The research was conducted to examine the emotional intelligence levels of the professional footballers who played in Turkey 2016-2017 Spor Toto 3rd League. For this purpose 112 male professional players who played in Ankara Adliye Sports, Ankara Demir Sports, Kocaeli Sports, Adana Kozan sports and Erzin sports teams in 2016-2017 Turkey Sports Toto 3rd League participated in this research voluntarily. In the study, descriptive scanning method with quantitative pattern was used. As a data collection tools, the personal information form prepared by the researcher and the revised Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale, developed by Schutte et al. (1998), revised as 41 items by Austin et al. (2004), and adapted to Turkish by Tatar, Tok and Saltukoğlu (2011), were used. SPSS 21 statistical program was used in the calculation and evaluation of the obtained data. When the results of the study were examined, it was seen that there was no statistically significant difference between licensed sports and emotional intelligence. It was found that there was no statistically significant difference between the age of being a professional and optimism / mood analysis and the use of emotions. There was a significant difference in the evaluation of emotions sub-dimension and overall mean. It was determined that there was no statistically significant difference between position variable and optimism / mood and sub-dimensions of emotions. A significant difference was found in the evaluation of emotions sub-dimension and overall mean.