The average team of the National National Basketball Association has a value of $ 4.66 billion, according to the official NBA valuations of CNBC Sport. This places the League between the average team of the National Soccer League, with a value of $ 6.49 billion and the average team of the National Hockey League, with a value of $ 1.92 billion.
The most valuable NBA team are the Golden State Warriors, with a value of $ 9.4 billion. The Warriors generated $ 781 million in income, net of their payment to share income, during the 2023-24 season, the highest in the NBA. The Warriors have their sand at home, the Chase Center of San Francisco, from which they also obtain income from events that are not from the NBA. The team raised almost $ 200 million in revenues for sponsorship last season, almost double that of any other team, according to a league executive.
It may not be surprising that the value of the Warriors has increased to an annual growth rate of 24% since Joe Lacob and Peter Guber paid $ 450 million for the team in 2010. After all, the Warriors have won four titles of the NBA in the last decade. , moved to its avant -garde sand in 2019 and has been directed by the twice MVP of the Stephen Curry League.
But even the Mephis Grizzlies of the small market, the least valuable team of the NBA, with a value of $ 3.2 billion, have been a great investment for the owner Robert Pera. The Grizzlies have not been in the NBA finals since they entered the League in 1995 and are generally classified in the lower third of the NBA in average assistance. However, the value of the Grizzlies has increased at an annual rate of 19% since Pera paid $ 377 million for the team in 2012.
According to team executives, the most important reason for the growing tide in NBA’s valuations has been the increase in national media rights, which are divided equally among the 30 teams in the League. In July, the NBA agreed a new package of media rights worth $ 76 billion in 11 years, starting with the 2025-26 season. On annual average, the New Deal has a value of $ 6.9 billion a year, almost 160% more than its current agreement is worth.
Income and Ebitda figures represent the 2023-24 season. Here is the CNBC methodology to classify NBA teams.
