The greater Los Angeles area is flooded with professional sports teams — more so than any other metropolitan area.
In the six major American sports leagues — the NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, WNBA, and MLS — Los Angeles has 10 teams to their name, including the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Every year, Loyola Marymount University conducts a study, surveying 1,000 people in Los Angeles County and attempt to figure out the region’s favorite teams and players.
While the Lakers do not have a stronghold over this title, they did rank as the city’s most popular team in 2020, according to Bill Shaikin of Los Angeles Times:
The seventh annual survey, conducted in January and February, asked 1,000 Los Angeles County residents to pick their favorite team from the 10 major pro teams with Los Angeles in their name.