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Most Valuable Sports Teams

Each year, Forbes compiles a list of the world's most valuable sports franchises. How many can you name?
As of December 2025. This quiz will be updated again in three years.
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First submittedJuly 16, 2012
Times taken117,189
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Value
Country
Team
$13.0 bil
Dallas Cowboys
$11.0 bil
Golden State Warriors
$10.5 bil
Los Angeles Rams
$10.1 bil
New York Giants
$10.0 bil
Los Angeles Lakers
$9.75 bil
New York Knicks
$9.00 bil
New England Patriots
$8.60 bil
San Francisco 49ers
$8.30 bil
Philadelphia Eagles
$8.20 bil
Chicago Bears
$8.20 bil
New York Yankees
$8.10 bil
New York Jets
$7.70 bil
Las Vegas Raiders
$7.60 bil
Washington Commanders
$7.50 bil
Los Angeles Clippers
$7.50 bil
Miami Dolphins
$7.40 bil
Houston Texans
$6.80 bil
Denver Broncos
$6.80 bil
Los Angeles Dodgers
$6.75 bil
Real Madrid
$6.70 bil
Boston Celtics
$6.70 bil
Seattle Seahawks
$6.65 bil
Green Bay Packers
$6.60 bil
Manchester United
$6.60 bil
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
$6.50 bil
Ferrari
$6.50 bil
Pittsburgh Steelers
$6.40 bil
Cleveland Browns
$6.35 bil
Atlanta Falcons
$6.30 bil
Tennessee Titans
$6.25 bil
Minnesota Vikings
$6.20 bil
Kansas City Chiefs
$6.10 bil
Baltimore Ravens
$6.00 bil
Chicago Bulls
$6.00 bil
Los Angeles Chargers
$6.00 bil
Mercedes
$5.95 bil
Buffalo Bills
$5.90 bil
Houston Rockets
$5.90 bil
Indianapolis Colts
$5.70 bil
Carolina Panthers
$5.70 bil
Miami Heat
$5.65 bil
FC Barcelona
$5.60 bil
Brooklyn Nets
$5.60 bil
Jacksonville Jaguars
$5.50 bil
Arizona Cardinals
$5.45 bil
Philadelphia 76ers
$5.43 bil
Phoenix Suns
$5.40 bil
Detroit Lions
$5.40 bil
Liverpool
$5.40 bil
Toronto Raptors
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101 Recent Comments
dasubergeek
+2
Level 83
Aug 22, 2015
So basically name all the teams in the NFL, MLB, NBA and a few of the big names in the NHL and you'll be most of the way there.
SpencerGT
+6
Level 68
Feb 28, 2021
Really just the NFL.
ander217
+2
Level 73
Aug 22, 2015
I'm American and I got Manchester United and City. Woo hoo! Two soccer/football teams committed to memory and so many more to go. But I'm trying, world.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Jul 15, 2016
The only soccer teams that show up on this list are really big internationally famous ones with large followings outside of their respective countries. I don't watch football at all and I got all of them on the first go except for Munich, I think.
ander217
+4
Level 73
Nov 10, 2018
You just rained on my parade, Kal, but I'm still happy that I added another one to my list - Real Madrid. I keep trying.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 79
Mar 21, 2020
I'm sure that it helped living and working overseas
LSC30
+3
Level 31
Aug 23, 2015
Not much time to guess everything. Please give 2 more hints: 1. Sport discipline 2. Team country.
punkybrewster
+1
Level 85
Aug 24, 2015
I'm really surprised the Spurs aren't on this list, considering how successful they've been recently.
plattitude
+13
Level 94
Oct 5, 2015
Curiosity, which Spurs were you referring to? San Antonio or Tottenham?
joeythelemur
+3
Level 80
Mar 9, 2017
Almost certainly San Antonio (with a username of punkybrewster). NBA Spurs have won 5 championships since they drafted Tim Duncan, now retired but they are still winning.
ryanmcdevitt
+1
Level 32
Feb 20, 2016
what is ferrari? sports team? preeeeetty sure thats a car lol
kalbahamut
+6
Level 79
Jul 15, 2016
Racing
Findlay
+23
Level 80
Jul 5, 2016
Once I ran out of Premier League clubs and had entered Real, Barcelona and Bayern, I just started typing in random words that sounded like the kinda things Americans would name a sports team. This proved a surprisingly fruitful technique.
Fresco3
+10
Level 70
Jul 21, 2018
This, just started guessing the few I'd heard in TV shows too, Yankees, Red Socks, Mets etc
BlackJohn
+1
Level 79
Oct 9, 2023
I did the exact same thing and got about half, very predictable lol
PotatoBoy
+1
Level 66
Jul 19, 2017
I'm very surprised (like, the most surprised I've ever been by a Jetpunk quiz) that Cleveland Cavaliers isn't on the list. I'm not american and I don't watch the NBA, but haven't they been in about 4 finals since year 2010?
stevediverse
+1
Level 86
Jul 19, 2017
I tried Cavs, then Cavaliers full expecting them to be on the list. But looking them up, they have a value of 1.2B and the bottom of the list is 1.75B. But in 2010 they were only worth 250 million - their value is climbing quickly now that they are making it to the finals.
bridog8456
+1
Level 47
Jul 21, 2017
3 straight finals (2015-2017), winning in 2016.
jakek99
+1
Level 57
Aug 1, 2017
And the value of all NBA teams has skyrocketed. NBA was giving teams away in the early 2010s.
sumguy
+2
Level 87
Jul 20, 2017
Not enough time to come up with 50 answers. I could barely type in that many names if I had the answers on a list!
SeekerSpock1
+4
Level 82
Jul 20, 2017
The Cleveland Browns are just as valuable as Chelsea Football Club. I'm from Ohio and that's absolutely ridiculous.
bridog8456
+2
Level 47
Jul 21, 2017
Name all of the NFL teams, all of the MLB and NBA teams in Boston, New York, Los Angeles and Chicago and the most popular soccer (football) teams in the world and you'll get almost all of them.
SpencerGT
+1
Level 68
Feb 28, 2021
And San Francisco.
minnakronberg
+2
Level 66
Jul 25, 2017
Amazed that Kansas City Chiefs are more valuable than Chelsea.
martay
+3
Level 69
Jul 21, 2018
I'm so dubious of anything that sites Forbes as source. I can't wrap my head around the "fact" that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are more valuable than global soccer teams like PSG or Juventus.
communisteggplant
+1
Level 74
Jul 21, 2018
It's simply a function of the NFL being so valuable as a league. (Though clearly not enough to guarantee contracts or actually do serious research on CTE.) Cost has nothing to do with overall quality off a team.
Quizmaster
+3
Level ∞
Jul 22, 2018
I kind of agree with @martay. It's hard to see how the L.A. Rams can be worth $3 billion with the tiny fan base they currently have. But then again, sports teams are worth as much as someone is willing to pay. The value of a sports team is less a reflection of the underlying economics and more about the desire of billionaires to own a sports team.
Algernon
+3
Level 74
Jul 25, 2018
Yeah, another who is surprised by some of the teams on the list. I'm not convinced that 'all' those American sports teams are worth more than the vast majority of the big European football sides (thos enot on the list), but I guess it depends how you choose to measure it.

