What is the average length of time of a career in professional sports?

Answer 1

There is no limit of how long a player can play; however if his or her contract expires and they do not get it renewed, they are either done playing or play with the team with no money and at the same time look to play for another team.

Answer 2

Life expectancy of athletes: There seems to have been only one

detailed study on this topic, which was published by a group from

Finland in 1993:

The study found the following life expectancies, when world class

athletes were compared with each other and a reference group of

non-athletes "The mean LE adjusted for occupational group, marital

status, and the age at entry to the cohort (and its 95% confidence

limits) was in endurance sports (long distance running and

cross-country skiing) 75.6 (73.6, 77.5) yr; in team games (soccer, ice

hockey, Basketball, as well as jumpers and short-distance runners from

Track and Field (73.9 (72.7, 75.1) yr; in power sports (boxing,

Wrestling, weight lifting, and throwers from field athletics) 71.5

(70.4, 72.2) yr; and in the reference group 69.9 (69.0, 70.9) yr." The

increase in life expectancy found in athletes was mainly due to

decreased cardiovascular mortality and participation in team sports.

Med Sci Sports Exerc 1993, Volume 25, pages 237-244

Increased life expectancy of world class male athletes.

Answer 3

usually from 20 years of age to 30 years of age

Answer 4

soccer players last for around 10-15 years depending on when they started there professional career.

Answer 5

In football for an average player the average length of their career is 3-3.5 years

Answer 6

It varies, mostly players have a career from 16 years to 30-40.

Answer 7

about 5 years

Answer 8

6 years