A new survey in the Daily Mail has revealed that the average salary of players from the English Premier League has broken the two million pound barrier for the first time.
Up £1.6 million pounds from the previous season -- Premier League players have earned an average of £2.3 million pounds a year, which equates to over £43,000-a-week during 2013-14.
The rise is largely down to the increased TV deal which saw the Premier League rake in over one billion pounds since it took effect last year.
England's top stars are comfortably ahead of the rest of the world in wages, as the report reads: "Players in Germany's top division earn £1.46m a year on average, or £28,011 a week, with players in Italy's Serie A next best remunerated on £1.3m a year (£25,263 a week), followed by those in Spain's La Liga on £1.2m a year (£23,327 a week).
"France's Ligue 1 follows La Liga, with players averaging £988,000 a year, then the Russian Premier League is next on £902,000 before a drop to the only other league where players earn more than £500,000 a year -- Brazil's top division, where average yearly pay is £583,000."
Last in the table is the Nigerian Premier League, where players can expect to earn just £130 pounds a week.
REVEALED: What the world's leagues pay their footballers. Part 1 of exclusive study, here: http://t.co/z02dUyAXRS pic.twitter.com/iL2a7CZDSN
- sportingintelligence (@sportingintel) November 14, 2014