I'm also very surpirsed to see Arsenal on the list ahead of Liverpool. I would have thought the latter had a much bigger global fan base. Maybe the value aspect includes stadium capacity and thus ability to earn income from match receipts.

Algernon
+2
Level 74
Jul 25, 2018
Ohh and as a Brit, I need way more time for this quiz. My knowledge of US sports teams is probably only slightly better than the average American sportfan's knowledge of European football teams. The answers come to me, but slowly.
jmellor13
+1
Level 68
Nov 10, 2018
Well the Rams were great last season and are currently great again. They play in a huge market, and will have partial ownership rights to a brand new stadium that is currently being built in a planned community. Plus the ownership stake comes with a percentage of shared profits from the world's most profitable sports league, so...the fact that the Rams don't have a ton of fans *right now* (although knowing people from LA, the number of fans is doubling daily with the Rams' winning record) doesn't factor into the math too much.
Deadpool246
+1
Level 72
Sep 3, 2018
As an Australian who doesn't watch NFL, this was a nightmare. I got all of them except the NFL ones, in which I only got a few
bitterblue
+5
Level 58
Nov 10, 2018
the fact that you have to type a slur for this quiz is disgusting
jmellor13
+3
Level 68
Nov 10, 2018
It really is, but that's not the quiz's fault. Hopefully the fan base will come to its senses, and soon.
kalbahamut
+9
Level 79
Jul 29, 2020
The fans were already with their senses. And so were 90% of all Native Americans polled who saw no problem with the team name, which is not and never was a slur. Of those 90% most either liked the team name and logo, or just didn't give a crap.

