List of professional sports team owners

Association football club owners

England

[Premier League] owners

• Stan Kroenke

• Owned by a large number of shareholders until 1968. Since that time:
• Doug Ellis
• Randy Lerner
• Recon Sports Limited

• Roman Abramovich

• Bill Kenwright

• Moores family, among them John Moores and David Moores
• George Gillett, Tom Hicks
• Fenway Sports Group ; LeBron James acquired a minority interest in April 2011

• Manchester City Limited — The club's holding company; owned by a large number of shareholders until 2007. Since then, the holding company has been owned by:
• *Thaksin Shinawatra
• *Abu Dhabi United Group

• Manchester United plc – The club's holding company, owned by shareholders. The primary owner is:
• Avram and Joel Glazer

• Mike Ashley

• Daniel Levy

• Terry Brown
• Björgólfur Guðmundsson, Eggert Magnússon, and other minority investors
• Björgólfur Guðmundsson
• CB Holding
• David Gold and David Sullivan

  [EFL Championship] owners

• Shahid Khan

• Steve Gibson

• John Madejski

• Dave Whelan

  EFL League One">EFL League One">EFL League One owners

• Drumaville Consortium
• Ellis Short

  Italian Serie A">Serie A">Italian Serie A owners

Spain

[La Liga] owners

France

[Ligue 1] owners

• Groupe M6

• Noël Le Graët

• Gérard Lopez

• Loïc Féry

• Jean-Michel Aulas

• Frank McCourt

• Dmitry Rybolovlev

• Louis Nicollin

• Qatar Investment Authority

• Waldemar Kita

• François Pinault

• Olivier Sadran

  USA / Canada

[Major League Soccer] (MLS) owners

• Arthur Blank –

• Anschutz Entertainment Group –
• Andrew Hauptman –

• Anschutz Entertainment Group –
• Kroenke Sports & Entertainment –

• Lamar Hunt –
• Clark Hunt –
• Anthony Precourt –
• Dee Haslam, Jimmy Haslam, JW and Whitney Johnson, Dr. Pete Edwards –

• Washington Soccer, LP –
• Anschutz Entertainment Group –
• William Chang –
• William Chang, Erick Thohir and Jason Levien –

• Carl Lindner III –

• Major League Soccer –
• Lamar Hunt –
• Clark Hunt –

• Anschutz Entertainment Group –
• Anschutz Entertainment Group, Oscar De La Hoya and Gabriel Brener –
• Gabriel Brener, Oscar De La Hoya, Jake Silverstein, Ben Guill –

• David Beckham, Simon Fuller, Marcelo Claure, Jorge and Jose Mas, Masayoshi Son –

• Peter Guber, Henry Nguyen, Tom Penn, Ruben Gnanalingam, Vincent Tan, Brandon Beck, Larry Berg, Will Ferrell, Nomar Garciaparra, Mia Hamm, Chad Hurley, Magic Johnson, Tucker Kain, Kirk Lacob, Mark Leschly, Mike Mahan, Irwin Raij, Tony Robbins, Lon Rosen, Bennett Rosenthal, Paul Schaeffer, Brandon Schneider, Mark Shapiro, Allen Shapiro, Jason Sugarman, Harry Tsao –

• L.A. Soccer Partners, LP –
• Anschutz Entertainment Group –

• Bill McGuire, Jim Pohlad, Robert Pohlad, Glen Taylor, Wendy Carlson Nelson –

• Joey Saputo –

• John Ingram, Mark Wilf, Zygi Wilf, Leonard Wilf, David Dill, Marcus Whitney, Christopher Redhage –

• Robert Kraft –

• City Football Group & Yankee Global Enterprises –

• John Kluge and Stuart Subotnick –
• Anschutz Entertainment Group –
• Red Bull GmbH –

• Flávio Augusto da Silva –

• Keystone Sports & Entertainment, LLC –

• Merritt Paulson –

• Dave Checketts –
• Dell Loy Hansen –

• Major League Soccer –
• Robert Kraft –
• Silicon Valley Sports Entertainment –
• Silicon Valley Sports Entertainment and Anschutz Entertainment Group –
• Anschutz Entertainment Group –
• Lewis Wolff and John J. Fisher –

• Joe Roth, Adrian Hanauer, Estate of Paul Allen and Drew Carey –
• Hanauer Fútbol ; estate of Paul Allen; Drew Carey; and a group of 11 families, among them Terry Myerson, Macklemore, and Russell Wilson and Ciara –

• Lamar Hunt –
• Sporting Club –

• Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment –

• Greg Kerfoot, Steve Luczo, Jeff Mallett, Steve Nash –

  Future MLS Owners

• Anthony Precourt –

• Carolyn Kindle Betz, Jo Ann Taylor Kindle, Jim Kavanaugh –

  [National Women's Soccer League] (NWSL) owners

• Arnim Whisler

• Gabriel Brener, Oscar De La Hoya, Jake Silverstein, Ben Guill

• Stephen Malik

• Flávio Augusto da Silva and Phil Rawlins
• Flávio Augusto da Silva, Phil Rawlins, Albert Friedberg minority

• Merritt Paulson

• Bill and Teresa Predmore
• Bill and Teresa Predmore, The Baseball Club of Tacoma LLC, Adrian Hanauer, Lenore Hanauer
• OL Groupe, Bill and Teresa Predmore, Tony Parker

• Phil Murphy, Steven Temares, Thomas Hofstetter

• Dell Loy Hansen

• Bill Lynch
• Steve Baldwin and Bill Lynch

  Greek Superleague">Superleague Greece">Greek Superleague owners

• Evangelos Marinakis

• Giannis Alafouzos

• Ivan Savvidis

• Dimitris Melissanidis

• Christos Panopoulos

  Auto racing owners & team principals

Formula One team principals

• Ferrari S.p.A.

