most valuable sports teams in the world

Value: $2.35 billion 1 year change: 27% Owner: Club members Bayern Munich has reached at least the semifinals of the Champions League for 4 straight years. Club revenue is up 41% over the past 2 years.

Value: $2.1 billion 1 year change: 40% Owners: John Henry, Thomas Werner One year after capturing their third World Series since 2004, the Red Sox won just 71 games and finished last in the AL East. Viewership on NESN, the team s 80% owned regional sports network, averaged 114,000 viewers per game, 36% less than the previous season.

Value: $2.1 billion 1 year change: 35% Owners: John Mara, Steven Tisch Even with $40 million annual payments to service stadium debt, the Giants have made a killing since MetLife Stadium opened in 2010. Ticket prices are third highest in the NFL.

Value: $2 billion 1 year change: 100% Owner: Jerry Reinsdorf The Bulls led the NBA in attendance during the 2014 15 season for the sixth straight year, averaging 21,343 fans per game at the United Center. Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, who also owns MLB s Chicago White Sox, owns half of the arena.

Value: $2 billion 1 year change: 100% Owner: Charles Johnson The Giants third World Series victory in 5 seasons helped make them the third most profitable team in baseball in 2014.

Value: $1.85 billion 1 year change: 28% Owner: Robert McNair The Texans jumped from 2 wins to 9 last season, although still missed the playoffs for the 11th time in the franchise s 13 year history. The team will host the Super Bowl in 2017 at newly rebranded NRG Stadium.

Value: $1.8 billion 1 year change: 50% Owner: Ricketts Family In February, MLB approved the sale of a minority interest in the Cubs (including the team s equity in CSN Chicago, Wrigley Field, and nearby real estate that is going to be developed) to several investors for an aggregate of $150 million. The enterprise value placed on the team and Wrigley Field was $1.8 billion.

Value: $1.8 billion 1 year change: 30% Owner: Robert Wood Johnson IV Woody Johnson cleaned house in December by firing coach Rex Ryan and GM John Idzik. The cause: four straight non winning seasons after reaching the AFC title game back to back years.

Value: $1.75 billion 1 year change: 33% Owner: Jeffrey Lurie The Eagles are financially one of the NFL s strongest clubs with the seventh highest revenue in the sport, but they are looking up at their NFC East brethren: Cowboys, Redskins and Giants, who all rank among the NFL s top 4 revenue teams.

Value: $1.7 billion 1 year change: 94% Owners: Wycliffe & Irving Grousbeck, Robert Epstein, Stephen Pagliuca The Celtics are one of the NBA s most profitable teams since they pay no rent at TD Garden and pull in over $60 million a year in local television revenue, including their equity stake in Comcast SportsNet New England.