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

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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.

Thanks to smaller rosters and television revenue that is skyrocketing, NBA teams have shot up the list in recent years. Of the 25 highest-paid teams in the world, 19 are from the NBA.

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.

Here are the 25 highest-paid teams in the world based on average salary for their players.