• Gene Haas

• McLaren Group – Mumtalakat Holding Company 57%, Mansour Ojjeh 14%, Michael Latifi 10%

• Daimler AG
• Toto Wolff
• Niki Lauda

• Lawrence Stroll

• Red Bull GmbH

• Red Bull GmbH

• Peter Sauber 66%
• Monisha Kaltenborn 33%

• Sir Frank Williams 51%
• Brad Hollinger 12%
• Patrick Head 9%

  [IndyCar Series] team owners

• A. J. Foyt –

• Michael Andretti –
• Barry Green –

• Sam Schmidt –
• Davey Hamilton –
• Ric Peterson –

• Bryan Herta –

• Trevor Carlin –

• Chip Ganassi –

• Dale Coyne –

• Dennis Reinbold –
• Robbie Buhl –

• Ed Carpenter –

• Ricardo Juncos –

• Michael Shank –

• Bobby Rahal –
• David Letterman –
• Mike Lanigan –
• Carl Hogan –

• Roger Penske –

  NASCAR Cup Series team owners

• Teresa Earnhardt –
• Felix Sabates –
• Chip Ganassi –

• Marty Gaunt -
• Maurice Gaunt -

• Frank Stoddard –
• Archie St. Hillaire –

• Bob Jenkins –

• Bob Germain –

• Rick Hendrick –

• Bob Leavine –
• Sharon Leavine –

• J.D. Gibbs -
• Joe Gibbs –

• Brad Daugherty –
• Jodi Geschickter -
• Tad Geschickter –

• Jay Robinson -

• Roger Penske –

• Richard Childress –

• Boston Ventures –
• Richard Petty –
• Andrew M. Murstein –

• Jack Roush –
• Jack Roush –
• Fenway Sports Group –

• Derrike Cope -
• Matthew Kohler -
• Michael Kohler -
• William Woehlemann -

• Gene Haas -
• Tony Stewart –

• Glen Wood and Leonard Wood –
• Leonard Wood –

  Baseball franchise owners

Major League Baseball owners

• Jerry Colangelo –
• Ken Kendrick –

• Ivers Whitney Adams – : Boston Red Stockings
• John Conkey – : Red Stockings
• Charles Porter – : Red Stockings
• Nicholas Apollonio – : Red Stockings
• Arthur Soden – : Boston Red Caps/Beaneaters
• George & John Dovey – : Boston Beaneaters/Doves
• John Dovey – : Doves
• William Hepburn Russell – : Boston Rustlers
• James Gaffney – : Boston Braves
• Percy Haughton –
• George W. Grant –
• Emil Fuchs –
• Bob Quinn –
• Lou Perini – : Boston/Milwaukee Braves
• William Bartholomay – : Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves
• Ted Turner –
• Time Warner –
• Liberty Media –

• Henry Killilea – Milwaukee Brewers
• Robert Hedges – St. Louis Browns
• Phil Ball –
• Donald Lee Barnes –
• Richard Muckerman –
• Bill DeWitt –
• Bill Veeck –
• Jerold Hoffberger & Clarence Miles – Baltimore Orioles
• Jerold Hoffberger & James Keelty –
• Jerold Hoffberger & Joe Iglehart –
• Jerold Hoffberger –
• Edward Bennett Williams –
• Eli Jacobs –
• Peter Angelos –

• Charles Somers –
• Henry Killilea –
• John I. Taylor –
• Jimmy McAleer –
• Joseph Lannin –
• Harry Frazee –
• Bob Quinn –
• Tom Yawkey –
• Jean R. Yawkey –
• JRY Trust –
• Fenway Sports Group –

• William A. Hulbert –
• Albert G. Spalding –
• James Hart –
• Charles W. Murphy –
• Charles Phelps Taft –
• Charles Weeghman –
• The Wrigley family –
• * William Wrigley, Jr. –
• * Philip K. Wrigley –
• * William Wrigley III –
• Tribune Company –
• Joe Ricketts family trust, with Tom Ricketts exercising day-to-day control

• Charles Comiskey –
• J. Louis Comiskey –
• Grace Comiskey –
• Dorothy Comiskey Rigney & Chuck Comiskey –
• Bill Veeck –
• Arthur Allyn, Jr. & John Allyn –
• John Allyn –
• Bill Veeck –
• Aaron Cushman – *
• Jerry Reinsdorf –

• Justus Thorner –
• John T. Brush –
• August Herrmann –
• C. J. McDiarmid –
• Sidney Weil –
• Powel Crosley, Jr. –
• Bill DeWitt –
• Francis L. Dale –
• Louis Nippert –
• William & James Williams –
• Marge Schott –
• Carl Lindner, Jr. –
• Robert Castellini –

• Charles Somers –
• Jim Dunn –
• Alva Bradley –
• Bill Veeck –
• Ellis Ryan –
• Myron H. Wilson –
• William R. Daley –
• Gabe Paul –
• Vernon Stouffer –
• Nick Mileti –
• Ted Bonda –
• Steve O'Neill –
• Richard Jacobs –
• Larry Dolan –

