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 Charleston (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 22
  • Fun 31
  • Very Fun 21
  • Exceptional 20
  1. 1st 93 Jackson, WY Fun Score 87
  2. T-2nd 92 Asheville, NC Fun Score 85
  3. T-2nd 92 Charleston, SC Fun Score 87
  4. T-2nd 92 Portland, ME Fun Score 100

Ranked 5–134

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

9 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.