However, what did eventually happen is that the team owners decided that they could make more money trying to appear woke and racially conscious by giving in to the demands of a vocal, misguided minority. And so they did.

jkabq
+3
Level 68
Nov 11, 2018
no slurs involved except to whiners.
kalbahamut
+4
Level 79
Nov 11, 2018
You mean the packers?
Nightcap
+5
Level 84
Nov 12, 2018
I agree. Everytime I hear the word 'Packers' I shudder.
Jeanolt
+1
Level 32
Jul 27, 2025
packers is a slur? how?
SometimesHim
+1
Level 69
Apr 9, 2026
It's a joke bro
sumokitty
+1
Level 90
Nov 12, 2018
Not sure how I missed Barcelona -- I guessed Forca Barcelona, Forca Barca, Barcelona FC... Every possible combo but the right one. Or I was spelling something wrong. Frustrating either way!
tcookiem
+8
Level 59
Feb 26, 2019
It's FC Barcelona - Futbol Club Barcelona. Dunno what you mean by Forca.
HinesBrothers
+1
Level 78
Feb 5, 2019
Only 2 NFL teams aren't on the list
SpencerGT
+1
Level 68
Feb 28, 2021
So, the Bills and who else?
mrcouch7
+1
Level 55
Jul 7, 2021
Titans, at least as of right now
ALA02
+10
Level 65
Aug 27, 2019
Ugh so many made up sounding American teams. Surprised there’s that much money in the cringe inducing, boring and life sapping things that they claim to be sports. Suppose selling weak beer and repeatedly having fans shout DEFENCE makes lots of money.
bridog8456
+13
Level 47
Dec 28, 2019
"So many made up sounding"? Pretty much every American team name up there is a real word thing. And if these are all "cringe inducing, boring and life sapping", what sports aren't to you? Give me a break!
Badeghut
+1
Level 75
Apr 20, 2026
Not saying I agree with the overall point being made but in fairness most American sports teams name's don't have much of a local connection and are much more corporate compared with the European team names
kalbahamut
+14
Level 79
Jul 29, 2020
Be nice. Not every sporting event can be as exiting as a week long cricket test match during which most of the fans in attendance are napping and none are really sure what's going on. Or a scintillating game of the foosball that ends in a 0 - 0 tie after being interrupted every 15 minutes by some "athlete" falling to the ground nursing his knee like an infant trying to get ice cream when someone on the opposing team brushed up next to him. And yes team chants are so much more boring than getting crushed to death against a chain link fence by a bunch of soccer hooligans, granted, but some of us have lives to go back to after the sporting event is over.
WillemLAif
+4
Level 81
Jun 20, 2021
Ha ha, I can hear the sand grinding in the underpants through this text, kal. Well done.
dunkinggandalf2
+6
Level 72
Oct 7, 2023
I happen to like American football, and to watch it regularly, but, to be fair, it's interrupted way more often than any actual football match I've ever seen. It's the ultimate get-drunk-and-take-a-nap sport, tailored to people with a 12-second attention span. It's 3h of commercials occasionally interrupted by very short bursts of play. Again: I like it, but let's try to be somewhat fair here.
dunkinggandalf2
+1
Level 72
Oct 7, 2023
American football wishes it was interrupted "every 15 minutes". It's also by faaaar the professional sport with the most severe injuries, despite the players being heavily body-armored.
14Falke
+2
Level 68
Jan 11, 2024
I don't get why anybody thinks any sport is for people with a 12 second attention span. What are you doing in between downs? Not paying attention? Not analyzing?
Badeghut
+1
Level 75
Apr 20, 2026
having ads forced down our throats
SportsFan14
+1
Level 27
Nov 16, 2019
Soccer counts........wow :0
Fresco3
+11
Level 70
Jun 19, 2021
Wow? Footballers earn millions a week…
TheCaptain
+2
Level 65
Jul 28, 2020
How 'Bout Them Cowboys
martay
+1
Level 69
Jun 19, 2022
Whether they win or lose, I love watching them. My favorite part of a loss is seeing the inevitable close up shot of Jerry Jones' botoxed, scowling face as he seethes in his owners box. A win is pretty ok too.
prs17
+1
Level 73
Nov 18, 2020
The Mets just sold for $2.475 billion. Might be time to update the list again.
AaronRussell
+1
Level 70
Jun 24, 2021
Surprisingly, I got all the non-USA teams but missed some obvious USA ones (I am American). Go figure!
blizzrd33
+1
Level 81
Jun 29, 2021
Also got all the non-American teams but not a lot of the rest.
driehoek25
+2
Level 70
Jun 19, 2022
The fact that a advertising block with some interruptions of a few man in armored suits running after a egg shaped ball is the most present in this list is just showing how much of a joke America is and how meaningless this 'sport' actually is.
reverendmeat
+3
Level 87
Sep 12, 2023
Wow, so grumpy
CaptainUnderpant
+3
Level 81
Oct 21, 2023
I think it actually shows how filthy stinking rich America is, don't see how that makes the whole country a joke. I'd prefer football to watching a bunch of sweaty astronauts getting rich off of Saudi and Russian oil money drive stupid fast cars around a track for an hour and a half.
