The ranking of the most valuable sports teams around the world left some pretty big surprises compared to 2023, according to a report recently published by the Sportico site, a renowned platform that specializes in the economic analysis of sport worldwide.
This report made it clear that even when there are money fluctuations and the various movements in the industrysports in the United States, especially American football, basketball and baseball continue to be and have a clear advantage compared to other sports discipline.
NFL
The Dallas Cowboys of the NFL are the leaders of the list of “the 100 most valuable sports teams in the world.””, with an estimated $9.2 billion dollars. This franchise managed to win a Super Bowl championship five times, and this has caused its income to exceed $200 million dollars annually, counting among its partners brands of great value and tradition, such as Ford, AT&T, PepsiCo, Bank of America, Molson Coors and SeatGeek.
The successful management of Jerry Jones, who bought the franchise in 1989 for $150 million is one of the main reasons why the Dallas Cowboys have been so financially successful.
NBA
Second and third place are occupied, respectively, by the Golden State Warriors and the New York Knicks members of the best basketball league in the world, the NBA. The San Francisco franchise reached a net market value of $8.28 billion, while those led by Tom Thibodeau, the New York franchise, have an estimated value of a total of $7.43 billion.
Soccer
As for football, we must move to the old continent, specifically in England where Manchester United, the ‘Red Devils’ of the Premier League stood out as the most economically valued club outside the limits of the United States, taking the 13th place in the world ranking with an estimated value of $5.95 billion dollars. Now in Spain there is the merengue club, Real Madrid, who experienced a decline in the classification, reaching position number 18.
The NFL dominates without any problem
The Sportico report made it clear that, within the 10 best teams Classified in the ranking, 6 clubs live in the NFL where the New York Giants, Los Angeles Rams, New England Patriots, San Francisco 49ers and New York Jets stand out.
The complete list includes only 11 teams in the world of foot ball. In addition to the Red Devils (13), One of the six that live in the Premier League (Manchester City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham), are the two largest and most traditional clubs in Spain: Real Madrid (19) and Barcelona (23). Bayern Munich of the Bundesliga (34), Paris Saint-Germain of France (60) and Juventus of Serie A (98) complete the list.
Formula 1’s turn
The red team based in Maranello, Italy, Ferrari occupies box number 71while ten places lower is followed by Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes, with a valuation of USD 3.13 billion and USD 2.7 billion respectively.
Sportico made it clear that in order to form said ranking it takes into account the total value, the value of the team and the businesses that had to do in some way or another with equipment and real estate holdings. “Each team’s revenue was calculated based on publicly available financial information and records, as well as interviews with people knowledgeable about the team’s finances, including sports bankers and lawyers actively working on the transactions,” they explained.
TOP 50 OF THE MOST VALUABLE TEAMS IN THE WORLD
NFL: Dallas Cowboys (1st), New York Giants (6th), Los Angeles Rams (7th), New England Patriots (8th), San Francisco 49ers (9th), New York Jets (10th), Washington Commanders (11th), Chicago Bears (12th), Philadelphia Eagles (14th), Las Vegas Raiders (15th), Houston Texans (16th), Miami Dolphins (17th), Atlanta Falcons (21st), Denver Broncos (24th), Seattle Seahawks (26th), Pittsburgh Steelers (27th), Green Bay Packers (28th), Los Angeles Chargers (31st), Kansas City Chiefs (33rd), Minnesota Vikings (35th), Tennessee Titans (37th), Carolina Panthers (38th), Baltimore Ravens (39th), Indianapolis Colts (40th), Cleveland Browns (41st), New Orleans Saints (42nd), Arizona Cardinals (43rd), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (45th), Buffalo Bills (46th) and Detroit Lions (49th).
NBA: Golden State Warriors (2nd), New York Knicks (3rd), Los Angeles Lakers (4th), Boston Celtics (22nd), Chicago Bulls (25th), Los Angeles Clippers (32nd), Miami Heat ( 43rd), Philadelphia 76ers (46th), Toronto Raptors (48th) and Houston Rockets (50th).
MLB: New York Yankees (5th), Los Angeles Dodgers (17th), Boston Red Sox (20th) and Chicago Cubs (30th).
Soccer: Manchester United (13th), Real Madrid (19th), Barcelona (23rd), Liverpool (29th), Bayern Munich (34th) and Manchester City (35th).
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