• Jerry McMorris –
• Monfort brothers –

• George Vanderbeck –
• James D. Burns –
• Samuel F. Angus –
• Bill Yawkey –
• Bill Yawkey & Frank Navin –
• Frank Navin –
• The Briggs Family
• * Walter Sr. –
• * Walter Jr. –
• Fred Knorr & John Fetzer –
• John Fetzer –
• Tom Monaghan –
• Ilitch Holdings –
• * Mike
• * Christopher

• Roy Hofheinz –
• General Electric & Ford Motor Company –
• John McMullen –
• Drayton McLane, Jr. –
• Jim Crane –

• Ewing Kauffman –
• Greater Kansas City Community Foundation
• David Glass –
• John Sherman –

• Gene Autry –
• The Walt Disney Company –
• Arturo Moreno –

• Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell –
• Charles Byrne, Ferdinand Abell, George Chauncey –
• Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell –
• Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Harry Von der Horst, Ned Hanlon –
• Charles Ebbets, Ferdinand Abell, Henry Medicus, Ned Hanlon –
• Charles Ebbets, Henry Medicus –
• Charles Ebbets, Ed McKeever, Stephen McKeever –
• Stephen McKeever, heirs of Charles Ebbets and Brooklyn Trust Company –
• Branch Rickey , Walter O'Malley, Andrew J. Schmitz. Other minority owners included: John A. Smith, and the heirs of Steve McKeever –
• Walter O'Malley –, majority owner, at 75 percent, with the Mulvey family representing the McKeever interest
• Peter O'Malley –
• News Corporation –
• Frank McCourt –
• Guggenheim Baseball Partners – – principal partner Mark Walter; minority partners Magic Johnson, Peter Guber, Stan Kasten, Bobby Patton and Todd Boehly.

• Wayne Huizenga –
• John W. Henry –
• Jeffrey Loria –
• Bruce Sherman – principal partner; Derek Jeter – non-controlling

• William Daley – — Seattle Pilots
• Bud Selig –
• *Wendy Selig-Prieb
• Mark Attanasio –

• Ban Johnson & Fred Postal – – Washington
• Thomas C. Noyes – – Washington
• Benjamin Minor – – Washington
• The Griffith Family
• Clark – – Washington
• Calvin –
• The Pohlad Family
• * Carl –
• * Jim –

• Joan Whitney Payson –
• Charles Shipman Payson –
• Doubleday & Co. –
• Nelson Doubleday, Jr. & Fred Wilpon –
• Fred Wilpon –

• William Devery and Frank Farrell, co-owners –
• Tillinghast L'Hommedieu Huston and Jacob Ruppert, co-owners –
• Jacob Ruppert, sole owner -
• Heirs of Jacob Ruppert –
• *Ed Barrow β, team president –
• Larry MacPhail β, co-owner —
• Dan Topping, co-owner –
• Del Webb, co-owner –
• Columbia Broadcasting System –
• *Team presidents: Dan Topping, 1964–1966; Michael Burke – 1966–1973
• The Steinbrenner Family –
• * George, 1973–2010
• * YankeeNets, 1999–2004
• * Yankee Global Enterprises LLC, 2004–present — Philadelphia Athletics
• Connie Mack –
• Arnold Johnson – — Kansas City Athletics
• Charlie Finley – — Kansas City/Oakland Athletics
• Walter Haas –
• Steve Schott and Ken Hofmann –
• Lewis Wolff –
• John J. Fisher –

• Al Reach & John Rogers –
• John Rogers –
• James Potter –
• Bill Shettsline –
• Horace Fogel –
• William Baker –
• Gerald Nugent –
• William D. Cox –
• R. R. M. Carpenter –
• Robert Carpenter –
• Ruly Carpenter –
• Bill Giles & David Montgomery –
• John S. Middleton, David Montgomery, and Jim & Pete Buck —

• Denny McKnight – Alleghenys
• William A. Nimick – Alleghenys/Pirates
• William Kerr & Phil Auten
• Barney Dreyfuss –
• Bill Benswanger –
• John W. Galbreath –
• Pittsburgh Associates –
• Kevin McClatchy –
• Robert Nutting –

• C. Arnholt Smith –
• Ray Kroc –
• Joan Kroc –
• Tom Werner –
• John Moores –
• Ron Fowler –

• John Day –
• C. C. Van Cott –
• Andrew Freedman –
• John Brush –
• Harry Hempstead –
• Charles Stoneham –
• Horace Stoneham –
• Bob Lurie –
• Peter Magowan –
• Bill Neukom –

• Danny Kaye –
• George Argyros –
• Jeff Smulyan –
• Hiroshi Yamauchi –
• Nintendo –
• First Avenue Entertainment

• Chris von der Ahe –
• Frank & Stanley Robison –
• Helene Hathaway Britton –
• Sam Breadon –
• Robert Hannegan –
• Fred Saigh –
• Anheuser-Busch –
• William DeWitt, Jr. –

• Vince Naimoli –
• Stuart Sternberg –

• Elwood Richard Quesada –
• James Johnston & James Lemon – 1963–1967)
• James Lemon –
• Bob Short –
• Brad Corbett –
• Eddie Chiles –
• Richard Rainwater and George W. Bush –
• Tom Hicks –
• Rangers Baseball Express –
• * Ryan sold his interest in the team to the other partners in 2013.

