Each and every year, Forbes releases a list of the most valuable franchises in professional sports. For the fifth straight year, the list was topped by the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys, which are valued at $5.5 billion. It was back in 1989 that Jerry Jones purchases the NFL's Dallas Cowboys for $150 million, and now over the past 31 years, he has seen the franchise grow in value by 3,566.66%.
From TitleMax, this infographic ranks the 40 most valuable franchises in professional sports, based on the data from Forbes. The majority of the list is comprised of teams from the NFL, as 25 of the 40 (65.5%) franchises featured professional football teams. The New York Yankees are the 2nd most valuable franchise in all of professional sports at $5 billion, and the most valuable franchise from the National Basketball Association (NBA) is the New York Knicks ($4.6 billion). Of the 40 franchises listed, all are from the NFL, NBA, and MLB, with none representing the National Hockey League (NHL).
Infographic by: titlemax
