North America’s Most Successful Sporting Cities

As teams battle it out for this years Stanley Cup & NBA Championship, we've ranked the most successful sporting cities in North America.

From sold-out stadiums to community rinks and local fields, sports aren’t just a pastime – they’re part of a city’s soul. For decades, fans have cheered through buzzer-beaters, walk-offs, and game-winning drives.

While major league titles often steal the spotlight, our new study takes a more comprehensive approach – ranking North American cities not only by championships in the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and MLS, but also factoring in success across less-heralded sports like rugby union, lacrosse, table tennis, and curling.

Why? Because true sporting greatness isn’t limited to the big leagues. It thrives in grassroots passion, niche dominance, and unexpected dynasties.

This fresh take offers a wider lens on American sporting glory – highlighting the cities that consistently win, not just under bright lights, but across the entire sporting spectrum.

And at Betway, we wanted to find out which cities have truly tasted the most success:

New York tops the list with a remarkable 77 titles across its storied sports history – with almost half of them attributed to famous successes in MLB.

Toronto leads the way for Canada, while Boston, Montreal, and Los Angeles round out the top five, – each with proud traditions and passionate fanbases.

When it comes to smaller sports in the U.S. – Boston and New York lead the way with seven frisbee trophies, New York tops the curling list with seven titles and Houston has the most Table Tennis champions with seven.

Meanwhile, Boston and Seattle both boast two Rugby Union titles, while New York’s six Lacrosse winners also help place the Big Apple at the top of that particular tree.

When it comes to Women’s Sport, Seattle, Houston and Minneapolis are all tied on four WNBA championships, while Portland has enjoyed the most success in NWSL with three wins to its name.

The Top Ten Canadian Cities list – as shown below – sees Toronto lead the way, followed by Montreal and then Vancouver.

The Maple Leafs and their 13 historic Stanley Cup wins are the most famous Toronto champions, but the city’s sporting output stretches far and wide, with the MLS’s Toronto FC, the NBA’s Raptors and the MLB’s Blue Jays, also chipping in with medals. 

Montreal comes second, largely thanks to the Canadiens’ 24 Stanley Cup wins, Vancouver places third thanks to an excellent frisbee record, Edmonton and its 15 Grey Cups comes fourth, while Ottawa – home of teams such as the Senators and Redblacks – completes the top five. 

These rankings aren’t just about numbers. They’re about cities where sports are part of the heartbeat of daily life.  And for fans in these top 30 cities, winning is more than a goal – it’s a tradition. 

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Methodology

We looked at more than a century’s worth of championships across North America’s biggest sports leagues – from football and baseball to basketball, hockey and soccer.

But more than that – we also included data from less popular sports Rugby Union (MLR), Frisbee (Ultimate Frisbee Open), Lacrosse (NCAA), Curling (Men’s Curling Championship) and Table Tennis (USA National Table Tennis Championships).

This data includes Canadian equivalents for football (CFL), rugby (CRC) and frisbee (CUC) as there are no Canadian participants in the U.S. versions of these competitions.

We counted every trophy winner from every city up to and including the 2025 Super Bowl.

Titles were credited to the city where they were won, even if the team later moved.

The result is a list of the most successful sporting cities in North American history.

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