Multiple major sports championship seasons

In the history of North American major professional sports league championships (which include the NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL) a city/metropolitan area has been home to multiple championships in a season eighteen times, most recently in 2020–2021 when the Tampa Bay Lightning and Tampa Bay Buccaneers won their respective championships.

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 (in 1980), though only one of the four (Phillies) actually won the championship.

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, 1903–present
National Basketball Association:
- NBA championship, 1950–present[lower-alpha 1]
National Hockey League:
- Stanley Cup championship, 1914–present[lower-alpha 2]
National Football League:
- Super Bowl championship, 1966–present
- NFL championship, 1920–1965[lower-alpha 3]
- AFL championship, 1960–1965[lower-alpha 3]
- 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, while teams playing in or representing New Jersey are grouped with other teams based in 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

Year	City	Team	League	Team	League
1927	New York City	Giants	NFL	Yankees	MLB
1928	New York City	Rangers	NHL	Yankees	MLB
1933	New York City	Rangers	NHL	Giants	MLB
1935	Detroit	Lions	NFL	Tigers	MLB
1938	New York City	Giants	NFL	Yankees	MLB
1948	Cleveland	Browns	AAFC	Indians	MLB
1952	Detroit	Lions	NFL	Red Wings	NHL
1956	New York City	Giants	NFL	Yankees	MLB
1970	Baltimore	Colts	NFL	Orioles	MLB
1979	Pittsburgh	Steelers	NFL	Pirates	MLB
1986	Greater New York	Giants	NFL	Mets	MLB
1988	Los Angeles	Lakers	NBA	Dodgers	MLB
2000	Greater New York	Devils	NHL	Yankees	MLB
2002	Greater Los Angeles	Lakers	NBA	Angels	MLB
2004	Greater Boston	Patriots	NFL	Red Sox	MLB
2018	Greater Boston	Patriots	NFL	Red Sox	MLB
2020	Los Angeles	Lakers	NBA	Dodgers	MLB
2020	Tampa Bay	Buccaneers	NFL	Lightning	NHL

Multiple highest professional level championships in a calendar year

Year	City	Team	League	Team	League
1927	New York City	Giants	NFL	Yankees	MLB
1928	New York City	Rangers	NHL	Yankees	MLB
1933	New York City	Rangers	NHL	Giants	MLB
1935	Detroit	Lions	NFL	Tigers	MLB
1938	New York City	Giants	NFL	Yankees	MLB
1948	Cleveland	Browns	AAFC	Indians	MLB
1952	Detroit	Lions	NFL	Red Wings	NHL
1956	New York City	Giants	NFL	Yankees	MLB
1969	New York City	Jets	NFL	Mets	MLB
1979	Pittsburgh	Steelers	NFL	Pirates	MLB
1988	Los Angeles	Dodgers	MLB	Lakers	NBA
1989	San Francisco Bay Area	49ers	NFL	Athletics	MLB
2000	Greater New York	Devils	NHL	Yankees	MLB
2002	Greater Los Angeles	Lakers	NBA	Angels	MLB
2004	Greater Boston	Patriots	NFL	Red Sox	MLB
2009	Pittsburgh	Steelers	NFL	Penguins	NHL
2020	Los Angeles	Lakers	NBA	Dodgers	MLB
2020	Tampa Bay	Buccaneers	NFL	Lightning	NHL

Multiple championships involving other professional teams

Year	City	Team	League	Team	League	Team	League	Team	League
1975	Pittsburgh	Steelers	NFL	Triangles	WTT
1977	Montreal	Canadiens	NHL	Alouettes	CFL
1977	Greater New York	Yankees	MLB	Cosmos	NASL
1987	Edmonton	Oilers	NHL	Eskimos	CFL
1989	Detroit	Drive	AFL	Pistons	NBA
1990	Detroit	Drive	AFL	Pistons	NBA
1998	Chicago	Fire	MLS	Bulls	NBA
2001	Los Angeles	Sparks	WNBA	Lakers	NBA
2002	Greater Los Angeles	Sparks	WNBA	Lakers	NBA	Angels	MLB	LA Galaxy	MLS
2008	Philadelphia	Soul	AFL	Phillies	MLB
2008	Detroit	Shock	WNBA	Red Wings	NHL
2009	Montreal	Impact	USL First Division	Alouettes	CFL
2012	Greater Los Angeles	Kings	NHL	LA Galaxy	MLS
2014	Seattle	Sounders	U.S. Open Cup	Seahawks	NFL
2014	Kansas City metropolitan area	FC Kansas City	NWSL	Comets[1]	MISL
2014	Greater Los Angeles	Kings	NHL	LA Galaxy	MLS
2015	Kansas City metropolitan area	FC Kansas City	NWSL	Royals	MLB	Sporting Kansas City	U.S. Open Cup
2015	San Francisco Bay Area	Sabercats	AFL	Warriors	NBA	Santa Cruz Warriors	D-League
2016	Cleveland	Cavaliers	NBA	Monsters	AHL
2016	Denver	Broncos	NFL	Outlaws	MLL
2016	Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex	Americans	ECHL	FC Dallas	U.S. Open Cup
2016	Greater New York	Red Bulls II	USL	Cosmos	NASL
2017	Greater Houston	Scrap Yard Dawgs	NPF	Astros	MLB
2017	Greater Toronto Area	Argonauts	CFL	Toronto FC	MLS, Voyageurs Cup	Wolfpack	Rugby League 1	Raptors 905	D-League
2018	Toronto	Marlies	AHL	Wolfpack	RFL Championship
2018	Washington D.C.	Capitals	NHL	Valor	AFL
2019	Greater St. Louis	Blues	NHL	Rascals	FL
2019	Toronto	Raptors	NBA	Wolfpack	RFL Championship
2019	Washington, D.C.	Mystics	WNBA	Nationals	MLB
2019	Orange County, California	Cal United	NISA	LA Galaxy OC	UWS
2020	Tampa Bay	Buccaneers	NFL	Lightning	NHL	Rowdies	USL East Conference Champs; USL Championship Game cancelled due to Covid-19.

Footnotes

This article considers championships awarded by the Basketball Association of America (1946–1949), National Basketball League (1937–1949), and American Basketball Association (1967–1976) to be major sports championships, as some modern NBA teams trace their history to one of these leagues. No championships from these leagues qualify for inclusion in this article.
This article excludes Stanley Cups won during the challenge era (1893–1914).
During the AFL–NFL merger period (1966–1969), the AFL and NFL awarded their own championships, and those two champions faced each other in what would become the Super Bowl. This article excludes AFL or NFL champions from that time period that did not go on to win the Super Bowl.

References

The MISL ran from November 15, 2013 to March 2, 2014.

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[1] This article considers championships awarded by the Basketball Association of America (1946–1949), National Basketball League (1937–1949), and American Basketball Association (1967–1976) to be major sports championships, as some modern NBA teams trace their history to one of these leagues. No championships from these leagues qualify for inclusion in this article.

[2] This article excludes Stanley Cups won during the challenge era (1893–1914).

[fn3-3] During the AFL–NFL merger period (1966–1969), the AFL and NFL awarded their own championships, and those two champions faced each other in what would become the Super Bowl. This article excludes AFL or NFL champions from that time period that did not go on to win the Super Bowl.

[4] The MISL ran from November 15, 2013 to March 2, 2014.