14Falke
+2
Level 68
Jan 11, 2024
If you're too blind to look for entertainment in another sport just say so. Your argument can easily be applied to soccer.
Veeti
+3
Level 57
Mar 23, 2023
Didn't even consider the possibility that American teams would be on this list. Don't even know which sport they play.
TrickyTags
+5
Level 68
Sep 11, 2023
Non-American users are going to suffer one pointers in this quiz.
idontkn1
+1
Level 94
Sep 12, 2023
Not necessarily. I was Germany for the first time since Covid this summer and was shocked by the number of NFL branded jerseys, t shirts, jackets and caps I saw. It wasn't a huge percentage but any time I was in a bigger city I would see 20 to 30 people in NFL garb. A couple of times a day when people figured out I was American, I'd get asked NFL questions some of which I was unable to give an intelligent answer to. I would go days before seeing NFL stuff in 2019.
dunkinggandalf2
+5
Level 72
Oct 7, 2023
It's very common in a lot of Europe for US sports gear to be worn purely as fashion, especially with some teams. For instance, Raiders gear has been popularised by early 90s West Coast rappers, and most people wearing it couldn't name a single player on that team (or indeed tell you that it's a team, or what sport it plays). Similar with Yankees caps.
Jeanolt
+1
Level 32
Jul 27, 2025
i missed 80% of these, literally
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 79
Sep 12, 2023
Didn't realize purple signified racing but that makes sense
Cocovenice
+1
Level 77
Sep 17, 2023
I tried "FC Liverpool", did not work .. but "FC Barcelona" is correct, why?
CaptainUnderpant
+7
Level 81
Oct 21, 2023
The team name is Liverpool FC not the other way round
MCdoesgeography
+12
Level 74
Oct 7, 2023
And yet another quiz where kalbahamut can't seem to stfu, congrats
adzter
+2
Level 58
Oct 7, 2023
Didn't think about F1, here's me putting in Juve, Inter, AC, Roman, Napoli to the Italian one think "it must be a football team"
DustyJP
+1
Level 46
Oct 8, 2023
oh so when you mean sports teams you also mean MOTORsports teams, so that explains ferrari and mercedes
MalyJacus
+2
Level 60
Oct 9, 2023
Where is THE ohio state university?
tda2006
+1
Level 54
Oct 10, 2023
Mercedes is a Britsh team just owned by germans
tschutzer
+1
Level 93
Dec 12, 2023
Oh, to be the Bengals and the Lions. The only 2 NFL teams that couldn't make this list.
ECYoungstown
+1
Level 61
Apr 21, 2026
And the Saints
joedimaggio
+6
Level 75
Jun 20, 2024
I fully understand why F1 Teams are in this quiz, but the official names (Scuderia Ferrari and Mercedes-AMG F1 Team) would help some people understand that this is the sports team and not the carmaker.
Quizzler14
+2
Level 67
Oct 1, 2024
When your NFL team is one of only two that did not make the cut :'(
Koopa
+1
Level 88
Oct 15, 2025
I've been a partial to the Bengals since 5th grade
tschutzer
+2
Level 93
Mar 21, 2025
Not sure how often this is meant to be updated, but the Celtics just sold for $6.1B.
churchcod
+2
Level 73
Nov 16, 2025
A legend saying which colors represent which sports would be nice, the two racing teams were the only ones I missed.
DanTheMan13
+1
Level 54
Nov 29, 2025
@quizmaster It would be interesting to see an update. I know the 2025 numbers recently came out
mschiesser
+1
Level 95
Dec 19, 2025
Toronto Raptors in top 50? Never would have thought that.
hwes
+1
Level 89
Dec 19, 2025
I was surprised they were worth more than the Maple Leafs
Aviraj
+2
Level 36
Dec 19, 2025
Phoenix Suns is crazy
shrekisbestever
+1
Level 39
Feb 24, 2026
I know right, lol.
SouthwestChief
+1
Level 73
Dec 20, 2025
Am I wrong for thinking this list used to have a significantly more even baseball:basketball ratio? Like, I feel like NYY used to be #2 after DAL.... Did they change something about their calculations, or did something happen recently to account for this shift (or am I just wrong here)?
idontkn1
+1
Level 94
Mar 26, 2026
You are correct. The biggest reason for the changes is the NFL is printing money and every teams makes hundreds of millions each year. The only two NFL teams on this list have small media markets, fan and corporate bases to siphon extra money out of the system (Saints and Bengals). NBA ratings have plateaued and without a big infusion of Amazon money the current TV deals wouldn't have grown much over the previous one. MLB is falling apart and there is a very good chance we miss 2027 because of unrest between the union and the owners. There used to be 10 or so MLB teams on the list now there are only 2 and the Yankees and Dodgers used to be both in the top 10.
GrassCoolBoi
+1
Level 47
Mar 13, 2026
Literally ALL of the NFL teams besides the Saints and Bengals... lol
rawe
+1
Level 70
Apr 10, 2026
Would be more fun without NFL teams.
timshorts
+1
Level 62
Apr 20, 2026
Yes, but this perfectly outlines the comparative business models of Football/Formula 1 teams and US sports. The object of the latter is for the owners to make as much money as they can. Winning is a bonus.

