MLB
Rank | Agent/Agency | Clients | Salary |
1 | Scott Boras/Scott Boras Corp. | 64 | $246.20 million |
2 | Seth Levinson/ACES Inc. | 53 | $140.92 million |
3 | Arn Tellem/Wasserman Media Group | 18 | $111.18 million |
4 | Casey Close/Creative Artists Agency | 37 | $97.97 million |
5 | Tom Reich/Reich, Katz & Landis | 60 | $91.23 million |
6 | Greg Genske/Legacy Sports Group | 29 | $77.22 million |
7 | Peter Greenberg/Peter G. Greenberg & Associates | 19 | $62.89 million |
8 | Barry Axelrod/Barry Axelrod Attorney at Law | 9 | $54.69 million |
9 | Scott Parker/Legacy Sports Group | 11 | $53.28 million |
10 | Ron Shapiro/Shapiro, Robinson & Associates Inc. | 15 | $44.48 million |
Note: Salaries are for players on 2006 Opening Day rosters and include actual salary plus a prorated signing bonus, if applicable. Does not include incentive pay. |
NBA
Rank | Agent/Agency | Clients | Salary |
1 | Arn Tellem/Wasserman Media Group | 30 | $161.09 million |
2 | Mark Bartlestein/Priority Sports & Entertainment | 38 | $104.79 million |
3 | Dan Fegan/Fegan Sports Management Partners | 23 | $103.57 million |
4 | Lon Babby/Williams & Connolly | 15 | $94.24 million |
5 | Andy Miller/ASM Sports | 19 | $81.10 million |
6 | Jeff Schwartz/Excel Sports Management | 12 | $76.25 million |
7 | David Falk/SFX-FAME | 7 | $73.04 million |
8 | Leon Rose/Sherman Silverstein Kohl Rose & Podolsky | 10 | $63.67 million |
9 | Rob Pelinka/SFX | 12 | $57.54 million |
10 | Bill Duffy/BDA Sports Management | 16 | $52.34 million |
Note: Salaries are for players on rosters at the end of the 2005-06 season and include actual salary plus a prorated signing bonus, if applicable. Does not include incentive pay. |
NFL
Rank | Agent/Agency | Clients | Salary |
1 | Drew Rosenhaus/Rosenhaus Sports Representation | 76 | $130.31 million |
2 | Tom Condon/Creative Artists Agency | 41 | $122.98 million |
3 | David Dunn/Athletes First LLC | 48 | $82.90 million |
4 | Jimmy Sexton/Athletic Resource Management | 34 | $64.13 million |
5 | Peter J. Schaffer/All Pro Sports and Entertainment Inc. | 41 | $53.20 million |
6 | Joel Segal/Worldwide Football Inc | 34 | $50.64 million |
7 | Ben Dogra/Creative Artists Agency | 30 | $50.37 million |
8 | Jim Steiner/Creative Artists Agency | 20 | $48.90 million |
9 | Mike Sullivan/Octagon | 25 | $43.89 million |
10 | Gary Wichard/Pro Tect Management Corp. | 22 | $36.97 million |
Note: Salaries are for players on rosters at the end of the 2005-06 season and are a player’s cap value. |
NHL
Rank | Agent/Agency | Clients | Salary |
1 | Don Meehan/Newport Sports Management Inc. | 68 | $117.54 million |
2 | J.P. Barry/Creative Artists Agency | 31 | $77.58 million |
3 | Pat Morris/Newport Sports Management Inc. | 44 | $72.92 million |
4 | Larry Kelly/Octagon | 50 | $57.21 million |
5 | Don Baizley/Thompson, Dorfman, Sweatman | 18 | $46.52 million |
6 | Rick Curran/The Orr Hockey Group | 20 | $43.89 million |
7 | Allan Walsh/Octagon | 18 | $30.65 million |
8 | Jay Grossman/PuckAgency LLC | 14 | $29.74 million |
9 | Gilles Lupien/Sports Prospects Inc. | 12 | $28.84 million |
10 | Stephen Bartlett/Sports Consulting Group | 28 | $28.41 million |
Note: Salaries are for players on rosters as of Aug. 3, 2006, and include actual salary plus a prorated signing bonus, if applicable. Does not include incentive pay. |
Note: Beverly Hills Sports Council represents 77 clients earning approximately $140 million this season. However, individual agent-player relationships could not be determined.
Source: USA Today salaries database, SBJ archives, nflpa.com