Basketball is a commonly watched sport both in the United States and worldwide. The National Basketball Association is a professional basketball league for men with 30 teams competing against each other in the United States. Over the past years, NBA has gained significant popularity and a significant increase in players' salaries has made it one of the best paid sports league worldwide. In 2019, the NBA's average annual salary reached 8.32 million U.S. dollars per player and total salaries approximated to 3.67 billion U.S. dollars.
Annual salaries in the NBA in 2019-2020
(in million U.S. dollars)
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Sporting Intelligence. (December 21, 2019). Annual salaries in the NBA in 2019-2020 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120257/annual-salaries-nba/
Sporting Intelligence. "Annual salaries in the NBA in 2019-2020 (in million U.S. dollars) ." Chart. December 21, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120257/annual-salaries-nba/
Sporting Intelligence. (2019). Annual salaries in the NBA in 2019-2020 (in million U.S. dollars) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120257/annual-salaries-nba/
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Annual salaries in the NBA in 2019-2020 (in million U.S. dollars) [Graph], Sporting Intelligence, December 21, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1120257/annual-salaries-nba/