Major League Volleyball (MLV) is a professional women's indoor volleyball league in the United States. It is the continuation of the Pro Volleyball Federation (PVF), which commenced play in the 2024 season, and is one of three professional volleyball leagues for women in the United States alongside the AU Pro Volleyball Championship and LOVB Pro.
The current incarnation of the league originates from the attempted secession of the Omaha Supernovas from the PVF during the 2025 season, amid a dispute over the league's ownership. The team planned to establish a rival league that was to be called Major League Volleyball, with $100 million in funding from investors. At the end of the season, a peace deal was struck which prevented the secession, welcomed the investors into the league, and rebranded it as Major League Volleyball.
MLV currently consists of eight independently owned franchises that annually compete in a regular season for spots in a playoff tournament that determines the league's champion. Three more franchises are planned to join in the future. Salaries ranging from $60,000 to $175,000 are offered to players, along with additional benefits and revenue sharing agreements. The league's matches are broadcast on the CBS Sports Network, Vice TV, The Roku Channel, ion, YouTube, and Victory+. As of its 2025 season, the current champion of MLV is the Orlando Valkyries.
Major League Volleyball's (MLV) first incarnation, the Pro Volleyball Federation (PVF), was one of three professional women's volleyball leagues in the United States that commenced play in the 2020s, alongside the AU Pro Volleyball Championship and LOVB Pro. Its inaugural 2024 season was dominated by the success of the Omaha Supernovas, who earned the highest average attendance for a professional volleyball team in the world, broke the United States attendance record for a volleyball game thrice, and won the PVF Championship in straight sets against the Grand Rapids Rise. Off the court, the PVF came into conflict with the Supernovas over their attempted acquisition of the Vegas Thrill in August 2023, which was blocked by the league. By December, an attempt at a hostile takeover of the PVF itself by the Supernovas' owners was alleged to have started, inspiring PVF co-founders Dan Whinham and Stephen Evans to "resist" the takeover by selling $1 million in shares of the league to Rise owner Dan DeVos in February 2024.
Amid the escalating dispute, Supernovas co-owners Jason Derulo and Danny White, along with Benjamin Priest, Sacramento Kings owner Vivek Ranadivé, and three-time Olympic beach volleyball champion Kerri Walsh Jennings, began planning for a rival league with the Supernovas as a charter member, raising $100 million from investors. The group announced both the Supernovas' exit from the PVF, and the establishment of what was to be called Major League Volleyball, days into the 2025 season. Play was to commence in the 2026 season with at least ten independently owned franchises. Ranadivé was granted ownership of a franchise based in Sacramento. The states of California, Florida, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington, and Wisconsin were also considered as potential franchise bases.
The Supernovas played what was to be their final season in the PVF, falling short of a back-to-back championship with a playoff semifinal loss to the Indy Ignite. In August, the PVF and MLV struck a deal that saw the return of the Supernovas to a league rebranded as Major League Volleyball, and the admission of the Sacramento team as an expansion franchise, alongside the establishment of a new franchise based in Washington, D.C.
As of its 2026 season, Major League Volleyball consists of eight independently owned franchises. Six competed in the inaugural 2024 PVF season as charter franchises: the Atlanta Vibe, Columbus Fury, Grand Rapids Rise, Omaha Supernovas, Orlando Valkyries, and San Diego Mojo. The Vegas Thrill, the seventh charter franchise, are currently on hiatus. The Indy Ignite and Dallas Pulse entered as expansion teams in 2025 and 2026, respectively. Franchises based in Sacramento, California, Saint Paul, Minnesota and Washington, D.C. are planned to enter in the 2027 season, while a team originally planned for Kansas City, Missouri was scheduled for the 2025 season but ultimately never happened.
The salary range for players in MLV is $60,000 to $175,000, with "benefits" worth $10,000, and an undisclosed amount of revenue sharing with their respective teams, also being offered. Two players on each team are also paid an additional $40,000 to serve as the team's ambassadors.
Prior to its inaugural season, Major League Volleyball announced that CBS Sports and Roku Sports Channel, which previously broadcast the Pro Volleyball Federation, would return as broadcast partners. In addition, Major League Volleyball reached agreements with Ion Television and Vice TV.
For the 2025 season, Roku Sports Channel will air 21 matches, primarily on Thursday nights, CBS Sports Network will air 15 matches, Vice will air 10 Sunday matches, Ion will air the semifinals and Final, and CBS will air the All-Star Match. Matches not picked up for broadcast on these networks will air in local markets and through the MLV YouTube Channel with the exception of the Dallas Pulse. Thanks to an exclusive deal non-national Dallas Pulse matches will all be shown on Victory+ with home matches being exclusive to the platform.