In the US, Charlotte pro teams have gone the second-most years without a championship

[Sam Mills Fan]

The following US cities have at least one or more professional teams in the major four sports leagues in the US and have NEVER had those teams win a championship. Cities need at least twenty seasons combined among their teams to qualify:

1. New Orleans: 53 (Saints, Jazz, Hornets)

2. Charlotte: 33 (Hornets, Panthers, Bobcats)

3. Salt Lake City: 30 (Jazz)

4. Sacramento: 25 (Kings)

5. Nashville: 21 (Predators, Titans)

Charlotte has the largest population of them.

Do you think a Charlotte-based team will win a national championship in your lifetime?

[Jase]

33 years?

Which team was around 33 years ago?

[Sam Mills Fan]

I'm talking about the combined total of seasons:

Panthers: 15 seasons

Hornets: 13 seasons

Bobcats: 5 seasons (not counting this year)

15+13+5=33 championship-less seasons

[Jase]

okay, that's a strange way of looking at it.

non-combined...

cleveland has gone 45 years, no?

seattle - 30 years

buffalo - 44 years

san diego - 46 years

edit... I get what you're going for now....nvm

[Kakarot]

I think the Panthers will in my lifetime. I really dont care what the Bobcats do, not a fan of them.

[Henne Given Sunday]

def take it for granted being from south florida.....

marlins 97 and 2003, and heat 2006.....

although i havent seen the team i love the most ever win one. let alone play in one (born in 87 last SB appearance was 84)

but hopefully this decade!!!!!!!!

[Sam Mills Fan]

Indians have won two World Series.

SuperSonics won an NBA title.

Bills won two AFL championships.

Chargers won an AFL championship.

I guess you could argue that AFL championships shouldn't count, but they were seen as major championships back then.

[Jase]

yeah, i get what you're going for now. We're a young city, though, which is what makes this conversation float. We'll get it eventually,

[Squirrel]

Indians have won two World Series.

SuperSonics won an NBA title.

Bills won two AFL championships.

Chargers won an AFL championship.

I guess you could argue that AFL championships shouldn't count, but they were seen as major championships back then.

If you do AFL you would need to do minor league hockey and baseball. Shouldnt be real years anyway?

[AKPantherFan]

we won the NFC Championship....

Its still a Championship...

[Sam Mills Fan]

Weren't AFL championships seen as major championships back then? I couldn't in good conscience equate the Charlotte Checkers ECHL championship back in the '90s with the Bills winning two AFL championships.

But if you'd like, I guess you could bump Charlotte down to #4 if you don't want to count those AFL titles.

[RedMage138]

But they're not the Charlotte Panthers, they're the CAROLINA Panthers and the CAROLINA Hurricanes won a championship in 2006.

[Henne Given Sunday]

we won the NFC Championship....

Its still a Championship...

no trophy for 2nd best dude

[Jase]

actually there was a trophy.