The world's most valuable sports teams, as ranked annually by the American magazineForbes, includes teams from theNational Football League (NFL),National Basketball Association (NBA),Major League Baseball (MLB), and several Europeanassociation football leagues.
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According to the latest ranking from December 12, 2024:
For the ninth straight year, theDallas Cowboys are the world’s most valuable sports team, worth an estimated $10.1 billion—the first to cross the 11-figure threshold and $1.3 billion beyond their closest competition. But there is plenty of movement among the top 50 teams, with 12 NBA franchises now flooding the ranking, double the six onlast year’s list and led by theGolden State Warriors, worth an estimated $8.8 billion and No. 2 overall.
The influx of NBA teams comes at the expense of Major League Baseball, which lost two teams in the top 50 (theChicago Cubs and theSan Francisco Giants);Formula 1, which had both of its outfits fall out (Ferrari and Mercedes); and the NFL, which is now missing theBuffalo Bills. (Because of a tie at No. 50 this year between the NFL’sArizona Cardinals and the NBA’sPhoenix Suns, six new teams join the ranking while only five teams depart.
The NFL, however, continues to dominate the list with 29 franchises.
Besides the Buffalo Bills, theCincinnati Bengals and theDetroit Lions are the only other NFL teams not in the top 50.
Soccer, which had eight clubs in the top 50 a decade ago, including the top three spots, now has seven teams spread across four leagues, with Real Madrid of Spain’s La Liga leading the way at $6.6 billion, tied for 12th overall.
MLB, which had five teams in the top 50 a year ago, now has only three, with the New York Yankees leading the way. Although their value increased from $7.1 billion in 2023 to $7.55 billion in 2024, they dropped from 2nd to 4th overall.
In 2016, the NFL's Dallas Cowboys simultaneously became both the first team to surpass $4 billion in value and the first non–association football team to top the ranking since its inception in 2010. Manchester United (2010–12) and Real Madrid (2013–15) have previously each been named the most valuable team three times.
| Year | Team | Sport | League | Value (USD billion) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 |  Dallas Cowboys | American football | NFL | $10.1 |
| 2023 | $9.0 | |||
| 2022 | $8.0 | |||
| 2021 | $5.7 | |||
| 2020 | $5.5 | |||
| 2019 | $5.0 | |||
| 2018 | $4.8 | |||
| 2017 | $4.2 | |||
| 2016 | $4.0 | |||
| 2015 |  Real Madrid | Association football | La Liga | $3.26 |
| 2014 | $3.44 | |||
| 2013 | $3.30 | |||
| 2012 |  Manchester United | Association football | Premier League | $2.23 |
| 2011 | $1.86 | |||
| 2010 | $1.83 |
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