• Labatt Brewing Company 45%; R. Howard Webster 45%; Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 10% –
• John Labatt Limited 10%; Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 10% –
• Interbrew S.A. 90%; Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 10% –
• Rogers Communications 80%; Interbrew S.A. 20% –
• Rogers Communications –

• Charles Bronfman –
• Claude Brochu –
• Jeffrey Loria –
• Major League Baseball –
• Theodore N. Lerner –

  Nippon Professional Baseball owners

• Lotte Group

• Chunichi Shimbun Co., Ltd.

• Nankai Electric Railway
• Daiei
• SoftBank Corporation

• Hanshin Electric Railway

• Matsuda family ; Mazda ; other minority shareholders
• * The "Toyo" name comes from the former corporate name of Mazda, Toyo Kogyo.

• Senators – Did not use a corporate name. Owned by retired Japanese statesman Kinkazu Saionji.
• Tokyu Flyers – Tokyu Corporation
• Kyuei Flyers – Tokyu and Daiei
• Tokyu Flyers – Tokyu
• Toei Flyers – Toei Company
• Nittaku Home Flyers – Not directly owned by a corporation, but bore a corporate name nonetheless. The team was owned that season by Akitaka Nishimura, owner of Nittaku Home.
• Nippon-Ham Fighters, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – Nippon Ham

• Orix

• Prince Hotels

• Rakuten

• Kokutetsu Swallows – Japanese National Railways, known as Kokutetsu in Japanese
• Sankei Swallows – Sankei Shimbun
• Sankei Atoms – Sankei Shimbun
• Atoms – Sankei Shimbun
• Yakult Atoms, Yakult Swallows, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – Yakult

• Taiyō Whales – Taiyō Fishing Company
• Taiyō-Shōchiku Robins – Taiyō and Shōchiku
• Yō-Shō Robins – Taiyō and Shōchiku
• Taiyō Whales, Yokohama Taiyō Whales – Taiyō
• Yokohama BayStars – Taiyō changed its name to Maruha Corporation, and chose to drop its corporate name from the team.
• Yokohama DeNA BayStars – DeNA

• Yomiuri Group

  Basketball team owners

National Basketball Association owners

• Ben Kerner
• Tom Cousins/Cousins Corporation, Carl Sanders
• Ted Turner/Turner Broadcasting
• Atlanta Spirit, LLC
• Tony Ressler

• Walter A. Brown, team founder and original owner
• Lou Pieri and Marjorie Brown, wife of team founder
• Marvin Kratter/Knickerbocker Brewing Company, subsidiary of National Equities
• Ballantine Brewery, subsidiary of Investors Funding Corporation
• Trans-National Communications
• Ballantine Brewery, subsidiary of Investors Funding Corporation
• Irv Levin and Harold Lipton Sale not approved by NBA
• Robert Schmertz/Leisure Technology
• Robert Schmertz/Leisure Technology, Irv Levin, and Harold Lipton
• Irv Levin and Harold Lipton
• John Y. Brown, Jr. and Harry T. Mangurian, Jr.
• Harry T. Mangurian, Jr.
• Don Gaston, Alan N. Cohen, Paul Dupee
• Paul Gaston
• Boston Basketball Partners L.L.C. — consisting of Wycliffe Grousbeck, Stephen Pagliuca, and H. Irving Grousbeck

• Arthur Brown
• Roy Boe
• The "Secaucus Seven", a group of local New Jersey businessmen led by Jay Taub and Alan Cohen
• Local real estate developers Raymond Chambers and Lewis Katz
• YankeeNets, a joint venture between Chambers and Katz, and New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner
• Bruce Ratner, Shawn Carter and other minority owners
• Mikhail Prokhorov
• * Jay-Z sold his interest in 2013 so that his management company, Roc Nation Sports, could represent NBA players.
• * In October 2017, billionaire businessman Joseph Tsai announced he agreed to buy a 49% stake in the Nets from Prokhorov. At the time, Tsai also took an option to buy the remaining 51% of the team no later than October 2021.
• Joseph Tsai – Tsai exercised his option to buy Prokhorov's share of the Nets in August 2019, and the sale closed the next month.

• Robert L. Johnson ; Michael Jordan, Cornell Haynes, Jr. later purchased minority interests
• Michael Jordan ; Johnson retained a minority interest, and Nelly's interest is not known to be affected by Jordan's purchase

• Dick Klein
• Arthur Wirtz
• Bill Wirtz
• Jerry Reinsdorf

• Nick Mileti
• Joe Zingale
• Ted Stepien
• Gordon and George Gund III
• Dan Gilbert, Usher Raymond, Gordon Gund

• Don Carter
• H. Ross Perot, Jr.
• Mark Cuban

• Red McCombs
• Sidney Shlenker
• Peter Bynoe, Bertram Lee, and Comsat Video Enterprises
• Liberty Media
• Kroenke Sports & Entertainment
• * Stan Kroenke, previously a minority owner of the NFL's Rams, acquired full ownership in 2010. Under the NFL's then-current cross-ownership rules, principal team owners were prohibited from owning controlling interests in teams in any other professional sport in a different NFL market. From late 2010 until the cross-ownership ban was permanently lifted in October 2018, his wife Ann Walton Kroenke technically held a controlling interest in order to comply with these rules; their son Josh runs the team's day-to-day affairs.

