The 2026 Sports Disruption Scorecard™
50 Forces Reshaping the Business of Sports
The Scorecard distills CSI’s proprietary annual survey of American sports fans into a single ranking: the forces disrupting sports, scored and ranked by how powerful they are.
How The Scorecard Works
Each force carries a single Disruption Score from 0 to 100, a measure of how powerful a force it is on the business of sports. The higher the score, the greater and faster-moving the disruption.
- Stable0–25
An early, emerging signal of a shift.
- Strengthening26–50
Building, but not yet dominant.
- Surging51–75
A strong, fast-moving force.
- Seismic76–100
A defining, structural disruption.
What’s Inside
The 2026 Leaderboard
The Top 50 most disruptive forces in sports, ranked by Disruption Score.
Focus on the Fifty Forces
Each force’s Disruption Score and band, with a plain-language explanation of the finding, the key survey numbers behind it, and why it matters.
Built On Fan Data
Every score is drawn from CSI’s 2026 U.S. Sports Fan Survey of 3,086 Americans.
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