Abu Dhabi-owned Manchester City are the best paid team in global sport, according to Sportingintelligence’s Global Sports Salaries Survey for 2014.

The average first-team pay at City has been calculated at £5.3m ($8.9m) per year, or £102,653 per week in the period under review.

The New York Yankees and LA Dodgers of Major League baseball were ranked second and third with Spanish football giants Real Madrid and Barcelona filling the top five.

Five Premier League sides made the top 20 on the list, with Liverpool in 20th place, earning an average of £3.4m per man per year.

Manchester United were ranked eighth on £4.3m per man per year, while Champions League semi-finalists Chelsea were 10th (nearly £4m) and Arsenal were ranked 11th (£3.9m).