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Toronto Blue JaysRogers Communications · since 2001
Payroll data through2026
Value 2026$2.5BPayroll rank5 of 30Spending index156.9
Toronto Blue Jays Ownership
Owner: Rogers Communications · since 2001 · AL East
Budget generosity57near the median
Patience39quick to change
Win-now or build49balanced
Last five seasons+10.6 a yearloosening
- Rogers Communications: over 26 seasons (2001 to 2026) the club paid on average 1.1 times the league median payroll and ranked 13.7 on average. Best payroll rank 5th (2025, 2026); worst 25th (2005).
- Last five seasons (2022 to 2026): 1.42 times the median, average rank 7.8.
- The club named 4.8 new managers per ten seasons (2001 to 2025); the league average over the same seasons was 3.9.
- After a losing season (win percentage under 0.480) the spending index moved -0.4 points on average, across 8 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
- Rogers Communications
- Principals
- Data pending
- Owner since
- 2001
- Reported price
- $168 million
- Forbes value (2026)
- $2.5B
- Revenue
- $445M
- Operating income
- Loss of $71M
- Payroll 2026
- $276.1M, rank 5 of 30
- Seasons over the tax line, 2003 to 2025
- 2
- Tax paid 2022 to 2025
- $19.1 million
| # | Owner or group | Seasons | Type | Reported price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labatt Breweries (later Interbrew) | 1977 to 2000 | corporation | Not public | Interbrew bought Labatt in 1995 and kept the club until Rogers bought it in 2000. |
| 2 | Rogers Communications | 2001 to now | corporation | $168 million | Price for 80% of the club; a public owners list gives $140 million. |
| List year | Value | Revenue | Operating income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $2.5B | $445M | -$71M |
| 2025 | $2.15B | $387M | -$60M |
| 2024 | Data pending | Data pending | Data pending |
| 2023 | $2.1B | $294M | -$34M |
| 2022 | $1.78B | $238M | -$52M |
| 2021 | $1.7B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2020 | $1.6B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2019 | $1.5B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2018 | $1.4B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2017 | $1.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2016 | $900M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2015 | $870M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2014 | $610M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2013 | $568M | Not listed | Not listed |
- 1Labatt Breweries (later Interbrew) 1977 to 2000
- 2Rogers Communications 2001 to now
| Season | Owner | Payroll | Rank | Index | Payroll share of revenue | Record | Playoffs | Over tax line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | $276.1M | 5 of 30 | 156.9 | 79-83 | No | ||
| 2025 | 2 | $262.3M | 5 of 30 | 162.7 | 59.0% | 94-68 | Yes | Yes |
| 2024 | 2 | $219.2M | 9 of 30 | 136.4 | 56.6% | 74-88 | No | No |
| 2023 | 2 | $214.9M | 9 of 30 | 134.8 | 89-73 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2022 | 2 | $177.3M | 11 of 30 | 118.0 | 60.3% | 92-70 | Yes | No |
| 2021 | 2 | $150.1M | 12 of 30 | 112.2 | 63.1% | 91-71 | No | No |
| 2020 | 2 | $55.3M | 19 of 30 | 86.6 | 32-28* | Yes | No | |
| 2019 | 2 | $111.4M | 21 of 30 | 79.3 | 67-95 | No | No | |
| 2018 | 2 | $150.9M | 11 of 30 | 106.9 | 73-89 | No | No | |
| 2017 | 2 | $175.6M | 7 of 30 | 124.0 | 76-86 | No | No | |
| 2016 | 2 | $148.4M | 11 of 30 | 110.3 | 89-73 | Yes | No | |
| 2015 | 2 | $138.3M | 10 of 30 | 117.0 | 93-69 | Yes | No | |
| 2014 | 2 | $141.8M | 9 of 30 | 128.4 | 83-79 | No | No | |
| 2013 | 2 | $131.8M | 9 of 30 | 131.6 | 74-88 | No | No | |
| 2012 | 2 | $95.6M | 18 of 30 | 97.5 | 73-89 | No | No | |
| 2011 | 2 | $73.5M | 22 of 30 | 77.6 | 81-81 | No | No | |
| 2010 | 2 | $72.2M | 20 of 30 | 87.8 | 85-77 | No | No | |
| 2009 | 2 | $80.5M | 16 of 30 | 99.4 | 75-87 | No | No | |
| 2008 | 2 | $97.8M | 13 of 30 | 122.3 | 86-76 | No | No | |
| 2007 | 2 | $81.9M | 16 of 30 | 96.8 | 83-79 | No | No | |
| 2006 | 2 | $71.4M | 16 of 30 | 99.2 | 87-75 | No | No | |
| 2005 | 2 | $45.7M | 25 of 30 | 69.1 | 80-82 | No | No | |
| 2004 | 2 | $50.0M | 21 of 30 | 80.3 | 67-94 | No | No | |
| 2003 | 2 | $51.3M | 21 of 30 | 74.3 | 86-76 | No | No | |
| 2002 | 2 | $76.9M | 11 of 30 | 125.8 | 78-84 | No | ||
| 2001 | 2 | $76.9M | 10 of 30 | 120.2 | 80-82 | No | ||
| 2000 | 1 | $44.8M | 22 of 30 | 79.3 | 83-79 | No | ||
| 1999 | 1 | $45.4M | 18 of 30 | 91.3 | 84-78 | No | ||
| 1998 | 1 | $51.4M | 10 of 30 | 121.0 | 88-74 | No | ||
| 1997 | 1 | $47.1M | 9 of 28 | 112.5 | 76-86 | No | ||
| 1996 | 1 | $29.6M | 17 of 28 | 87.7 | 74-88 | No | ||
| 1995 | 1 | $50.6M | 1 of 28 | 147.2 | 56-88 | No | ||
| 1994 | 1 | $43.4M | 3 of 28 | 131.4 | 55-60 | No | ||
| 1993 | 1 | $47.3M | 1 of 28 | 139.6 | 95-67 | Yes | ||
| 1992 | 1 | $44.8M | 1 of 26 | 146.4 | 96-66 | Yes | ||
| 1991 | 1 | $19.9M | 18 of 26 | 86.0 | 91-71 | Yes | ||
| 1990 | 1 | $17.8M | 12 of 26 | 100.9 | 86-76 | No | ||
| 1989 | 1 | $16.3M | 6 of 26 | 111.5 | 89-73 | Yes | ||
| 1988 | 1 | $12.2M | 15 of 26 | 99.3 | 87-75 | No | ||
| 1987 | 1 | $10.5M | 16 of 26 | 92.8 | 96-66 | No | ||
| 1986 | 1 | $12.6M | 10 of 26 | 109.8 | 86-76 | No | ||
| 1985 | 1 | $8.8M | 20 of 26 | 87.6 | 99-62 | Yes |
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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