1. New England Patriots
   Dallas Cowboys
2. Green Bay Packers
   Chicago Bears

The Dallas Cowboys play out of Dallas, TX and were first called America's Team in 1978. They won two Super Bowls that decade and another three in the '90s. They are still known as America's Team although they haven't made it to a Super Bowl in decades.

1. New York Mets
   New York Giants
2. New York Islanders
   New York Yankees

The New York Yankees (aka the Bronx Bombers) have appeared in the most MLB World Series contests (40) and have won the most World Series titles (27). Baseball legends Mickey Mantle, Babe Ruth, Derek Jeter and Lou Gehrig all played for the Yankees.

1. NFL
   MLB
2. NBA
   NHL

According to Gallup, the NFL has been the most watched sports league since 1972 and regularly sets viewership records every Super Bowl. The MLB was the most watched league before '72 and the NBA never held the top spot.

1. Miami Heat
   Chicago Bulls
2. Detroit Pistons
   Charlotte Hornets

Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to two separate three-peats in the 1990s and may have led the team to eight championships in a row had he not played a season of baseball. He's considered the greatest basketball player of all time.

1. 30
   32
2. 31
   34

The NHL began with six teams but today has 31. The newest team--the Las Vegas Knights--was added in 2016 and the league has plans to have 32 teams by the year 2021. Seven of the league's teams are based in Canada.

1. 2003
   2013
2. 1983
   1993

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 for the Stanley Cup in 1993. Although the NHL is home to seven Canadian teams, more than any other American league, no Canadian team has hoisted the trophy since.

1. New Orleans Pelicans
   Baltimore Ravens
2. Boston Orioles
   Toronto Blue Jays

The Baltimore oriole is the official bird of Maryland and is also the name of the state's Major League Baseball team. The Boston Orioles is not a professional sports franchise in North America, and Boston's MLB team is named the Red Sox.

1. Miami Dolphins
   Green Bay Packers
2. Denver Broncos
   San Francisco 49ers

Dan Marino was drafted at the end of the first round in the 1983 NFL draft and played for the Miami Dolphins until 1999. He made nine Pro Bowls during his career and is considered one of the greatest NFL players to never have won a Super Bowl.

1. Los Angeles Dodgers
   Atlanta Braves
2. Boston Red Sox
   Chicago Cubs

After winning the World Series, the Boston Red Sox sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees for next to nothing. The Red Sox went the next 86 years without winning a World Series until the curse was finally broken in 2004.

1. New England Patriots
   New York Giants
2. Green Bay Packers
   Dallas Cowboys

The NFL was founded in 1920 but the first Super Bowl wasn't played until 1967. The Green Bay Packers won that game. The New England Patriots have appeared in more Super Bowls (11) than any other team. They've won six and lost five.

1. Los Angeles Lakers
   Boston Celtics
2. Seattle SuperSonics
   Detroit Pistons

The Boston Celtics have won more NBA championships than any team with 17 championships. Bill Russell has 11 rings himself. Larry Bird has three to go along with three league MVP awards and Paul Pierce has one championship ring.

1. Padres
   Angels
2. Mets
   Dodgers

The Brooklyn Dodgers are most known for starting Jackie Robinson at first base in 1947, making him the first African-American in the MLB. Ten years later it was voted that the Dodgers would move to Los Angeles and they have been there ever since.

1. Montreal Expos
   Vancouver Grizzlies
2. Toronto Maple Leafs
   Montreal Canadiens

The NHL was founded in 1917 in Montreal, Canada and the Montreal Canadiens (aka the Habs) have been in the league ever since. They actually predate the founding of the NHL and are the oldest professional ice hockey team in the world.

1. New York Knicks
   Los Angeles Lakers
2. Miami Heat
   Cleveland Cavalier

LeBron James is from Akron, Ohio and he was drafted No. 1 overall directly from high school by the Cleveland Cavaliers. He then joined Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in Miami before returning to Cleveland for a few years only to leave again to Los Angeles.

1. New York Rangers
   Los Angeles Kings
2. Edmonton Oilers
   St. Louis Blues

Wayne Gretzky played in the NHL from 1978 to 1999 and won four Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers, the last coming in 1988 when he scored the winning goal to sweep the Boston Bruins. Gretzky is commonly considered the greatest hockey player of all time.

1. Cleveland Indians
   Chicago White Sox
2. Boston Red Sox
   New York Yankees

The 1919 World Series scandal (aka the Black Sox scandal) concerned players, including Shoeless Joe Jackson, from the Chicago White Sox who were paid to purposely lose the World Series to the Cincinnati Reds.

1. New York Giants
   Chicago Bears
2. Miami Dolphins
   Green Bay Packers

Don Shula coached the '72 Dolphins to a perfect regular season and a 14-7 Super Bowl victory over the Washington Redskins to complete a perfect 17-0 record. The 2007 Patriots went 19-1, losing to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl.

1. Texas Rangers
   San Francisco Giants
2. Houston Astros
   Atlanta Braves

Deion Sanders is the only player to play in a Super Bowl and a World Series, and he's the only pro player to hit a home run and score a touchdown in a seven-day period. How won one Super Bowl with the 49ers and one with the Cowboys. He never won a World Series.

