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New York MetsSteve Cohen · since 2021
Payroll data through2026
Value 2026$3.5BPayroll rank1 of 30Spending index197.0
New York Mets Ownership
Owner: Steve Cohen · since 2021 · NL East
Budget generosity97big spender
PatienceData pending
Win-now or buildData pending
Last five seasons+3.1 a yearsteady
- Steve Cohen: over 6 seasons (2021 to 2026) the club paid on average 1.93 times the league median payroll and ranked 1.7 on average. Best payroll rank 1st (2023, 2024, 2026); worst 3rd (2021).
- Last five seasons (2022 to 2026): 2.01 times the median, average rank 1.4.
- Data pending: fewer than 6 seasons of manager history under this owner, too few to read a rate.
- Data pending: 2 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
- Steve Cohen
- Principals
- Steve Cohen
- Owner since
- 2021
- Reported price
- $2.475 billion
- Forbes value (2026)
- $3.5B
- Revenue
- $553M
- Operating income
- Loss of $213M
- Payroll 2026
- $346.7M, rank 1 of 30
- Seasons over the tax line, 2003 to 2025
- 4
- Tax paid 2022 to 2025
- $320.3 million
| # | Owner or group | Seasons | Type | Reported price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doubleday and Company Nelson Doubleday Jr. | 1980 to 1985 | corporation | Not public | |
| 2 | Nelson Doubleday Jr. and Fred Wilpon | 1986 to 2001 | group | $81 million | |
| 3 | Wilpon family Fred Wilpon, Jeff Wilpon, Saul Katz | 2002 to 2020 | family | $391 million | Price of Doubleday's remaining 50 percent. |
| 4 | Steve Cohen | 2021 to now | individual | $2.475 billion | Price listed on a public owners list; a Wilpon biography says approximately $2.4 billion for 95 percent. |
| List year | Value | Revenue | Operating income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $3.5B | $553M | -$213M |
| 2025 | $3.2B | $444M | -$268M |
| 2024 | Data pending | Data pending | Data pending |
| 2023 | $2.9B | $374M | -$138M |
| 2022 | $2.65B | $302M | -$96M |
| 2021 | $2.5B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2020 | $2.4B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2019 | $2.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2018 | $2.1B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2017 | $2B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2016 | $1.7B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2015 | $1.4B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2014 | $800M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2013 | $811M | Not listed | Not listed |
- 1Doubleday and Company 1980 to 1985
- 2Nelson Doubleday Jr. and Fred Wilpon 1986 to 2001
- 3Wilpon family 2002 to 2020
- 4Steve Cohen 2021 to now
| Season | Owner | Payroll | Rank | Index | Payroll share of revenue | Record | Playoffs | Over tax line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | $346.7M | 1 of 30 | 197.0 | 74-88 | No | ||
| 2025 | 4 | $340.1M | 2 of 30 | 211.0 | 61.5% | 83-79 | No | Yes |
| 2024 | 4 | $324.3M | 1 of 30 | 201.8 | 73.0% | 89-73 | Yes | Yes |
| 2023 | 4 | $349.1M | 1 of 30 | 218.9 | 75-87 | No | Yes | |
| 2022 | 4 | $266.7M | 2 of 30 | 177.5 | 71.3% | 101-61 | Yes | Yes |
| 2021 | 4 | $201.2M | 3 of 30 | 150.4 | 66.6% | 77-85 | No | No |
| 2020 | 3 | $81.9M | 6 of 30 | 128.3 | 26-34* | No | No | |
| 2019 | 3 | $146.8M | 12 of 30 | 104.6 | 86-76 | No | No | |
| 2018 | 3 | $150.2M | 12 of 30 | 106.4 | 77-85 | No | No | |
| 2017 | 3 | $144.0M | 15 of 30 | 101.6 | 70-92 | No | No | |
| 2016 | 3 | $147.2M | 12 of 30 | 109.4 | 87-75 | Yes | No | |
| 2015 | 3 | $115.7M | 17 of 30 | 97.9 | 90-72 | Yes | No | |
| 2014 | 3 | $94.5M | 20 of 30 | 85.5 | 79-83 | No | No | |
| 2013 | 3 | $101.3M | 14 of 30 | 101.2 | 74-88 | No | No | |
| 2012 | 3 | $105.0M | 14 of 30 | 107.1 | 74-88 | No | No | |
| 2011 | 3 | $141.8M | 5 of 30 | 149.7 | 77-85 | No | No | |
| 2010 | 3 | $127.7M | 5 of 30 | 155.4 | 79-83 | No | No | |
| 2009 | 3 | $149.4M | 2 of 30 | 184.3 | 70-92 | No | No | |
| 2008 | 3 | $137.8M | 2 of 30 | 172.3 | 89-73 | No | No | |
| 2007 | 3 | $115.2M | 3 of 30 | 136.2 | 88-74 | No | No | |
| 2006 | 3 | $101.1M | 5 of 30 | 140.4 | 97-65 | Yes | No | |
| 2005 | 3 | $101.3M | 3 of 30 | 153.0 | 83-79 | No | No | |
| 2004 | 3 | $96.7M | 4 of 30 | 155.1 | 71-91 | No | No | |
| 2003 | 3 | $116.9M | 2 of 30 | 169.4 | 66-95 | No | No | |
| 2002 | 3 | $94.6M | 6 of 30 | 154.9 | 75-86 | No | ||
| 2001 | 2 | $93.2M | 4 of 30 | 145.6 | 82-80 | No | ||
| 2000 | 2 | $79.5M | 6 of 30 | 140.6 | 94-68 | Yes | ||
| 1999 | 2 | $65.1M | 8 of 30 | 130.8 | 97-66 | Yes | ||
| 1998 | 2 | $52.1M | 9 of 30 | 122.6 | 88-74 | No | ||
| 1997 | 2 | $39.8M | 16 of 28 | 95.1 | 88-74 | No | ||
| 1996 | 2 | $24.5M | 21 of 28 | 72.6 | 71-91 | No | ||
| 1995 | 2 | $27.7M | 22 of 28 | 80.5 | 69-75 | No | ||
| 1994 | 2 | $31.0M | 17 of 28 | 93.7 | 55-58 | No | ||
| 1993 | 2 | $39.0M | 9 of 28 | 115.3 | 59-103 | No | ||
| 1992 | 2 | $44.6M | 3 of 26 | 145.8 | 72-90 | No | ||
| 1991 | 2 | $32.6M | 5 of 26 | 140.8 | 77-84 | No | ||
| 1990 | 2 | $21.7M | 2 of 26 | 123.5 | 91-71 | No | ||
| 1989 | 2 | $19.9M | 2 of 26 | 136.4 | 87-75 | No | ||
| 1988 | 2 | $15.3M | 3 of 26 | 123.8 | 100-60 | Yes | ||
| 1987 | 2 | $13.8M | 5 of 26 | 122.6 | 92-70 | No | ||
| 1986 | 2 | $15.4M | 4 of 26 | 134.0 | 108-54 | Yes | ||
| 1985 | 1 | $10.8M | 11 of 26 | 107.7 | 98-64 | 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.
More on this club: New York Mets team page and payroll history.