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 Getty Image Ever wondered which states have won the most championships in the four major sports combined? Even if you haven’t, here’s your answer and then some in the form of a fascinating, very detailed graphic put together just in time for Super Bowl LII by PlayUSA. Since the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles will be facing off on Sunday to determine this season’s NFL champion, there have been several ways people have tried to predict the outcome of the game. You’ve got your puppies. You’ve got Tecmo Bowl. You’ve got Madden. And now, based on the history of these teams, using research into which states have had the most successful NFL team since the beginning of the Super Bowl Era in January 1967, here’s yet another Super Bowl LII prediction for you to consider. — Fourteen years ago, the Eagles faced the same adversary, the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX and narrowly lost the game 24 to 21. — Based on the history of both current Super Bowl teams, the research predicts that the New England Patriots, with five previous Super Bowl wins to their name including last year’s trophy, will take this year’s title. — While they’re the home of the Eagles, past Super Bowl wins have come from the neighboring team the Pittsburgh Steelers. In fact, with six Super Bowl wins, the Steelers have the most of any NFL team. The Eagles, who have appeared and been defeated in two previous Super Bowls, have yet to enter the state trophy cabinet. Perhaps this is their year? Here are a few more Super Bowl stats by state… — California has taken home the most trophies, California owes its nine Super Bowl wins to the San Francisco 49ers (5), the Oakland Raiders (3) and the Los Angeles Raiders (1). — Maryland last won the trophy in 2013 with the Baltimore Ravens giving the state a total of six Super Bowl titles. The winning teams were the Baltimore Colts, the Baltimore Ravens and the Washington Redskins who play in Maryland. Now, as for which states are the most dominant in winning championships overall in the four major sports, PlayUSA crunched the numbers and created the graphic you see below which lists any state that has won at least one title across the NFL, NBA, MLB or NHL since their championships began. A comparison between the coasts also brings about an interesting result. The East Coast takes a landslide victory against the West, with 138 wins across five states, compared to the West’s 39 gained only in the above mentioned California. However, a survey revealed that sports fans in the West were more likely to support a team from their state with 73% keeping their sporting loyalties close to home. While fans from the East were more likely to remain loyal to their teams than their Western counterparts, with 51% claiming they would never change which team they supported, even if drastic changes were made such as the team moving state, versus 45% of those from the West. They also learned through their survey that 22% of men also follow Major League Soccer, although only 10% of women do the same. Another contender for fandom is college level sport, as 41% prefer watching this compared to the Big Four. In the Southeast, this stat is even higher at 52% compared to 33% of Northeastern respondents. However, when analyzing the results by league, 72% of NFL fans from the Southeast favored the pros over college. Check the full results of PLAYUSA’s study below to see which states are the most successful in sports. METHODOLOGY Via playusa Via playusa
With the NBA and NHL playoffs in full swing once again, this spring will see new champions crowned in two of the US major sports. And with each title comes bragging rights and a boost to community pride for the cities that the winning teams call home. A select few US 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 (2022), MLB’s Dodgers (2020), and NBA’s Lakers (2020). And the 2010s saw strong runs in the Bay Area, with MLB’S San Francisco Giants and the NBA’s Golden State Warriors each capturing three titles, and in Boston, which has enjoyed three titles for the NFL’s Patriots, two for the MLB’s Red Sox, and one for the NHL’s Bruins since 2010. City DominanceBut geographic dominance in the major sports in the US 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. But each of these locations has also enjoyed sustained excellence over time from one or more of their hometown teams. Nowhere is this clearer than in the New York metro. This is largely due to 27 championships from the New York Yankees — more than one-quarter of the World Series titles the MLB has ever awarded. Then there are another two from the New York Mets. And finally, there are six combined World Series wins by the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants before both franchises relocated to California. Baseball is the core of the New York metropolitan area championship dominance. In fact, only Boston (39) has more total championships than New York has MLB championships alone. Only Montreal, with 25 titles from the NHL alone, comes close to New York’s single-sport dominance in baseball.
State DominanceThe success of teams in Los Angeles and San Francisco, New York, and Boston have respectively pushed California, New York, and Massachusetts to the top of the list of states with the most titles. Some other sports markets have been less fortunate. For example, Tennessee has four pro sports teams but has never won a championship in a major sport. And North Carolina is home to four teams who have combined for a single title. Researchers at HotDog.com ranked US and Canadian metropolitan areas according to total professional sports championships. A location is attributed a championship for a championship won by a team that is branded to be from the location at the time that it won the championship. All NFL championships since the NFL was founded in 1920 were included; all NBA championships since the NBA was founded in 1946 were included; all World Series were included, dating back to 1903; all NHL championships since the NHL was founded in 1917 were included; and all MLS championships since MLS’s first season in 1996 were included. Only metros with at least one active NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, or MLS team were considered. The data was sourced from pro-football-reference.com, basketball-reference.com, baseball-reference.com, hockey-reference.com, and fbref.com. In the event of a tie, the location with the most recent championship was ranked higher. Metros With the Most Professional Sports ChampionshipsHere are the cities with the most professional sports championships. 15. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
14. Cleveland-Elyria, OH
13. Green Bay, WI
12. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
11. St Louis, MO-IL
10. Pittsburgh, PA
9. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
8. Toronto, ON
7. San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA
6. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
5. Montreal, QC
4. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
2. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
Methodology and Detailed FindingsResearchers ranked US and Canadian metropolitan areas according to total professional sports championships. A location is attributed a championship for a championship won by a team that is branded to be from the location at the time that it won the championship. All NFL championships since the NFL was founded in 1920 were included; all NBA championships since the NBA was founded in 1946 were included; all World Series were included, dating back to 1903; all NHL championships since the NHL was founded in 1917 were included; and all MLS championships since MLS’s first season in 1996 were included. Only metros with at least one active NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, or MLS team were considered. The data was sourced from pro-football-reference.com, basketball-reference.com, baseball-reference.com, hockey-reference.com, and fbref.com. In the event of a tie, the location with the most recent championship was ranked higher. Featured image photo credit: tomertu / Shutterstock Related Posts |
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