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San Diego PadresJosé E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones · since 2026
Payroll data through2026
Value 2026$3.1BPayroll rank9 of 30Spending index124.0
San Diego Padres Ownership
Owner: José E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones · since 2026 · NL West
Budget generosity50near the median
Patience21very quick to change
Win-now or build67win-now
Last five seasons-4.2 a yeartightening
- O'Malley-Seidler-Fowler group: over 13 seasons (2013 to 2025) the club paid on average 1 times the league median payroll and ranked 17.2 on average. Best payroll rank 3rd (2023); worst 28th (2017).
- Last five seasons (2021 to 2025): 1.37 times the median, average rank 7.8.
- The club named 5.4 new managers per ten seasons (2013 to 2025); the league average over the same seasons was 3.4.
- After a losing season (win percentage under 0.480) the spending index moved +6.7 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
- José E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones
- Principals
- José E. Feliciano, Kwanza Jones
- Owner since
- 2026
- Reported price
- $3.9 billion
- Forbes value (2026)
- $3.1B
- Revenue
- $452M
- Operating income
- Loss of $1M
- Payroll 2026
- $218.3M, rank 9 of 30
- Seasons over the tax line, 2003 to 2025
- 3
- Tax paid 2022 to 2025
- $48.2 million
| # | Owner or group | Seasons | Type | Reported price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joan Kroc | 1985 to 1990 | individual | Not public | |
| 2 | Tom Werner group | 1991 to 1994 | group | $75 million | |
| 3 | John Moores | 1995 to 2012 | individual | $80 million | Price of an 80 percent interest. |
| 4 | O'Malley-Seidler-Fowler group Ron Fowler, Peter Seidler, Peter O'Malley | 2013 to 2025 | group | $800 million | Peter Seidler became chairman in November 2020 and died in November 2023; John Seidler became the control person in February 2025. |
| 5 | José E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones | 2026 to now | group | $3.9 billion | Sale announced May 2, 2026 and approved by MLB on August 17, 2026. |
| List year | Value | Revenue | Operating income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $3.1B | $452M | -$1M |
| 2025 | $1.95B | $432M | $32M |
| 2024 | Data pending | Data pending | Data pending |
| 2023 | $1.75B | $324M | -$53M |
| 2022 | $1.57B | $282M | -$32M |
| 2021 | $1.5B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2020 | $1.5B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2019 | $1.4B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2018 | $1.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2017 | $1.1B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2016 | $890M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2015 | $890M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2014 | $615M | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2013 | $600M | Not listed | Not listed |
- 1Joan Kroc 1985 to 1990
- 2Tom Werner group 1991 to 1994
- 3John Moores 1995 to 2012
- 4O'Malley-Seidler-Fowler group 2013 to 2025
- 5José E. Feliciano and Kwanza Jones 2026 to now
| Season | Owner | Payroll | Rank | Index | Payroll share of revenue | Record | Playoffs | Over tax line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 (sale year) | $218.3M | 9 of 30 | 124.0 | 91-71 | Yes | ||
| 2025 | 4 | $216.8M | 9 of 30 | 134.5 | 48.0% | 90-72 | Yes | Yes |
| 2024 | 4 | $172.9M | 14 of 30 | 107.6 | 40.0% | 93-69 | Yes | No |
| 2023 | 4 | $256.0M | 3 of 30 | 160.5 | 82-80 | No | Yes | |
| 2022 | 4 | $224.5M | 5 of 30 | 149.5 | 69.3% | 89-73 | Yes | Yes |
| 2021 | 4 | $179.8M | 8 of 30 | 134.4 | 63.7% | 79-83 | No | No |
| 2020 | 4 | $73.1M | 11 of 30 | 114.4 | 37-23* | Yes | No | |
| 2019 | 4 | $103.7M | 24 of 30 | 73.9 | 70-92 | No | No | |
| 2018 | 4 | $102.7M | 24 of 30 | 72.8 | 66-96 | No | No | |
| 2017 | 4 | $76.9M | 28 of 30 | 54.3 | 71-91 | No | No | |
| 2016 | 4 | $83.4M | 26 of 30 | 62.0 | 68-94 | No | No | |
| 2015 | 4 | $107.9M | 20 of 30 | 91.3 | 74-88 | No | No | |
| 2014 | 4 | $85.0M | 25 of 30 | 77.0 | 77-85 | No | No | |
| 2013 | 4 | $67.6M | 26 of 30 | 67.6 | 76-86 | No | No | |
| 2012 | 3 | $63.8M | 27 of 30 | 65.1 | 76-86 | No | No | |
| 2011 | 3 | $48.0M | 28 of 30 | 50.7 | 71-91 | No | No | |
| 2010 | 3 | $43.7M | 28 of 30 | 53.2 | 90-72 | No | No | |
| 2009 | 3 | $43.3M | 29 of 30 | 53.5 | 75-87 | No | No | |
| 2008 | 3 | $73.7M | 19 of 30 | 92.2 | 63-99 | No | No | |
| 2007 | 3 | $58.1M | 24 of 30 | 68.7 | 89-74 | No | No | |
| 2006 | 3 | $69.9M | 17 of 30 | 97.1 | 88-74 | Yes | No | |
| 2005 | 3 | $63.3M | 16 of 30 | 95.6 | 82-80 | Yes | No | |
| 2004 | 3 | $55.4M | 17 of 30 | 88.9 | 87-75 | No | No | |
| 2003 | 3 | $45.2M | 27 of 30 | 65.5 | 64-98 | No | No | |
| 2002 | 3 | $41.4M | 26 of 30 | 67.8 | 66-96 | No | ||
| 2001 | 3 | $39.2M | 25 of 30 | 61.2 | 79-83 | No | ||
| 2000 | 3 | $54.8M | 16 of 30 | 97.0 | 76-86 | No | ||
| 1999 | 3 | $49.8M | 16 of 30 | 100.0 | 74-88 | No | ||
| 1998 | 3 | $46.9M | 14 of 30 | 110.3 | 98-64 | Yes | ||
| 1997 | 3 | $37.4M | 17 of 28 | 89.3 | 76-86 | No | ||
| 1996 | 3 | $28.3M | 20 of 28 | 84.1 | 91-71 | Yes | ||
| 1995 | 3 | $26.4M | 23 of 28 | 76.7 | 70-74 | No | ||
| 1994 | 2 | $14.9M | 28 of 28 | 45.1 | 47-70 | No | ||
| 1993 | 2 | $25.5M | 21 of 28 | 75.3 | 61-101 | No | ||
| 1992 | 2 | $26.9M | 20 of 26 | 87.8 | 82-80 | No | ||
| 1991 | 2 | $22.2M | 16 of 26 | 95.7 | 84-78 | No | ||
| 1990 | 1 | $17.6M | 14 of 26 | 100.0 | 75-87 | No | ||
| 1989 | 1 | $14.2M | 14 of 26 | 97.4 | 89-73 | No | ||
| 1988 | 1 | $9.6M | 19 of 26 | 77.5 | 83-78 | No | ||
| 1987 | 1 | $11.1M | 14 of 26 | 98.0 | 65-97 | No | ||
| 1986 | 1 | $11.4M | 14 of 26 | 99.1 | 74-88 | No | ||
| 1985 | 1 | $11.0M | 8 of 26 | 109.7 | 83-79 | 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: San Diego Padres team page and payroll history.