Despite the zero season for the Barcelona football team, it surpassed its rivals Real Madrid, who won the Champions League and La Liga titles, and topped the list of the most innovative sports teams.

The "Sport Innovation Lab", which prepared the new classification, said that it has been working over the past four years to collect and analyze data for various fields of sports, technology and media.

He added that he revealed the height of his unprecedented analysis by ranking the 25 most innovative sports teams in the world.

The data collected by the Sports Innovation Lab and used in the rankings consider revenue diversification, technology adaptability, and organizational resilience as tools for evaluating how teams manage their business through innovative and digital approaches.

A key factor for Barcelona has been its investment in fan experience such as its partnership with Socios.com, as well as multilingual social media profiles, esports teams, a data-driven amateur membership program and an innovation centre.

The list included many teams from different popular sports in the United States, most notably basketball, whose teams ranked second, and were equal in number with football with 10 teams per game.

Here are the top 25 innovation clubs, as ranked by the Sports Innovation Lab:

  • Barcelona (La Liga).

  • Real Madrid (La Liga).

  • Arsenal (English Premier League Football).

  • Manchester City (English Premier League Football).

  • Philadelphia 76ers (NBA Basketball Association).

  • Manchester United (English Premier League Football).

  • Atlanta Braves (MLB Baseball).

  •  Liverpool (English Premier League Football).

  • Dallas Mavericks (NBA Basketball Association).

  • Roma (Italian Football League).

  • Minnesota Timberwolves (NBA Basketball Association).

  • Borussia Dortmund (German Football League).

  • Boston Red Sox (MLB Major League Baseball).

  • Bayern Munich (German Football League).

  • Washington Capitals (NHL Ice Hockey League).

  • Olympique Lyonnais (French Football League).

  • Cleveland Cavaliers (NBA Basketball Association).

  • Seattle Seahawks (NFL).

  • Phoenix Suns (NBA Basketball Association).

  • Golden State Warriors (NBA Basketball Association).

  • Los Angeles Rams (NFL).

  • Brooklyn Nets (NBA Basketball Association).

  • Toronto Raptors (NBA Basketball Association).

  • Washington Nationals (MLB Baseball League).

  • Portland Trail Blazers (NBA Basketball Association).