In the history of championships in major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada (which include the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL), a city/metropolitan area has been home to multiple championships in a season 25 times, most recently in 2020 when the Tampa Bay Lightning won the 2020 Stanley Cup and Tampa Bay Buccaneers won Super Bowl LV. 2020 was also the second season where two different cities won multiple championships, with the Los Angeles Lakers winning the 2020 NBA Finals and the Los Angeles Dodgers winning the 2020 World Series (the other year was 1947). New York City is the only city to win multiple titles in back-to-back seasons, doing so in 1926–1927 and 1927–1928. No city has ever won more than two championships in the four major sports in the same season. As of 2024, all 25 occurrences have been in American cities; no Canadian city has yet accomplished this feat.
A city has been home to multiple championships in a calendar year 24 times. This has not happened the same number of times as a city winning multiple championships in one season, as a city can win two titles in a season without those titles being in the same calendar year (for example, the New York Jets and New York Mets both won titles in the 1969 calendar year, but the Jets Super Bowl III win was for the 1968 season; likewise the Baltimore Colts and Baltimore Orioles both won championships in the 1970 season, but the Colts Super Bowl V win came in 1971). This most recently happened in 2021 when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won Super Bowl LV and Tampa Bay Lightning won the 2021 Stanley Cup, their second in a row. Like with single season championships, New York City is the only city to win multiple titles in back-to-back calendar years, doing so in 1927 and 1928. Also like with single season championships, no city has won more than two titles in a single calendar year.
Philadelphia is the only city to have all four major sports teams (MLB's Phillies, NBA's 76ers, NFL's Eagles, and NHL's Flyers) play in their respective championship game or series in the same season (1980), though only one of the four (Phillies) actually won the championship. The Tampa Bay area, which does not have an NBA team, had all three of its major sports teams (MLB's Rays, NFL's Buccaneers, and NHL's Lightning) play in their respective championships in the 2020 season, with the Lightning and Buccaneers winning the championships.
Definitions Because some of the present-day "big four" North American sports leagues have merged with other leagues and their championships in the past, this article considers the following to be major sports championships: Major League Baseball: World Series championship, 1884–1890, 1903–present National League pennant, 1876–1883, 1891–1902 American Association pennant, 1882–1883 Players' League pennant, 1890 American League pennant, 1901–1902 Federal League pennant, 1914–1915 Negro National League I pennant, 1920–1923, 1928–1931 Eastern Colored League pennant, 1923 Negro World Series championship, 1924–1927, 1942–1948 American Negro League pennant, 1929 Negro Southern League pennant, 1932 Negro National League II pennant, 1933–1941 Negro American League pennant, 1937–1941 National Basketball Association: NBA championship, 1950–present National Basketball League championship, 1938–1949 Basketball Association of America championship, 1946–1949 American Basketball Association championship, 1967–1976 National Hockey League: Stanley Cup championship, 1915–present World Hockey Association championship, 1972–1979 National Football League: Super Bowl championship, 1966–present AAPF/NFL championship, 1920–1965 AFL championship, 1960–1965 AAFC championship, 1946–1949
Teams which are based in the same metropolitan area are considered together for this article even if they are not based in the same city. For example, teams representing Oakland, California are grouped with other teams based in the San Francisco Bay Area and teams playing in or representing New Jersey are grouped with New York City teams when the New Jersey team is within the New York City metropolitan area.
While the Super Bowl game is held in February (January prior to 2002), a Super Bowl championship is considered to be the championship for the year in which the regular season was played; for example, Super Bowl LIII, played on February 3, 2019, was the championship game for the 2018 NFL season and is thus considered a 2018 championship. All other championships including pre-Super Bowl football championships are considered to have been won the year in which the championship was awarded.
