The Most Attractive Employers in Sport 2025 series continues, and today we unveil the shortlist in the Sports Teams category - one that saw significant changes this year.
Unlike previous editions, where sports teams from the USA were grouped in their own category, the 2025 survey redistributed those clubs into other lists. Major League Soccer teams were included in the Football Clubs category, while teams from the NBA, NFL, MLB and other American pro leagues were placed under Sports Teams.
The impact? A major reshuffling of the list, with 10 teams from the USA now featured in this Top 20 - highlighting the enduring global appeal and brand power of North American franchises across basketball, American football, and baseball.
The full rankings will be revealed on May 8th, during the iWorkinSport Awards Ceremony at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, as part of the iWorkinSport Convention & Job Fair.
The shortlist is based on the annual global study conducted by iWorkinSport, which asked professionals around the world: “If you could choose to work anywhere in sport, where would that be?”
Participants selected their top choices in 10 categories, and eventually named one overall “Employer of their Dreams.”
In the Sports Teams category, the Top 20 most voted teams, in alphabetical order, are:
- Alpine (F1, UK)
- Aston Martin (F1, UK)
- Barcelona (Basketball, ESP) (Men’s)
- Boston Celtics (Basketball, USA)
- Chicago Bulls (Basketball, USA)
- Ferrari (F1, ITA)
- Golden State Warriors (Basketball, USA)
- Kansas City Chiefs (American Football, USA)
- Kick Sauber (F1, SUI)
- Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball, USA)
- McLaren (F1, ENG)
- Mercedes (F1, ENG)
- Miami Dolphins (American Football, USA)
- Miami Heat (Basketball, USA)
- New York Knicks (Basketball, USA)
- New York Yankees (Baseball, USA)
- Real Madrid (Basketball, ESP) (Men’s)
- Red Bull (MotoGP, AUT)
- Red Bull Racing (F1, AUT)
- San Francisco 49ers (American Football, USA)
The iWorkinSport Most Attractive Employers in Sport 2025 Report will be released on May 9th, 2025, featuring detailed rankings, analysis of key industry trends, and exclusive interviews with sport business leaders. Pre-order your free copy HERE.
Stay tuned for more shortlists coming soon.
More about The Most Attractive Employers in Sport 2025
The 2025 survey was conducted from 1 February to 15 March, gathering 1,148 responses from professionals of 65 different nationalities, living in 57 countries. A highly qualified sample, 91% of respondents hold at least a bachelor’s degree, with 65% having completed postgraduate education. Notably, 93% of participants already work in sport.
Disclaimer: As the name suggests, the Most Attractive Employers in Sport survey doesn’t aim to measure employee satisfaction but rather Employer Branding - it reflects how attractive an organisation is perceived by professionals who aspire to work in sport.
About iWorkinSport
iWorkinSport is the Global Hub for all things career, recruitment and education in sport.
The company connects and provides solutions and opportunities to all stakeholders in the field of career development in sport - be it candidates, employers, employees, students, academic programmes, HR professionals, recruitment agencies, consultants, career coaches, etc. It also produces, aggregates and curates content and knowledge relevant to careers in sport.
iWorkinSport was created in 2017 with the aim to organise the first truly international career fair focused on the sports industry. It enables some of the most renowned organisations to meet, interview and recruit students and alumni from the most prestigious sport management programmes in the world.
World-class sports organisations have been in attendance, recruiting at the event. The next iWorkinSport Convention & Job Fair will happen in Lausanne, Switzerland, on May 9th. For more information and to register, go to www.iworkinsport.com/jobfair.
Contact: For more information, contact info@iworkinsport.com.