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Being a sports agent is the dream of many young people who dream of entering the sports industry. Do you know which sports agencies are active on the international stage? Recently, " Forbes " released a list of the top ten sports agency companies, which can help you answer this question.
In addition, you can also scan the QR code at the beginning of the article and add "Agent" to Quange WeChat to register for the sports agent course, so that the dream of a sports agent can become a reality.
text / Chen Xinjin
editor / Guo Yang
With the continuous emergence of sky-high price transactions for event broadcast rights, the increase in salary caps and the influx of large amounts of capital into professional sports leagues, the value of athletes' contracts has reached unprecedented heights, which has made sports The brokerage business is also booming.
Recently, "Forbes" conducted a ranking of the world's most valuable sports agency companies in 2017. In the ranking survey, they found that the current total contract value of professional athletes is 43 billion US dollars, and the net growth has exceeded 2.1 billion US dollars. An increase of nearly 10% from last year.
Specifically, the Forbes list is weighted. Different parameter calculations will be introduced for different leagues or projects to which athletes belong, and weighted calculations will be performed, such as NFL (3%), NHL (4%), NBA (4%), MLB (5%), FIFA (10%), after calculating the total, they are sorted by the amount of commission received by the company's agents.
In areas where there is no "salary" like tennis and golf, the calculation method is 20% of off-court sponsorship and endorsement contracts. However, sponsorship and endorsement contracts in other leagues are not included in the calculation because compared to their salaries, Most players' endorsement contracts only account for 1%-2% of their income, and agents can earn 20-25% from them, but this is negligible compared to the team's contract.
Well, without further ado, let’s take a look at who these 10 sports agency companies are on the Forbes list.
1. Creative Artist Agency (CAA)
Company headquarters location: Los Angeles, United States
Sports projects involved: American football , baseball , basketball, golf
Number of clients: 436
Total customer contract value: $8.46B
Star agent People: Tom Condon, Pat Brisson
Star clients: Eli Manning, Philip Rivers
CAA (Creative Artists) Agency (Innovative Artist Company) once again occupied the first place on the list. The total amount of their agency contracts reached 8.5 billion US dollars, which exceeded the total agency amount of the three companies at the bottom of the list. CAA's total contract value increased by nearly $1 billion last year, which earned the agency $318 million in commissions.
CAA has its own athletes in almost every project: CAA's football department still dominates the NFL market, with a total player contract value of 3.3 billion US dollars, and star players it represents include the Manning brothers and JJ- Watt and others; CAA's baseball department represents a roster of All-Star players, including Adam Jones, Ryan Braun and others; and in the NBA, Wade and Anthony are all CAA clients. CAA is also the contract agent for some of the top NHL players. Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Tofors and others are all its athletes.
CAA made its fortune in the entertainment industry. In recent years, CAA has continuously acquired the world's most successful sports agents and made multiple acquisitions. This has allowed CAA to achieve three consecutive championships in the world's sports agency rankings. This company is in Leading the way in the sports agency field.
Sports Industry Ecosystem www.ecosports.cn
Being a sports agent is the dream of many young people who dream of entering the sports industry. Do you know which sports agencies are active on the international stage? Recently, " Forbes " released a list of the top ten sports agency companies, which can help you answer this question.
In addition, you can also scan the QR code at the beginning of the article and add "Agent" to Quange WeChat to register for the sports agent course, so that the dream of a sports agent can become a reality.
text / Chen Xinjin
editor / Guo Yang
With the continuous emergence of sky-high price transactions for event broadcast rights, the increase in salary caps and the influx of large amounts of capital into professional sports leagues, the value of athletes' contracts has reached unprecedented heights, which has made sports The brokerage business is also booming.
Recently, "Forbes" conducted a ranking of the world's most valuable sports agency companies in 2017. In the ranking survey, they found that the current total contract value of professional athletes is 43 billion US dollars, and the net growth has exceeded 2.1 billion US dollars. An increase of nearly 10% from last year.
Specifically, the Forbes list is weighted. Different parameter calculations will be introduced for different leagues or projects to which athletes belong, and weighted calculations will be performed, such as NFL (3%), NHL (4%), NBA (4%), MLB (5%), FIFA (10%), after calculating the total, they are sorted by the amount of commission received by the company's agents.
In areas where there is no "salary" like tennis and golf, the calculation method is 20% of off-court sponsorship and endorsement contracts. However, sponsorship and endorsement contracts in other leagues are not included in the calculation because compared to their salaries, Most players' endorsement contracts only account for 1%-2% of their income, and agents can earn 20-25% from them, but this is negligible compared to the team's contract.
Well, without further ado, let’s take a look at who these 10 sports agency companies are on the Forbes list.
