Teams Who Have Won the Most North American Sports Championships
The following lists the major sports teams in the four major North American sports (baseball, basketball, football, and hockey *) who have won the most championships:
- 26 wins: MLB - New York Yankees (39 total appearances)
- 24 wins: NHL - Montreal Canadiens (33 total appearances)
- 16 wins: NBA - Boston Celtics (19 total appearances)
- 15 wins: CFL - Toronto Argonauts (21 total appearances)
- 14 wins: NBA - Los Angeles/Minneapolis Lakers (28 total appearances)
- 13 wins: CFL - Edmonton Eskimos (23 total appearances)
- 11 wins: NHL - Toronto Maple Leafs (19 total appearances)
- 10 wins: NHL - Detroit Red Wings (22 total appearances)
- 10 wins: MLB - St. Louis Cardinals (17 total appearances)
- 9 wins: CFL - Winnipeg Blue Bombers (21 total appearances)
- 9 wins: NFL - Green Bay Packers (12 total appearances)
- 8 wins: CFL - Hamilton Tiger-Cats (18 total appearances)
- 8 wins: CFL - Ottawa Rough Riders (14 total appearances)
- 8 wins: NFL - Chicago Bears** (10 total appearances)
- 6 wins: NFL - New York Giants (12 total appearances)
- 6 wins: MLB - Boston Red Sox (10 total appearances)
- 6 wins: NBA - Chicago Bulls (6 total appearances)
- 5 wins: NHL - Boston Bruins (17 total appearances)
- 5 wins: CFL - Montreal Alouettes (15 total appearances)
- 5 wins: MLB - New York Giants (14 total appearances)
- 5 wins: CFL - Calgary Stampeders (11 total appearances)
- 5 wins: NFL - Washington Redskins (11 total appearances)
- 5 wins: CFL - B.C. Lions (9 total appearances)
- 5 wins: MLB - Cincinnati Reds (9 total appearances)
- 5 wins: MLB - Los Angeles Dodgers (9 total appearances)
- 5 wins: NFL - Dallas Cowboys (8 total appearances)
- 5 wins: CFL - Hamilton Tigers (8 total appearances)
- 5 wins: MLB - Philadelphia Athletics (8 total appearances)
- 5 wins: MLB - Pittsburgh Pirates (7 total appearances)
- 5 wins: NHL - Edmonton Oilers (6 total appearances)
- 5 wins: NBA - Minneapolis Lakers (6 total appearances)
- 5 wins: NFL - Pittsburgh Steelers (6 total appearances)
- 5 wins: NFL - San Francisco 49ers (5 total appearances)
* Major League Soccer (MLS) would be listed if there were a team that had met the minimum bar of this list of at least five wins - currently only D.C. United is approaching that cutoff with four MLS Cup Championships.
** One of Chicago's wins came as the Chicago Staleys in 1921.
Please note: NFL includes both NFL Championships in the period 1920 through 1959, and Super Bowl Championships. With the advent of the AFL in 1960, the NFL could no longer claim to be the undisputed professional football champions until the Super Bowl started at the end of the 1966 season (in January of 1967). NFL Championships from 1960 through 1865 are excluded from these numbers.
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