The World's 20 Most Valuable Sports Teams of 2018

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"Forbes" has a new list of 'The World's 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams of 2018.'  The numbers are based on calculations done over the past year for the NFL, NHL, NBA, MLB, Formula One, Soccer, and NASCAR.

 

 

The Top 50 is LOADED with NFL teams . . . in fact, 29 of the 32 teams cracked the list.  The only three NOT to make it are:  The Cincinnati Bengals, the Detroit Lions, and the Buffalo Bills.

 

 

Yes, incredibly the Cleveland Browns DID make the cut.  They're 50th, and are somehow worth $1.95 BILLION.  That means that the Browns are worth $1.95 billion PER WIN over the past two years.  (???)

 

 

Here's the Top 20 . . .

 

 

1.  Dallas Cowboys, $4.8 billion, NFL

 

2.  Manchester United, $4.12 billion, Soccer

 

3.  Real Madrid, $4.09 billion, Soccer

 

4.  Barcelona, $4.06 billion, Soccer

 

5.  New York Yankees, $4 billion, MLB

 

6.  New England Patriots, $3.7 billion, NFL

 

7.  New York Knicks, $3.6 billion, NBA

 

8.  A tie between the NBA's L.A. Lakers and the NFL's New York Giants . . . both worth $3.3 billion

 

10.  A tie between the NBA's Golden State Warriors and the NFL's Washington Redskins . . . both worth $3.1 billion

 

12.  Bayern Munich, $3.06 billion, Soccer

 

13.  San Francisco 49ers, $3.05 billion, NFL

 

14.  A tie between the NFL's L.A. Rams and baseball's L.A. Dodgers . . . both worth $3 billion

 

16. Chicago Cubs, $2.9 billion, MLB

 

17.  A tie between the NFL's Chicago Bears and baseball's San Francisco Giants . . . both worth $2.85 billion

 

19.  A tie between the NFL's Houston Texans and baseball's Boston Red Sox . . . both worth $2.8 billion