1. Creative Artist Agency (CAA)
Company headquarters location: Los Angeles, United States
Sports projects involved: American football , baseball , basketball, golf
Number of clients: 436
Total customer contract value: $8.46B
Star agent People: Tom Condon, Pat Brisson
Star clients: Eli Manning, Philip Rivers
CAA (Creative Artists) Agency (Innovative Artist Company) once again occupied the first place on the list. The total amount of their agency contracts reached 8.5 billion US dollars, which exceeded the total agency amount of the three companies at the bottom of the list. CAA's total contract value increased by nearly $1 billion last year, which earned the agency $318 million in commissions.
CAA has its own athletes in almost every project: CAA's football department still dominates the NFL market, with a total player contract value of 3.3 billion US dollars, and star players it represents include the Manning brothers and JJ- Watt and others; CAA's baseball department represents a roster of All-Star players, including Adam Jones, Ryan Braun and others; and in the NBA, Wade and Anthony are all CAA clients. CAA is also the contract agent for some of the top NHL players. Sidney Crosby, Jonathan Tofors and others are all its athletes.
CAA made its fortune in the entertainment industry. In recent years, CAA has continuously acquired the world's most successful sports agents and made multiple acquisitions. This has allowed CAA to achieve three consecutive championships in the world's sports agency rankings. This company is in Leading the way in the sports agency field.
2. Excel Sports Management
Company headquarters location: New York, USA
Involved sports: Baseball, basketball, golf
Number of clients: 139
Total customer contract value: $3.39B
Star agent: Keith Krause ( Casey Close), Jeff Schwartz
Star clients: Tiger Woods, Kevin Love (Kevin Love)
Excel Sports Management from the East Coast of the United States Company) ranked second, Excel has high-quality resources in the fields of golf (PGA), NBA and MLB. The MLB department of
Excel represents the best young baseball players, such as potential stars Clayton Crow (Frederie Kershaw), Freddie Freeman (Freddie Freeman) and others. Excel also has a list of potential new stars in the world-famous NBA, including Hassan Whiteside, Kevin Love, Harrison Barnes and Blake Griffin, represented by Jeff Schwartz. The more than 60 people waiting are all Excel customers. Excel is involved in a wide range of sports fields, and golf superstar Tiger Woods is Excel's biggest player.
Last year, the total amount of contracts represented by the company increased by another $50 million.
3. Wasserman Media Group
Company headquarters location: United States Los Angeles
Sports projects involved: American football, baseball, basketball, football, golf
Number of customers: 1,600
Total customer contract value: $2.71B
Star agent: Wo Joel Wolfe, Adam-Katz
Star clients: Westbrook (Russell Westbrook), Derrick Rose
Wasserman As a media group, it represents the NBA, NFL , MLB, football and golf and other athletes in many fields. Based on the unique advantages of its headquarters in Los Angeles, WMG's NBA department represents Derrick Rose, Russell Westbrook, Anthony Davis and Draymond Green. (Draymond Green) and other well-known stars. WMG also has agents in American football, baseball and even some Olympic sports.
4. Independent Sport Entertainment
Company headquarters location: New York, United States
Involved sports: Baseball, basketball, American football
Number of customers: 160
Total customer contract value: $2.01B
Star agent: Fernando -Cuza ), Mark Pieper
star clients: Justin Verland, Chandler Parsons
ISE (formerly Relative Sports)’s agency rankings in football and baseball are Fifth, agent ranking in basketball is sixth. ISE negotiated one of the largest contracts in the professional leagues - Miguel Cabrera's $248 million contract with the Detroit Tigers.
5. Octagon
Company headquarters location: New York, USA
Involved sports: American football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey
Number of customers: 171
Total customer contract value: $2.7B
Star agent: Scott Puccino ( Scott Pucino), Jeff Austin
Star clients: Curry (Stephen Curry), Kaka (Kaka)
New York-based Octagon has many athletes from professional sports leagues as clients, and it has branched out into the United States. All professional leagues that are developing well. Octagon's NHL division was one of the top hockey agencies in 2016, with nearly $1.2 billion in contracts. Currently, the ice hockey department represents players such as Vladimir Tarasenko and Brian Campbell. It also represents contracts for NBA MVP Stephen Curry and Olympic gold medalists Aly Raisman and Michael Phelps, among others.
6. Boras Corp
Company headquarters location: Newport Beach, United States
Sports projects involved: Baseball
Number of clients: 76
Total customer contract value: $1.89B
Star agent: Scott Boras (Scott Boras)
Star clients: Field (Prince Fielder), Ellsbury (Jacoby Ellsbury)
Scott Boras, the founder of Boras Corp (Boras Company) is a lawyer. He once again won the annual award this year. He is considered one of the best sports agents in history. Boras' headquarters is located in a 23,000-square-foot glass mansion in Newport Beach, California. The company has complete facilities and a good working environment. Currently, Boras's client list includes some big-name athletes, including Ellsbury, Prince Fielder, Chris Davis and Max Scherzer.
