The Oklahoma City Thunder top the 2017 list of the highest-paid sports teams in the world

The Oklahoma City Thunder are the new highest-paid sports team in the world, with players making an average of $9.3 million during the 2017-18 season.

This is according to the annual "Global Sports Salaries Survey," published by Sporting Intelligence. The study looks at the first-team pay for 348 teams across seven different sports in 18 different leagues around the world.

Last year's highest-paid team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, fell to No. 2 this year. Paris Saint-Germain, in France's Ligue 1, topped the list in 2015. They are fifth this year. In other major North American sports leagues, the Detroit Tigers (No. 22 overall) are the highest-paid Major League Baseball team, the Oakland Raiders (No. 108 overall) are the highest-paid NFL team, and Washington Capitals (No. 71 overall) are the highest-paid NHL team.

Of the 25 highest-paid teams in the world, 19 are from the NBA.

Here are the highest-paid teams in the world based on average salary for their players.

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