Alumni = people who held a full front-office job at the team (business or team operations; not an internship, seasonal, game-day, equipment, medical or video role) and now work somewhere else. Flow out = how many of the league's other front offices employ at least one. Flow in = how many of them the team's current front-office staff came from, with shares among current staff who had an earlier job. High, Typical and Low are thirds of the league. Shares use alumni whose current employer has a known industry. Records are regular-season win % over the last five and ten completed seasons (2016-17 to 2025-26). Records: Sports Reference.

Each team includes its owner's sports company and the arena it runs where those have their own company page: MSG Sports (Knicks), Spurs Sports & Entertainment, MLSE (Raptors), Monumental (Wizards), Harris Blitzer (76ers), BSE Global and Barclays Center (Nets), Rock Entertainment (Cavaliers), Pacers Sports & Entertainment, Kroenke Sports (Nuggets), Palace Sports (Pistons), Clutch City Sports and Toyota Center (Rockets), Rip City Management (Trail Blazers), Smith Entertainment (Jazz), plus State Farm Arena, United Center, American Airlines Center and Intuit Dome. Where one owner runs several teams, that staff counts with each. MSG Entertainment is left out as a big parent business. Source: workforce.ai panel, November 2026.