The 40 Most-Valuable North American Sports Franchises

THE 40 MOST VALUABLE NORTH AMERICAN SPORTS FRANCHISES National Hockey League (NHL) National Football Major League Baseball (MLB) National Basketball League (NFL) Association (NBA) Franchise Purchase Year Owner Worth Price Purchased $5.5B $150M 1989 DALLAS COWBOYS (NFL) Jerry Jones NEW YORK $5B $8.8M Steinbrenner Family YANKEES (MLB) 1973 $300M Madison Square Garden Company NEW YORK 3 $4.6B KNICKS (NBA) 1997 AKERS LOS ANGELES $4.4B $268M LAKERS (NBA) Philip Anschutz 1998 $450M Joe Lacob and Peter Guber GOLDEN STATE $4.3B WARRIORS (NBA) 2010 WARRIO Robert Kraft NEW ENGLAND $4.1B $172M PATRIOTS (NFL) 1994 ny Steven Tisch NEW YORK $3.9B $150M GIANTS (NFL) 1991 Stanley Kroenke LOS ANGELES RAMS (NFL) $3.8B $750M 8 2010 $13M Denise DeBartolo and John York SAN FRANCISCO 9 49ERS (NFL) $3.5B 1977 CHICAGO BEARS (NFL) $100 McCaskey Family 10 $3.45B 1920 LOS ANGELES DODGERS (MLB) $3.4B $2B Guggenheim Baseball Management 11 Dodgers 2012 W. 12 WASHINGTON $3.4B $750M Daniel Snyder FOOTBALL TEAM (NFL) 1999 OSTON 13 $380M John Henry BOSTON $3.3В RED SOX (MLB) 2002 and Thomas Werner 14 CHICAGO BULLS (NBA) $3.2B $16.2M Jerry Reinsdorf 1985 15 CHICAGO CUBS (MLB) $3.2B $700M UBS Ricketts Family 2009 NEW YORK JETS (NFL) $3.2B $635M Johnson Family 16 J 2000 Wycliffe and Irving Grousebeck, R. Epstein, and S. Pagliuca 17 BOSTON CELTICS (NBA) $3.1B $360M 2002 18 HOUSTON $3.1B $600M Janice McNair TEXANS (NFL) 1999 $100M SAN FRANCISCO 19 GIANTS GIANTS (MLB) $3.1B Charles Johnson 1993 20 PHILADELPHIA $3.05B $185M Jeffrey Lurie EAGLES (NFL) 1994 21 DENVER $3B $78M Pat Bowlen Trust BRONCOS (NFL) 1984 RAIDERS LAS VEGAS $2.9B $180K 22 Mark Davis RAIDERS (NFL) 1966 23 GREEN BAY $2.85B $100 Shareholder-Owned PACKERS (NFL) 1921 $2,500 Daniel Rooney Trust and Arthur Rooney II PITTSBURGH 24 $2.8B STEELERS (NFL) 1933 25 SEATTLE $2.78B $194M Paul G. Allen Trust SEAHAWKS (NFL) 1997 26 MIAMI DOLPHINS (NFL)| $2.76B $1.1B Stephen Ross 2008 27 ATLANTA $2.755B $545M Arthur Blank FALCONS (NFL) 2002 28 BALTIMORE $2.75B $600M Stephen Bisciotti RAVENS (NFL) 2004 29 MINNESOTA $2.7B $600M Żygmunt Wilf VIKINGS (NFL) 2005 30 INDIANAPOLIS $2.65B $14M James Irsay COLTS (NFL) 1972 LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS (NBA) $2.6B $2B 31 Steve Ballmer 2014 NETS $3.3B 32 BROOKLYN NETS (NBA) $2.5B Joseph Tsai 2019 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (NFL) $2.5B $72M 33 Dean Spanos 1984 34 HOUSTON $2.48B $2.2B Tilman Fertitta ROCKETS (NBА) 2017 35 CAROLINA $2.4B $2.28B David Tepper PANTHERS (NFL) 2018 DALLAS $2.4B $280M 36 Mark Cuban MAVERICKS (NBA) 2000 $391M Fred and Jeff Wilpon, Saul Katz 37 NEW YORK METS (MLB) $2.4B 2002 JACKSONVILLE $2.33B $770M 38 Shahid Khan JAGUARS (NFL) 2011 39 KANSAS CITY $2.3B $25K Lamar Hunt Family CHIEFS (NFL) 1960 40 NEW ORLEANS $2.28B $70.2M Gayle Benson SAINTS (NFL) 1985 THE VALUE OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS LEAGUES IN AMERICA: NFL NATIONAL BASKETBALL NATIONAL FOOTBALL MAJOR LEAGUE ASSOCIATION NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE (NFL) BASEBALL (MLB) NBA (NBA) LEAGUE (NHL) $13 billion $10 billion $7.4 billion $4.43 billion Sources: www.sportscasting.com/america-only-has-4-of-the-most-profitable-sports-leagues-in-the-world/ www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2020/07/31/the-worlds-most-valuable-sports-teams-2020/#511f61313c74 Created by: https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/lifestyle/the-40-most-valuable-american-sports-franchises/