The world’s 50 most valuable sports teams are worth a combined $222.7 billion, 30% more than a year ago, the biggest increase in five years.
The NFL continues to dominate, with 30 of its 32 groups in the top 50, 60% of the list. The NFL last represented at least 30 groups in 2014. Last year, it had 26.
In 2013, the league had a record 32 teams in the top 50. But back then, the top three on the list were soccer teams: Real Madrid, Manchester United and Barcelona. This year, the NFL has six of the top ten and 13 of the top 20 teams on our list. The main reason for the NFL’s success: the richest media deal in sports, worth $112 billion through 2032.
The top valuable team is the NFL’s $8 billion Dallas Cowboys, who have held the top spot since 2016. The top five are the New England Patriots ($6. 4 billion), the Los Angeles Rams ($6. 2 billion) and the new Yankees and New York Giants are either valued at $6 billion.
NFL supremacy is not an educational exercise. Last month, the Denver Broncos sold for $4. 65 billion, a record amount for a sports team. The highest sale is worth the $3. 2 billion tag for the NBA’s Brooklyn Nets in 2019. Even in consistent dollars, the Broncos sold for about $1 billion more than the Nets.
In contrast, MLB representation has slowly declined since Forbes’ 2015 list, when baseball had 12 groups in the top 50. In subsequent years, MLB has had no more than 8 groups, with a minimum of five in this year’s edition. The last baseball team to replace the New York Mets for $2. 42 billion ($2. 72 billion in 2022 dollars) in 2020.
No NHL Indian team, the Premier League India or the MLS achieved the maximum of 50. The New York Rangers, valued at 2,000 million dollars, are the most valuable hockey team, and the Mumbai Indians, valued at 1. 3 billion Of dollars, they are the most valuable cryket team. . Unfortunately, our cut for the maximum of 50 people this year is 3. 1 billion dollars. The most value of the MLS is Los Angeles FC, valued at 860 million dollars.
The giant richest market groups have a step forward of the festival in terms of commercial value. For example, California is the maximum popular state in the United States and has the giant number of sports groups, with a general of 15. As expected, the gold state also has the giant number of groups in the top 50, with Eight, all alive at the time and the sixth giant of media markets in the country, Los Angeles and the Bay area, respectively.
England and New York come with the second highest number of teams, with Four. New York has the largest metropolitan area in the United States, with more than six million more people than Los Angeles.
The 50 most valuable teams are extracted from our evaluations of our IPL, MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL and Soccer teams during the last 12 months. For MLS actions, we trust Sportico. The values of our teams are commercial values (capital plus net debt) and come with the economy of the team stadium, as well as the rights rates they obtain from their regional sports networks. But the valuations exclude team participations in other sports -related assets, such as RSN, other sports leagues and mixed real estate projects. To know the valuations that come with all the assets related to sports, see the annual forbes classification of the most valuable sports empires.