The Owners
The same 220 franchises as the valuations board, turned around to face the other way: not what the clubs are worth, but who holds them. Each entity is ranked by the combined value of the franchises it controls, so the people who own a stadium's worth of sport in three cities at once rise to the top.
Deals in flight
11 franchises whose control is unresolved or mid-sale. Each still counts toward its current controller's portfolio, because the recorded owner is the one who holds control today — a vote that has not happened yet should not make a franchise disappear from the board.
Josh Kushner and Bob Iger, ~$12.5bn, for Mark Walter's controlling stake, plus the Buss family's 17.8% that Jeanie Buss is contesting in court
Holds control today: Mark Walter · Not expected at the 14-15 Sep 2026 Board of Governors meeting (Sports Business Journal, L.A. Times); no vote date announced; Kushner must first divest his Miami Heat stake · source
Marc Stad (Dragoneer) buying control from Marc Lore, $4.5bn valuation
Holds control today: Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez · NBA Board of Governors meets 14-15 Sep 2026; the sale was not listed in agenda previews · source
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment agreed to buy control from Arte Moreno at a record ~$4B valuation
Holds control today: Arte Moreno · Announced 1 Sep 2026; MLB owners' approval pending, closing expected early 2027 · source
Doug Ostrover-led group already holds the majority economic stake; Vinik keeps control and the governorship
Holds control today: Jeff Vinik · Control expected to pass around 2027 · source
Kretinsky (1890s Holdings) agreed to buy shares taking him to ~46% and single largest shareholder; Staveley purchase blocked in pre-emption
Holds control today: No majority holder; David Sullivan largest shareholder · Agreement confirmed by the club 3 Sep 2026; not yet closed · source
Minority capital raise via Moelis; the Paul G. Allen estate's ~25% also for sale
Holds control today: Adrian Hanauer · No closing confirmed · source
Johnson, Harris and Blitzer all exploring a sale via Raine Group; a full club sale is among the options
Holds control today: Woody Johnson (largest shareholder) · Exploratory, no agreed buyer · source
No buyer named; Moelis running the process for John Fisher's controlling interest
Holds control today: John J. Fisher · Open, no MLS approval announced · source
Unnamed Western investment fund, letter of intent for ~85% of capital
Holds control today: No controlling shareholder; board bloc led by Jose Maria del Nido Carrasco · Not confirmed closed as of 7 Sep 2026; Spanish fan media report four bidders and a September target, unconfirmed by the club or a tier-one outlet · source
Grant Gustavson-led group has bid for the club and would move it to Las Vegas
Holds control today: Greg Kerfoot-led group (Kerfoot, Steve Luczo, Jeff Mallett, Steve Nash) · No MLS decision; the league says it will evaluate all options · source
Marc Stad (Dragoneer) buying control from Marc Lore, $4.5bn valuation
Holds control today: Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez · NBA Board of Governors meets 14-15 Sep 2026; the sale was not listed in agenda previews · source
- Los Angeles RamsNFL$12.7B
- ArsenalEngland$5.78B
- Denver NuggetsNBA$4.8B
- Colorado AvalancheNHL$1.81B
- Colorado RapidsUnited States$480M
- Los Angeles LakersNBA$10B
- Los Angeles DodgersMLB$9.05B
- Los Angeles SparksWNBA$400M
- Washington CommandersNFL$9.64B
- Philadelphia 76ersNBA$5.61B
- New Jersey DevilsNHL$2.06B
- New York KnicksNBA$9.85B
- New York RangersNHL$3.65B
- Toronto RaptorsNBA$5.22B
- Toronto Maple LeafsNHL$4.25B
- Toronto Blue JaysMLB$2.9B
- Toronto FCUnited States$730M
- Boston Red SoxMLB$6.65B
- LiverpoolEngland$5.74B
- Golden State WarriorsNBA$11.33B
- Golden State ValkyriesWNBA$850M
- New England PatriotsNFL$10.4B
- New England RevolutionUnited States$560M
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- San Francisco 49ersNFL$10.21B
- Leeds UnitedEngland$680M
- Cleveland BrownsNFL$8.6B
- Columbus CrewUnited States$800M
- Red Bull RacingF1$4.32B
- Racing BullsF1$2.05B
- New York Red BullsUnited States$660M
- RB LeipzigGermany$610M
- Manchester CityEngland$5.98B
- New York City FCUnited States$1.12B
- Washington WizardsNBA$4.78B
- Washington CapitalsNHL$2.3B
- Minnesota TimberwolvesNBA$4.24B
- Minnesota LynxWNBA$355M
- Los Angeles KingsNHL$2.96B
- Los Angeles GalaxyUnited States$1.17B
- Vegas Golden KnightsNHL$2.02B
- AFC BournemouthEngland$630M
How the total is built. Each portfolio sums the fullpublished valuation of every franchise the entity controls. It is deliberately not pro-rated by stake: published stakes range from exact percentages to the word “majority”, and multiplying a real number by a vague one would invent precision that is not there. Read the figure as “the value of the sport this entity controls”, not “what this entity's holding is worth”. Minority stakes are shown but never summed, so no franchise is counted twice.
One control entity per franchise. Where control is shared, the recognised control person is the row and the co-controllers are named alongside. Where control is genuinely unresolved or a sale is mid-flight, the row is marked and says what is outstanding rather than picking a plausible-looking answer.
Sources. 110 of 220rows carry a primary source (league, club, exchange filing or tier-one outlet), linked on each row. The remainder carry a third-party aggregator value that has been checked against a control-change sweep covering January 2024 to August 2026. UEFA's European Club Finance and Investment Landscape 2025 supplies the framing that 122 European top-division clubs, 16% of the total, now sit in a cross-investment relationship with at least one other club, and that ultimate beneficial ownership and ultimate control have come apart as holding chains lengthen. This board records the latter.