List of U.S. cities by number of professional sports championships
This is a list of cities in the United States that field or have fielded teams in North American men's professional sports leagues, showing the number of league championships each city has won. The championships won are recorded for the cities only, not the individual franchises. When a team relocates to a new city, the number of championships won in the prior city remain with that city.
Championships counted are only from the dominant league or leagues in each of the five major North American team sports — American football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey as well as soccer (or association football).
American football championships include All-America Football Conference, American Football League (the one beginning play in 1960) and National Football League (the one beginning play in 1920) champions up to the first Super Bowl season, and then only Super Bowl champions since. Baseball championships include World Series champions since 1903. Basketball championships include those from the National Basketball Association; its forerunner, the Basketball Association of America; and the American Basketball Association (the one beginning play in 1967). Ice hockey championships include World Hockey Association champions and all teams who won the Stanley Cup since the end of the Challenge Cup era (ended March 1914[1]). Soccer championships are of the outdoor variety only and include those from the North American Soccer League (1968–1984); its forerunners, the United Soccer Association (1967) and National Professional Soccer League (1967); and Major League Soccer (1996–present). Canadian football championships includes Grey Cup winners.
Cities that can claim no titles have been excluded from these rankings unless they are currently represented in at least one of the five major leagues, in which case they have a zero total.
Table[]
Current through Super Bowl LVI
| Rank | City | MLB[2] | NBA/ABA[3] | NFL/AFL/AAFC[4] | NHL/WHA[5][1] | MLS/NASL[6][7] | CFL[8] | 6 Major Sports Championships |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York City | 35 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | - | 62 |
| 2 | Boston | 10 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 0 | - | 40 |
| 3 | Chicago | 6 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | - | 32 |
| 3 | Los Angeles | 7 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 7 | - | 32 |
| 5 | Detroit | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 0 | - | 22 |
| 5 | San Francisco Bay Area | 7 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 3 | - | 22 |
| 7 | Philadelphia | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 19 |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | - | 17 |
| 9 | St. Louis | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 14 |
| 10 | Washington, D.C. | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | 13 |
| 10 | Green Bay | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | 13 |
| 10 | Cleveland | 2 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | - | 13 |
| 13 | Baltimore | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 14 | Dallas | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 9 |
| 14 | Houston | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 9 |
| 16 | Tampa Bay | 0 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 7 |
| 16 | Minneapolis | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 |
| 16 | Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | - | 7 |
| 16 | Miami | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | - | 7 |
| 20 | Denver | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 6 |
| 21 | San Antonio | - | 5 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | Cincinnati | 5 | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 5 |
| 21 | Seattle | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 5 |
| 24 | Indianapolis | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 4 |
| 24 | Atlanta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 4 |
| 25 | Milwaukee | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | 3 |
| 25 | Newark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| 28 | Canton | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 2 |
| 28 | Portland | - | 1 | - | 0 | 1 | - | 2 |
| 28 | Rochester | - | 1 | 0 | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| 28 | Salt Lake City | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 2 |
| 28 | Buffalo | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | - | - | 2 |
| 28 | Columbus | - | - | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 2 |
| 34 | Akron | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 34 | New Orleans | - | 0 | 1 | - | - | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Phoenix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 |
| 34 | Providence | - | 0 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| 34 | Raleigh | - | 0 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| 34 | Syracuse | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| 34 | Tulsa | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| 34 | San Diego | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 |
| 34 | Louisville | - | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | 1 |
| NR | Charlotte | - | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | 0 |
| NR | Jacksonville | - | - | 0 | - | 0 | - | 0 |
| NR | Memphis | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NR | Nashville | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 |
| NR | Oklahoma City | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | 0 |
| NR | Orlando | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - | 0 |
| NR | Sacramento | - | 0 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| NR | Las Vegas | - | - | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 0 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "Stanley Cup | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
- ^ "MLB Stats, Scores, History, & Records". Baseball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Basketball Statistics and History". Basketball-Reference.com.
- ^ "Pro Football Statistics and History". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
- ^ "NHL Stats, History, Scores, & Records". Hockey-Reference.com.
- ^ "North American Soccer League". soccerstats.us.
- ^ "USA » Major League Soccer » Champions". www.worldfootball.net.
- ^ "Grey Cup Winners". cfhof.ca.
- Sports in the United States by city
- Sports teams in the United States by city