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1 Los Angeles 3.03
2 Tampa 2.85
3 Denver 2.06
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Recent Updates

Jun 14, 2023

Congrats to the Nuggets, who took 47 seasons to win their first championship, and the Golden Knights, who took 6. With the NBA and NHL seasons ending in back-to-back days, we enter a long gap between the next time the champ score will update, IE the dog days of summer. Thus the leaderboard will remain as follows for quite a while:

Denver creeps into the top 3 with their 3rd title since 2015, and Vegas rounds out the top 10 with their new Stanley Cup. LA remains in the top spot with a little more breathing room as the Lakers playoff run outpaced what the Lightning were able to accomplish. But given that Tampa and Los Angeles both have highly relevant baseball teams, the top spot will likely be very much up for grabs during the MLB playoffs.

Feb 13, 2023

If you want to get into the top 3 sports cities, winning 2 Super Bowls in 4 years is a good way to do it. With the @Chiefs win this year, KC rockets up to the #3 city in our champs rankings, and the city records its all-time high in terms of local team success.

On the other side of the coin, Philadephia now is the only city to lose 3 championship finals (Eagles, Union & Phillies) in the same year – and they've done it twice. But in 1980, Philly offset their 3 losses in championships (76ers, Eagles & Flyers) with a Phillies World Series win, so it wasn't all bad. No such luck in 2022.

Nov 6, 2022

Our last update of 2022 is a consequential one, as due to @LAFC's thrilling MLS Cup victory, Los Angeles has just barely edged ahead of Tampa Bay and taken the top spot in the Champ Score rankings. The razor tight margin will be tested in just a few short months as Tampa Bay and LA teams both try to accumulate more points with a deep run in the NFL playoffs.

Nov 5, 2022

The @Astros have won another WS in this incredible 6-year run and rocketed Houston all the way to #4 in the ranking of top sports cities. I don't know if the rest of the Houston teams will be good enough, soon enough, to rise HOU any higher, but top 5 still a great achievement!

Top Cities: Past 20 Years

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Current Champ Scores How are Champ Scores calculated?

Rank City Overall Champ Score Teams Leagues Champ Score per Team
1 Los Angeles 3.027 10 5 0.336
2 Tampa 2.853 3 3 0.951
3 Denver 2.056 5 5 0.420
4 Kansas City 1.952 3 3 0.673
5 Houston 1.607 4 4 0.412
6 Boston 1.428 5 5 0.291
7 San Francisco 1.174 3 3 0.489
8 Atlanta 1.165 4 4 0.324
9 Philadelphia 1.052 5 5 0.215
10 Las Vegas 1.042 2 2 1.042
11 Milwaukee 0.885 2 2 0.443
12 Washington DC 0.879 5 5 0.179
13 Miami 0.798 5 5 0.186
14 New York 0.555 10 5 0.057
15 Toronto 0.521 4 4 0.134
16 St. Louis 0.436 2 2 0.198
17 Oakland 0.415 1 1 0.189
18 Seattle 0.369 4 4 0.119
19 Cincinnati 0.355 3 3 0.148
20 Columbus 0.282 2 2 0.148
21 Pittsburgh 0.210 3 3 0.070
22 Phoenix 0.201 4 4 0.050
23 Chicago 0.190 6 5 0.032
24 Dallas 0.190 5 5 0.039
25 Montreal 0.178 2 2 0.094
26 Portland 0.131 2 2 0.069
27 Cleveland 0.094 3 3 0.031
28 Raleigh 0.076 1 1 0.076
29 Edmonton 0.063 1 1 0.063
30 San Diego 0.062 1 1 0.048
31 Buffalo 0.053 2 2 0.027
32 Green Bay 0.049 1 1 0.049
33 Minneapolis 0.035 5 5 0.008
34 Nashville 0.034 3 3 0.015
35 Salt Lake City 0.028 2 2 0.015
36 San Antonio 0.020 1 1 0.020
37 Austin 0.018 1 1 0.018
38 Memphis 0.016 1 1 0.016
39 New Orleans 0.013 2 2 0.006
40 Baltimore 0.013 2 2 0.006
41 Jacksonville 0.012 1 1 0.012
42 Newark 0.012 1 1 0.012
43 Calgary 0.012 1 1 0.012
44 Winnipeg 0.010 1 1 0.010
45 Orlando 0.005 2 2 0.003
46 Indianapolis 0.003 2 2 0.002
47 San Jose 0.003 2 2 0.002
48 Vancouver 0.003 2 2 0.002
49 Sacramento 0.003 1 1 0.003
50 Oklahoma City 0.001 1 1 0.001
51 Detroit 0.000 4 4 0.000
52 Charlotte 0.000 3 3 0.000
53 Ottawa 0.000 1 1 0.000

Longest Big 4 Championship Droughts

Rank # City Years Yrs Seasons
1 Buffalo 57 117
2 Minneapolis 31 117
3 San Diego 57 114
4 New York 11 91
5 Phoenix 21 85
6 Cincinnati 32 63
7 Charlotte 34 61
8 Vancouver 52 58
9 Detroit 14 58
10 Nashville 26 50
11 Portland 45 46
12 Dallas 11 46
13 Salt Lake City 43 44
14 Montreal 29 39
15 Sacramento 37 38
Rank # City Year Range Yr Range Years Yrs Seasons
1 Cleveland 1965 2015 50 145
2 Buffalo 1966 – 57 117
3 Minneapolis 1992 – 31 117
4 San Diego 1966 – 57 114
5 Chicago 1964 1984 20 102
6 Milwaukee 1972 2020 48 97
7 Seattle 1980 2012 32 94
8 Philadelphia 1984 2007 23 94
9 Atlanta 1966 1994 28 91
10 New York 2012 – 11 91
11 Washington DC 1992 2017 25 90
12 Atlanta 1996 2020 24 86
13 Phoenix 2002 – 21 85
14 Houston 1962 1993 31 82
15 Minneapolis 1955 1986 31 77

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All-Time Highest Champ Scores

Rank City Year Peak Score
1 New York 1940 6.637
2 New York 1957 6.110
3 Detroit 1955 4.985
4 New York 1983 4.551
5 Boston 2008 4.500
6 New York 2001 4.466
7 Los Angeles 1988 4.373
8 Boston 1966 4.290
9 Los Angeles 2003 4.277
10 Boston 2019 4.272
11 Detroit 1937 4.083
12 Oakland 1977 4.052
13 Montreal 1961 3.920
14 New York 1929 3.885

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