List of professional sports leagues
A sports league is a professional body that governs the competition of its teams. They make the rules for competition and behavior and disciplines its members as necessary. This is done through a structure that varies by league. Some are made up of a board of governors that have a Commissioner or President, while others are single entity organizations where the league owns the franchises and therefore does not have a board of governors.
A list of professional sports leagues:
This list attempts to show those sports leagues for which all players and teams are paid to play. In other words, these players can be considered to play their chosen sport as their profession. Some leagues don't pay well enough to allow players to use them as their primary or only source of income, but because the players are paid, it's still considered professional, or semi-professional. As such, some leagues listed here may not be fully professional.
Auto racing
- Arena Racing USA
- American Le Mans Series
- Asian Le Mans Series
- British Touring Car Championship
- Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (German Touring Car Masters)
- D1 Grand Prix
- European Le Mans Series
- Formula One
- Formula D
- Formula Truck
- Grand-Am Road Racing
- FIA GT1 World Championship
- IndyCar
- NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing)
- National Hot Rod Association (NHRA)
- Pirelli World Challenge
- Stock Car Brasil
- Super GT
- TC 2000
- Top Race
- Turismo Carretera
- V8 Supercars (Australia)
- FIA World Endurance Championship
- World Rally Championship
- World Touring Car Championship
Badminton
- NBL Official Website
Bandy
Baseball
Americas
United States and 
Canada
- Major League Baseball:
- AL - American League
- NL - National League
- Minor League Baseball:
- AAA: IL - International League
- AAA: PCL - Pacific Coast League
- AA: EL - Eastern League
- AA: SL - Southern League
- AA: TL - Texas League
- A+: CalL - California League
- A+: CarL - Carolina League
- A+: FSL - Florida State League
- A: MwL - Midwest League
- A: SAL - South Atlantic League
- SSA: NYPL - New York-Penn League
- SSA: NwL - Northwest League
- R+: ApL - Appalachian League
- R+: PL - Pioneer League
- R: AzL - Arizona League
- R: GCL - Gulf Coast League
- Independent Baseball:
- American Association of Independent Professional Baseball
- Atlantic League of Professional Baseball
- Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball
- Freedom Pro League
- Frontier League
- Mount Rainier Professional Baseball League
- Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs
- Pecos League
- Dominican Summer League (Official Minor League Affiliate)
- Dominican Professional Baseball League
- Mexican League (Official Minor League Affiliate)
- Mexican Pacific League
- Panamanian Professional Baseball League
- Puerto Rico Baseball League
- Venezuelan Summer League (Official Minor League Affiliate)
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
Asia
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South Korea:
- Major: KBO League
- Minor: KBO Futures League
Australia
Europe
- Major: Italian Baseball League 1D
- Minor: Italian Baseball League 2D
- Major: Honkbal Hoofdklasse (relegation to Honkbal Overgangklasse)
- Minor: Honkbal Overgangsklasse (promotion to Honkbal Hoofdklasse)
- Minor: Honkbal Rookie League
Basketball
See also: List of basketball leagues
- 1. A SKL - known for sponsorship reasons as Liga Telemach (Slovenia)
- A-1 Liga (Croatia)
- ACB - Liga ACB (Spain, men's first level)
- ABA
- Liga ABA, also known as Adriatic League (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Slovenia)
- American Basketball Association (Official Page)
- ABL - ASEAN Basketball League (Asean Countries) (Official page)
- Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- BBL
- Baltic Basketball League (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Sweden)
- Basketball BundesLiga (Germany)
- British Basketball League (United Kingdom)
- BLB - Basketball League Belgium
- BLNO (Norway)
- BSN - National Superior Basketball (Puerto Rico)
- CBA - Chinese Basketball Association
- DBL - Dutch Basketball League
- Euroleague - Pan-European competition for elite clubs (Official Page)
- Eurocup - known as the ULEB Cup from 2002-2008. Is the second-tier transnational professional basketball competition in Europe.
- EuroChallenge - is the top Men's Basketball competition directly run by FIBA Europe. The competition was created in 2003 following the defection of several top European basketball teams from the former European Champions' Cup which heralded the formation of the Euroleague under the umbrella of Euroleague Basketball (company).
- Greek Basket League (Greece, first level)
- Greek A2 Basketball League (Greece, second level)
- IBL - International Basketball League
- ISL - Iranian Basketball Super League (Iran)
- KBL - Korean Basketball League (South Korea) (Official Page)
- Korisliiga (Finland)
- KLS – Basketball League of Serbia
- LBL - Latvian Basketball League
- LEB - Liga Española de Baloncesto (Spain, men's second level)
- Lega Basket Serie A (Italy, first level)
- LFB - Liga Femenina de Baloncesto (Spain, women's first level)
- Ligat HaAl (Israel)
- LKL - Lietuvos krepšinio lyga (Lithuania)
- LNB
- Liga Nacional de Básquet (Argentina)
- Ligue Nationale de Basketball (France), itself divided into two fully professional leagues, Pro A and Pro B
- LNBP - Liga Nacional de Baloncesto Profesional (Mexico)
- NBA - National Basketball Association (United States & Canada) (Official Page)
- NBA D-League - NBA Development League (Official Page)
- NBB - Novo Basquete Brasil (Official Page)
- NBL
- Opportunity League (Montenegro)
- PBA - Philippine Basketball Association (Philippines) (Official Page)
- PBL
- Russian Professional Basketball League (men's first level)
- Premier Basketball League (United States)
- PLK - Polska Liga Koszykówki, also called Tauron Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons (Poland, men) Official page
- PLKK - Polska Liga Koszykówki Kobiet, also called Torell Basket Liga for sponsorship reasons (Poland, women) Official page
- Russian SuperLeague (men's second level)
- SBL - Super Basketball League (Taiwan)
- Serie A2 Gold Basket (Italy, second level)
- TBL - Turkish Basketball League
- TKBL - Türkiye 1. Kadınlar Basketbol Ligi, or Turkish Women's Basketball League in English
- TPBL - Texas Pro Basketball League
- USBL - United States Basketball League (Official Page)
- VTB United League – Russia, the Baltics, Finland, Poland, and Ukraine.
- WBA - World Basketball Association
- WBA/WABA - Women's American Basketball Association
- WKBL - Women's Korean Basketball League (South Korea) (Official Page)
- WNBA - Women's National Basketball Association (Official Page)
- WNBL - Women's National Basketball League (Australia) (Official Page)
- Hong Kong Basketball League, All-Hong Kong Youth Basketball League
Boxing
Major Promotions:
Major Sanctioning Bodies:
- World Boxing Association (WBA)
- World Boxing Council (WBC)
- The Ring Magazine (Unofficial Sanctioning Body)
Bowling
Cricket
Africa
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Asia
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Europe
Oceania
Cycling
International Gridiron football: American footballFootball: Association FootballMain article: Professionalism in association football
Football: Australian rules footballFootball: Futsal
FencingAmerican Fencing League Official Website Golf
Men'sTop-level tours
Senior tours
Developmental tours
Women'sTop-level tours
Senior tours
Developmental tours
Ice hockeySee also: List of ice hockey leagues
Inline hockey
LacrosseBox / Indoor lacrosse{USA} and {CAN}
Field lacrosseMixed martial arts
Motorcycle racingSpeedwayRugby league
Rugby union
SoftballTeam Handball
TennisTrack and fieldIAAF Diamond League Official Website Ultimate FrisbeeVideo Gaming/Electronic sportsAsia
Volleyball
Water poloWrestling
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References
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