When it Comes to Average Team Value, the NFL Reigns Supreme

Sport is big business in the United States. The National Football League is the most lucrative sports league in the world, with an average team value of $1.17 billion. Out of all teams in the league, the Dallas Cowboys are the wealthiest – Forbes values the Texas outfit at a whopping $2.3 billion.

Major League Baseball comes second with an average team value of $744 million. The New York Yankees are level with the Dallas Cowboys in the value stakes with $2.3 billion. The National Basketball Association rounds off the top three. The New York Knicks are the NBA’s most valuable team with $1.1 billion while the average team value across the league stands at $509 million.

These figures are some distance ahead of Major League Soccer where the average team value is just $37 million. The Seattle Sounders are the wealthiest outfit in the MLS, valued at $175 million.

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This chart shows the highest and average team values across America’s sporting leagues in 2013 (in million U.S. dollars).

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