CityFunIndex

Leaderboard

Best cities for sports

Every city in the CityFunIndex, ranked by its Sports score. Pro and college teams and the game-day energy around them.

Cities ranked
134
Top score
93
Average
49

Pillar scores are national percentile ranks on a saturation curve, so the leader of every category lands near the same ceiling — the ranks beneath are still distinct. See how scoring works →

Jackson (93) leads, ahead of Asheville (92) and Portland (92). North Las Vegas anchors the bottom at 0 — a 93-point gap.

Regional read The top 10 spans 9 different states — no single state dominates this board.

All 134 cities, coloured by sports score band. The top-ranked cities draw larger.

  • Quiet
  • Some Fun
  • Fun
  • Very Fun
  • Exceptional

Score spread across all 134 cities

  • Quiet 40
  • Some Fun 23
  • Fun 30
  • Very Fun 21
  • Exceptional 20
  1. 1st 93 Jackson, WY Fun Score 92
  2. T-2nd 92 Asheville, NC Fun Score 87
  3. T-2nd 92 Portland, ME Fun Score 100
  4. T-2nd 92 Charleston, SC Fun Score 91

Ranked 5–134

  1. T#5 91 Richmond, VA Fun Score 90
  2. T#5 91 Manchester, NH Fun Score 52
  3. T#5 91 Washington, DC Fun Score 93
  4. T#8 90 Fargo, ND Fun Score 49
  5. T#8 90 Atlanta, GA Fun Score 89
  6. T#8 90 Greensboro, NC Fun Score 54
  7. T#11 89 Des Moines, IA Fun Score 70
  8. T#11 89 Cincinnati, OH Fun Score 89
  9. T#13 88 Toledo, OH Fun Score 39
  10. T#13 88 Seattle, WA Fun Score 100
  11. T#13 88 Durham, NC Fun Score 62
  12. #16 87 Pittsburgh, PA Fun Score 89
  13. T#17 86 Boston, MA Fun Score 99
  14. T#17 86 Reno, NV Fun Score 68
  15. T#17 86 Birmingham, AL Fun Score 58
  16. #20 85 Sioux Falls, SD Fun Score 38
  17. T#21 84 Spokane, WA Fun Score 67
  18. T#21 84 Lincoln, NE Fun Score 70
  19. T#23 83 Minneapolis, MN Fun Score 85
  20. T#23 83 Tampa, FL Fun Score 67
  21. #25 82 Lexington, KY Fun Score 73
  22. #26 81 Wilmington, DE Fun Score 49
  23. #27 80 Boulder, CO Fun Score 79
  24. T#28 79 Portland, OR Fun Score 84
  25. T#28 79 Tulsa, OK Fun Score 49
  26. #30 78 San Francisco, CA Fun Score 98
  27. T#31 77 Saint Paul, MN Fun Score 62
  28. T#31 77 Savannah, GA Fun Score 71
  29. #33 76 Kansas City, MO Fun Score 72
  30. #34 75 Denver, CO Fun Score 82
  31. T#35 74 Albuquerque, NM Fun Score 41
  32. T#35 74 Norfolk, VA Fun Score 50
  33. #37 73 Hartford, CT Fun Score 59
  34. T#38 72 Buffalo, NY Fun Score 74
  35. T#38 72 Charlotte, NC Fun Score 57
  36. #40 71 Fort Wayne, IN Fun Score 55
  37. #41 70 Orlando, FL Fun Score 69
  38. T#42 69 Irvine, CA Fun Score 62
  39. T#42 69 Milwaukee, WI Fun Score 64
  40. #44 68 Columbus, OH Fun Score 64
  41. #45 67 Houston, TX Fun Score 39
  42. #46 66 Louisville, KY Fun Score 48
  43. T#47 65 Boise, ID Fun Score 81
  44. T#47 65 Nashville, TN Fun Score 63
  45. #49 64 Colorado Springs, CO Fun Score 56
  46. #50 63 Cleveland, OH Fun Score 75
  47. T#51 62 Honolulu, HI Fun Score 88
  48. T#51 62 Baltimore, MD Fun Score 73
  49. #53 61 Montgomery, AL Fun Score 39
  50. #54 60 Las Vegas, NV Fun Score 36
  51. T#55 59 Arlington, TX Fun Score 16
  52. T#55 59 San Jose, CA Fun Score 64
  53. #57 58 Baton Rouge, LA Fun Score 30
  54. #58 57 Chicago, IL Fun Score 59
  55. T#59 56 Corpus Christi, TX Fun Score 16
  56. T#59 56 Indianapolis, IN Fun Score 52
  57. #61 55 Oakland, CA Fun Score 66