• Fred Zollner
• William Davidson
• Karen Davidson
• Tom Gores

• Pete Tyrell
• Eddie Gottlieb
• Franklin Mieuli
• Jim Fitzgerald
• Chris Cohan
• Peter Guber and Joe Lacob

• Robert Breitbard
• Billy Goldberg, Wayne Duddlesten, Mickey Herskowitz
• Irvin Kaplan 1973–1975
• James Talcott Incorporated
• George J. Maloof, Sr.
• Gavin Maloof
• Charlie Thomas
• Leslie Alexander
• Tilman Fertitta

• Herbert Simon and Melvin Simon

• Paul Snyder
• John Y. Brown, Jr.
• *Harry T. Mangurian, Jr.
• Irv Levin
• Donald Sterling
• Steve Ballmer

• Ben Berger and Morris Chalfen
• Bob Short
• Jack Kent Cooke
• Jerry Buss
• Bill Daniels
• Anschutz Entertainment Group
• Earvin "Magic" Johnson
• Patrick Soon-Shiong
• Buss family trust – basketball operations run by Jim Buss and business operations run by Jeanie Buss

• Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment
• Michael Heisley
• Robert J. Pera

• Ted Arison, as the majority owner, with minority shareholders Billy Cunningham and Lewis Schaffel running day-to-day business operations.
• Micky Arison

• Milwaukee Professional Sports and Services, Inc., headed by Wesley Pavalon and Marvin Fishman
• Jim Fitzgerald
• U.S. Senator Herb Kohl
• Wesley Edens & Marc Lasry
• * Aaron Rodgers bought a minority stake in the team in 2018.

• Marv Wolfenson and Harvey Ratner
• Glen Taylor

• George Shinn
• George Shinn and Gary Chouest
• National Basketball Association — The NBA purchased the team in December 2010 after a planned sale of Shinn's interest to Chouest fell through.
• Tom Benson
• Gayle Benson
• * Gayle Benson is also the owner of the NFL's New Orleans Saints. At the time of Tom Benson's death, NFL rules allowed team owners to own teams in other sports if the other team were in the same media market. In 2013, Gayle's late predecessor and husband Tom Benson announced that the New Orleans Hornets would permanently change their team nickname to the Pelicans.

• James Dolan

• Sam Schulman –
• Barry Ackerley –
• Howard Schultz –
• Professional Basketball Club, LLC — principal owner Clay Bennett, minority owners Jeffrey Records, Jr. and George Kaiser

• William du Pont III, Jim L. Hewit, and Robert Hewitt
• Richard DeVos

• Danny Biasone
• Irv Kosloff
• Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr.
• Harold Katz
• Comcast Spectacor

• Jerry Colangelo
• Robert Sarver
• * Larry Fitzgerald bought a minority stake in the team in January 2020.

• Herman Sarkowsky, Robert Schmertz, and Larry Weinberg
• Herman Sarkowsky & Larry Weinberg
• Larry Weinberg
• Paul Allen
• Estate of Paul Allen
• * From 1997 to 2018, Paul Allen was also the principal owner of the NFL's Seattle Seahawks. At the time he purchased the Seahawks in 1997, the NFL had a blanket prohibition of cross-ownership, but the league soon modified the rule to allow NFL owners to own teams in other leagues under either of the following conditions:
• ** The other team is in the same market as the owner's NFL team.
• ** The other team is in a market without an NFL team, as is the case with Portland.

• Gregg Lukenbill and Joe Benvenuti
• Jim Thomas
• Maloof family, Bob Hernreich, and other minority investors
• Vivek Ranadive

• Angelo Drossos
• Red McCombs
• Peter Holt
• Julianna Holt

• John Bitove 44%, Allan Slaight 44%, Bank of Nova Scotia 10%, David Peterson 1%, Phil Granovsky 1%
• John Bitove, Allan Slaight, Bank of Nova Scotia, Isiah Thomas 9%
• Allan Slaight 81%, Bank of Nova Scotia 10%, Isiah Thomas 9%
• Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd.

• Sam Battistone, New Orleans/Utah Jazz
• Sam Battistone and Larry Miller
• Larry Miller
• Greg Miller and Gail Miller

• David Trager — Chicago Packers/Zephyrs, Baltimore Bullets
• Abe Pollin, Earl Foreman, and Arnold Heft — Baltimore Bullets
• Abe Pollin — Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets, Washington Wizards
• Abe Pollin and Ted Leonsis
• Estate of Abe Pollin and Ted Leonsis
• Ted Leonsis

  National Basketball League (Australia) owners

• Grant Kelley

• Dorry Kordahi, Bryan Colangelo & Micahel Proctor

• Jack Bendat

  Gridiron football franchise owners

National Football League owners

• Chris O'Brien — Morgan Athletic Club, Racine Normals, Racine Cardinals, Chicago Cardinals
• Dr. David Jones
• Charles Bidwill
• Violet Bidwill Wolfner — Chicago/St. Louis Cardinals
• Bill Bidwill and Charles Bidwill, Jr.
• Bill Bidwill — St. Louis/Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals
• Michael Bidwill

• Rankin M. Smith Sr. –
• Taylor Smith –
• Arthur Blank – — owns over 90%; seven minority partners own the rest, with Warrick Dunn the latest addition in March 2010

• Art Modell – 1996–2004
• Steve Bisciotti – 2004–present

• Ralph Wilson –
• Estate of Ralph Wilson
• Terrence Pegula and Kim Pegula –

• Jerry Richardson –
• David Tepper –

• A. E. Staley — Decatur/Chicago Staleys
• George Halas and Dutch Sternaman –
• The Halas Family –
• * George Halas
• * Virginia McCaskey –

