The NFL is the most valuable sports league in the world. Forbes estimates their total value at $156.5 billion. This makes it almost five times more valuable than number two. Not only that: 30 of the NFL clubs are also among the 50 most valuable sports clubs in the world. The most valuable team: the Dallas Cowboys at $9 billion.
National Basketball Association (NBA):
31 billion dollars
The NBA ranks second among the most valuable sports leagues. Six teams from the US Basketball League are also among the 50 most valuable clubs. Here, the most valuable NBA team, the Golden States Warriors, comes in third place with a value of $7 billion.
Major League Baseball (MLB):
$24.2 billion
The MLB follows in third place with a total value of $24.2 billion. The US Baseball League has five teams among the 50 most valuable clubs in the world. Their most successful: the New York Yankees are in second place on the best list with a value of 7.1 billion dollars.
English Premier League:
16.3 billion dollars
The most valuable European sports league comes from England: The Premier League is also the most valuable football league at $16.3 billion. The most valuable club: Liverpool FC (20th place in the top 50 list). The club is valued at $5.3 billion.
The league:
11.6 billion dollars
The Spanish football league comes in fifth. With Real Madrid (11th place with 6 billion dollars) and Barcelona (18th place with 5.5 billion dollars), two Spanish teams belong to the top half of the table of the 50 most valuable sports clubs in the world.
F1:
7.7 billion dollars
Although Formula 1 is not a classic league, Forbes also lists it in its list of the most valuable teams. No wonder, after all, the ratings of Formula 1 teams have increased by 276 percent compared to 2019. Two F1 teams are in the top 50: Ferrari (45th, valued at $3.9 billion) and Mercedes (47th, valued at $3.8 billion).
Bundesliga:
$4.9 billion
The question of how much sport can be marketed was vehemently debated with German football fans at the beginning of the year. They were able to achieve a victory. Shares in the revenue from international TV marketing rights will not be sold to an external investor for the time being. The most valuable club is FC Bayern Munich (24th place) with a value of – pay attention – 4.9 billion dollars. This makes Bayern the only German representative in the top 50.
Ligue 1:
4.2 billion dollars
Forbes also calculates the value of the French football league using the amount of its most valuable team: The business magazine values both Ligue 1 and its most valuable team Paris St. Germain at $4.2 billion. That makes 8th place for the league and 36th place for the French football club.
Method: To calculate the value of a league, Forbes combines the value of all clubs from this league that made it into the top 50 most valuable sports clubs.
Andreas Marx
(amx, born in 1989) has been an editor at absatzwirtschaft since July 2022. He is neither native nor immigrant, but definitely digital. The Berliner by choice with a penchant for niche topics has a wide range of interests, which is also reflected in his career: he has already worked at Playboy, the C3 agency and the industry service Meedia.
2024-05-10 11:14:26
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