8 Most Popular Sports In The World Today

3. Basketball

Basketball was the toughest sport on this list to rank. The overall fan base is listed at 400 million but it’s also the fastest growing sport in the world. Starting with the Dream Team in the 1992 Olympics, fans all over the world started wanting to play the sport. Moreover, it’s an easy sport to play, and doesn’t require expensive equipment that might prevent certain people from playing it. The sport has continued to grow in markets such as China and throughout Africa as major players hailing from all over the world have started to achieve great success playing in the NBA.

With the growth of the internet, scouting has increased as well and fans all over the world have started following the sport. Finally, basketball is one of the best paying sports, and not just in America. The women’s league in Russia has an average salary of $1 million, and players can make large sums of money playing in European leagues. The opportunity for basketball to be a career for women as well as its burgeoning global interest makes the sport one of the fastest growing and most popular sports in the world.