• The Brown family:
• * Paul –
• * Mike –

• Mickey McBride –
• David Jones –
• Art Modell –
• Operations suspended franchise held in "Cleveland Browns Trust" 1996–1998. See Cleveland Browns relocation controversy for more details.
• Al Lerner –
• Randy Lerner –
• Jimmy Haslam –

• Clint Murchison –
• Bum Bright –
• Jerry Jones –

• Bob Howsam –
• Gerald Phipps –
• Edgar Kaiser –
• Pat Bowlen –

• George A. Richards –
• Fred Mandel –
• Edwin J. Anderson –
• William Clay Ford family
• * William Clay Sr. –
• * Martha –

• J.E. Clair, Earl "Curly" Lambeau, George Whitney Calhoun –
• Green Bay Packers, Inc.

• Robert C. McNair –
• Janice McNair –

• Carroll Rosenbloom –
• The Irsay family –
• * Robert — Baltimore/Indianapolis Colts
• * Jim

• Wayne Weaver –
• Shahid Khan –

• The Hunt family –
• * Lamar — Dallas Texans/Kansas City Chiefs
• * Family, led by son Clark –

• Limited partnership led by Y. Charles Soda –
• F. Wayne Valley and Ed McGah –
• Valley, McGah and Al Davis –
• Al Davis and McGah – Oakland/Los Angeles Raiders
• Al Davis — Los Angeles/Oakland Raiders
• Mark and Carol Davis – – Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders

• Barron Hilton — Los Angeles/San Diego Chargers
• Gene Klein and Sam Schulman — San Diego Chargers
• Alex Spanos –
• Dean Spanos –

• Homer Marshman — Cleveland Rams
• Dan Reeves — Cleveland/Los Angeles Rams
• Robert Irsay –
• Carroll Rosenbloom –
• Georgia Frontiere — Los Angeles Rams
• Georgia Frontiere and Stan Kroenke — St. Louis Rams
• Chip Rosenbloom, Lucia Rodriguez, and Stan Kroenke –
• Stan Kroenke –

• Joe Robbie and Danny Thomas –
• Joe Robbie –
• Robbie family and Wayne Huizenga –
• Wayne Huizenga –
• Stephen M. Ross and Huizenga –
• Ross and Huizenga — unknown, but likely small, percentages also owned by Gloria and Emilio Estefan, Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez, Jimmy Buffett, Fergie, and Serena and Venus Williams

• Bill Boyer, H. P. Skoglund, Max Winter, Bernie Ridder, and Ole Haugsrud –
• Skoglund, Winter, Ridder, Haugsrud and Boyer family –
• Skoglund, Winter, Ridder, and Boyer family –
• Winter, Skoglund family and Boyer family –
• Skoglund family, Winter, Boyer family, Carl Pohlad, and Irwin Jacobs –
• Roger Headrick and nine equal partners –
• Red McCombs –
• Zygi Wilf and family –

• Billy Sullivan –
• Victor Kiam –
• James Orthwein –
• Robert Kraft –

• John W. Mecom, Jr. –
• Tom Benson –
• Gayle Benson –

• The Mara Family –
• *Tim J. –
• *Jack –
• *Wellington –
• *Tim –
• *John –
• The Tisch Family –
• *Bob –
• *Jonathan –

• Harry Wismer — New York Titans
• Sonny Werblin, Leon Hess, Donald C. Lillis, Townsend B. Martin, Philip H. Iselin –
• Leon Hess, Donald C. Lillis, Townsend B. Martin, Philip H. Iselin –
• Leon Hess, Townsend B. Martin, Philip H. Iselin –
• Leon Hess, Townsend B. Martin –
• Leon Hess –
• Estate of Leon Hess –
• Woody Johnson –

• Bert Bell and Lud Wray –
• Bell and Alexis Thompson –
• Thompson and 63 stockholders –
• Jerry Wolman –
• Leonard Tose –
• Norman Braman and Ed Leibowitz –
• Norman Braman –
• Jeffrey Lurie –

• The Rooney family:
• * Art –
• * Dan –
• * Art Rooney II –

• Tony Morabito, Victor Morabito, Allen E. Sorrell and E.J. Turre –
• Tony and Victor Morabito –
• Morabito, Morabito, and Al Ruffo –
• Josephine Morabito, Victor Morabito, and Ruffo –
• Josephine Morabito, Elizabeth Morabito, and Ruffo –
• Eddie DeBartolo, Jr. and Denise DeBartolo York –
• Denise DeBartolo York and John York –
• *Jed York –

• Nordstrom family –
• Ken Behring –
• Paul Allen –
• Estate of Paul Allen –

• Hugh Culverhouse –
• Hugh Culverhouse, Jr. –
• The Glazer family –
• * Malcolm Glazer –
• *Bryan Glazer, Joel Glazer, and Ed Glazer –

• Kenneth S. Adams, Jr. family –
• * Kenneth S., Jr. — Houston/Tennessee Oilers, Tennessee Titans
• * Thomas and Susie Smith – 2013–present
• * Amy Adams Strunk – 2013–present
• * Kenneth S., IV – 2013–present

• George Preston Marshall — Boston Braves, Boston/Washington Redskins
• Edward Bennett Williams –
• Jack Kent Cooke and Edward Bennett Williams –
• Jack Kent Cooke –
• Jack Kent Cooke foundation –
• Daniel Snyder –

  Canadian Football League owners

• David Braley

• Calgary Sports and Entertainment

• Publicly owned

• Bob Young

• Bob Wetenhall
• Canadian Football League

• Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group

• Publicly owned

• Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd.

