Move over Man City, PSG is world's new top-paying team!

As per a new survey, French football champions Paris Saint-Germain's players have the highest average salary in the whole of sport, beating Real Madrid and Manchester City.

Website Sporting Intelligence's Global Sports Salaries Survey for 2015 found that PSG pay their first-team players an average yearly salary of 5.299 million pounds, news24.com reported.

Manchester City, who topped the poll in 2014, slipped to third place with an average yearly wage of 5.015 million pounds, last season's European champions Real Madrid came second, while Barcelona, Manchester United, Bayern Munich, Chelsea and Arsenal all made the top 10.

The survey only takes into account earnings for playing sport and ignores income from commercial endorsements or other activities.

 

The 2015 report looked at 333 teams in 17 leagues across 13 countries in seven sports: football, baseball, basketball, American football, cricket, ice hockey and Australian Rules football.

Top 10 highest-paying sports teams (average pay per year):

1. Paris Saint-Germain (FRA/football) 5 298 693 pounds

2. Real Madrid (ESP/football) 5 040 520 pounds

3. Manchester City (ENG/football) 5 015 122 pounds

4. Barcelona (ESP/football) 4 715 116 pounds

5. Los Angeles Dodgers (USA/baseball) 4 679 937 pounds

6. Manchester United (ENG/football) 4 679 377 pounds

7. Bayern Munich (GER/football) 4 468 643 pounds

8. Chelsea (ENG/football) 4 353 056 pounds

9. New York Yankees (USA/baseball) 4 263 577 pounds

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