🏆 Sports Owner Rankings

What this measures. Each of the 182 franchises is scored across 15 dimensions of ownership quality — not just winning, but how owners build teams, treat fans, invest in their communities, and steward their franchise over time. Scores on each dimension are normalized 0–100 and weighted into a single composite score (0–100).

The 15 dimensions, roughly grouped: On-field performance (win rate, titles, playoff depth, recent form) accounts for 41% of the score. Ownership behavior (franchise value appreciation, character & conduct, ticket pricing, community relationship) accounts for 34%. Team-building (coach stability, draft/academy quality, player retention) accounts for 16%. Fan & brand (stadium investment, social reach, tanking behavior) accounts for 9%.

Which rank to use. League Rank is the fairest comparison — all teams face the same rules, schedules, and parity. Owner Rank includes all ownership models — private, institutional, and member/fan-owned — because fan ownership is a legitimate and often excellent stewardship model. Global Rank crosses all seven leagues and is best read as a directional benchmark rather than a precise comparison. Parity multipliers boost win % and playoff rates for capped leagues (NFL ×1.20 · NBA ×1.15 · MLB ×1.10 · NHL ×1.15) to account for how much harder it is to dominate under a salary cap. New owners (under ~4 years) have their inherited performance metrics pulled toward neutral — only metrics reflecting their own decisions (character, community, tickets, coach hires, player retention) score at full weight immediately.

How to navigate. Use the league filter and search bar to zero in. Click any row to open a full detail panel — it breaks down every metric, shows the community relationship score across six sub-dimensions, and surfaces the two or three factors most responsible for driving that team's score up or down.