Actually its Lacrosse. By a long shot. professional lacrosse players make 10-30 thousand a year. pretty crappy pay for being a pro. most of them have a second or third job to support themselves.
Next is the WNBA with the mvp making a maximum 87k
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The least popular sports tend to pay the least. For example, the MLS Soccer League, the main soccer league in America, is becoming very un-popular, and salaries aren't very high at all for the players.
Actually, if your talking about football, Baseball, Basketball, and hockey, they are all relatively close in payroll, ranging from about $250 million down to about $500,000 yearly. So there is no distinction