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Arizona DiamondbacksKen Kendrick · since 2009
Payroll data through2026
Value 2026$1.96BPayroll rank12 of 30Spending index109.5
Arizona Diamondbacks Ownership
Owner: Ken Kendrick · since 2009 · NL West
Budget generosity38below the median
Patience51typical
Win-now or build21build
Last five seasons+14.2 a yearloosening
- Ken Kendrick: over 18 seasons (2009 to 2026) the club paid on average 0.85 times the league median payroll and ranked 19.7 on average. Best payroll rank 12th (2026); worst 28th (2015).
- Last five seasons (2022 to 2026): 0.93 times the median, average rank 17.
- The club named 3.5 new managers per ten seasons (2009 to 2025); the league average over the same seasons was 3.6.
- After a losing season (win percentage under 0.480) the spending index moved -11.7 points on average, across 7 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
- Ken Kendrick
- Principals
- Ken Kendrick
- Owner since
- 2009
- Reported price
- Data pending
- Forbes value (2026)
- $1.96B
- Revenue
- $234M
- Operating income
- Loss of $31M
- Payroll 2026
- $192.7M, rank 12 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 | Jerry Colangelo (Arizona Baseball) | 1998 to 2004 | group | $130 million | Expansion price as listed on a public owners list. |
| 2 | Jeff Moorad and Ken Kendrick group | 2005 to 2008 | group | Not public | |
| 3 | Ken Kendrick | 2009 to now | individual | Not public |
| List year | Value | Revenue | Operating income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.96B | $234M | -$31M |
| 2025 | $1.6B | $328M | -$33M |
| 2024 | Data pending | Data pending | Data pending |
| 2023 | $1.38B | $276M | $30M |
| 2022 | $1.38B | $267M | $40M |
| 2021 | $1.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2020 | $1.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2019 | $1.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2018 | $1.2B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2017 | $1.2B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2016 | $925M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2015 | $840M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2014 | $585M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2013 | $584M | Not listed | Not listed |
- 1Jerry Colangelo (Arizona Baseball) 1998 to 2004
- 2Jeff Moorad and Ken Kendrick group 2005 to 2008
- 3Ken Kendrick 2009 to now
| Season | Owner | Payroll | Rank | Index | Payroll share of revenue | Record | Playoffs | Over tax line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | $192.7M | 12 of 30 | 109.5 | 86-76 | No | ||
| 2025 | 3 | $181.6M | 13 of 30 | 112.6 | 77.6% | 80-82 | No | No |
| 2024 | 3 | $178.4M | 13 of 30 | 111.1 | 54.4% | 89-73 | No | No |
| 2023 | 3 | $119.3M | 21 of 30 | 74.8 | 84-78 | Yes | No | |
| 2022 | 3 | $86.0M | 26 of 30 | 57.2 | 31.1% | 74-88 | No | No |
| 2021 | 3 | $91.6M | 21 of 30 | 68.5 | 34.3% | 52-110 | No | No |
| 2020 | 3 | $65.6M | 14 of 30 | 102.7 | 25-35* | No | No | |
| 2019 | 3 | $119.3M | 19 of 30 | 85.0 | 85-77 | No | No | |
| 2018 | 3 | $141.7M | 15 of 30 | 100.4 | 82-80 | No | No | |
| 2017 | 3 | $102.6M | 23 of 30 | 72.4 | 93-69 | Yes | No | |
| 2016 | 3 | $97.9M | 22 of 30 | 72.7 | 69-93 | No | No | |
| 2015 | 3 | $76.8M | 28 of 30 | 65.0 | 79-83 | No | No | |
| 2014 | 3 | $106.3M | 17 of 30 | 96.3 | 64-98 | No | No | |
| 2013 | 3 | $88.3M | 19 of 30 | 88.2 | 81-81 | No | No | |
| 2012 | 3 | $80.7M | 23 of 30 | 82.3 | 81-81 | No | No | |
| 2011 | 3 | $64.3M | 25 of 30 | 67.9 | 94-68 | Yes | No | |
| 2010 | 3 | $60.7M | 23 of 30 | 73.9 | 65-97 | No | No | |
| 2009 | 3 | $73.1M | 20 of 30 | 90.2 | 70-92 | No | No | |
| 2008 | 2 | $66.2M | 23 of 30 | 82.8 | 82-80 | No | No | |
| 2007 | 2 | $52.1M | 26 of 30 | 61.5 | 90-72 | Yes | No | |
| 2006 | 2 | $59.7M | 23 of 30 | 82.9 | 76-86 | No | No | |
| 2005 | 2 | $62.3M | 17 of 30 | 94.2 | 77-85 | No | No | |
| 2004 | 1 | $69.8M | 13 of 30 | 112.0 | 51-111 | No | No | |
| 2003 | 1 | $80.7M | 10 of 30 | 116.9 | 84-78 | No | No | |
| 2002 | 1 | $102.8M | 4 of 30 | 168.3 | 98-64 | Yes | ||
| 2001 | 1 | $85.1M | 8 of 30 | 132.9 | 92-70 | Yes | ||
| 2000 | 1 | $81.0M | 5 of 30 | 143.3 | 85-77 | No | ||
| 1999 | 1 | $68.7M | 7 of 30 | 138.0 | 100-62 | Yes | ||
| 1998 | 1 | $32.3M | 23 of 30 | 76.2 | 65-97 | 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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