The Cleveland Cavaliers are on the Top 25 Most Innovative Sports Teams List for 2022 as named by Sports Innovative Lab. The Cavs are ranked No. 17, above the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL and behind Olympique Lyonnais, a French soccer team in Ligue 1. Below is a look at the determining metrics and the full list of teams.
Sports teams and leagues are not all the same. Throughout the history of professional sports, differing governance structures and organizational models have developed, which means that no two leagues are exactly the same when it comes to innovation.
Throughout our analysis of team innovation for this report, we continuously examine how the decisions and control, or the lack thereof, impacts innovation at the team level.