This is a list of professional and semi-professional sports teams based in the New York metropolitan area, including from New York City, Long Island, Lower Hudson Valley, Northern and Central New Jersey, and parts of Western Connecticut. The collective area has a population of over twenty million people, making it the largest in the United States and among the top ten in the world. It also has the greatest concentration of professional sports teams of any region in the country with teams in all of the major sports and leagues in baseball, basketball, football, hockey, lacrosse, and soccer.
All of the major pro franchises are found within the five boroughs of New York City or approximately thirty miles of the center of Manhattan, near mass transit and highway access. These teams are part of the global New York City media market. Though some are based in New Jersey or Long Island, in proximity to Manhattan, the teams receive national and international media coverage generally defining them as dually being part of their location of origin (town or city, and state) and primarily the New York City - New York metropolitan area. Having acquired exclusive territorial rights in their respective leagues of the region or up to fifty to seventy-five miles of their base, teams can receive local broadcasting within this range, and have say over sharing rights with other teams. This range theoretically encompasses the bounds of the New York metropolitan area and the recognition of the teams belonging to and representing the entire region.
Other division league franchises, either found within or outside of the thirty mile New York City media market range, are mostly associated by their town or city, and state, rather than the whole metropolitan area, while still belonging to it. Media coverage varies locally. Collegiate teams are similarly identified with their location. Still, they are acknowledged and principally followed by the name of their schools, and receive local and national coverage depending on their division, conference, sport, standing, and popularity.
Major sports teams
The New York metropolitan area is home to some of the country's top professional teams and leagues. They are the following:
Baseball
Major League Baseball
New York Mets, National League East, Citi Field, Queens
New York Yankees, American League East, Yankee Stadium, Bronx
Basketball
National Basketball Association
Brooklyn Nets, Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference, Barclays Center, Brooklyn
New York Knicks, Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference, Madison Square Garden, Manhattan
American football
National Football League
New York Giants, NFC East, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
New York Jets, AFC East, MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey
Ice hockey
National Hockey League
New Jersey Devils, Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference, Prudential Center, Newark, New Jersey New York Islanders, Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference, UBS Arena,Elmont, New York New York Rangers, Metropolitan Division, Eastern Conference, Madison Square Garden, Manhattan
Soccer
Major League Soccer
New York City FC, Eastern Conference, Yankee Stadium, Bronx
New York Red Bulls, Eastern Conference, Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey
Box Lacrosse
National Lacrosse League
New York Riptide, Eastern Conference, Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
Rugby Union
Major League Rugby
Rugby New York, Eastern Conference, Mount Vernon Memorial Stadium, Mount Vernon, New York
Detailed summary by team
Other professional sports teams
The New York metropolitan area is also home to a variety of pro or semi-pro sports teams in the minor leagues, women's leagues, indoor leagues, and more.