1. Los Angeles Lakers
   Detroit Pistons
2. Chicago Bulls
   San Antonio Spurs

One of the biggest rivalries in all of sports is the Celtics vs. the Lakers, and it is only fitting that the two teams are the teams with the most NBA championships. The Celtics have 17 championships and the Lakers have 16. The Lakers beat the Celtics in seven games in the 2010 NBA Championship.

1. Chicago Blackhawks
   Boston Bruins
2. Toronto Maple Leafs
   Detroit Red Wings

Three of the greatest hockey players to ever play the game all played for the Boston Bruins. Neely scored his first 50 goals within 44 games, only Wayne Gretzky did it faster. Borque led the Bruins to two Stanley Cup appearances although they lost both. And Orr has two Stanley Cup wins, 18 individual awards and an iconic statue in Boston.

1. Cleveland Indians
   Chicago Blackhawks
2. Washington Redskins
   All of the above

Several universities have changed the names of sports teams because of insensitivity to Native Americans. The Stanford Indians, for example, are now the Cardinals and the St. Johns Redmen are now the Redstorm. The Indians, Redskins and Blackhawks have controversial names but haven't yet been forced to change.

1. Boston Celtics
   Philadelphia 76ers
2. Milwaukee Bucks
   New York Knicks

Wilt Chamberlain became the only player to score 100 points in a game in 1962 as a member of the San Francisco Warriors. He played for the Harlem Globetrotters before joining the NBA, where he also played for the LA Lakers.

1. Chicago White Sox
   Texas Rangers
2. Seattle Mariners
   San Diego Padres

Ken Griffey Jr. was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in 1989 and played most of his 22 seasons with the organization. His father also played for the Mariners from 1990 - 1991. Jr. hit the seventh-most home runs in MLB history and won 10 Gold Glove Awards during his career.

1. Golden State Warriors
   Chicago Bulls
2. Los Angeles Lakers
   Boston Celtics

In 1996, the Chicago Bulls went 72-10 en route to their fourth championship of the decade. In 2015-16, the Golden State Warriors went 73-9 but lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Championship in seven games.

1. New England Patriots
   Green Bay Packers
2. Carolina Panthers
   Jacksonville Jaguars

The oldest teams in NFL history are the Chicago Cardinals (now Arizona Cardinals) and the Decatur Staleys (now Chicago Bears) but the team that has remained in its original city the longest is the Green Bay Packers. The team joined the NFL in 1921 and hasn't moved since.

1. Los Angeles Kings
   Detroit Red Wings
2. Boston Bruins
   Washington Capitals

The NHL is home to seven Canadian teams, which is more than any other pro sports league in America. The Canadiens have won 24 Cups and the Toronto Maple Leafs have won 13. The American team with the most Cups is the Detroit Red Wings with 11.

1. New Orleans Saints
   Indianapolis Colts
2. New York Giants
   Miami Dolphins

Archie Manning played for the New Orleans Saints from 1971 to 1982. Both of his sons were No. 1 overall draft picks and both won multiple NFL Super Bowls, a feat that Archie never accomplished. He wore No. 8 and also played for the Vikings and Oilers.

1. Calgary Flames
   Seattle Sounders
2. Toronto Blue Jays
   Winnipeg Jets

The Seattle Sounders is Seattle's Major League Soccer team and is partly owned by Paul Allen's estate. The Microsoft co-founder was an avid sports fan and a major figure in the state of Washington. He also owned the NBA's Portland Trailblazers and the NFL's Seattle Seahawks.

1. Inter Miami
   New York Islanders
2. LA Galaxy
   Carolina Panthers

David Beckham is one of the world's most famous footballers and is known for playing for Manchester United and Real Madrid from 1992 to 2007. In 2007 he joined the LA Galaxy of the MLS and in 2013 he began forming the MLS expansion team, Inter Miami FC, which will begin play in 2020.

1. Anaheim Angels
   San Francisco Giants
2. Chicago White Sox
   Oakland Athletics

Barry Bonds played 22 seasons in the MLB and most of them were with the San Francisco Giants. He has the record for career home runs with 762 and is the only player in history with 500 home runs and 500 stolen bases.

1. Memphis Grizzlies
   New Orleans Pelicans
2. Toronto Raptors
   Atlanta Hawks

The Celtics and Knicks are the only NBA teams that haven't relocated cities. The New Orleans Pelicans was the newest team to join the NBA when it entered the league as the New Orleans Hornets in 2002. The organization became the Pelicans in 2013.

1. Nashville Predators
   Atlanta Thrashers
2. Minnesota Wild
   Vegas Golden Knights

The Vegas Golden Knights was founded in 2017 and made it to the Stanley Cup Finals that same year. The team lost to the Washington Capitals, but became the third team to make it to the finals in its inaugural season.

1. Chicago Bears
   Green Bay Packers
2. Buffalo Bills
   San Francisco 49ers

The Buffalo Bills have only been to four Super Bowls and they all came consecutively from 1991 to 1994. The team lost all four Super Bowls to become the only team to appear in four Super Bowls in a row. They lost to the Giants and Redskins, and to the Cowboys twice.

1. New York City
   San Francisco Bay Area
2. Dallas
   Chicago

New York City and Los Angeles have 10 pro sports teams each. They have two professional teams in each of the five leagues. Some lists consider the New Jersey Devils to be an NYC team, giving NYC 11 pro sports teams. There are seven pro teams in the Bay Area, six in Chicago and five in Dallas.