Forbes’ annual NFL team valuations show Chiefs value hasn’t changed from last year

The value of the Chiefs remained flat from a year ago, according to Forbes’ 2018 NFL team values, which were released Thursday. However, that’s essentially in line with the rest of the league.

“On average, values increased 2 percent during the past year, to $2.57 billion,” Forbes’ Mike Ozanian wrote. “It was the smallest increase since 2010, when values decreased an average of 2 percent because of the Great Recession. Adjusted-for-inflation values fell by 0.7 percent this year.

“Main reason: the dearth of people who have the liquid wealth to buy 30 percent of an NFL team.”

It’s not cheap to buy an NFL team.

A year ago, The Chiefs were valued at $2.1 billion, which ranked 24th among the NFL’s 32 teams. Those are the same numbers this season. Forbes said the Chiefs have revenues of $380 million and an operating income of $60 million.

The Cowboys have the highest value ($5 billion), followed by the Patriots ($3.8 billion), Giants ($3.3 billion) and Rams ($3.2 billion).

Here are the valuations for each team: