Real Madrid Most Valuable Football Team for Fourth Straight Year, Say Forbes
- Real Madrid topped Forbes' list as the most valuable football team worldwide for the fourth consecutive year as of May 31, 2025.
- This ranking followed Real Madrid becoming the first football club to generate over one billion dollars in revenue during the 2023-24 season, according to Deloitte and Forbes reports.
- In the 2023-24 season, Real Madrid achieved unprecedented revenue of $1.13 billion and secured a valuation between $6.6 billion and $6.75 billion, becoming the second sports franchise after the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys to surpass the ten-digit valuation mark.
- Manchester United ranked second with a $6.6 billion valuation and $834 million revenue, despite finishing eighth in a forgettable Premier League season, while Barcelona and other Premier League teams also featured in Forbes' top ten valuable teams.
- The top 30 most valuable soccer teams collectively exceed $72 billion in worth, reflecting a 5% increase from the 2024 average valuation of $2.26 billion, signaling growth in football's global commercial value.
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The Premier League has six teams in the top 10 and Madrid leads the list for the fourth year in a row
In the list of 30 most valuable football clubs in the world developed by Forbes there is no Portuguese club.
Real Madrid most valuable football team for fourth straight year, says Forbes
Real became the first football club to bring in a billion dollars in a single year after it posted a record $1.13 billion in revenue for the 2023-24 season, the magazine added in a report published on Friday.
Real Madrid has been named the world's most valuable football club for the fourth consecutive year, according to American business magazine Forbes.
Real Madrid most valuable football team for fourth straight year, say Forbes
LONDON: La Liga side Real Madrid topped the list of the most valuable football teams in the world for the fourth year in a row with a valuation of US$6.6 billion, business magazine Forbes has said. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
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