A look at the prices of pro sports teams

Steve Ballmer has reached agreement to purchase the Los Angeles Clippers for $2 billion, which if completed would roughly tie the sale of the Los Angeles Dodgers for the highest price paid for a professional sports franchise.

Here is a look at some of the most expensive transactions:

$2 billion - Los Angeles Dodgers, purchased by Guggenheim Partners led by Magic Johnson from Frank McCourt in 2012.

$1.47 billion - Manchester United, purchased by Malcolm Glazer in a leveraged takeover from Shareholders United in 2005.

$1.1 billion - Miami Dolphins, purchased by Stephen Ross from Wayne Huizenga in 2009.

$1 billion - Cleveland Browns, purchased by Jimmy Haslam III from Randy Lerner in 2012.

$845 million - Chicago Cubs, purchased by Ricketts family from Tribune Co. in 2009.

$800 million - San Diego Padres, purchased by Ron Fowler, Seidler and O’Malley families from John Moores in 2012.

$800 million - Washington Redskins, purchased by Dan Snyder from family of the late Jack Kent Cooke in 1999.

$770 million - Jacksonville Jaguars, purchased by Shahid Khan from Wayne Weaver in 2011.

$750 million - St. Louis Rams, 60 percent of team purchased by Stan Kroenke from family of late owner Georgia Frontiere in 2010.

$700 million - Houston Texans, expansion fee paid by Bob McNair in 1999.