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New York YankeesSteinbrenner family (Hal Steinbrenner) · since 2008
Payroll data through2026
Value 2026$8.5BPayroll rank3 of 30Spending index175.2
New York Yankees Ownership
Owner: Steinbrenner family (Hal Steinbrenner) · since 2008 · AL East
Budget generosity98big spender
Patience69patient
Win-now or buildData pending
Last five seasons+2.4 a yearsteady
- Steinbrenner family (Hal Steinbrenner): over 19 seasons (2008 to 2026) the club paid on average 1.93 times the league median payroll and ranked 2.2 on average. Best payroll rank 1st (2008, 2009, 2010 and others); worst 6th (2018).
- Last five seasons (2022 to 2026): 1.8 times the median, average rank 2.6.
- The club named 2.2 new managers per ten seasons (2008 to 2025); the league average over the same seasons was 3.6.
- 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
- Steinbrenner family (Hal Steinbrenner)
- Principals
- Hal Steinbrenner
- Owner since
- 2008
- Reported price
- Data pending
- Forbes value (2026)
- $8.5B
- Revenue
- $710M
- Operating income
- Loss of $53M
- Payroll 2026
- $308.3M, rank 3 of 30
- Seasons over the tax line, 2003 to 2025
- 21
- Tax paid 2022 to 2025
- $166.4 million
| # | Owner or group | Seasons | Type | Reported price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Steinbrenner | 1973 to 2007 | individual | $8.7 million | Banned from day-to-day management from July 30, 1990 by the commissioner, though he kept ownership. Handed control to his sons after the 2007 season |
| 2 | Steinbrenner family (Hal Steinbrenner) | 2008 to now | family | Not public |
| List year | Value | Revenue | Operating income |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | $8.5B | $710M | -$53M |
| 2025 | $8.2B | $728M | -$57M |
| 2024 | Data pending | Data pending | Data pending |
| 2023 | $7.1B | $657M | $16M |
| 2022 | $6B | $482M | -$40M |
| 2021 | $5.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2020 | $5B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2019 | $4.6B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2018 | $4B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2017 | $3.7B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2016 | $3.4B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2015 | $3.2B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2014 | $2.5B | Not listed | Not listed |
| 2013 | $2.3B | Not listed | Not listed |
- 1George Steinbrenner 1973 to 2007
- 2Steinbrenner family (Hal Steinbrenner) 2008 to now
| Season | Owner | Payroll | Rank | Index | Payroll share of revenue | Record | Playoffs | Over tax line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | $308.3M | 3 of 30 | 175.2 | 93-68 | Yes | ||
| 2025 | 2 | $299.1M | 3 of 30 | 185.5 | 42.1% | 94-68 | Yes | Yes |
| 2024 | 2 | $315.9M | 2 of 30 | 196.6 | 43.4% | 94-68 | Yes | Yes |
| 2023 | 2 | $278.7M | 2 of 30 | 174.8 | 82-80 | No | Yes | |
| 2022 | 2 | $253.0M | 3 of 30 | 168.4 | 38.5% | 99-63 | Yes | Yes |
| 2021 | 2 | $205.7M | 2 of 30 | 153.8 | 42.7% | 92-70 | Yes | No |
| 2020 | 2 | $111.9M | 2 of 30 | 175.2 | 33-27* | Yes | Yes | |
| 2019 | 2 | $223.0M | 2 of 30 | 158.8 | 103-59 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2018 | 2 | $180.1M | 6 of 30 | 127.6 | 100-62 | Yes | No | |
| 2017 | 2 | $209.0M | 3 of 30 | 147.6 | 91-71 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2016 | 2 | $220.7M | 2 of 30 | 164.1 | 84-78 | No | Yes | |
| 2015 | 2 | $221.2M | 2 of 30 | 187.2 | 87-75 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2014 | 2 | $212.5M | 2 of 30 | 192.4 | 84-78 | No | Yes | |
| 2013 | 2 | $234.5M | 2 of 30 | 234.3 | 85-77 | No | Yes | |
| 2012 | 2 | $225.6M | 1 of 30 | 230.1 | 95-67 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2011 | 2 | $211.0M | 1 of 30 | 222.6 | 97-65 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2010 | 2 | $223.3M | 1 of 30 | 271.7 | 95-67 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2009 | 2 | $201.4M | 1 of 30 | 248.5 | 103-59 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2008 | 2 | $207.9M | 1 of 30 | 260.0 | 89-73 | No | Yes | |
| 2007 | 1 | $189.3M | 1 of 30 | 223.7 | 94-68 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2006 | 1 | $194.7M | 1 of 30 | 270.5 | 97-65 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2005 | 1 | $208.3M | 1 of 30 | 314.7 | 95-67 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2004 | 1 | $184.2M | 1 of 30 | 295.6 | 101-61 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2003 | 1 | $152.7M | 1 of 30 | 221.4 | 101-61 | Yes | Yes | |
| 2002 | 1 | $125.9M | 1 of 30 | 206.1 | 103-58 | Yes | ||
| 2001 | 1 | $112.3M | 1 of 30 | 175.5 | 95-65 | Yes | ||
| 2000 | 1 | $92.3M | 1 of 30 | 163.3 | 87-74 | Yes | ||
| 1999 | 1 | $86.7M | 1 of 30 | 174.3 | 98-64 | Yes | ||
| 1998 | 1 | $66.8M | 2 of 30 | 157.3 | 114-48 | Yes | ||
| 1997 | 1 | $62.2M | 1 of 28 | 148.7 | 96-66 | Yes | ||
| 1996 | 1 | $54.2M | 2 of 28 | 160.8 | 92-70 | Yes | ||
| 1995 | 1 | $48.9M | 2 of 28 | 142.2 | 79-65 | Yes | ||
| 1994 | 1 | $45.7M | 2 of 28 | 138.4 | 70-43 | No | ||
| 1993 | 1 | $43.0M | 3 of 28 | 126.9 | 88-74 | No | ||
| 1992 | 1 | $37.5M | 6 of 26 | 122.7 | 76-86 | No | ||
| 1991 | 1 | $27.3M | 7 of 26 | 118.1 | 71-91 | No | ||
| 1990 | 1 | $20.9M | 5 of 26 | 118.9 | 67-95 | No | ||
| 1989 | 1 | $17.1M | 5 of 26 | 117.4 | 74-87 | No | ||
| 1988 | 1 | $19.4M | 1 of 26 | 157.6 | 85-76 | No | ||
| 1987 | 1 | $17.1M | 1 of 26 | 151.5 | 89-73 | No | ||
| 1986 | 1 | $18.5M | 1 of 26 | 161.0 | 90-72 | No | ||
| 1985 | 1 | $14.2M | 3 of 26 | 141.5 | 97-64 | 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.
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