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Sports Agent Salaries

How much money can I make as a sports agent?

In the sports agent business, you get paid when your athlete gets paid. The amount agents make varies with the athletes they sign. Successful sports agents can make over a million dollars per year.

Sports Management Worldwide provides the academic foundation to help you work as a sports agent. And the Agent Advisor program gives you an immediate entry point into the athlete management world.

Salaries by Sport: Football | Basketball | Baseball | Hockey | Soccer | Cricket | Rugby | MMA

Football Agent Salaries:
Annual Client Earnings By League: Low-End: High-End:
  • National Football League (NFL)
  • Arena Football League (AFL)
  • United Football League (UFL)
  • Canadian Football League (CFL)
  • Indoor Football League (IFL)
  • $840,000 per year
  • $400 per game
  • $64,005 per year
  • $70,000 per year
  • $250 per game
  • $60,000,000 per year
  • $64,000 per year
  • $250,000 per year
  • $455,666 per year
  • $64,000 per year
 
Sports Agent Commissions Per Client:
  • $25,200 - $1,800,000 per year
  • $20 per game - $3,200 per year
  • $1,920 - $7,500 per year
  • $4,900 - $31,896 per year
  • $12.50 per game - $3,200 per year
  •  
Basketball Agent Salaries:
Annual Client Earnings By League: Low-End: High-End:
  • National Basketball Assoc. (NBA)
  • National Basketball G- League (NBGL)
  • Europe Basketball 1st Division (Spain, Italy, Turkey, France, Russia)
  • Australian National Basketball League (NBL)
  • Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
  • Chinese Basketball Association (CBA)
  • $1,157,153 per year
  • $40,500 per year
  • $20,000 per year
  • $48,990 per year
  • $66,079 per year
  • $837,357 per year
  • $55,800,000 per year
  • $578,600 per year
  • $1,000,000 per year
  • $657,090 per year
  • $252,450 per year
  • $4,400,000 per year
 
Sports Agent Commissions Per Client:
  • $46,285 - $2,232,000 per year
  • $1,620 - $23,120 per year
  • $2,000 - $100,000 per year
  • $4,900 - $65,709 per year
  • $3,300 - $12,623 per year
  • $8,370 - $440,000 per year 
  •  
Baseball Agent Salaries:
Annual Client Earnings By League: Low-End: High-End:
  • Major League Baseball* (MLB)
  • Minor League Baseball (USA)
  • $760,000 per year
  • $19,800 per year
  • $51,000,000 per year
  • $576,232 per year
 
Sports Agent Commissions Per Client:
  • $38,000 - $2,550,000 per year
  • $990 - $28,811 per year
  •  
Hockey Agent Salaries:
Annual Client Earnings By League: Low-End: High-End:
  • National Hockey League (NHL)
  • American Hockey League (AHL)
  • Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL)
  • $775,000 per year
  • $52,725 per year
  • $35,000 per year
  • $13,500,000 per year
  • $8,000,000 per year
  • $80,000 per year
 
Sports Agent Commissions Per Client:
  • $38,750 - $675,000 per year
  • $2,635 - $400,000 per year
  • $50,000 only: $1,500 - $2,400 per year 
  •  
Soccer Agent Salaries:
Annual Client Earnings By League: Low-End: High-End:
  • Major League Soccer** (MLS)
  • English Football/Soccer Premier League
  • English Football/Soccer Championship
  • La Liga
  • Bundesliga
  • $104,000 per year 
  • £180,024 per year
  • £10,000 per week 
  • £182,000 per year
  • £380,000 per year
  • $20,400,000 per year
  • £27,300,000 per year
  • £80,000 per week
  • £37,500,000 per year
  • £25,000,000 per year
 
Sports Agent Commissions Per Client:
  • $10,400 - $2,040,000 per year
  • £18,002 - £2,730,000 per year
  • £1,000 - £8,000 per week
  • £18,200 - £3,750,000 per year
  • £38,000 - £2,500,000 per year
  •  
Cricket Agent Salaries:
Annual Client Earnings By League: Low-End: High-End:
  • Cricket - England County
  • Cricket - International
  • Cricket - Indian Premier League
  • £24,000 per year
  • £20,000 per year
  • $27,000 per year
  • £200,000 per year 
  • £809,300 per year
  • $3,100,000 per year
 
