Across 421 championships that have been awarded across the MLB, MLS, NBA, NFL, and NHL, nearly half have been won by teams from just six metropolitan areas—with some locations totaling 25 or more total championships. On the other hand, more…
25 or more total championships. On the other hand, more than a dozen metros with active teams in at least one professional sport have never secured a title. Researchers ranked states and metros according to total professional sports championships across the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS.With the NBA and NHL playoffs in full swing once again, this spring will see new champions crowned in two of the U.S. major sports.
A select few U.S. metro areas have enjoyed bursts of success across multiple sports in recent years. In 2021, Tampa saw the NHL’s Lightning win their second straight Stanley Cup while the NFL’s Buccaneers captured the Super Bowl. Los Angeles has had recent titles from the NFL’s Rams , MLB’s Dodgers , and NBA’s Lakers .
But geographic dominance in the major sports in the U.S. is nothing new. Across 421 championships that have been awarded across the MLB, MLS, NBA, NFL, and NHL, nearly half have been won by teams from just six metropolitan areas: New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, and San Francisco. These metros are among the nation’s largest and most historic, and in some cases have multiple teams competing in the same sport, which increases the chances of bringing home a title.
Nowhere is this clearer than in the New York metro. Behind 27 championships from the New York Yankees—more than one-quarter of the World Series titles the MLB has ever awarded—and another two from the New York Mets after the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants combined for six World Series wins before both franchises relocated to California, baseball has helped power the New York metropolitan area to the top of the list of metros with the most titles.
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