Total revenue of the National Basketball Association 2001-2022

The total league revenue of the National Basketball Association followed an increasing trend between the 2001/02 season and the 2021/22 season. In the 2021/22 season, all 30 NBA teams combined generated revenues of just over 10 billion U.S. dollars.

NBA league revenue

The teams of the NBA generated combined revenues of around 10 billion U.S. dollars in the 2021/22 season. This marks a significant increase on the figure from the 2020/21 season, which stood at 6.41 billion U.S. dollars. The average revenue per franchise throughout the whole of the NBA was about 334 million U.S. dollars in 2021/22.

NBA leaders

The team which garnered the most individual revenue was the Golden State Warriors, who generated 765 million U.S. dollars in the 2021/22 season. No other team generated more than 500 million U.S. dollars in revenue that season, however, the Los Angeles Lakers and the New York Knicks came close with around 465 million and 452 million U.S. dollars, respectively. The Knicks won two NBA championships in the 1970s, but have struggled to return to their former glory in recent years. In the 2012/13 season, the team won its first division title in 19 years, but was eliminated in the second round by the Indiana Pacers. The Lakers, meanwhile, won a record equaling 17th NBA championship in the 2020 season.