The New York Knicks are the most valuable NBA franchise, worth $5.42 billion, according to Sportico‘s 2021 NBA franchise valuations ranking list.
Rounding out the top-five is the Golden State Warriors ($5.21 billion), Los Angeles Lakers ($5.14 billion), Brooklyn Nets ($3.40 billion) and Boston Celtics ($3.18 billion).
Below is the full 30-team list:
- New York Knicks – $5.42 billion
- Golden State Warriors – $5.21 billion
- Los Angeles Lakers – $5.14 billion
- Brooklyn Nets – $3.40 billion
- Boston Celtics – $3.18 billion
- Chicago Bulls – $3.14 billion
- Houston Rockets – $2.77 billion
- Los Angeles Clippers – $2.63 billion
- Dallas Mavericks – $2.58 billion
- Toronto Raptors – $2.55 billion
- Philadelphia 76ers – $2.50 billion
- Miami Heat – $2.38 billion
- San Antonio Spurs – $2.05 billion
- Washington Wizards – $2.05 billion
- Portland Trail Blazers – $1.91 billion
- Milwaukee Bucks – $1.86 billion
- Sacramento Kings – $1.84 billion
- Denver Nuggets – $1.77 billion
- Cleveland Cavaliers – $1.74 billion
- Detroit Pistons – $1.74 billion
- Utah Jazz – $1.71 billion
- Oklahoma City Thunder – $1.66 billion
- Phoenix Suns – $1.64 billion
- Indiana Pacers – $1.55 billion
- Atlanta Hawks – $1.54 billion
- Orlando Magic – $1.53 billion
- Charlotte Hornets – $1.51 billion
- Minnesota Timberwolves – $1.43 billion
- Memphis Grizzlies – $1.36 billion
- New Orleans Pelicans – $1.35 billion
The average NBA franchise is worth nearly $2.4 billion, down two percent as a direct result from the pandemic, according to data compiled by Sportico.
The cumulative revenue for the NBA’s 30 teams of $8.3 billion was down from the previous, non-COVID-impacted season by roughly 10 percent, while national revenues (accrued predominantly from the league’s broadcast and sponsorship deals, as well as its licensing program) dropped only two percent.
In what was an unpredictable year for the NBA, there was a level of stability, even with the completion of the 2019-2020 season in a bubble at Orlando’s Walt Disney World.