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Top 10 agents by league, based on salary represented

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

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