Monday, January 29, 2024

Finals Appearances, 1871-2024

Updated to include the set of Super Bowl LVIII, between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers.

Includes the following:

* Baseball: The World Series, 1903-2023; pre-1903 championship finals, including the Temple Cup (1894-97); and single-division leagues that did not have postseason series.

* Football: All professional league championship games, including the pre-Super Bowl NFL Championship Game, 1932-1965; and Canada's Grey Cup.

* Basketball: The NBA Finals, 1947-2023, and the WNBA Finals, 1997-2023.

* Hockey: The Stanley Cup Finals, 1894-2023, including before the founding of the NHL.

* Soccer: The NASL Finals, 1967-1984; the MLS Cup, 1996-2023; and the finals of the various women's leagues.

In the case of an intra-city finals, the city will be counted twice. Ties will be broken by most wins, then by most recent.

Still to be done: NASL, MLS, WUA/WPS/NWSL

New York, 136: World's Championship Series, 1888, both teams in 1889, 1890; Temple Cup, 1894; National League Champions, 1899, 1900; World Series, 1904, 1905, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1916, 1917, 1920, 1921 (both), 1922 (both), 1923 (both), 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1932, 1933, 1936 (both), 1937 (both), 1938, 1939, 1941 (both), 1942, 1943, 1947 (both), 1949 (both), 1950, 1951 (both), 1952 (both), 1953 (both), 1954, 1955 (both), 1956 (both), 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 (both), 2001, 2003, 2009, 2015; NFL Champions, 1927; NFL Championship Game, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963; Super Bowl, 1987, 1991, 2001, 2008, 2012; AAFC Championship Game, 1946 and 1947; NBA Finals, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1994, 1999, 2002, 2003; ABA Finals, 1972, 1974, 1976; WNBA Finals: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2023; Stanley Cup Finals, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1933, 1937, 1940, 1950, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2012, 2014

New England, 90: National Association Champions, 1872, 1873, 1874, 1875; National League Champions, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1892, 1893, 1898; World's Championship Series, both teams in 1884 and 1891; Temple Cup, 1897; World Series, 1903, 1904, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1946, 1948, 1967, 1975, 1986, 2004, 2007, 2013, 2018; NFL Champions, 1928; NFL Championship Game, 1936; AFL Championship Game, 1963; Super Bowl, 1986, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2019; NBA Finals: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2008, 2010, 2022; WNBA Finals: 2004, 2005, 2019, 2022; Stanley Cup Finals, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1939, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1988, 1990; WHA Finals, 1973, 1978

Montreal, 74: Grey Cup, 1931, 1944, 1949, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2023; Stanley Cup Finals, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1986, 1989, 1993, 2021

Toronto, 67: World Series, 1992, 1993; Grey Cup, 1909 (both), 1910, 1911 (both), 1912, 1913, 1914 (both), 1915, 1920 (both), 1921, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1930, 1933, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1952, 1971, 1982, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2012, 2017, 2022; NBA Finals, 2019; Stanley Cup Finals, 1902, 1904, 1908, 1914, 1918, 1922, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967

Los Angeles, 59: World Series, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1988, 2002, 2017, 2018, 2020; NFL Championship Game, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1955; AFL Championship Game, 1960; Super Bowl, 1980, 1984, 2019, 2022; NBA Finals, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2020; ABA Finals, 1970; WNBA Finals: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2016, 2017; Stanley Cup Finals, 1993, 2003, 2007, 2012, 2014

Chicago, 58: National League Champions, 1876, 1880, 1881, 1882; World's Championship Series, 1885, 1886; American League Champions, 1901; World Series, both teams in 1906; 1907, 1908, 1910, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1959, 2005, 2016; NFL Champions, 1921, 1925; NFL Championship Game, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1956, 1963; Super Bowl, 1986, 2007; NBA Finals, 1947, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998; WNBA Finals, 2014, 2021; Stanley Cup Finals, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1944, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1973, 1992, 2010, 2013, 2015; WHA Finals, 1974

Detroit, 50: World's Championship Series, 1887; World Series, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1934, 1935, 1940, 1945, 1968, 1984, 2006, 2012; NFL Championship Game, 1935, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957; USFL Championship Game, 1983; NBA Finals, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2004, 2005; WNBA Finals, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008; Stanley Cup Finals, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1941, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2008, 2009