For the former, winning is everything (provided that the teams survive), so they sell their grounds to sister companies, pump in cash, and, generally, don't rip off their fanbase anywhere near as much.

Hence, clubs that once won everything regularly in the UK - Man U, Liverpool, Arsenal, having been taken over by Americans now have massive debts or just don't win much. I should probably exclude the Wrexham owners from this. They appear to have fully embraced British values, and the Wrexham fans love them as a result, whereas the Glazers (particularly) are just seen as leeches.

IamTheSam
+1
Level 48
Apr 21, 2026
The Glazers are not seen as leeches: they are leeches.

I've been calling them parasites for years, but I actually think I prefer the word: leeches, now It just sounds better, and kind of works if you combine it with Glazers: Gleeches?

Hmm, I'll work on it, but thanks.

DenizYaman
+1
Level 59
Apr 20, 2026
Real Madrid and Manchester United biggest clubs in the world
SoulErazor
+1
Level 31
Apr 20, 2026
how are these values even calculated lol? who outside the US really watches football that much? and how are teams that literally everyone knows not even mentioned. what a weird list, do football players get paid billions for doing MCDonalds ads in the US lol
weldin
+1
Level 49
Apr 20, 2026
Could you accept just "Manchester"? I tried that, but it wasn't accepted, even though Madrid and Barcelona were taken as their short forms for Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.
IamTheSam
+1
Level 48
Apr 21, 2026
Manchester is a city, not a team, although I get the confusion if you're not a football fan. Liverpool and Barcelona are both cities and teams.

In the same way, Los Angeles can't be an answer here because you need to say which LA team you mean.

TjizzleDizzle
+1
Level 69
Apr 21, 2026
For someone who doesn't follow these sports except Formula 1.....i'm impressed that I got 7 other teams. Almost only the European teams. xD
ECYoungstown
+1
Level 61
Apr 21, 2026
Should’ve put Germany and the UK for Mercedes. German license but everything is based in the UK.
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