own pitfalls. There are regular exchanges of players. Clubs buy out other athletes for fabulous fees. Important role sponsorship plays a role in the development of clubs. During the year, the best Spanish clubs manage to earn about 600 million euros. The contracts of football players like Lionel Messi are estimated at 70 million euros. It is difficult to say what are the limits in terms of cash flow. Every day the price of players only increases. New stars appear...

We are talking about 9 varieties of expensive sports, depending on the type of aircraft. Speaking about the technical component, air sports can be compared with Formula 1. Accordingly, the costs leave much to be desired. The apparatus itself and fuel are expensive. Large sums of money are needed for organizing events, laying the route. Many sponsors have to deal with insurance and other expenses that are sure to pay for themselves within the framework of tournaments and championships.

Many will be surprised, but equestrian competitions are one of the most expensive sports. The price of some thoroughbred horses varies from 500 thousand to several million dollars. In 1983, a horse named Sharif Dancer was valued at $40 million. It was bought as part of an auction. Based on the data presented, we can conclude that some horses are priced much more expensive than top sports cars. Imagine how much money is needed for their preparation for competitions, food, etc.

There are sports available, at first glance, to everyone: basketball, football, volleyball. If success is achieved in some hobby, then a person begins to develop his talent in this direction. And unfortunately, not everyone has the opportunity to continue playing sports, because in today's society, hard work is not a determining factor for success. Financial costs are the main factor affecting education professional athlete. What is the most expensive sport? This will be dealt with in this article.

Major investment

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 a pledge healthy body and spirit. And then there is the question of the main purpose of the classes. If you plan to grow a champion and see his name in the top most expensive sports, then you need to tune in to significant investments in his career growth. If the purpose of the classes is to maintain health, then the costs will be relatively small.

If the sport involves the availability of equipment, for example tennis racket, clubs, saddles, skates, then a professional Sports Equipment tested for reliability and durability. It is not cheap, as, however, and equipment. Also costly points are the maintenance, maintenance and modernization of equipment, trips 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 rates in Moscow

Financially difficult sports in Moscow are skiing and equestrian sports, tennis, and hockey. About $ 100 a month will have to be paid to parents who want to teach their child tennis and technical ski descent. The price of classes in 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 12,000 rubles. By the way, horse racing is in the top 10 most expensive sports.

To play hockey, you need to purchase a form with protection (300-1500 dollars) and a stick for 100 conventional units. For the goalkeeper, an additional mask is bought - from 200 USD. e. Budget 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 in the top 3: Formula 1, sailing and horseback riding.

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

Sailing is attractive for beginners because, after some training, an amateur can start competing at the world championships. Yachting competitions are held in different classes of sailing ships. A budget boat costs the team 600 thousand rubles. A premium yacht costs from two million euros. The annual expenses for the team fluctuate at the level of 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"

Worth seeing once circuit racing"Formula 1" to understand how much money is spent on unique cars. You can achieve this level of heights in your hobby by starting your career as a racer with a race on karts, the cost of which exceeds 3,000 euros. In addition, spare motors should be purchased - 2000 euros and tires (the kit costs from 200 euros). Six seasons of European racing will cost the athlete 100-200 thousand euros.

After gaining skills on the map, the stage of training on racing cars of the Formula class 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 riders is often shared by sponsoring firms.

The title of "The most expensive sport in the world" rightfully belongs to Formula 1, since not everyone can get into the World Championship in royal races, and in addition to talent, more than one million euros must be invested.

The last five expensive sports according to Most Luxurious List

• Horseback Riding.
• 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, more than 20 horses are needed per team, since according to the conditions of the competition, 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 hot air balloons, called racers. They have a streamlined shape and cost from 40 thousand euros.
• Ski jumping.
• New Zealand's Whitianga Festival of Speed ​​is the most expensive sport in the Most Luxurious List. This festival brings together helicopter races, motor boats, jet skis. There are also competitions in drifting and flight aerobatics.

Athletes' fees: top three

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

German driver and Formula 1 participant with a fortune of $ 825 million, Michael Schumacher, received silver in the ranking of wealthy athletes in the world.

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 the most valuable player in the National Basketball Association five times. Michael's net worth is $515 million.

Conclusion

As you can see, among the famous and rich athletes there are no yachtsmen, horse riders, pentathletes, bobsledders. It turns out that none of the most expensive sports listed in the ranking is profitable. That is, it is necessary to invest in it much more money than it will later return with fees from victories.

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