Value of National Basketball Association franchises 2024
With an estimated net worth of 8.8 billion U.S. dollars, the Golden State Warriors franchise was the most valuable team in the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2024. Trailing in second place were the New York Knicks with a value of 7.5 billion U.S. dollars.
How much revenue does the NBA generate?
For the 2023/24 season, all NBA teams generated combined revenues of over 10 billion U.S. dollars; regular season ticketing in the NBA accounted for about a fifth of the total. Meanwhile, the Golden State Warriors and the New York Knicks were the NBA franchises that generated the most revenue, with 800 million U.S. dollars and 543 million U.S. dollars, respectively. Meanwhile, the average franchise value in the NBA registered a significant growth between 2014 and 2024, rising from 634 million U.S. dollars to over four billion U.S. dollars.
Sports team values
Compared to the National Football League (NFL), franchises in the NBA are, on average, worth less. However, since 2018, teams in the NBA have become more valuable than the average team valuation in Major League Baseball (MLB). In 2023, the average franchise value in the National Football League (NFL) was around 5.11 billion, whereas Major League Baseball teams had an average value of over 2.31 billion U.S. dollars. The most valuable NFL franchise was the Dallas Cowboys, valued at 9 billion U.S. dollars in 2023. That year in the MLB, the New York Yankees, with an estimated worth of 7.1 billion U.S. dollars, were the most valuable MLB franchise.