• Publicly owned

  Hockey franchise owners

National Hockey League owners

• The Walt Disney Company - 1993–2005
• Henry & Susan Samueli - 2005–present

• Barry Shenkarow - 1979-1996
• Steven Gluckstern and Richard Burke - 1996–1998
• Richard Burke - 1998–2001
• Steve Ellman, Wayne Gretzky, and Jerry Moyes - 2001–2006
• Wayne Gretzky and Jerry Moyes - 2006–2009
• National Hockey League - 2009–2013
• IceArizona - 2013–2017
• Andrew Barroway - 2017–2019
• Alex Meruelo - 2019–present

• Charles Adams - 1924–1947
• Weston Adams, Sr. - 1947–1951
• Boston Garden-Arena Corporation - 1951–1973
• Storer Broadcasting - 1973–1975
• Jeremy Jacobs - 1975–present

• Seymour H. Knox III and Northrup Knox - 1970–1996
• John Rigas - 1996–2002
• National Hockey League - 2002–2003
• Tom Golisano and Larry Quinn - 2003–2011
• Terrence Pegula - 2011–present

• Tom Cousins - 1972-1980
• Calgary Sports and Entertainment - 1980–present

• Howard Baldwin, Don Conrad and 14 other Hartford based partners - 1979-1988
• Richard Gordon and Don Conrad - 1988-1989
• Richard Gordon, and Colonial Whalers - 1989-1992
• Richard Gordon - 1992-1994
• Peter Karmanos, Jr. - 1994–2018
• Thomas Dundon - 2018–present

• Frederic McLaughlin - 1926–1944
• Estate of Frederic McLaughlin - 1944–1946
• James E. Norris and Bill Tobin - 1946–1952
• James D. Norris and Arthur Wirtz - 1952–1966
• Wirtz Corporation
• *William Wadsworth Wirtz - 1966–2007
• *William Rockwell Wirtz - 2007–present

• Carling O'Keefe - 1979-1990
• Marcel Aubut - 1990-1995
• Charlie Lyons - 1995–2000
• Kroenke Sports & Entertainment - 2000–present
• * As noted in the NBA section, Stan Kroenke has technically transferred a controlling interest in the Avalanche to his son Josh Kroenke in order to comply with NFL cross-ownership rules.

• The McConnell Family - 2000-present
• *John H. - 2000–2008
• *John P. - 2008–present

• Walter Bush and W. John Driscoll - 1967-1991
• Norman Green - 1991–1995
• Tom Hicks - 1995–2011
• Tom Gaglardi - 2011–present

• Charles A. Hughes - 1926–1931
• Creditors' Committee - 1931–1933
• James E. Norris - 1933–1952
• Marguerite Norris - 1952–1955
• Bruce Norris - 1955–1982
• The Ilitch family - 1982–present
• *Mike Ilitch - 1982–2017
• *Christopher Ilitch - 2017–present

• Peter Pocklington - 1979–1998
• Edmonton Investors Group Limited Partnership - 1998–2008
• Daryl Katz - 2008–present

• Wayne Huizenga - 1993–2001
• Alan Cohen and Bernie Kosar - 2001–2009
• Vincent Viola - 2009-Pres.

• Jack Kent Cooke - 1967–1979
• Jerry Buss - 1979–1987
• Bruce McNall - 1987–1994
• Joseph Cohen and Jeffrey Sudikoff - 1994–1995
• Philip Anschutz and Edward Roski, Jr. - 1995–present

• Bob Naegele, Jr. - 1997–2008
• Craig Leipold - 2008–present

• J. Ambrose O'Brien - 1909–1910
• George Kennedy - 1910–1921
• Joseph Cattarinich, Leo Dandurand, and Louis Letourneau - 1921–1930
• Joseph Cattarinich and Leo Dandurand - 1930–1935
• Ernest Savard, Maurice Forget, and Louis Gelinas - 1935–1940
• Donat Raymond and William Northey - 1940–1957
• Hartland Molson and Tom Molson - 1957–1964
• David Molson, Peter Molson, and William Molson - 1964–1971
• Edward Bronfman and Peter Bronfman - 1971–1978
• Molson Brewing Company - 1978–2001
• George N. Gillett, Jr. - 2001–2009
• Geoff Molson, Andrew Molson, and Justin Molson - 2009–present

• Craig Leipold - 1998–2007
• David Freeman - 2007–present

• Edwin G. Thompson - 1974-1976
• Jack Vickers Jr. - 1976-1982
• John McMullen - 1982–2000
• YankeeNets - 2000–2004
• Jeffrey Vanderbeek - 2004–2013
• Joshua Harris - 2013–present

• Roy Boe - 1972–1978
• John Pickett - 1978–1997
• John Spano - 1997
• Howard Milstein and Steven Gluckstern - 1997–2000
• Charles Wang and Sanjay Kumar - 2000–2006
• Charles Wang - 2006–2016
• Jon Ledecky and Scott D. Malkin, minority owner Charles Wang - 2016–present

• Madison Square Garden, Inc. - 1926–present

• Bruce Firestone - 1992
• Rod Bryden - 1992–2003
• Eugene Melnyk - 2003–present

• Ed Snider - 1967–1996
• Comcast Spectacor and Ed Snider - 1996–2016
• Comcast Spectacor - 2016–present

