Ranking: 10 Best Football Leagues In The World

• $100 million a year domestic TV rights deal with (ESPN)
• La Galaxy is one of the most prominant clubs in MLS
• Lorenzo Insigne (Italy), Javier Herndez, Carlos Vela (Mexico) are few top names currently playing in MLS.
• MLS clubs do not fare well at international level and they have register just 1 CONCAF title win compared to Liga MX where clubs have won 13 titles.
• $63,547 a year minimum salary while the highest paid player in the league can earn upto $6 million a year.

• Biggest TV deal in South America : $90.5 million a year (Globo)
• Successful clubs: São Paulo, Palmeiras and Santos
• Star Players: Mostly local young players who use Brazilian league as stepping stone to get contracts with European clubs.
• International success: 4 of the last 5 Copa Libertadores are won by Brazilian teams.
• Average Salary: Only 10% of players in Brazilian league earn upto 40 thousand Brazilian reals a month ($7,500). While 40% of footballers in the league earn as little as 2,000 Brazilian reals a month ($375 a month).

• Unlike other leagues, Liga MX TV rights deal are sold separately by every club. Which range from range from $2 million to $15 million a year depending on clubs popularity.
• Tigres, Monterrey, Cruz Azul, America and Chivas are some of the big clubs in the league.
• Florian Thauvin (French) made to switch from Ligue 1 to Liga MX and he is one of the most prominent players in Mexico at the moment.
• Most successful teams in CONCAF Champions League hails from Mexico. 13 titles have been won by Mexican sides in this competition.
• Average salary of players in top clubs is around $1 million a year but it drops drastically for lower league clubs where players are earning just $50,000 a year in some cases.

$80 million a year (FoxSports) + $13m from international deals.
River Plate, Boca Juniors are two of the most iconic clubs in world football.
As far as the star players are concerned League has mostly local young players from Argentina and other South American countries. Famous Argentinian usually return to play in the league at the end of their careers.
4 of the top 5 Most successful team in Copa Libertadores comes from Argentina league.
50% of the players in the league earn less than $8000 a month. But in big clubs like Boca Juniors, River Plate average salary jumps to $20,000. Some top players in the league earn over $1 million a year.

League TV rights deal: $110 million a year (Ziggo)
Biggest clubs: Ajax and PSV
Star players: Mostly local young players from Netherlands and other european countries. Dutch Eredivisie clubs usually sell their star player from profit.
Competitive level: Ajax usually dominate the league but every few years one of the PSV, Feyenoord or AZ Alkmaar win the title.
Average salary: In 2022 average salary in the league hit €425,000 a year. Players in top clubs like Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord can make over $30,000 a month.

Clubs specific TV rights deals: clubs in Portugal have their TV deals with networks individually. Which can bring in around $5 to $15 million in TV money for each club. However from 2025, clubs in Portugal are set to move in with a combine TV deal.
Biggest clubs: FC Benfica, FC Porto, Sporting Lisbon
Star players: 60% local players while South American players makes up the other 30% and 10% from other Europen countries. Portugese clubs usually sell their star players.
Competitive level: Although Benfica and Porto usuaully wrestle for the title in Portugal every year but that does not mean there is no competition in the League. Clubs like Braga and Sporting are pushing top two every year and there is much more even playing field in the league compared to other top leagues around Europe.
Average salary: Average salary in Portuguese league is around €287,000 a year. But players in top clubs can earn as much as €800,000 a year.

Combined domestic TV rights deal: €927 million ($1 billion)
Prominent clubs: Juventus, AC Milan, Inter Milan
Star players: Dybala (Juventus), Lautaro Martínez (Inter), Ibrahimovic (Milan)
International success: AC Milan has won 7 champions league titles which make them team with most number of UCL trophies only behind Real Madrid.
Average Salary of footballers: Average salary in Italian Serie a has reached $1.5 million a year. But obviously players at the top clubs can earning as much as $7 million a year.

League TV rights deal: $1.2 Billion (Sky Germany & DAZN)
Prominent clubs: FC Bayern Munich & Borussia Dortmund
Star players: Robert Lewandowski (Bayern), Erling Haaland (Dortmund)
International success: Bayern Munich as won 6 champions league trophies. Dortmund is the other German club which has won Europe’s elite competition.
Average Salary of footballers: Average salary in Bundesliga has been on the rise for last 10 years and currently stands at around $1.6 million a year compared to just $780,000 a year back in 2010.