7. Mondial Sports Management
Company headquarters location: Hasen, Germany
Sports projects involved: Football
Number of clients: 87
Total value of customer contracts: $1.08B
Star agent: Constantin Dumitrascu (Constantin Dumitrascu)
Star clients : Edinson Cavani, Philippe Coutinho
Mondial, located in Hesse , Germany, has once again become the first sports agency on the list with football as its main project. Mondial represents a number of active athletes active in football in contracts with a total value in excess of one billion US dollars. Mondial chief executive Constantin Dumitrascu helped the company land the likes of Edinson Cavani, Nemanja Matic and Fernandinho players.
8. Gestifute International
Company headquarters location: Porto, Portugal
Sports projects involved: Football
Number of clients: 102
Total customer contract value: $769.22M
Star agent: Jorge- Mendez (Jorge Mendez)
Star clients: C-Cristiano Ronaldo, James Rodriguez
Gestifute In the football powerhouse Portugal, it has the best football player clients in the world. The company is world-famous for the well-known football agent Jorge Mendes, superstars Cristiano Ronaldo, Silva, Rodriguez and others. Although Gestifute does not represent as many players as one of its competitors, Stella, its turnover is twice that of Stella.
9. Newport Sports Management
Company headquarters location: Canada Mississauga
Sports projects involved: Ice hockey
Number of clients: 110
Total customer contract value: $1.82B
Star agents: Don Meehan (Don Meehan), Wei Wade Arnott
Star clients: Zach Parise, Steven Stamkos
Canada-based Newport is the agency for professional hockey players in 2016 . As agent Don Meehan and others said, Newport is the best agency in the NHL. The total contract value of the NHL players it represents exceeds 1.4 billion US dollars. Zach Parise and the Philippines Well-known NHL players such as Phil Kessel are Newport's customers.
10. ACES
Company headquarters location: Brooklyn, USA
Sports projects involved: Baseball
Number of clients: 68
Total customer contract value: $1.3B
Star agents: Sam Levinson, Seth - Seth Levinson
Star client: Jon Lester, David Wright
A.C.E.S., a company jointly founded by the Levinson brothers, has caused a sensation in the history of MLB with several transactions. famous for his big contracts. The company is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, and since 2007, they have signed contracts with a total value of $3 billion for their clients.
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6. Boras Corp
Company headquarters location: Newport Beach, United States
Sports projects involved: Baseball
Number of clients: 76
Total customer contract value: $1.89B
Star agent: Scott Boras (Scott Boras)
Star clients: Field (Prince Fielder), Ellsbury (Jacoby Ellsbury)
Scott Boras, the founder of Boras Corp (Boras Company) is a lawyer. He once again won the annual award this year. He is considered one of the best sports agents in history. Boras' headquarters is located in a 23,000-square-foot glass mansion in Newport Beach, California. The company has complete facilities and a good working environment. Currently, Boras's client list includes some big-name athletes, including Ellsbury, Prince Fielder, Chris Davis and Max Scherzer.
7. Mondial Sports Management
Company headquarters location: Hasen, Germany
Sports projects involved: Football
Number of clients: 87
Total value of customer contracts: $1.08B
Star agent: Constantin Dumitrascu (Constantin Dumitrascu)
Star clients : Edinson Cavani, Philippe Coutinho
Mondial, located in Hesse , Germany, has once again become the first sports agency on the list with football as its main project. Mondial represents a number of active athletes active in football in contracts with a total value in excess of one billion US dollars. Mondial chief executive Constantin Dumitrascu helped the company land the likes of Edinson Cavani, Nemanja Matic and Fernandinho players.
8. Gestifute International
Company headquarters location: Porto, Portugal
Sports projects involved: Football
Number of clients: 102
Total customer contract value: $769.22M
Star agent: Jorge- Mendez (Jorge Mendez)
Star clients: C-Cristiano Ronaldo, James Rodriguez
Gestifute In the football powerhouse Portugal, it has the best football player clients in the world. The company is world-famous for the well-known football agent Jorge Mendes, superstars Cristiano Ronaldo, Silva, Rodriguez and others. Although Gestifute does not represent as many players as one of its competitors, Stella, its turnover is twice that of Stella.
9. Newport Sports Management
Company headquarters location: Canada Mississauga
Sports projects involved: Ice hockey
Number of clients: 110
Total customer contract value: $1.82B
Star agents: Don Meehan (Don Meehan), Wei Wade Arnott
Star clients: Zach Parise, Steven Stamkos
Canada-based Newport is the agency for professional hockey players in 2016 . As agent Don Meehan and others said, Newport is the best agency in the NHL. The total contract value of the NHL players it represents exceeds 1.4 billion US dollars. Zach Parise and the Philippines Well-known NHL players such as Phil Kessel are Newport's customers.
10. ACES
Company headquarters location: Brooklyn, USA
Sports projects involved: Baseball
Number of clients: 68
Total customer contract value: $1.3B
Star agents: Sam Levinson, Seth - Seth Levinson
Star client: Jon Lester, David Wright
A.C.E.S., a company jointly founded by the Levinson brothers, has caused a sensation in the history of MLB with several transactions. famous for his big contracts. The company is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, and since 2007, they have signed contracts with a total value of $3 billion for their clients.
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