Forbes Magazine published its list of the 50 most valuable sports teams in the world, and the Green Bay Packers ranked 18th with an estimated value of $1.16 billion.
Real Madrid headed a trio of European soccer clubs at the top of the list. The nine-time European champion is worth $3.3 billion, up from $1.88 billion last year.
Manchester United ($3.17 billion) swapped places with Real and sits in second place, while Spanish soccer champion Barcelona ($2.6 billion) moved up five places to third.
Major League Baseball's (MLB) New York Yankees ($2.3 billion) fell one spot to fourth, followed by the NFL's Dallas Cowboys ($2.1 billion) and New England Patriots ($1.6 billion).
Rounding out the top 10 were MLB's Los Angeles Dodgers ($1.61 billion), the NFL's Washington Redskins ($1.6 billion) and New York Giants ($1.46 billion) and London-based soccer club Arsenal ($1.3 billion).
With 30 teams in the top 50, the NFL occupies 60% of this year's list. The average value of the top 50 teams is $1.24 billion, which is a 16% increase from last year.
The 20 non-NFL teams in the top 50 are comprised of seven each from MLB and soccer, three from the National Basketball Association, two from motor racing and one from the National Hockey League.
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