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Boston Red SoxJohn W. Henry / Fenway Sports Group · since 2002
Payroll data through2026
Value 2026$5.25BPayroll rank10 of 30Spending index118.2
Boston Red Sox Ownership
Owner: John W. Henry / Fenway Sports Group · since 2002 · AL East
Budget generosity82big spender
Patience40quick to change
Win-now or build53balanced
Last five seasons-3.8 a yearsteady
- John W. Henry / Fenway Sports Group: over 25 seasons (2002 to 2026) the club paid on average 1.56 times the league median payroll and ranked 4.4 on average. Best payroll rank 1st (2018, 2019); worst 13th (2023).
- Last five seasons (2022 to 2026): 1.23 times the median, average rank 10.4.
- The club named 4.6 new managers per ten seasons (2002 to 2025); the league average over the same seasons was 3.8.
- After a losing season (win percentage under 0.480) the spending index moved +1.1 points on average, across 3 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
- John W. Henry / Fenway Sports Group
- Principals
- John W. Henry, Tom Werner
- Owner since
- 2002
- Reported price
- $660 million
- Forbes value (2026)
- $5.25B
- Revenue
- $567M
- Operating income
- $78M
- Payroll 2026
- $208.0M, rank 10 of 30
- Seasons over the tax line, 2003 to 2025
- 12
- Tax paid 2022 to 2025
- $2.7 million
| # | Owner or group | Seasons | Type | Reported price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean R. Yawkey and general partners Jean R. Yawkey, Haywood Sullivan | 1977 to 1991 | family | Not public | Tom Yawkey, who had owned the club since 1933, died in 1976; his widow ran it through the JRY Corporation until her death in February 1992. |
| 2 | JRY Trust (Yawkey estate) John Harrington | 1992 to 2001 | trust | Not public | |
| 3 | John W. Henry / Fenway Sports Group John W. Henry, Tom Werner | 2002 to now | group | $660 million | As listed on a public owners list; the group was then called New England Sports Ventures. |
| List year | Value | Revenue | Operating income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $5.25B | $567M | $78M |
| 2025 | $4.8B | $574M | $120M |
| 2024 | Data pending | Data pending | Data pending |
| 2023 | $4.5B | $513M | $72M |
| 2022 | $3.9B | $479M | $69M |
| 2021 | $3.5B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2020 | $3.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2019 | $3.2B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2018 | $2.8B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2017 | $2.7B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2016 | $2.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2015 | $2.1B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2014 | $1.5B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2013 | $1.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
- 1Jean R. Yawkey and general partners 1977 to 1991
- 2JRY Trust (Yawkey estate) 1992 to 2001
- 3John W. Henry / Fenway Sports Group 2002 to now
| Season | Owner | Payroll | Rank | Index | Payroll share of revenue | Record | Playoffs | Over tax line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | $208.0M | 10 of 30 | 118.2 | 87-75 | Yes | ||
| 2025 | 3 | $197.1M | 12 of 30 | 122.2 | 34.8% | 89-73 | Yes | Yes |
| 2024 | 3 | $190.2M | 11 of 30 | 118.4 | 33.1% | 81-81 | No | No |
| 2023 | 3 | $182.9M | 13 of 30 | 114.7 | 78-84 | No | No | |
| 2022 | 3 | $211.8M | 6 of 30 | 141.0 | 41.3% | 78-84 | No | Yes |
| 2021 | 3 | $187.1M | 6 of 30 | 139.9 | 39.1% | 92-70 | Yes | No |
| 2020 | 3 | $84.2M | 4 of 30 | 131.8 | 24-36* | No | No | |
| 2019 | 3 | $229.2M | 1 of 30 | 163.2 | 84-78 | No | Yes | |
| 2018 | 3 | $227.4M | 1 of 30 | 161.1 | 108-54 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2017 | 3 | $209.9M | 2 of 30 | 148.2 | 93-69 | Yes | No | |
| 2016 | 3 | $207.8M | 3 of 30 | 154.4 | 93-69 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2015 | 3 | $183.5M | 3 of 30 | 155.2 | 78-84 | No | Yes | |
| 2014 | 3 | $170.1M | 5 of 30 | 154.0 | 71-91 | No | No | |
| 2013 | 3 | $170.7M | 3 of 30 | 170.6 | 97-65 | Yes | No | |
| 2012 | 3 | $173.2M | 3 of 30 | 176.7 | 69-93 | No | No | |
| 2011 | 3 | $170.5M | 2 of 30 | 179.9 | 90-72 | No | Yes | |
| 2010 | 3 | $158.8M | 2 of 30 | 193.2 | 89-73 | No | Yes | |
| 2009 | 3 | $121.3M | 4 of 30 | 149.7 | 95-67 | Yes | No | |
| 2008 | 3 | $133.4M | 4 of 30 | 166.8 | 95-67 | Yes | No | |
| 2007 | 3 | $143.0M | 2 of 30 | 169.0 | 96-66 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2006 | 3 | $120.1M | 2 of 30 | 166.9 | 86-76 | No | Yes | |
| 2005 | 3 | $123.5M | 2 of 30 | 186.6 | 95-67 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2004 | 3 | $127.3M | 2 of 30 | 204.3 | 98-64 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2003 | 3 | $99.9M | 6 of 30 | 144.9 | 95-67 | Yes | No | |
| 2002 | 3 | $108.4M | 2 of 30 | 177.3 | 93-69 | No | ||
| 2001 | 2 | $110.0M | 2 of 30 | 171.9 | 82-79 | No | ||
| 2000 | 2 | $77.9M | 7 of 30 | 137.8 | 85-77 | No | ||
| 1999 | 2 | $63.5M | 9 of 30 | 127.6 | 94-68 | Yes | ||
| 1998 | 2 | $56.8M | 5 of 30 | 133.6 | 92-70 | Yes | ||
| 1997 | 2 | $43.6M | 13 of 28 | 104.1 | 78-84 | No | ||
| 1996 | 2 | $42.4M | 7 of 28 | 125.8 | 85-77 | No | ||
| 1995 | 2 | $32.5M | 17 of 28 | 94.4 | 86-58 | Yes | ||
| 1994 | 2 | $37.9M | 11 of 28 | 114.6 | 54-61 | No | ||
| 1993 | 2 | $37.1M | 12 of 28 | 109.6 | 80-82 | No | ||
| 1992 | 2 | $43.6M | 4 of 26 | 142.6 | 73-89 | No | ||
| 1991 | 1 | $35.2M | 2 of 26 | 151.9 | 84-78 | No | ||
| 1990 | 1 | $20.6M | 6 of 26 | 116.9 | 88-74 | Yes | ||
| 1989 | 1 | $17.5M | 4 of 26 | 119.9 | 83-79 | No | ||
| 1988 | 1 | $13.9M | 5 of 26 | 112.7 | 89-73 | Yes | ||
| 1987 | 1 | $10.1M | 17 of 26 | 89.9 | 78-84 | No | ||
| 1986 | 1 | $14.4M | 7 of 26 | 125.4 | 95-66 | Yes | ||
| 1985 | 1 | $10.9M | 10 of 26 | 108.3 | 81-81 | 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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