Which sports team pays the most in salaries? It’s not Man City, Real Madrid or the LA Dodgers

We didn't think Paris Saint-Germain were paying their players peanuts but we also wouldn't have guessed that they'd be the biggest paying sports team in the world.

The latest results from the Global Sports Salaries Survey reveal that the Ligue 1 champions are the best-paid sports team with an average annual pay of £5,298,693 (€7,407,786) and an average weekly pay of £101,898 (€142,457). The research, carried out on sports teams from major leagues all over the world for the past 6 years, makes for fascinating reading with eight of the top ten coming from the world of football and five Premier League sides making the top 20. The top 30 looks like this in the order of ranking, team, sport, country, average annual pay and average weekly pay.

1	Paris Saint-Germain	Football	France	£5,298,693	£101,898
2	Real Madrid	Football	Spain	£5,040,520	£96,933
3	Manchester City	Football	England	£5,015,122	£96,445
4	Barcelona	Football	Spain	£4,715,116	£90,675
5	Los Angeles Dodgers	Baseball	U.S.A.	£4,679,937	£89,999
6	Manchester United	Football	England	£4,679,377	£89,988
7	Bayern Munich	Football	Germany	£4,468,643	£85,935
8	Chelsea	Football	England	£4,353,056	£83,713
9	New York Yankees	Baseball	U.S.A.	£4,263,577	£81,992
10	Arsenal	Football	England	£4,054,066	£77,963
11	Brooklyn Nets	Basketball	U.S.A.	£3,645,286	£70,102
12	Detroit Tigers	Baseball	U.S.A.	£3,620,913	£69,633
13	San Francisco Giants	Baseball	U.S.A.	£3,597,130	£69,175
14	Liverpool	Football	England	£3,509,286	£67,486
15	NY Knicks	Basketball	U.S.A.	£3,431,128	£65,983
16	Washington Nationals	Baseball	U.S.A.	£3,317,177	£63,792
17	Boston Red Sox	Baseball	U.S.A.	£3,312,564	£63,703
18	LA Clippers	Basketball	U.S.A.	£3,111,928	£59,845
19	Sacramento Kings	Basketball	U.S.A.	£2,960,046	£56,924
20	Denver Nuggets	Basketball	U.S.A.	£2,939,555	£56,530
21	Toronto Raptors	Basketball	U.S.A.	£2,935,584	£56,454
22	Memphis Grizzlies	Basketball	U.S.A.	£2,919,687	£56,148
23	Cleveland Cavaliers	Basketball	U.S.A.	£2,885,116	£55,483
24	Juventus	Football	Italy	£2,859,195	£54,985
25	Golden State Warriors	Basketball	U.S.A.	£2,852,396	£54,854
26	Washington Wizards	Basketball	U.S.A.	£2,839,564	£54,607
27	Philadelphia Phillies	Baseball	U.S.A.	£2,829,578	£54,415
28	Miami Heat	Basketball	U.S.A.	£2,819,067	£54,213
29	Chicago Bulls	Basketball	U.S.A.	£2,817,858	£54,190
30	Tottenham Hotspur	Football	England	£2,811,977	£54,077

Note to Brendan Rodgers - don't let Raheem Sterling see this list.