Multiple championships in a season YearCity or metro areaTeamLeagueTeamLeague1921ChicagoStaleysAAPFAmerican GiantsNNL11927New York CityGiantsNFLYankeesMLB1928New York CityRangersNHLYankeesMLB1931St. LouisCardinalsMLBStarsNNL11932ChicagoBearsNFLAmerican GiantsNSL1933New York CityRangersNHLGiantsMLB1935DetroitLionsNFLTigersMLB1938New York CityGiantsNFLYankeesMLB1945ClevelandRamsNFLBuckeyesNWS1947New York CityYankeesMLBCubansNWS1947ChicagoBearsNFLAmerican GearsNBL1948ClevelandBrownsAAFCIndiansMLB1952DetroitLionsNFLRed WingsNHL1956New York CityGiantsNFLYankeesMLB1970BaltimoreColtsNFLOriolesMLB1979PittsburghSteelersNFLPiratesMLB1986Greater New YorkGiantsNFLMetsMLB1988Los AngelesLakersNBADodgersMLB1989San Francisco Bay AreaAthleticsMLB49ersNFL2000Greater New YorkDevilsNHLYankeesMLB2002Greater Los AngelesLakersNBAAngelsMLB2004Greater BostonPatriotsNFLRed SoxMLB2018Greater BostonPatriotsNFLRed SoxMLB2020Los AngelesLakersNBADodgersMLB2020TampaBuccaneersNFLLightningNHL +City or metro areaNumber of times winning multiple championships in one seasonGreater New York7Greater Los Angeles3Chicago3Greater Boston2Detroit2Cleveland2St. Louis1Baltimore1Pittsburgh1San Francisco Bay Area1Tampa1
Multiple championships in a calendar year YearCityTeamLeagueTeamLeague1921ChicagoStaleysAAPFAmerican GiantsNNL11927New York CityGiantsNFLYankeesMLB1928New York CityRangersNHLYankeesMLB1931St. LouisCardinalsMLBStarsNNL11932ChicagoBearsNFLAmerican GiantsNSL1933New York CityRangersNHLGiantsMLB1935DetroitLionsNFLTigersMLB1938New York CityGiantsNFLYankeesMLB1945ClevelandRamsNFLBuckeyesNWS1947New York CityYankeesMLBCubansNWS1947ChicagoBearsNFLAmerican GearsNBL1948ClevelandBrownsAAFCIndiansMLB1952DetroitLionsNFLRed WingsNHL1956New York CityGiantsNFLYankeesMLB1969New York CityJetsNFLMetsMLB1979PittsburghSteelersNFLPiratesMLB1988Los AngelesDodgersMLBLakersNBA1989San Francisco Bay Area49ersNFLAthleticsMLB2000Greater New YorkDevilsNHL YankeesMLB2002Greater Los AngelesLakersNBAAngelsMLB2004Greater BostonPatriotsNFLRed SoxMLB2009PittsburghSteelersNFLPenguinsNHL2020Los AngelesLakersNBADodgersMLB2021TampaBuccaneersNFLLightningNHL City or metro areaNumber of times winning multiple championships in one calendar yearGreater New York7Chicago3Greater Los Angeles3Detroit2Pittsburgh2Cleveland2St. Louis1Greater Boston1San Francisco Bay Area1Tampa1
Multiple championships involving other professional teams
YearCityTeamLeagueTeamLeagueTeamLeagueTeamLeague 1975PittsburghSteelersNFLTriangles WTT1977MontrealCanadiensNHLAlouettesCFL1977Greater New YorkYankeesMLBCosmosNASL1987EdmontonOilersNHLEskimosCFL1997DetroitRed WingsNHLVipersIHL1998ChicagoFireMLSBullsNBAWolvesIHL1999HoustonCometsWNBAAerosIHL2001Los AngelesSparksWNBALakersNBA2002Greater Los AngelesSparksWNBALakersNBAAngelsMLBGalaxyMLS2003TampaBuccaneersNFLStormAFL2007Greater BostonRed SoxMLBRevolutionU.S. Open Cup2008PhiladelphiaSoulAFLPhilliesMLB2008DetroitShockWNBARed WingsNHL2009MontrealImpactUSL First DivisionAlouettesCFL2012Greater Los AngelesKingsNHLGalaxyMLS2014SeattleSoundersU.S. Open CupSeahawksNFL2014Kansas City metropolitan areaFC Kansas CityNWSLCometsMISL2014Greater Los AngelesKingsNHLLA GalaxyMLS2015Kansas City metropolitan areaFC Kansas CityNWSLRoyalsMLBSporting Kansas CityU.S. Open Cup2015San Francisco Bay AreaSabercatsAFLWarriorsNBASanta Cruz WarriorsD-League2016ClevelandCavaliersNBAMonstersAHL2016DenverBroncosNFLOutlawsMLL2016Dallas–Fort Worth metroplexAmericansECHLFC DallasU.S. Open Cup2016Greater New YorkRed Bulls IIUSLCosmosNASL2017Greater HoustonScrap Yard DawgsNPFAstrosMLB2017Greater Toronto AreaArgonautsCFLToronto FCMLS, Voyageurs CupWolfpackRugby League 1Raptors 905D-League2018HoustonAcesUWSDynamoU.S. Open Cup2018TorontoMarliesAHLWolfpackRFL Championship2018Washington, D.C.CapitalsNHLValorAFL 2019 Greater St. LouisBluesNHLRascalsFL2019TorontoRaptorsNBAWolfpackRFL Championship2019Washington, D.C.MysticsWNBANationalsMLB2019Orange County, CaliforniaCal UnitedNISALA Galaxy OCUWS2020Tampa Bay areaBuccaneersNFLLightningNHLRowdiesUSL Championship2022 Los AngelesRamsNFL Los Angeles FCMLS2022DenverAvalancheNHL MammothNLL2023Las VegasGolden KnightsNHLAcesWNBA2023Dallas–Fort Worth metroplexRenegadesXFLRangersMLB2024Greater BostonCelticsNBAFree JacksMLR2024Greater Los AngelesDodgersMLBLA GalaxyMLS2025Greater MiamiPanthersNHLInter Miami CFMLS2025Las Vegas ValleyAcesWNBAKnight HawksIFL2026Greater Toronto and Hamilton AreaRockNLLMarliesAHL2026Los AngelesKnight RidersMLCQueensWPBL
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See also Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada List of U.S. cities by number of professional sports championships U.S. cities with teams from four major league sports Treble (association football) Footnotes
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