The Cleveland Cavaliers have become the best-paid team in world sport, with average first-team pay at the reigning NBA champions standing at £6.5million per man, while Manchester United have become the best-paid football team in the world, with average basic pay this season of £5.77m per man.
Both findings have been revealed by Sportsmail from a global sports salaries survey of almost 10,000 elite sportsmen across 333 teams in 17 leagues across seven sports.
The NBA as a whole is the best paid sports league in the world, with their stars earning an average of £4.8m per year each.