50 Most Influential: Introduction



NBA Commissioner Adam Silver tops our list for the second time in three years.







•

1. Adam Silver, NBA

2. Bob Iger, The Walt Disney Co. / John Skipper, ESPN

3. Roger Goodell, NFL

4. Ari Emanuel / Patrick Whitesell, WME-IMG

5. Rob Manfred, Major League Baseball

6. Mark Lazarus, NBC Sports Group

7. David Levy, Turner Broadcasting System

8. Jerry Jones, Dallas Cowboys

9. Bob Bowman, Major League Baseball

10. Gary Bettman, NHL

11. Sean McManus, CBS Sports

12. Robert Kraft, The Kraft Group

13. Eric Shanks, Fox Sports

14. Trevor Edwards, Nike Brand / Mark Parker, Nike Inc.

15. Casey Wasserman, Wasserman

16. Kevin Plank, Under Armour

17. Phil Anschutz, AEG

18. Joe Lacob / Peter Guber, Golden State Warriors

19. Don Garber, Major League Soccer

20. Ted Leonsis, Monumental Sports & Entertainment

21. Wang Jianlin, Dalian Wanda Group

22. Dan Gilbert, Cleveland Cavaliers

23. Brian France, NASCAR

24. Michael Levine / Howard Nuchow, CAA Sports

25. Thomas Bach, International Olympic Committee

26. Tod Leiweke / Jeff Pash, NFL

27. Jay Monahan, PGA Tour

28. Michele Roberts, National Basketball Players Association

29. Michael Rubin, Fanatics / Kinetic

30. Stan Kroenke, Kroenke Sports Enterprises

31. Jim Delany, Big Ten Conference

32. Joe Leccese / Bob Batterman, Proskauer

33. Jorn Socquet / Marcel Marcondes, Anheuser-Busch InBev

34. DeMaurice Smith, NFL Players Association

35. Sandy Douglas, Coca-Cola North America / Bea Perez, Coca-Cola

36. Tony Clark, Major League Baseball Players Association

37. Larry Probst/ Scott Blackmun, U.S. Olympic Committee

38. Anthony Noto, Twitter

39. Josh Harris / David Blitzer, Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Devils

40. Mark Emmert, NCAA

41. Arthur Blank, Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United FC

42. Bobby Kotick, Activision Blizzard

43. Gregg Levy / Doug Gibson, Covington

44. Indra Nooyi / Adam Harter, PepsiCo

45. Mark Davis, Oakland Raiders

46. George Pyne, Bruin Sports Capital

47. Dan Reed, Facebook

48. Val Ackerman, Big East Conference

49. Bryan Trubey, HKS

50. Theo Epstein, Chicago Cubs



