List of top level minor league sports teams in the United States by city
This article features a listing of the top level professional minor league sports teams based in the United States. The minor leagues listed below also include five teams in Canada (one in the NBA D-League, three in the American Hockey League, and one in the North American Soccer League) and one team in Puerto Rico (in the North American Soccer League). Officially, there is no top level minor league for the American or Canadian football as most of its recruiting is done through college football, but the Arena Football League is often considered the top level minor league for gridiron football.
| Rank |
Metropolitan Area |
Triple-A Baseball |
Arena Football League |
NBA D-League |
American Hockey League |
North American Soccer League |
| 1 | New York | Lehigh Valley IronPigs | | Long Island Nets
Westchester Knicks | Bridgeport Sound Tigers
Lehigh Valley Phantoms | New York Cosmos |
| 2 | Greater Los Angeles | | | Los Angeles D-Fenders | Ontario Reign | |
| 3 | Chicago | | | Windy City Bulls | Chicago Wolves | |
| 4 | Baltimore–Washington | | Baltimore
Washington Valor | | | |
| 5 | San Francisco Bay Area | | | Santa Cruz Warriors | San Jose Barracuda
Stockton Heat | San Francisco Deltas |
| 6 | Boston, Massachusetts | Pawtucket Red Sox | | | Providence Bruins | |
| 7 | Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas | | | Texas Legends | | |
| 8 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | | Philadelphia Soul | Delaware 87ers | | |
| 10 | Miami, Florida | | | | | Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Miami FC |
| 11 | Atlanta, Georgia | Gwinnett Braves | | | | |
| 13 | Seattle, Washington | Tacoma Rainiers | | | | |
| 16 | Cleveland, Ohio | | Cleveland Gladiators | Canton Charge | Cleveland Monsters | |
| 18 | San Diego, California | | | | San Diego Gulls | |
| 21 | Tampa Bay, Florida | | Tampa Bay Storm | | | |
| 24 | Charlotte, North Carolina | Charlotte Knights | | | Charlotte Checkers | |
| 25 | Sacramento, California | Sacramento River Cats | | | | |
| 26 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Salt Lake Bees | | Salt Lake City Stars | | |
| 28 | Columbus, Ohio | Columbus Clippers | | | | |
| 29 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Indianapolis Indians | | | | Indy Eleven |
| 30 | San Antonio, Texas | | | | San Antonio Rampage | |
| 31 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Las Vegas 51s | | | | |
| 33 | Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina | Durham Bulls | | | | Carolina RailHawks |
| 34 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | | | | Milwaukee Admirals | |
| 35 | Austin, Texas | Round Rock Express | | Austin Spurs | Texas Stars | |
| 36 | Nashville, Tennessee | Nashville Sounds | | | | |
| 37 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk, Virginia | Norfolk Tides | | | | |
| 38 | Greensboro, North Carolina | | | Greensboro Swarm | | |
| 39 | Jacksonville, Florida | | | | | Jacksonville Armada FC |
| 40 | Louisville, Kentucky | Louisville Bats | | | | |
| 41 | Hartford, Connecticut | | | | Hartford Wolf Pack | |
| 42 | New Orleans, Louisiana | New Orleans Baby Cakes | | | | |
| 43 | Grand Rapids, Michigan | | | Grand Rapids Drive | Grand Rapids Griffins | |
| 45 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma City Dodgers | | Oklahoma City Blue | | Rayo OKC |
| 46 | Memphis, Tennessee | Memphis Redbirds | | | | |
| 49 | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania | | | | Hershey Bears | |
| 50 | Buffalo, New York | Buffalo Bisons | | | | |
| 51 | Rochester, New York | Rochester Red Wings | | | Rochester Americans | |
| 52 | Albany, New York | | | | Albany Devils | |
| 53 | Albuquerque-Santa Fe, New Mexico | Albuquerque Isotopes | | | | |
| 55 | Fresno, California | Fresno Grizzlies | | | | |
| 58 | Tucson, Arizona | | | | Tucson Roadrunners | |
| 59 | El Paso, Texas | El Paso Chihuahuas | | | | |
| 64 | Omaha, Nebraska | Omaha Storm Chasers | | | | |
| 67 | McAllen, Texas | | | Rio Grande Valley Vipers | | |
| 68 | Bakersfield, California | | | | Bakersfield Condors | |
| 72 | Des Moines, Iowa | Iowa Cubs | | Iowa Energy | Iowa Wild | |
| 74 | Syracuse, New York | Syracuse Chiefs | | | Syracuse Crunch | |
| 78 | Springfield, Massachusetts | | | | Springfield Thunderbirds | |
| 82 | Colorado Springs | Colorado Springs Sky Sox | | | | |
| 86 | Toledo, Ohio | Toledo Mud Hens | | | | |
| 88 | Portland, Maine | | | Maine Red Claws | | |
| 89 | Fort Wayne, Indiana | | | Fort Wayne Mad Ants | | |
| 93 | Reno, Nevada | Reno Aces | | Reno Bighorns | | |
| 95 | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders | | | Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins | |
| 113 | Rockford, Illinois | | | | Rockford IceHogs | |
| 129 | Erie, Pennsylvania | | | Erie BayHawks | | |
| 143 | Utica, New York | | | | Utica Comets | |
| 164 | Sioux Falls, South Dakota | | | Sioux Falls Skyforce | | |
| 166 | Binghamton, New York | | | | Binghamton Senators | |
| 182 | Prescott, Arizona | | | Northern Arizona Suns | | |
See also