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Each of the Big Four leagues has at least 30 teams (the NFL has had 32 teams since 2002 and the NHL added its 32nd team in 2021), and each has had at least 29 teams since the year 2000. Major League Soccer adopted a policy of continuous expansion at a rate of one to two new franchises a year since 2005, and reached 30 teams in 2025 with the ...
This article is a list of teams that play in the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada: Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), the National Hockey League (NHL), Major League Soccer (MLS), and the Canadian Football League (CFL).
The Canadian Football League (CFL), a much smaller league (9 teams), was founded in 1958 and is popular in Canada. All six of these leagues draw 15,000 or more fans in attendance per game on average as of 2015. This list includes a ranking by teams in the Big Four (B4) and a separate ranking including MLS and CFL teams called the Big Six (B6).
Virginia is the most populous state without a single big-league team in any sport, although Northern Virginia is part of the Washington, D.C. metro area. Additionally, two of the four D.C.-area teams, the Washington Capitals and Washington Commanders, have their operational headquarters and training facilities in Northern Virginia.
Big Four (polo), an American polo team of the early 20th century; Big Four (tennis), from 2008 to 2017: Federer, Nadal, Djokovic, Murray; Big Four, the leading major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada: MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL; Big-4 League, a senior ice hockey league in Canada between 1919 and 1921
4.7: 367 [59] 83 Indian Super League (ISL) India: 2018–19: 1: 10 [be] 95: 65: 6.5: 684 [60] 84 Serbian SuperLiga Serbia: 2021–22: 1: 16: 296: 65: 4.0: 220 [20] 85 First Professional Football League (Bulgarian First League) Bulgaria: 2021–22: 1: 14 [bf] 222: 64: 4.5: 288 [20] 86 A-League Australia New Zealand: 2017–18: 1: 10 [bg] 140: 63 ...
It was founded as the Basketball Association of America in 1946, and adopted its current name in 1949, when the BAA partially absorbed the rival National Basketball League. Four teams from the rival American Basketball Association joined the NBA with the ABA–NBA merger in 1976. It currently has 30 teams, 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada.
The Athletes Unlimited Softball League is a women's fastpitch softball league with four, currently geographically-neutral teams, that'll be assigned home grounds in its 2026 season. As of its 2025 season , the average salary for a player will be $40,000–45,000, with salaries up to $75,000 achievable through bonus payments .