• Jack McGregor and Peter Block - 1965–1968
• Donald Parsons - 1968–1971
• Peter Block, Elmore Keener, and Peter Burchfield - 1971–1975
• National Hockey League - 1975
• Al Savill, Otto Frenzel, and Wren Blair - 1975–1976
• Al Savill and Otto Frenzel - 1976–1977
• Edward J. DeBartolo, Sr. - 1977–1991
• Howard Baldwin, Morris Belzberg, and Thomas Ruta - 1991–1997
• Howard Baldwin, Morris Belzberg, Thomas Ruta, and Roger Marino - 1997–1999
• Mario Lemieux and Ron Burkle - 1999–present

• Gordon Gund and George Gund Gund - 1991–2001
• San Jose Sports & Entertainment Enterprises - 2001–present

• Sid Salomon, Jr., Sid Salomon III, and Robert Wolfson - 1967–1977
• Ralston Purina - 1977–1983
• Harry Ornest - 1983–1986
• Michael Shanahan, Sr. - 1986–1999
• Bill Laurie and Nancy Walton Laurie - 1999–2005
• Dave Checketts - 2005–2012
• Tom Stillman via SLB Acquisition Holdings LLC – 2012–present

• Kokusai Green - 1992–1998
• Arthur L. Williams, Jr. - 1998–1999
• William Davidson - 1999–2007
• Oren Koules and Len Barrie - 2007–2010
• Jeffrey Vinik - 2010–present

• Toronto Arena Company - 1917–1919
• Charles Querrie - 1919–1927
• Conn Smythe - 1927–1961
• Stafford Smythe, Harold Ballard, and John Bassett - 1961–1970
• Stafford Smythe and Harold Ballard - 1970–1972
• Harold Ballard - 1972–1990
• Estate of Harold Ballard - 1990–1991
• Steve Stavro - 1991–1996
• Steve Stavro and Larry Tanenbaum - 1996–1998
• Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd. - 1998–present

• Thomas Scallen - 1970–1974
• Frank Griffiths - 1974–1988
• Arthur Griffiths - 1988–1997
• John McCaw, Jr. - 1997–2004
• John McCaw, Jr. and Francesco Aquilini - 2004–2006
• Francesco Aquilini - 2006–present

• Black Knight Sports & Entertainment: Bill Foley, Maloof family - 2017–present

• Abe Pollin - 1974–1999
• Monumental Sports & Entertainment - 1999–present

• Ted Turner and Time Warner - 1999-2003
• Atlanta Spirit Group - 2003-2011
• True North Sports and Entertainment - 2011–present

  Future NHL Owners

• David Bonderman, Jerry Bruckheimer, and Tod Leiweke - 2018–present

  Rugby League Football club owners

[National Rugby League] owners

• News Corporation Majority ownership of the Brisbane Broncos

• News Corporation Full ownership

• Wests Leagues Club

• Russell Crowe
• Peter Holmes à Court

  [Super League] owners

Rugby Union Football club owners

Aviva Premiership">Premiership Rugby">Aviva Premiership (England)

• Andrew Brownsword
• Bruce Craig

• Stephen Lansdown

• Owned by a large number of investors until 1997
• Tom Walkinshaw
• * Martin St Quinton
• Ryan Walkinshaw
• Martin St Quinton

• John Hall
• Dave Thompson

• Brian Kennedy

• Steve Hayes
• Derek Richardson and minority investors

  Guinness Pro14">Pro14">Guinness Pro14

• Eight rugby clubs in Italy: Rugby Viadana 54%, Colorno 15%, Gran Parma Rugby 10%, Rugby Parma 10%, Noceto 5%, Reggio Emilia 2%, Modena 2% and Mantova 2%.
• * After the formation of Aironi, Gran Parma, Viadana and Colorno merged to form GranDucato Rugby Parma, and Rugby Parma and Noceto merged to form Crociati Parma Rugby.

• Benetton

• Cardiff RFC

• Free State Rugby Union

• All are owned and operated by the respective provincial branches of the Irish Rugby Football Union, the sport's governing body throughout the island of Ireland.

• Newport RFC and the Welsh Rugby Union
• Welsh Rugby Union

• Both are owned and operated by the Scottish Rugby Union, the sport's governing body in Scotland.

• Neath RFC and Swansea RFC

• Llanelli RFC

• Eastern Province Rugby Union

• Italian Rugby Federation

  [Top 14] and Pro D2">Rugby Pro D2">Pro D2 (France)

• Daniel Derichebourg
• * Derichebourg has put the club up for sale.

• Pierre Fabre

• Mohed Altrad

• Paul Goze

• Jacky Lorenzetti

• Max Guazzini ; unknown percentage also owned by Christophe Dominici in the last years of Guazzini's ownership
• Jean-Pierre Savare
• Hans-Peter Wild

• Mourad Boudjellal

  Cricket club Owners

India

[Indian Premier League] owners

• Shahrukh Khan
• Juhi Chawla
• Jay Mehta

• Varun Manian

• Grandhi Mallikarjuna Rao

• Preity Zinta
• Ness Wadia
• Mohit Burman

• Mukesh Ambani
• Teesta Retail

• Lachlan Murdoch
• Shilpa Shetty
• Raj Kundra

• Vijay Mallya

• Kalanidhi Maran