Sports Agent Commissions Per Client:
  • £2,400 - £20,000 per year
  • £2,00 - £80,930 per year
  • $2,700 - $310,000 per year
  •  
Rugby Agent Salaries:
Annual Client Earnings By League: Low-End: High-End:
  • Rugby – National Rugby League (NRL)
  • Rugby – Top 14 (France)
  • £66,000 per year
  • $15,000 per year
  • £1,400,000 per year
  • £1,000,000 per year
 
Sports Agent Commissions Per Client:
  • £4,620 - £98,000 per year
  • $1,050 - $70,000 per year
  •  
Mixed Martial Arts Agent Salaries:
Annual Client Earnings By League: Low-End: High-End:
  • Mixed Martial Arts (MMA, UFC/Strikeforce)
  • $10,000 - $30,000
    per fight
  • $8,000,000 per fight
  • Performance of the
  • night bonus:
  • $50,000 - $300,000
 
Sports Agent Commissions Per Client:
  • $3,000 - $2,400,000 per fight
  •  
 

*Revised as of July 7th, 2025

**All amounts are in USD unless otherwise specified.

 

These Commissions Could Be Yours!

In addition to being a provider of sports management education, Sports Management Worldwide is an international full-service sports agency with an extensive network of Agent Advisors serving athletes throughout the world.

SMWW’s Agent Advisor program will jumpstart your sports agent career by connecting you with certified agents in pro sports, showcasing your personal agent webpage on SMWWAgency.com, assisting you with recruiting and representation, and providing you new daily leads of athletes looking for agents.

As an Agent Advisor, you will be an agent-in-training who co-represents Sports Management Worldwide athletes. You will recruit and represent athletes on behalf of Sports Management Worldwide, and share equally in any commission fee paid to the company by clients successfully recruited.

Click here to learn more about the SMWW Agent Advisor Program.

Sports Agent Salaries

How much money can I make as a sports agent?

In the sports agent business, you get paid when your athlete gets paid. The amount agents make varies with the athletes they sing. Successful sports agents can make over a million dollars per year.

Sports Management Worldwide provides the academic foundation to help you work as a sports agent. And the Agent Advisor program gives you an immediate entry point into the athlete management world.

Salaries by Sport:

Football | Basketball | Baseball

Soccer | Cricket | Rugby | MMA

Salaries by Sport:

Football | Basketball | Baseball | Soccer | Cricket | Rugby | MMA

Football Agent Salaries:
  • National Football League (NFL)
  • Low-End: $840,000 per year
  • High-End: $60,000,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $25,200 - $1,800,000 per year
  • Arena Football League (AFL)
  • Low-End: $400 per game
  • High-End: $64,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $20 per game - $3,200 per year
  • United Football League (UFL)
  • Low-End: $64,005 per year
  • High-End: $250,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $1,920 - $7,500 per year
  • Canadian Football League (CFL)
  • Low-End: $70,000 per year
  • High-End: $455,666 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $4,900 - $31,896 per year
  • Indoor Football League (IFL)
  • Low-End: $250 per game
  • High-End: $64,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $12.50 per game - $3,200 per year

