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.

For all North American cities, see List of North American cities by number of major sports championships.

Championships counted are only from the dominant league or leagues in each of the five major North American team sports — football, baseball, basketball, ice hockey and soccer.

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 champions from the 1914 and 1915 Federal League (determined by Major League Baseball's Special Baseball Records Committee to be a "major" league);[1] American League and National League champions from the start of baseball's modern era — defined as 1893 by the Society for American Baseball Research[2] — up to the first modern World Series season (in 1903); the 1903 World Series champion; the American League and National League champions in 1904 (when there was no World Series); and then only World Series champions since. 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[3]). Soccer championships are of the outdoor variety only and include those from the North American Soccer League (the one beginning play in 1968); its forerunners, the United Soccer Association and National Professional Soccer League; and Major League Soccer.

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 LIV

Rank City modern major baseball[4] NBA/ABA[5] AAFC/NFL/AFL[6] Stanley Cup/WHA[7][8] MLS/NASL[9] 5 Major Sports Championships
1New York City, Long Island and East Rutherford, New Jersey38498564
2Boston/Foxborough/Chestnut Hill/Quincy/Lynn/New Bedford, Massachusetts/Pawtucket, Rhode Island141767044
3Chicago/Naperville/Bridgeview86116334
4Los Angeles/Carson/Monterey Park/Pasadena/Torrance/Anaheim61123729
5Detroit/Pontiac43411022
6San Francisco Bay Area7570322
7Philadelphia/Chester8452120
8Pittsburgh7165019
9St. Louis11111014
10Washington, D.C./Landover, Maryland/Fairfax, Virginia2151413
10Green Bay--13--13
10Cleveland21100013
13Baltimore6150012
14Dallas/Arlington/Frisco/Irving/University Park/Southlake016119
14Houston122229
16Minneapolis/St.Paul/Bloomington250007
16Kansas City, Missouri/Kansas202037
16Miami/Sunrise/Ft. Lauderdale232007
19Denver/Commerce City/Lakewood003216
20San Antonio-5--05
20Cincinnati5-0-05
20Indianapolis1310-5
20Seattle011125
24Atlanta/Jonesboro100023
24Newark/Harrison0003-3
24Tampa/St. Petersburg0-1113
27Canton--2--2
27Milwaukee110--2
27Portland-1-012
27Rochester-10-12
27Salt Lake City/Sandy-1--12
27Buffalo/Orchard Park0020-2
33Akron--1--1
33New Orleans-01--1
33Phoenix/Glendale1000-1
33Providence-01--1
33Raleigh-0-1-1
33Syracuse-1---1
33Columbus--0011
33Tulsa----11
33Louisville-10--1
NRCharlotte-00--0
NRJacksonville--0-00
NRMemphis-00-00
NRSan Diego001000
NRNashville--0000
NROklahoma City-0---0
NROrlando-0--00
NRSacramento-0---0
NRLas Vegas/Henderson/Paradise/Whitney--00-0
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See also

References
  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=4yDtlquCJiYC&pg=PA338&lpg=PA338&dq=%22special+baseball+records+committee%22+%22federal+league%22&source=bl&ots=lnjCsXBaNH&sig=ACfU3U0PVwSGhwyDU7JhlnfhZcQt72f0UA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwixs9bz97jqAhUFGDQIHUO_D5AQ6AEwBXoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22special%20baseball%20records%20committee%22%20%22federal%20league%22&f=false
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=QLZCJcgKdY0C&pg=PA408&lpg=PA408&dq=1893+sabr&source=bl&ots=fXjq0XL3dq&sig=ACfU3U1RvOoYl9AbTWk_8Q_hfh-TU6WtMQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjCyZTlsbbqAhUKl3IEHcAFBucQ6AEwAnoECAgQAQ#v=onepage&q=1893&f=false
  3. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/stanley-cup
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com
  5. https://www.basketball-reference.com
  6. https://www.pro-football-reference.com
  7. https://www.hockey-reference.com
  8. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/stanley-cup
  9. http://www.nasl.com/yearly-results
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