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Cleveland GuardiansPaul Dolan (Dolan family) · since 2013
Payroll data through2026
Value 2026$1.68BPayroll rank30 of 30Spending index42.3
Cleveland Guardians Ownership
Owner: Paul Dolan (Dolan family) · since 2013 · AL Central
Budget generosity23low payroll
Patience44quick to change
Win-now or buildData pending
Last five seasons0.0 a yearsteady
- Paul Dolan (Dolan family): over 14 seasons (2013 to 2026) the club paid on average 0.68 times the league median payroll and ranked 23.4 on average. Best payroll rank 14th (2018); worst 30th (2026).
- Last five seasons (2022 to 2026): 0.55 times the median, average rank 26.2.
- The club named 3.8 new managers per ten seasons (2013 to 2025); the league average over the same seasons was 3.4.
- Data pending: 1 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
- Paul Dolan (Dolan family)
- Principals
- Paul Dolan
- Owner since
- 2013
- Reported price
- Data pending
- Forbes value (2026)
- $1.68B
- Revenue
- $337M
- Operating income
- $53M
- Payroll 2026
- $74.5M, rank 30 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 | Steve O'Neill syndicate | 1978 to 1985 | group | $11 million | |
| 2 | Richard and David Jacobs Richard E. Jacobs, David H. Jacobs | 1986 to 1999 | group | $35 million | Public sources disagree: $35 million in one biography, $45 million in the club history. |
| 3 | Larry Dolan (Dolan family trusts) | 2000 to 2012 | family | $323 million | The club page gives $320 million. |
| 4 | Paul Dolan (Dolan family) | 2013 to now | family | Not public | Paul Dolan became the club's control person in 2013; his father Larry Dolan died in February 2025. |
| List year | Value | Revenue | Operating income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $1.68B | $337M | $53M |
| 2025 | $1.4B | $336M | $11M |
| 2024 | Data pending | Data pending | Data pending |
| 2023 | $1.3B | $268M | $40M |
| 2022 | $1.3B | $267M | $71M |
| 2021 | $1.2B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2020 | $1.2B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2019 | $1.2B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2018 | $1B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2017 | $920M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2016 | $800M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2015 | $825M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2014 | $570M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2013 | $559M | Not listed | Not listed |
- 1Steve O'Neill syndicate 1978 to 1985
- 2Richard and David Jacobs 1986 to 1999
- 3Larry Dolan (Dolan family trusts) 2000 to 2012
- 4Paul Dolan (Dolan family) 2013 to now
| Season | Owner | Payroll | Rank | Index | Payroll share of revenue | Record | Playoffs | Over tax line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | $74.5M | 30 of 30 | 42.3 | 85-77 | Yes | ||
| 2025 | 4 | $100.3M | 24 of 30 | 62.2 | 29.8% | 88-74 | Yes | No |
| 2024 | 4 | $107.1M | 24 of 30 | 66.7 | 31.9% | 92-69 | Yes | No |
| 2023 | 4 | $92.1M | 26 of 30 | 57.8 | 76-86 | No | No | |
| 2022 | 4 | $66.7M | 27 of 30 | 44.4 | 24.9% | 92-70 | Yes | No |
| 2021 | 4 | $50.7M | 29 of 30 | 37.9 | 19.0% | 80-82 | No | No |
| 2020 | 4 | $39.3M | 24 of 30 | 61.5 | 35-25* | Yes | No | |
| 2019 | 4 | $106.8M | 22 of 30 | 76.1 | 93-69 | No | No | |
| 2018 | 4 | $142.6M | 14 of 30 | 101.0 | 91-71 | Yes | No | |
| 2017 | 4 | $132.3M | 18 of 30 | 93.4 | 102-60 | Yes | No | |
| 2016 | 4 | $106.0M | 18 of 30 | 78.8 | 94-67 | Yes | No | |
| 2015 | 4 | $77.4M | 27 of 30 | 65.5 | 81-80 | No | No | |
| 2014 | 4 | $84.5M | 26 of 30 | 76.5 | 85-77 | No | No | |
| 2013 | 4 | $93.0M | 18 of 30 | 92.9 | 92-70 | Yes | No | |
| 2012 | 3 | $76.6M | 24 of 30 | 78.1 | 68-94 | No | No | |
| 2011 | 3 | $55.5M | 26 of 30 | 58.6 | 80-82 | No | No | |
| 2010 | 3 | $51.0M | 26 of 30 | 62.1 | 69-93 | No | No | |
| 2009 | 3 | $81.6M | 15 of 30 | 100.6 | 65-97 | No | No | |
| 2008 | 3 | $79.0M | 16 of 30 | 98.8 | 81-81 | No | No | |
| 2007 | 3 | $61.7M | 23 of 30 | 72.9 | 96-66 | Yes | No | |
| 2006 | 3 | $56.0M | 25 of 30 | 77.8 | 78-84 | No | No | |
| 2005 | 3 | $41.5M | 26 of 30 | 62.7 | 93-69 | No | No | |
| 2004 | 3 | $34.3M | 27 of 30 | 55.1 | 80-82 | No | No | |
| 2003 | 3 | $48.6M | 26 of 30 | 70.4 | 68-94 | No | No | |
| 2002 | 3 | $78.9M | 9 of 30 | 129.1 | 74-88 | No | ||
| 2001 | 3 | $93.2M | 5 of 30 | 145.6 | 91-71 | Yes | ||
| 2000 | 3 | $75.9M | 8 of 30 | 134.2 | 90-72 | No | ||
| 1999 | 2 | $73.0M | 6 of 30 | 146.6 | 97-65 | Yes | ||
| 1998 | 2 | $60.8M | 4 of 30 | 143.2 | 89-73 | Yes | ||
| 1997 | 2 | $56.8M | 4 of 28 | 135.7 | 86-75 | Yes | ||
| 1996 | 2 | $48.1M | 4 of 28 | 142.8 | 99-62 | Yes | ||
| 1995 | 2 | $37.9M | 8 of 28 | 110.4 | 100-44 | Yes | ||
| 1994 | 2 | $30.5M | 18 of 28 | 92.3 | 66-47 | No | ||
| 1993 | 2 | $18.6M | 27 of 28 | 54.8 | 76-86 | No | ||
| 1992 | 2 | $9.4M | 26 of 26 | 30.6 | 76-86 | No | ||
| 1991 | 2 | $17.6M | 21 of 26 | 76.2 | 57-105 | No | ||
| 1990 | 2 | $14.5M | 20 of 26 | 82.4 | 77-85 | No | ||
| 1989 | 2 | $9.1M | 24 of 26 | 62.4 | 73-89 | No | ||
| 1988 | 2 | $8.9M | 20 of 26 | 72.5 | 78-84 | No | ||
| 1987 | 2 | $8.5M | 19 of 26 | 75.4 | 61-101 | No | ||
| 1986 | 2 | $7.8M | 24 of 26 | 68.0 | 84-78 | No | ||
| 1985 | 1 | $6.6M | 24 of 26 | 65.1 | 60-102 | 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.
No owner stories are published for this club yet.
More on this club: Cleveland Guardians team page and payroll history.