most valuable sports teams in the world

Value: $1.7 billion 1 year change: 36% Owner: McCaskey family The Bears have made the playoffs only once over the past 8 seasons. Ticket demand is still high despite the losing and fourth highest ticket prices in the NFL.

Value: $1.6 billion 1 year change: 178% Owner: Steve Ballmer Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer purchased the Clippers for $2 billion last year from Donald Sterling and his wife Shelly. The second highest bid for the Clippers was $1.6 billion and the third highest offer $1.2 billion.

Value: $1.6 billion 1 year change: 31% Owners: John & Denise DeBartolo York The San Francisco 49ers opened their new, privately financed, 68,500 seat stadium in Santa Clara last summer. Levi s Stadium will also host Super Bowl 50 in February. The 49ers have a $220 million, 20 year naming rights deal with Levi Strauss.

Value: $1.5 billion 1 year change: 22% Owner: Stephen Bisciotti The Ravens $100 average ticket price ranks eighth in the NFL, despite the team playing in the 21st biggest market. Six playoff appearances in seven seasons keeps ticket demand high.

Value: $1.5 billion 1 year change: 92% Owners: Mikhail Prokhorov, Bruce Ratner Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov has shopped a stake in the Nets in recent years, but investors aren t willing to meet his asking price for a club that posted the biggest loss in NBA history during the 2013 14 season.

Value: $1.45 billion 1 year change: 25% Owner: Pat Bowlen Trust Last year was a time of transition for the Broncos as longtime owner Pat Bowlen stepped away from running the team to continue his battle with Alzheimer s disease. Coach John Fox and the team mutually parted ways in January after a disappointing playoff exit in the divisional round.

Value: $1.4 billion 1 year change: 17% Owner: James Irsay QB Andrew Luck led the Colts to the playoffs with identical 11 5 records in each of his three seasons since being drafted with the No. 1 overall pick in 2012. Luck s next contract is likely to be the richest in NFL history.

Value: $1.4 billion 1 year change: 71% Owner: William DeWitt Jr. The Cardinals have become baseball s model franchise on and off the field. The Cards have only one losing season over the past 15 years with 11 playoff appearances. The team had the highest local TV ratings in the sport last year.

Value: $1.38 billion 1 year change: 16% Owner: Shareholder owned The Packers added 7,000 seats to historic Lambeau Field for the 2013 season. The 80,750 capacity is the NFL s third largest despite Green Bay being the NFL s smallest market by a long shot.

Value: $1.39 billion 1 year change: 59% Owner: Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan Etihad Stadium s seating capacity is being increased from 47,700 to 55,000 for the 2015 16 season, which will make it the third largest stadium in the Premier League.