  58. #62 54 Anaheim, CA Fun Score 46
  59. #63 53 Miami, FL Fun Score 56
  60. T#64 50 Chesapeake, VA Placeholder
  61. T#64 50 Fremont, CA Placeholder
  62. T#64 50 Gatlinburg, TN Placeholder
  63. T#64 50 Hialeah, FL Placeholder
  64. T#64 50 Hilton Head Island, SC Placeholder
  65. T#64 50 Plano, TX Placeholder
  66. T#64 50 Sedona, AZ Placeholder
  67. T#64 50 Winston-Salem, NC Placeholder
  68. #72 47 Madison, WI Fun Score 96
  69. T#73 45 Austin, TX Fun Score 73
  70. T#73 45 Billings, MT Fun Score 59
  71. T#75 44 Stowe, VT Fun Score 53
  72. T#75 44 Park City, UT Fun Score 85
  73. #77 43 Telluride, CO Fun Score 74
  74. #78 42 San Diego, CA Fun Score 76
  75. T#79 41 Bend, OR Fun Score 79
  76. T#79 41 Santa Fe, NM Fun Score 63
  77. T#81 39 Key West, FL Fun Score 71
  78. T#81 39 New Orleans, LA Fun Score 64
  79. T#83 38 Scottsdale, AZ Fun Score 40
  80. T#83 38 Charleston, WV Fun Score 52
  81. #85 37 Little Rock, AR Fun Score 42
  82. T#86 36 Aspen, CO Fun Score 67
  83. T#86 36 Lubbock, TX Fun Score 32
  84. #88 35 Phoenix, AZ Fun Score 41
  85. T#89 33 Burlington, VT Fun Score 81
  86. T#89 33 Stockton, CA Fun Score 3
  87. T#91 32 Fresno, CA Fun Score 22
  88. T#91 32 Chandler, AZ Fun Score 42
  89. #93 31 Wichita, KS Fun Score 20
  90. #94 30 Gilbert, AZ Fun Score 31
  91. T#95 29 Detroit, MI Fun Score 44
  92. T#95 29 El Paso, TX Fun Score 28
  93. T#97 27 Santa Barbara, CA Fun Score 81
  94. T#97 27 St. Louis, MO Fun Score 69
  95. T#99 26 San Antonio, TX Fun Score 29
  96. T#99 26 Raleigh, NC Fun Score 66
  97. #101 25 Memphis, TN Fun Score 18
  98. #102 24 Oklahoma City, OK Fun Score 28
  99. T#103 23 Mesa, AZ Fun Score 35
  100. T#103 23 Philadelphia, PA Fun Score 45
  101. #105 22 Glendale, AZ Fun Score 10
  102. #106 21 Sacramento, CA Fun Score 57
  103. T#107 20 Jacksonville, FL Fun Score 17
  104. T#107 20 Tucson, AZ Fun Score 44
  105. #109 19 St. Petersburg, FL Fun Score 43
  106. #110 18 Fort Worth, TX Fun Score 20
  107. T#111 17 Napa, CA Fun Score 52
  108. T#111 17 Omaha, NE Fun Score 63
  109. #113 16 Los Angeles, CA Fun Score 40
  110. #114 15 Laredo, TX Fun Score 9
  111. T#115 14 Providence, RI Fun Score 63
  112. T#115 14 Aurora, CO Fun Score 34
  113. #117 13 Dallas, TX Fun Score 38
  114. #118 12 Anchorage, AK Fun Score 34
  115. T#119 11 Jackson, MS Fun Score 25
  116. T#119 11 Long Beach, CA Fun Score 32
  117. #121 10 New York, NY Fun Score 55
  118. #122 9 Virginia Beach, VA Fun Score 49
  119. T#123 8 Henderson, NV Fun Score 14
  120. T#123 8 Newark, NJ Fun Score 30
  121. #125 7 Bakersfield, CA Fun Score 0
  122. #126 6 Bismarck, ND Fun Score 25
  123. T#127 5 Garland, TX Fun Score 0
  124. T#127 5 Riverside, CA Fun Score 24
  125. #129 4 Irving, TX Fun Score 20
  126. #130 3 Santa Clarita, CA Fun Score 14
  127. T#131 2 Jersey City, NJ Fun Score 37
  128. T#131 2 Bridgeport, CT Fun Score 41
  129. #133 1 Santa Ana, CA Fun Score 33
  130. #134 0 North Las Vegas, NV Fun Score 6

8 of 134 cities have no sports measurement, so they sit at the median (50) as a placeholder — flagged above and not a measured rank. The composite Fun Score renormalises around the gap, so it is unaffected.

Sports is measured from Ticketmaster and SeatGeek pro and college games, plus OpenStreetMap stadiums, sports centres and fitness centres.