Philadelphia, 47: National Association Champions, 1871; American Association Champions, 1883; American League Champions, 1902; World Series, 1905, 1910, 1911, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1950, 1980, 1983, 1993, 2008, 2009, 2022; NFL Champions, 1926; NFL Championship Game, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1960; Super Bowl, 1981, 2005, 2018, 2023; USFL Championship Game, 1983 and 1984; NBA Finals: 1947, 1948, 1956, 1967, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1983, 2001; Stanley Cup Finals, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1997, 2010

Winnipeg, 42: Grey Cup, 1925, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2007, 2011, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023; Stanley Cup Finals, 1896, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1908; WHA Finals, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979

San Francisco Bay Area, 36: World Series, 1962, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1988, 1989 (both), 1990, 2002, 2010, 2012, 2014; AAFC Championship Game, 1949; Super Bowl, 1968, 1977, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1995, 2003, 2013, 2020, 2024; USFL Championship Game, 1985; NBA Finals, 1964, 1967, 1975, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022; 1969 ABA Finals; Stanley Cup Finals, 2017

Hamilton, 34: Grey Cup, 1910, 1912, 1913, 1915, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1932, 1935, 1943, 1944, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1998, 1999, 2013, 2014, 2019, 2021; Stanley Cup Finals, 1910, 1911

St. Louis, 34: World's Championship Series, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888; World Series, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1942, 1943, 1944 (both), 1946, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1982, 1985, 1987, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2013; Super Bowl, 2000, 2002; NBA Finals, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961; Stanley Cup Finals, 1968, 1969, 1970, 2019

Edmonton, 34: Grey Cup, 1921, 1922, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2015; Stanley Cup Finals, 1908, 1910, 1923, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 2006; WHA Finals, 1979

Ottawa, 33: Grey Cup, 1925, 1926, 1936, 1939, 1940, 1948, 1951, 1960, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1976, 1981, 2015, 2016, 2018; Stanley Cup Finals, 1894, 1897, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1915, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1927, 2007

Cleveland, 31: Temple Cup, 1895, 1896; World Series, 1920, 1948, 1954, 1995, 1997, 2016; NFL Champions, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924; AAFC Championship Game, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949; NFL Championship Game, 1945, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1964, 1965; NBA Finals, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018

Pittsburgh, 24: National League Champions, 1901, 1902; World Series, 1903, 1909, 1925, 1927, 1960, 1971, 1979; Super Bowl, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1996, 2006, 2009, 2011; ABA Finals, 1968; Stanley Cup Finals, 1991, 1992, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017

Baltimore, 22: Temple Cup, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897; World Series, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1979, 1983; NFL Championship Game, 1958, 1959, 1964; Super Bowl, 1969, 1971, 2001, 2013; USFL Championship Game, 1985; Grey Cup, 1994, 1995; NBA Finals, 1948, 1971

Wisconsin, 21: World Series, 1957, 1958, 1982; NFL Champions, 1929, 1930, 1931; NFL Championship Game, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965; Super Bowl, 1967, 1968, 1997, 1998, 2011; NBA Finals, 1971, 1974, 2021

Washington, 21: World Series, 1924, 1925, 1933; NFL Championship Game, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1945; Super Bowl, 1973, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1992; NBA Finals, 1949, 1975, 1978, 1979; WNBA Finals, 2018, 2019; Stanley Cup Finals, 1998, 2018

Minnesota, 21: World Series, 1965, 1987, 1991; Super Bowl, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1977; NBA Finals, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1959; WNBA Finals: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017; Stanley Cup Finals, 1981, 1991

Calgary, 21: Grey Cup, 1948, 1949, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018; Stanley Cup Finals, 1924, 1986, 1989, 2004

Regina, 19: Grey Cup, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1951, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1976, 1989, 1997, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013

Vancouver, 18: Grey Cup, 1963, 1964, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2011; Stanley Cup Finals, 1915, 1918, 1921, 1922, 1982, 1994, 2011

Houston, 17: World Series, 2005, 2017, 2019, 2022; AFL Championship Game, 1960 and 1961; NBA Finals, 1981, 1986, 1994, 1995; WNBA Finals, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000; WHA Finals, 1974, 1975, 1976

