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Madison Square Garden Sports Executive Compensation (FY25)

MSGS · Executive and director compensation, fiscal 2023 to 2025

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Chief executive, fiscal 2025
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James Dolan
Latest say-on-pay support
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December 8, 2025
What changed from fiscal 2024 to fiscal 2025
The figures that moved, and by how much. Analysis of these figures is part of the Velarion platform.
Chief executive total compensation — James Dolan: $10,154,712 → $13,150,269 (29.5% higher)
Say-on-pay support: 97.9% → 98.3% (0.4 points higher)

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Who is Madison Square Garden Sports' chief executive and what were they paid?
James Dolan, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, received $13,150,269 in total compensation for fiscal 2025. Compared with the $10,154,712 reported for fiscal 2024, Dolan's total was 29.5% higher.
What was Madison Square Garden Sports' say-on-pay result?
For fiscal 2025, shareholders backed the say-on-pay proposal with 98.3% of votes cast for or against in favor at the meeting held December 8, 2025.

Executive compensation

Every element reported for each named executive officer, by fiscal year.
Fiscal 2023
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
James Dolan
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
David Granville-Smith
Executive Vice President
◇◇◇———◇◇
Victoria Mink
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Jamaal Lesane
Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2024
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
James Dolan
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇◇◇—◇◇◇◇
David Granville-Smith
Executive Vice President
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Victoria Mink
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Jamaal Lesane
Chief Operating Officer
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
Fiscal 2025
OfficerSalaryBonusStock awardsOption awardsNon-equity incentivePension and deferred earningsAll other compensationTotal
James Dolan
Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
◇—◇—◇◇◇◇
Jamaal Lesane
Chief Operating Officer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
David Granville-Smith
Executive Vice President
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Victoria Mink
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
◇—◇—◇—◇◇
Bryan Warner
Senior Vice President, Head of Legal
◇◇◇—◇—◇◇
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. A negative change in pension value is shown but, as the company reports it, not included in the total.

Equity awards granted

Individual awards as disclosed: type, date, unit counts at each level, and grant date value.
Fiscal 2025
OfficerAwardGrant dateThreshold unitsTarget unitsUnits grantedMaximum unitsExercise priceGrant date fair value
Bryan WarnerRSU◇——◇———
Bryan WarnerPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
David Granville-SmithPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
David Granville-SmithRSU◇——◇———
Jamaal T. LesanePSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Jamaal T. LesaneRSU◇——◇———
James L. DolanPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
James L. DolanRSU◇——◇———
Victoria M. MinkPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Victoria M. MinkPSU◇◇◇—◇—◇
Victoria M. MinkRSU◇——◇———
Victoria M. MinkRSU◇——◇———
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero. Threshold, target and maximum apply only to performance awards and are never shown for time-based or option awards.

Outstanding awards

Awards still held at fiscal year end.
As disclosed at fiscal 2025 year end
OfficerAwardUnvested unitsMarket value of unvested unitsExercise priceExpires
Bryan WarnerPSU◇◇——
Jamaal LesanePSU◇◇——
David Granville-SmithPSU◇◇——
James DolanPSU◇◇——
Victoria MinkPSU◇◇——
A dash means the company reported no figure in that column. $0 is shown only where the filing prints a zero.

Director fee schedule

The standing retainers and premiums the board pays, as published.
Board cash retainer◇
Board equity retainer◇
Total board retainer◇
Audit committee chair◇
Audit committee member◇
Compensation committee chair◇
Compensation committee member◇
Equity is delivered as restricted stock units.

Disclosed peer group

The companies this board named as its compensation comparison group. The list is disclosure; the comparison is analysis.

Say-on-pay history

Shareholder support for the compensation program, by year.
YearMeetingSupportVotes forVotes againstAbstentions
2025December 8, 2025=◇◇◇
2024December 4, 2024=◇◇◇
2023December 11, 2023=◇◇◇
2022December 9, 2022=◇◇◇
2019December 11, 2019=◇◇◇
2016December 9, 2016=◇◇◇
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Citations

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156 figures on this page: 150 cited to the filing that reported them, 6 calculated from figures it prints.
150 cited to the filing
6 calculated from the filing

Documents cited

  1. 0001193125-25-312756
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  2. 0001628280-25-046103
    Director Compensation · Grants of Plan-Based Awards · Outstanding Equity Awards at June 30, 202 · Summary Compensation Table
  3. 0001193125-24-271572
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  4. 0001193125-23-293398
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  5. 0001193125-22-302869
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  6. 0001193125-19-311637
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  7. 0001193125-16-791944
    Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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Velarion Company Intelligence. (2026). Velarion database: executive and board compensation data (Version 2026Q3) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854
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@misc{velarionData2026,
  author = {{Velarion Company Intelligence}},
  title = {Velarion database: executive and board compensation data},
  year = {2026},
  version = {2026Q3},
  doi = {10.5281/zenodo.22283854},
  publisher = {Zenodo},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22283854}
}
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