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Los Angeles DodgersGuggenheim Baseball Management · since 2012
Payroll data through2026
Value 2026$7.8BPayroll rank2 of 30Spending index192.8
Los Angeles Dodgers Ownership
Owner: Guggenheim Baseball Management · since 2012 · NL West
Budget generosity97big spender
Patience88very patient
Win-now or buildData pending
Last five seasons+9.3 a yearloosening
- Guggenheim Baseball Management: over 14 seasons (2013 to 2026) the club paid on average 1.92 times the league median payroll and ranked 1.9 on average. Best payroll rank 1st (2013, 2014, 2015 and others); worst 6th (2023).
- Last five seasons (2022 to 2026): 1.83 times the median, average rank 2.6.
- The club named 0.8 new managers per ten seasons (2013 to 2025); the league average over the same seasons was 3.4.
- Data pending: 0 seasons after a losing year under this owner, and at least 3 are needed.
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
- Guggenheim Baseball Management
- Principals
- Mark Walter
- Owner since
- 2012
- Reported price
- $2.15 billion
- Forbes value (2026)
- $7.8B
- Revenue
- $850M
- Operating income
- Loss of $20M
- Payroll 2026
- $339.3M, rank 2 of 30
- Seasons over the tax line, 2003 to 2025
- 10
- Tax paid 2022 to 2025
- $324.2 million
| # | Owner or group | Seasons | Type | Reported price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O'Malley family | 1985 to 1997 | family | Not public | |
| 2 | Fox Group (News Corporation) | 1998 to 2003 | corporation | Not public | |
| 3 | Frank and Jamie McCourt Frank McCourt, Jamie McCourt | 2004 to 2011 | group | $430 million | Major League Baseball took over day-to-day operations in 2011 and the club filed for bankruptcy protection that year. |
| 4 | Guggenheim Baseball Management Mark Walter | 2012 to now | group | $2.15 billion | A public owners list gives $2.0 billion; the stadium land was sold separately for $150 million. |
| List year | Value | Revenue | Operating income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $7.8B | $850M | -$20M |
| 2025 | $6.8B | $752M | $21M |
| 2024 | Data pending | Data pending | Data pending |
| 2023 | $4.8B | $581M | $14M |
| 2022 | $4.08B | $565M | -$8M |
| 2021 | $3.6B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2020 | $3.4B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2019 | $3.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2018 | $3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2017 | $2.8B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2016 | $2.5B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2015 | $2.4B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2014 | $2B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2013 | $1.6B | Not listed | Not listed |
- 1O'Malley family 1985 to 1997
- 2Fox Group (News Corporation) 1998 to 2003
- 3Frank and Jamie McCourt 2004 to 2011
- 4Guggenheim Baseball Management 2012 to now
| Season | Owner | Payroll | Rank | Index | Payroll share of revenue | Record | Playoffs | Over tax line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | $339.3M | 2 of 30 | 192.8 | 100-62 | Yes | ||
| 2025 | 4 | $359.2M | 1 of 30 | 222.8 | 42.3% | 93-69 | Yes | Yes |
| 2024 | 4 | $270.6M | 3 of 30 | 168.4 | 36.0% | 98-64 | Yes | Yes |
| 2023 | 4 | $241.4M | 6 of 30 | 151.4 | 100-62 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2022 | 4 | $273.0M | 1 of 30 | 181.8 | 47.0% | 111-51 | Yes | Yes |
| 2021 | 4 | $267.8M | 1 of 30 | 200.2 | 47.4% | 106-56 | Yes | Yes |
| 2020 | 4 | $124.9M | 1 of 30 | 195.5 | 43-17* | Yes | No | |
| 2019 | 4 | $207.0M | 4 of 30 | 147.4 | 106-56 | Yes | No | |
| 2018 | 4 | $199.6M | 3 of 30 | 141.4 | 92-71 | Yes | No | |
| 2017 | 4 | $259.1M | 1 of 30 | 182.9 | 104-58 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2016 | 4 | $266.7M | 1 of 30 | 198.3 | 91-71 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2015 | 4 | $301.7M | 1 of 30 | 255.3 | 92-70 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2014 | 4 | $242.2M | 1 of 30 | 219.2 | 94-68 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2013 | 4 | $236.7M | 1 of 30 | 236.5 | 92-70 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2012 | 4 (sale year) | $116.7M | 9 of 30 | 119.1 | 86-76 | No | No | |
| 2011 | 3 | $114.7M | 10 of 30 | 121.1 | 82-79 | No | No | |
| 2010 | 3 | $102.3M | 9 of 30 | 124.4 | 80-82 | No | No | |
| 2009 | 3 | $100.4M | 9 of 30 | 123.9 | 95-67 | Yes | No | |
| 2008 | 3 | $118.6M | 7 of 30 | 148.3 | 84-78 | Yes | No | |
| 2007 | 3 | $108.5M | 6 of 30 | 128.2 | 82-80 | No | No | |
| 2006 | 3 | $98.4M | 6 of 30 | 136.8 | 88-74 | Yes | No | |
| 2005 | 3 | $83.0M | 11 of 30 | 125.5 | 71-91 | No | No | |
| 2004 | 3 | $92.9M | 6 of 30 | 149.1 | 93-69 | Yes | No | |
| 2003 | 2 | $105.6M | 4 of 30 | 153.0 | 85-77 | No | No | |
| 2002 | 2 | $94.9M | 5 of 30 | 155.2 | 92-70 | No | ||
| 2001 | 2 | $109.1M | 3 of 30 | 170.5 | 86-76 | No | ||
| 2000 | 2 | $87.9M | 2 of 30 | 155.5 | 86-76 | No | ||
| 1999 | 2 | $80.9M | 2 of 30 | 162.5 | 77-85 | No | ||
| 1998 | 2 | $48.8M | 13 of 30 | 115.0 | 83-79 | No | ||
| 1997 | 1 | $45.4M | 11 of 28 | 108.4 | 88-74 | No | ||
| 1996 | 1 | $35.4M | 13 of 28 | 104.9 | 90-72 | Yes | ||
| 1995 | 1 | $39.3M | 7 of 28 | 114.2 | 78-66 | Yes | ||
| 1994 | 1 | $38.0M | 10 of 28 | 115.0 | 58-56 | No | ||
| 1993 | 1 | $39.3M | 8 of 28 | 116.1 | 81-81 | No | ||
| 1992 | 1 | $44.8M | 2 of 26 | 146.4 | 63-99 | No | ||
| 1991 | 1 | $32.8M | 4 of 26 | 141.7 | 93-69 | No | ||
| 1990 | 1 | $21.3M | 4 of 26 | 121.2 | 86-76 | No | ||
| 1989 | 1 | $21.1M | 1 of 26 | 144.5 | 77-83 | No | ||
| 1988 | 1 | $16.9M | 2 of 26 | 136.6 | 94-67 | Yes | ||
| 1987 | 1 | $13.7M | 6 of 26 | 121.1 | 73-89 | No | ||
| 1986 | 1 | $14.9M | 5 of 26 | 129.8 | 73-89 | No | ||
| 1985 | 1 | $11.0M | 9 of 26 | 109.0 | 95-67 | 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.
No owner stories are published for this club yet.
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