BRIGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS - JULY 23: General manager Don Sweeney of the Boston Bruins prepares for the first round of the 2021 NHL Entry Draft at Warrior Ice Arena on July 23, 2021 in Brighton, Massachusetts. (Photo by Mike Penhollow/NHLI via Getty Images)
Fire up the duck boats … again.
Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and the Celtics etched their names in history by winning the 2024 NBA Finals, completing a gentleman’s sweep Monday night against the Dallas Mavericks. Banner 18 will rise in the TD Garden rafters, as the Celtics have broken a tie with the Lakers for the most in NBA history.
Championships have become the standard not just for the Celtics, but for Boston. The Patriots, Red Sox and Bruins have given the city championship parades in recent years. Now, fans will gather to celebrate another Boston title following the Celtics’ dominant playoff run.
Boston sports fans have grown accustomed to championships and parades, but just how many titles has the city won? And where does Boston rank among the most decorated sports cities?
Here are the U.S. cities with the most championships across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL:
1. New York – 54
- New York Yankees – 27 (1923, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1977, 1978, 1996, 1998, 1999. 2000, 2009)
- New York Giants (NFL) – 8 (1927, 1934, 1938, 1956, 1986, 1990, 2007, 2011)
- New York Giants (MLB) – 5 (1905, 1921, 1922, 1933, 1954)
- New York Rangers – 4 (1928, 1933, 1940, 1994)
- New York Islanders – 4 (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)
- New York Knicks – 2 (1970, 1973)
- New York Mets – 2 (1969, 1986)
- New York Jets – 1 (1968)
- Brooklyn Dodgers – 1 (1955)
New York has the Yankees to thank for its spot atop this list. The Bronx Bombers have won 27 World Series titles, more than twice as many as any MLB franchise.
