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AthleticsJohn Fisher · since 2017
Payroll data through2026
Value 2026$2BPayroll rank26 of 30Spending index56.2
Athletics Ownership
Owner: John Fisher · since 2017 · AL West
Budget generosity3low payroll
Patience83very patient
Win-now or build65win-now
Last five seasons+5.7 a yearloosening
- John Fisher: over 10 seasons (2017 to 2026) the club paid on average 0.52 times the league median payroll and ranked 27.4 on average. Best payroll rank 23rd (2021); worst 30th (2023, 2024).
- Last five seasons (2022 to 2026): 0.43 times the median, average rank 28.8.
- The club named 1.1 new managers per ten seasons (2017 to 2025); the league average over the same seasons was 3.2.
- After a losing season (win percentage under 0.480) the spending index moved +5.8 points on average, across 5 such seasons.
Scores run 0 to 100 and describe what the club did under this owner: budget generosity is payroll relative to the league median (50 is the median, 100 is double); patience is how rarely the club changes managers; win-now or build is whether payroll rose or fell after a losing season. They are our summary of public numbers, not a judgment of a person.
- Owner
- John Fisher
- Principals
- John Fisher
- Owner since
- 2017
- Reported price
- Data pending
- Forbes value (2026)
- $2B
- Revenue
- $320M
- Operating income
- $45M
- Payroll 2026
- $98.9M, rank 26 of 30
- Seasons over the tax line, 2003 to 2025
- 0
- Tax paid 2022 to 2025
- $0
| # | Owner or group | Seasons | Type | Reported price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walter A. Haas Jr. (Haas family) | 1981 to 1995 | family | Not public | Haas bought the club from Charlie Finley in August 1980; the purchase was meant to keep it from moving. |
| 2 | Steve Schott and Ken Hofmann | 1996 to 2004 | group | Not public | |
| 3 | Lew Wolff and John Fisher | 2005 to 2016 | group | $180 million | |
| 4 | John Fisher | 2017 to now | individual | Not public |
| List year | Value | Revenue | Operating income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $2B | $320M | $45M |
| 2025 | $1.8B | $257M | $23M |
| 2024 | Data pending | Data pending | Data pending |
| 2023 | $1.18B | $212M | $29M |
| 2022 | $1.18B | $208M | -$9M |
| 2021 | $1.1B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2020 | $1.1B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2019 | $1.1B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2018 | $1B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2017 | $880M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2016 | $725M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2015 | $725M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2014 | $495M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2013 | $468M | Not listed | Not listed |
- 1Walter A. Haas Jr. (Haas family) 1981 to 1995
- 2Steve Schott and Ken Hofmann 1996 to 2004
- 3Lew Wolff and John Fisher 2005 to 2016
- 4John Fisher 2017 to now
| Season | Owner | Payroll | Rank | Index | Payroll share of revenue | Record | Playoffs | Over tax line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | $98.9M | 26 of 30 | 56.2 | 64-98 | No | ||
| 2025 | 4 | $78.4M | 29 of 30 | 48.6 | 24.5% | 76-86 | No | No |
| 2024 | 4 | $63.5M | 30 of 30 | 39.5 | 24.7% | 69-93 | No | No |
| 2023 | 4 | $62.3M | 30 of 30 | 39.0 | 50-112 | No | No | |
| 2022 | 4 | $48.4M | 29 of 30 | 32.3 | 22.9% | 60-102 | No | No |
| 2021 | 4 | $90.4M | 23 of 30 | 67.6 | 43.5% | 86-76 | No | No |
| 2020 | 4 | $36.7M | 25 of 30 | 57.5 | 36-24* | Yes | No | |
| 2019 | 4 | $98.6M | 25 of 30 | 70.3 | 97-65 | Yes | No | |
| 2018 | 4 | $80.3M | 28 of 30 | 56.9 | 97-65 | Yes | No | |
| 2017 | 4 | $73.5M | 29 of 30 | 51.9 | 75-87 | No | No | |
| 2016 | 3 | $83.1M | 27 of 30 | 61.8 | 69-93 | No | No | |
| 2015 | 3 | $80.5M | 26 of 30 | 68.1 | 68-94 | No | No | |
| 2014 | 3 | $92.9M | 21 of 30 | 84.1 | 88-74 | Yes | No | |
| 2013 | 3 | $67.1M | 28 of 30 | 67.0 | 96-66 | Yes | No | |
| 2012 | 3 | $60.5M | 29 of 30 | 61.7 | 94-68 | Yes | No | |
| 2011 | 3 | $75.2M | 21 of 30 | 79.4 | 74-88 | No | No | |
| 2010 | 3 | $54.2M | 24 of 30 | 66.0 | 81-81 | No | No | |
| 2009 | 3 | $61.9M | 26 of 30 | 76.4 | 75-87 | No | No | |
| 2008 | 3 | $48.0M | 28 of 30 | 60.0 | 75-86 | No | No | |
| 2007 | 3 | $79.4M | 17 of 30 | 93.8 | 76-86 | No | No | |
| 2006 | 3 | $62.2M | 21 of 30 | 86.5 | 93-69 | Yes | No | |
| 2005 | 3 | $55.4M | 22 of 30 | 83.7 | 88-74 | No | No | |
| 2004 | 2 | $59.4M | 16 of 30 | 95.4 | 91-71 | No | No | |
| 2003 | 2 | $50.3M | 23 of 30 | 72.9 | 96-66 | Yes | No | |
| 2002 | 2 | $40.0M | 28 of 30 | 65.5 | 103-59 | Yes | ||
| 2001 | 2 | $33.8M | 29 of 30 | 52.8 | 102-60 | Yes | ||
| 2000 | 2 | $32.0M | 25 of 30 | 56.5 | 91-70 | Yes | ||
| 1999 | 2 | $24.4M | 27 of 30 | 49.1 | 87-75 | No | ||
| 1998 | 2 | $21.3M | 28 of 30 | 50.2 | 74-88 | No | ||
| 1997 | 2 | $24.0M | 24 of 28 | 57.4 | 65-97 | No | ||
| 1996 | 2 | $21.2M | 26 of 28 | 63.0 | 78-84 | No | ||
| 1995 | 1 | $37.7M | 9 of 28 | 109.8 | 67-77 | No | ||
| 1994 | 1 | $34.2M | 13 of 28 | 103.4 | 51-63 | No | ||
| 1993 | 1 | $37.8M | 11 of 28 | 111.6 | 68-94 | No | ||
| 1992 | 1 | $41.0M | 5 of 26 | 134.2 | 96-66 | Yes | ||
| 1991 | 1 | $37.0M | 1 of 26 | 159.9 | 84-78 | No | ||
| 1990 | 1 | $19.9M | 8 of 26 | 113.1 | 103-59 | Yes | ||
| 1989 | 1 | $15.6M | 8 of 26 | 107.1 | 99-63 | Yes | ||
| 1988 | 1 | $9.7M | 17 of 26 | 78.6 | 104-58 | Yes | ||
| 1987 | 1 | $11.7M | 12 of 26 | 103.5 | 81-81 | No | ||
| 1986 | 1 | $9.8M | 21 of 26 | 85.1 | 76-86 | No | ||
| 1985 | 1 | $9.1M | 19 of 26 | 90.1 | 77-85 | No |
Owner numbers match the ownership list. Payroll is nominal dollars. * 2020 was a 60-game season. Payroll share of revenue exists for 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025 only. The tax-line column stops at 2025 because 2026 tax bills are not known until December. How the index is built.
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