The performances of Stephen Curry and LeBron James Sunday night in game five of the NBA Finals show how unequal the distribution of talent can be among professional basketball players. The stars scored 37 and 40 points, respectively, in the Warriors' defeat of James' Cavaliers to pull ahead in the series 3-2.
But when it comes to pay, the NBA is actually more equal than many sports leagues around the world, according to data from sports analytics site sportingintelligence.
Overall, NBA teams have the highest average pay of the 17 professional leagues studied in sportingintelligence's annual global sports survey report.