 
Become a Football Agent with our Athlete Management Course
 
Basketball Agent Salaries:
  • National Basketball Assoc. (NBA)
  • Low-End: $1,157,153 per year
  • High-End: $55,800,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $46,286.12 - $2,232,000 per year
  • National Basketball G- League (NBGL)
  • Low-End: $40,500 per year
  • High-End: $578,600 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $1,620 - $23,120 per year
  • Europe Basketball 1st Division (Spain, Italy, Turkey, France, Russia)
  • Low-End: $20,000 per year
  • High-End: $1,000,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $2,000 - $100,000 per year
  • Australian National Basketball League (NBL)
  • Low-End: $48,990 per year
  • High-End: $657,090 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $4,899 - $65,709 per year
  • Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)
  • Low-End: $66,079 per year
  • High-End: $252,450 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $3,304 - $12,623 per year
  • Chinese Basketball Association (CBA)
  • Low-End: $837,357 per year
  • High-End: $4,400,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $8,373 - $440,000 per year
Become a Basketball Agent with our Basketball Agent Course
Baseball Agent Salaries:
  • Major League Baseball (MLB)
  • Low-End: $760,000 per year
  • High-End: $51,000,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $38,000 - $2,550,000 per year
  • Minor League Baseball (USA)
  • Low-End: $19,800 per year
  • High-End: $576,232 per year 
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $990 - $28,811 per year
Become an MLB Agent with our Baseball Agent Course
Hockey Agent Salaries:
  • National Hockey League (NHL)
  • Low-End: $775,000 per year
  • High-End: $13,500,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $38,750 - $675,000 per year
  • American Hockey League (AHL)
  • Low-End: $52,725 per year
  • High-End: $8,000,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $2,636 - $400,000 per year
  • Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL)
  • Low-End: $35,000 per year
  • High-End: $80,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client for contracts above $50,000 only: $1,500 - $2,400 per year
Become an NHL Agent with our Hockey Agent Course
Soccer Agent Salaries:
  • Major League Soccer (MLS)
  • Low-End: $104,000 per year
  • High-End: $20,400,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $10,400 - $2,040,000 per year
  • English Football/Soccer Premier League
  • Low-End: £180,024 per year
  • High-End: £27,300,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: £18,002 - £2,730,000 per year
  • English Football/Soccer Championship
  • Low-End: £10,000 per week
  • High-End: £80,000 per week
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: £1,000 - £8,000 per week
  • La Liga
  • Low-End: £182,000 per year
  • High-End: £37,500,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: £18,200 - £3,750,000 per year
  • Bundesliga
  • Low-End: £380,000 per year
  • High-End: £25,000,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: £38,000 - £2,500,000 per year
Become an Soccer Agent with our Soccer Agent Course
Cricket Agent Salaries:
  • Cricket – England County
  • Low-End: £24,000 per year
  • High-End: £200,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: £2,400 - £20,000 per year
  • Cricket – International
  • Low-End: £20,000 per year
  • High-End: £809,300 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: £2,00 - £80,930 per year
  • Cricket – Indian Premier League
  • Low-End: $27,000 per year
  • High-End: $3,100,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $2,700 - $310,000 per year
Become a Cricket Agent with our Athlete Management Course
Rugby Agent Salaries:
  • Rugby – National Rugby League (NRL)
  • Low-End: £66,000 per year
  • High-End: £1,400,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: £4,620 - £98,000 per year
  • Top 14 (France)
  • Low-End: $15,000 per year
  • High-End: £1,000,000 per year
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $1,050 - $70,000 per year
Become a Rugby Agent with our Athlete Management Course
Mixed Martial Arts Agent Salaries:
  • Mixed Martial Arts(MMA, UFC/Strikeforce)
  • Low-End: $10,000 - $30,000 per fight
  • High-End: $8,000,000 per fight
    Performance of the night bonus: $50,000 - $300,000
  • Sports Agent Commissions Per Client: $3,000 - $2,400,000 per fight
Become a MMA with our Athlete Management Course

*Revised as of July 7th, 2025

**All amounts are in USD unless otherwise specified

 

These Commissions Could Be Yours!

In addition to being a provider of sports management education, Sports Management Worldwide is an international full-service sports agency with an extensive network of Agent Advisors serving athletes throughout the world.

SMWW’s Agent Advisor program will jumpstart your sports agent career by connecting you with certified agents in pro sports, showcasing your personal agent webpage on SMWWAgency.com, assisting you with recruiting and representation, and providing you new daily leads of athletes looking for agents.

As an Agent Advisor, you will be an agent-in-training who co-represents Sports Management Worldwide athletes. You will recruit and represent athletes on behalf of Sports Management Worldwide, and share equally in any commission fee paid to the company by clients successfully recruited.

Click here to learn more about the SMWW Agent Advisor Program.