Chelsea players are on an average salary of £3.5 million.
Figures published by a major US sports website shows Roman Abramovich has turned his squad into the fourth richest group of sportsmen in the world.
The Blues stand just below Real Madrid and Barcelona as the highest payers in world football.
But all three are dwarfed by New York Yankees' baseball team.
Their players pocket £4.6m a year each or almost £90,000 a week.
NBA basketball stars make up the rest of the top 10 list for 2008.
The figures, revealed by sportingintelligence.com, are for first-team players.
Site editor Nick Harris said: "The findings will come as a surprise to anyone who thinks the Premier League is the best paid division in world sport because it's far from it."
Figures published by a major US sports website shows Roman Abramovich has turned his squad into the fourth richest group of sportsmen in the world.
The Blues stand just below Real Madrid and Barcelona as the highest payers in world football.
But all three are dwarfed by New York Yankees' baseball team.
Their players pocket £4.6m a year each or almost £90,000 a week.
NBA basketball stars make up the rest of the top 10 list for 2008.
The figures, revealed by sportingintelligence.com, are for first-team players.
Site editor Nick Harris said: "The findings will come as a surprise to anyone who thinks the Premier League is the best paid division in world sport because it's far from it."
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