What is the most hated sports team in America?

Dynasties, cheaters, big spenders and loud fan bases: every name here has given half the country a reason to root against it.

1. 1
   New York Yankees

   Baseball's 27-time World Series champions, resented for their payroll as much as their trophies.
2. 2
   Dallas Cowboys

   The self-styled America's Team, the NFL's most valuable franchise and its most polarizing.
3. 3
   New England Patriots

   Six Super Bowls in the Brady-Belichick era, plus Spygate and Deflategate.
4. 4
   Houston Astros

   2017 World Series champions later punished for an electronic sign-stealing scheme.
5. 5
   Golden State Warriors

   The 73-win superteam that added Kevin Durant and won four titles in eight years.
6. 6
   Los Angeles Lakers

   Seventeen-time NBA champions and a magnet for stars, celebrities and resentment.
7. 7
   Boston Red Sox

   Nine-time World Series champions whose fans became as loud as their rivals'.
8. 8
   Pittsburgh Steelers

   Six-time Super Bowl champions with a fan base that travels and taunts.
9. 9
   Los Angeles Dodgers

   Baseball's biggest spenders of the 2020s and back-to-back champions in 2024 and 2025.
10. 10
    Kansas City Chiefs

    The Mahomes-era dynasty that reached five Super Bowls in six seasons.
11. 11
    Duke Blue Devils

    College basketball's five-time national champions and its favorite villains.
12. 12
    Boston Celtics

    The NBA's 18-time champions and the Lakers' oldest enemy.
13. 13
    Philadelphia Eagles

    Two-time Super Bowl champions with famously unforgiving home fans.

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