Miami, 16: World Series, 1997, 2003; Super Bowl, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1983, 1985; NBA Finals, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2023; Stanley Cup Finals, 1996, 2023

Dallas, 14: World Series, 2010, 2011, 2023; AFL Championship Game, 1962; Super Bowl, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1993, 1994, 1996; NBA Finals, 2006, 2011; Stanley Cup Finals, 1999, 2000, 2020

Colorado, 14: World Series, 2007, Super Bowl, 1978, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1998, 1999, 2014, 2016; ABA Finals, 1976; NBA Finals, 2023; Stanley Cup Finals, 1996, 2001, 2022

Indiana, 13: Super Bowl, 2007, 2010; NBA Finals, 1955, 1956, 2000; ABA Finals, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975; WNBA Finals, 2009, 2012, 2015

Western New York, 13: AAFC Championship Game, 1948; AFL Championship Game, 1964 and 1965; Super Bowl, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994; NBA Finals, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1956; Stanley Cup Finals, 1975, 1999

Cincinnati, 12: World Series, 1919, 1939, 1940, 1961, 1970, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1990; Super Bowl, 1982, 1989, 2022

Arizona, 12: World Series, 2001, 2003; Super Bowl, 2009; USFL Championship Game, 1984; NBA Finals, 1976, 1993, 2021; WNBA Finals: 1998, 2007, 2009, 2014, 2021

Kansas City, 10: World Series, 1980, 1985, 2014, 2015; Super Bowl, 1967, 1970, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024

Tampa Bay, 9: World Series, 2008, 2020; Super Bowl, 2003, 2021; Stanley Cup Finals, 2004, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2022

Seattle, 13: Super Bowl, 2006, 2014, 2015; NBA Finals, 1978, 1979, 1996; WNBA Finals: 2004, 2010, 2018, 2020; Stanley Cup Finals, 1917, 1919, 1920

Atlanta, 11: World Series, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2021; Super Bowl, 1999, 2017; WNBA Finals, 2010, 2011, 2013

San Antonio, 7: NBA Finals, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2013; WNBA Finals, 2008

San Diego, 7: World Series, 1984, 1998; AFL Championship Game, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965; Super Bowl, 1995

Kingston, 6: Grey Cup, 1922, 1923, 1924; Stanley Cup Finals, 1895, 1899, 1906

Las Vegas, 5: WNBA Finals, 2020, 2022, 2023; Stanley Cup Finals, 2018, 2023

Carolina, 5: Super Bowl, 2004, 2016; WNBA Finals, 2001; Stanley Cup Finals, 2002, 2006

Utah, 4: ABA Finals, 1971 and 1974; NBA Finals, 1997, 1998

Portland, 4: NBA Finals, 1977, 1990, 1992; Stanley Cup Finals, 1916

Quebec City, 4: Stanley Cup Finals, 1912, 1913; WHA Finals, 1975 and 1977

Louisville, 4: World's Championship Series, 1890; ABA Finals, 1971, 1973, 1975

Orlando, 3: World Bowl, 1974; NBA Finals, 1995, 2009

Sarnia, 3: Grey Cup, 1933, 1934, 1936

Victoria 3: Stanley Cup Finals, 1914, 1925, 1926

Halifax, 3: Stanley Cup Finals, 1900, 1906, 1913

Kenora, 3: Stanley Cup Finals, 1903, 1905, 1907

Tennessee, 2: Super Bowl, 2000; Stanley Cup Finals, 2017

New Orleans, 2: Super Bowl, 2010; ABA Finals, 1968

Sacramento, 2: WNBA Finals, 2005, 2006

Brandon, 2: Stanley Cup Finals, 1904, 1907

Oklahoma City, 1: NBA Finals, 2012

Birmingham, 1: 1974 World Bowl

Portsmouth, 1: NFL Championship Game, 1932

Moncton, 1: Stanley Cup Finals, 1912

Thunder Bay, 1: Stanley Cup Finals, 1911

Dawson City, 1: Stanley Cup Finals, 1905

Austin, none

Jacksonville, none

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I wouldn't be surprised if this year's SB MVP will be a defensive player. That said if the 49ers were to win this time, their QB needs to put up a more Purdier performance.