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- Dallas Cowboys are the 1/4 favourites to be the World's Most Valuable Franchise in 2024
- The Cowboys have topped the leaderboard for the last 8 years in-a-row
- We take a look at the Top 20 in 2023's Forbes Most Valuable Franchise list
Dallas Cowboys are the 1/4 favourites to be the World's Most Valuable Franchise in 2024
Bookies are now offering odds on which team will be crowned the World's Most Valuable Sports Franchise in 2024 with American teams unsurprisingly dominating the market.
Dallas Cowboys are heavy favourites at 1/4 with the latest odds suggesting there's an 80% chance that the NFL team are crowned the Most Valuable Franchise once again.
The Cowboys have been at the top of the list for the last 8 years with Jerry Jones purchasing the team back in 1989 for $150m, with the Franchise now worth an approximate value of $9 billion.
Baseball team the New York Yankees are second favourites in the odds list to top the Most Valuable charts with the team finishing in second place last year with a value of $7.1 billion.
Despite finishing in 11th place last year, Real Madrid are third favourites in the betting market to top the leaderboard this year but they will need a massive jump.
| World's Most Valuable Sports Franchise in 2024 | Odds | Probability |
|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys | 1/4 | 80.0% |
| New York Yankees | 6/1 | 14.3% |
| Real Madrid | 12/1 | 7.7% |
| Golden State Warriors | 16/1 | 5.9% |
| New England Patriots | 30/1 | 3.2% |
What the expert says...
The Cowboys have topped the leaderboard for the last 8 years in-a-row
Forbes World's Most Valuable Sports Franchise category is ranked annually by the American magazine with focus on sports all around the world from American Football to Formula 1.
The first six years of its inception was dominated by Football teams in Europe with Manchester United and Real Madrid both leading the way for 3 years each.
The Cowboys though then stepped in and since 2016 have been named as the World's Most Valuable Sports Franchise for every single year with their value growing from $4 billion in 2016 to $9 billion last year.
We take a look at the Top 20 in 2023's Forbes Most Valuable Franchise list
2023's World's Most Valuable Sports Franchise saw the whole Top 10 dominated by American teams with every franchise from the United States.
$4 billion separates 20th place Liverpool FC from the Dallas Cowboys in top spot with NBA, NFL, Premier League, La Liga and MLB teams all featuring.
The full list of the Top 20 last year is shown below, via Wikipedia:
| Rank | Team | Sport | League | Value (USD billion) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Dallas Cowboys | American football | NFL | $9.20 |
| 2 |  New York Yankees | Baseball | MLB | $7.10 |
| 3 |  Golden State Warriors | Basketball | NBA | $7.00 |
 New England Patriots | American football | NFL | $7.00 | |
| 5 |  Los Angeles Rams | American football | NFL | $6.90 |
| 6 |  New York Giants | American football | NFL | $6.80 |
| 7 |  Chicago Bears | American football | NFL | $6.30 |
| 8 |  Las Vegas Raiders | American football | NFL | $6.20 |
| 9 |  New York Knicks | Basketball | NBA | $6.10 |
 New York Jets | American football | NFL | $6.10 | |
| 11 |  Real Madrid | Association football | La Liga | $6.07 |
| 12 |  Washington Commanders | American football | NFL | $6.05 |
| 13 |  Manchester United | Association football | Premier League | $6.00 |
 San Francisco 49ers | American football | NFL | $6.00 | |
| 15 |  Los Angeles Lakers | Basketball | NBA | $5.90 |
| 16 |  Philadelphia Eagles | American football | NFL | $5.80 |
| 17 |  Miami Dolphins | American football | NFL | $5.70 |
| 18 |  Barcelona | Association football | La Liga | $5.508 |
| 19 |  Houston Texans | American football | NFL | $5.50 |
| 20 |  Liverpool | Association football | Premier League | $5.288 |
