Yearly Highest Club Wage for Each North American Sports League

MLB (Baseball)
2005-2006 - $US 194.6M - New York Yankees
2006-2007 - $US 189.6M - New York Yankees
2007-2008 - $US 209.1M - New York Yankees
2008-2009 - $US 201.4M - New York Yankees
2009-2010 - $US 206.3M - New York Yankees
2010-2011 - $US 202.7M - New York Yankees


NBA (Basketball) - Under Salary Cap Structure
2005-2006 - $US 126.6M - New York Knicks
2006-2007 - $US 117.0M - New York Knicks
2007-2008 - $US 101.0M - Dallas Mavericks
2008-2009 - $US 96.6M - New York Knicks
2009-2010 - $US 91.4M - Los Angeles Lakers
2010-2011 - $US 90.4M - Los Angeles Lakers


NFL (American Football) - Under Salary Cap Structure
2005-2006 - $US 100.6M - Seattle Seahawks
2006-2007 - $US 131.2M - Indianpolis Colts
2007-2008 - $US 123.4M - Washington Redskins
2008-2009 - $US 152.4M - Oakland Raiders
2009-2010 - $US 138.4M - New York Giants
2010-2011 - $US 123.5M - Minnesota Vikings


NHL (Ice Hockey) - Under Salary Cap Structure
2005-2006 - $US 47.1M - New Jersey Devils
2006-2007 - $US 49.6M - New Jersey Devils
2007-2008 - $US 61.2M - Colorado Avalanche
2008-2009 - $US 66.1M - New York Rangers
2009-2010 - $US 63.9M - New York Rangers
2010-2011 - $US 71.0M - Vancouver Canucks
*Manchester City wages is greater than the top four clubs in the NHL combined


Source:US Today Sports and for NBA also used http://www.eskimo.com/~pbender/misc/salaries11.txt