Forbes 50 Most Valuable Sports Teams 2012: Complete List

Forbes Magazine released its list of 50 Richest Sports Team for 2012. Here is a list of the 50 Most Valuable Sports Franchises

Our fascination with sports can prove to be pretty lucrative for some of the world's top businessmen. Forbes Magazine released its list of richest sports franchises for 2012. The list, which was released on Monday, July 16, 2012, lists the most valuable sports franchises in the world.

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The most valuable team in the world? Manchester United of the English Premier League.

There were a few surprising names on the list of most valuable teams. Who would have thought that the Houston Texans would have ranked so high?

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Here is the complete Forbes Hot 100 list 2012

#1 Manchester United
Value: $2.23 billion
Owner: Glazer family

#2 Real Madrid
Value: $1.88 billion
Owner: Club members

#3 New York Yankees
Value: $1.85 billion
Owner: Steinbrenner family

#3 Dallas Cowboys
Value: $1.85 billion
Owner: Jerry Jones

#5 Washington Redskins
Value: $1.56 billion
Owner: Daniel Snyder

#6 Los Angeles Dodgers
Value: $1.4 billion
Owner: Guggenheim Baseball

#6 New England Patriots
Value: $1.4 billion
Owner: Robert Kraft

#8 Barcelona
Value: $1.31 billion
Owner: Club members

#9 New York Giants
Value: $1.3 billion
Owners: John Mara, Steven Tisch

#10 Arsenal
Value: $1.29 billion
Owner: Stan Kroenke

#11 Bayern Munich
Value: $1.23 billion
Owner: Club members

#12 New York Jets
Value: $1.23 billion
Owner: Robert Wood Johnson

#13 Houston Texans
Value: $1.2 billion
Owner: Robert McNair

#14 Philadelphia Eagles
Value: $1.16 billion
Owner: Jeffrey Lurie

#15 Ferrari
Value: $1.1 billion
Owner: Fiat Group

#16 Chicago Bears
Value: $1.09 billion
Owner: McCaskey family

#17 Green Bay Packers
Value: $1.09 billion
Owner: Shareholder-owned

#18 Baltimore Ravens
Value: $1.09 billion
Owner: Stephen Bisciotti

#19 Indianapolis Colts
Value: $1.06 billion
Owner: Jim Irsay

#20 Denver Broncos
Value: $1.05 billion
Owner: Patrick Bowlen

#21 Pittsburgh Steelers
Value: $1.02 billion
Owners: Daniel Rooney, Art Rooney II

#22 Miami Dolphins
Value: $1.01 billion
Owner: Stephen Ross

#23 Carolina Panthers
Value: $1.0 billion
Owner: Jerry Richardson

#24 Boston Red Sox
Value: $1.0 billion
Owners: John Henry, Thomas Werner

#25 Seattle Seahawks
Value: $997 million
Owner: Paul Allen

#26 San Francisco 49ers
Value: $990 million
Owners: Denise DeBartolo York, John York

#27 AC Milan
Value: $989 million
Owner: Silvio Berlusconi

#28 Kansas City Chiefs
Value: $986 million
Owner: Lamar Hunt family

#29 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Value: $981 million
Owner: Malcolm Glazer

#30 Cleveland Browns
Value: $977 million
Owner: Randolph Lerner

#31 New Orleans Saints
Value: $965 million
Owner: Thomas Benson

#32 Tennessee Titans
Value: $964 million
Owner: Kenneth Adams Jr

#33 San Diego Chargers
Value: $920 million
Owner: Spanos family

#34 Arizona Cardinals
Value: $901 million
Owner: William Bidwill

#35 Los Angeles Lakers
Value: $900 million
Owner: Jerry Buss, Philip Anschutz

#36 Chicago Cubs
Value: $879 million
Owner: Ricketts Family

#37 Cincinnati Bengals
Value: $875 million
Owner: Michael Brown

#38 Calvin Johnson
Value: $844 million
Owner: William Clay Ford

#39 Atlanta Falcons
Value: $814 million
Owner: Arthur Blank

#40 McLaren
Value: $800 million
Owner: McLaren Group

#41 Minnesota Vikings
Value: $796 million
Owner: Zygmunt Wilf

#42 Buffalo Bills
Value: $792 million
Owner: Ralph Wilson Jr

#43 New York Knicks
Value: $780 million
Owner: Madison Square Garden

#44 St. Louis Rams
Value: $775 million
Owner: Stan Kroenke

#45 Oakland Raiders
Value: $761 million
Owner: Davis family

#45 Chelsea
Value: $761 million
Owner: Roman Abramovich

#47 Jacksonville Jaguars
Value: $725 million
Owner: Shahid Khan

#48 Philadelphia Phillies
Value: $723 million
Owners: Partnership

#49 New York Mets
Value: $719 million
Owners: Fred and Jeff Wilpon, Saul Katz

#50 Texas Rangers
Value: $674 million
Owners: Ray Davis, Bob Simpson