List of U.S. cities by number of professional sports championships

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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.

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Championships counted are only from the top-tier/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).

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 LVIII

RankCityMLB [2] NBA/ABA [3] NFL/AFL/AAFC [4] NHL/WHA [5] [6] MLS/NASL [7] [8] CFL [9] 6 Major Sports Championships
1 New York City 3549116-65
2 Boston 1017670-40
3 Los Angeles 712337-32
3 Chicago 661163-32
5 San Francisco Bay Area 76703-23
6 Detroit 434110-22
7 Philadelphia 74521-19
8 Pittsburgh 51650-17
9 St. Louis 111110-14
10 Washington, D.C. 21514-13
10 Green Bay --13---13
10 Cleveland 211000-13
13 Baltimore 31500110
13 Houston 22222-10
13 Dallas/Fort Worth 11611-10
14 Kansas City 20403-9
16 Denver 01331-8
18 Minneapolis-Saint Paul 25000-7
18 Miami 23200-7
20 Tampa Bay 0-231-6
21 San Antonio -5--005
21 Cincinnati 5-0-0-5
21 Seattle 01112-5
24 Atlanta 20002-4
24 Indianapolis -310--4
26 Columbus --003-3
26 Milwaukee 120---3
28 Canton --2---2
28 Portland -1-01-2
28 Rochester -10-1-2
31 Salt Lake City -1--1-2
31 Buffalo 0020--2
33 Akron --1---1
33 Las Vegas --01001
33 New Orleans -01--01
33 Phoenix 1000--1
33 Providence -01---1
33 Raleigh -0-1--1
33 Syracuse -1----1
33 Tulsa ----1-1
33 San Diego 00100-1
33 Louisville -10---1
NR Austin ----0-0
NR Charlotte -00-0-0
NR Jacksonville --0-0-0
NR Memphis -00-000
NR Nashville --000-0
NR Oklahoma City -0----0
NR Orlando -0--0-0
NR Sacramento -0---00

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