Women’s sports leagues have started to make foray into the mainstream sports during the past decade or so. In the United States, WNBA is one of the most popular professional women’s sports leagues currently, and we are going to compare the salary data in the league. According to the numbers presented by SafeBettingSites.com, Connecticut Sun are currently the best paying team in the league with an average annual salary of $139,890.
Phoenix Mercury second on the list, followed by Seattle Storm
When it comes to the financial landscape, professional women’s sports leagues have a lot of ground to cover before they can even be compared with men’s leagues. However, things are starting to look up as women’s professional sports continue to gain more and more popularity and coverage.
According to the salary data on Statista (via Sportac), WNBA side Connecticut Sun is currently the side which offers the best wages, on average, to its players in the league.
During the 2024 season, the Sun, which happens to be the only major league professional sports team based in Connecticut, are paying its players an average salary of $139,890 per annum.
The likes of Phoenix Mercury, Seattle Storm, and New York Liberty are not further behind with all of them having an average salary of more than $130k.
Las Vegas Aces and Dallas Wings are next on the table with average salaries of $125.13k and $117.17k respectively. Minnesota Lynx are slightly further behind with an annual average salary of $116.78k, followed by Atlanta Dream at $112.6k.
The last four spots on the list are taken by Washington Mystics ($110.32k), Indian Fever ($106.81k), Chicago Sky ($105.18k), and Los Angeles Sparks($104.66k).
Highest individual salary is almost $242k
When it comes to individual players, three players currently share the top spot in the salary charts.
Jewell Loyd of Seattle Storm, Kahleah Copper of Phoenix Mercury, and Arike Ogunbowale of Dallas Wings all are earning a base salary of $241,984, and are the best paid players in WNBA currently.
Diana Taurasi of Phoenix Mercury is the fourth highest earner in WNBA with an annual salary of $234,936. Natasha Howard, Dallas Wings, is the last in our list of top five highest earning WNBA players with a base salary of $234,350.
