Top 10 athletes playing in your city

[End on a Hinote]

Rocky is pretend.

GOAT for Philly though.

Reminds me of Bill Burr's notorious Philly rant when he went off on how nobody of relevance has come from Philadelphia, so they made someone up.

 

[Platano King]

Lundqvist does not sniff the top 10 considering Durant and Kyrie just signed with the nets. No hockey players belong anywhere near an NYC list

In the five boroughs? Maybe, but hockey is big in the suburbs and surrounding metro area. As popular as KD and Kyrie may be nationally, remember that they're on the Nets, which is as low as low gets on the NY sports pecking order.

With how stubborn and loyal NY fans are, I don't see Knicks fans moving their allegiance across the East River anytime soon. The Mets are a punchline, and yet they've had a grip of ~40% of the area's baseball fans for decades.

 

[NJ DevLolz]

In the five boroughs? Maybe, but hockey is big in the suburbs and surrounding metro area. As popular as KD and Kyrie may be nationally, remember that they're on the Nets, which is as low as low gets on the NY sports pecking order.

With how stubborn and loyal NY fans are, I don't see Knicks fans moving their allegiance across the East River anytime soon. The Mets are a punchline, and yet they've had a grip of ~40% of the area's baseball fans for decades.

No one is going to switch allegiances to the Nets, but they just added arguably the best player in the NBA, and Kyrie, who is a top player as well. People don't have to like the Nets for them to be popular. Just look at LeBron. Everyone and their mother hated him when he ditched the Cavs the first time, yet, he was still the most talked about athlete in America. Just because the Nets have been relatively obscure in this market doesn't mean people aren't going to be paying attention to them. I'm a big listener to the local radio station, WFAN, and both Knicks and Nets fans have been calling up nonstop since July 1st to discuss the two acquisitions. Hell, the Rangers just landed Panarin and there is hardly a peep from network hosts.

 

[Tom Polakis]

We have all four major sports, but it's difficult coming up with ten, especially when I feel like I have to include the Suns. These are roughly in order of best to worst of the ten.

Zack Grienke	MLB
Larry Fitzgerald	NFL
Phil Kessel	NHL
Patrick Peterson	NFL
David Peralta	MLB
Oliver Ekman-Larson	NHL
Katel Marte	MLB
David Johnson	NFL
Devin Booker	NBA
Clayton Keller	NHL

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[Deadly Dogma]

this thread shows me how out of touch I am with any sport outside of hockey.
Hockey player
hockey player
alien
ice cream guy
hockey player
guy always late for bus
thats how many of these read to me lol

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

Popularity wise, Vlad Jr. is probably equal to Marner.

Current skill though, it's marner ainec

Well the question was athlete, not popularity.

If it's popularity, the current Cubs, Bryant, Baez and Rizzo are higher then everyone else in Chicago outside of Mack.

 

[CatchyTune]

So a guy who isn't even in the top 200 in WAR is better then Mitch Marner?

Its not a measurement of skill. Its also terms of popularity. I dont know if this is a troll or just an uninformed post.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

Is this just a name ten list or just putting them in a group?

A lot of these have NHL guys at the top and that’s simply not true for almost all major cities in the US if it’s a top ten list.

Crosby is in no way more popular, in Pittsburgh, than Roethlisberger. I would even argue that JuJu and Conner are more popular.

 

[CatchyTune]

I live downtown and had no idea who Pozuelo is. There's no chance he's in the top 10 in this city if you are looking at popularity as one of the main pieces of criteria. The list is all Leafs other than Lowry and Vlad.

Maybe he doesnt quite crack the top 10, but the mls is pretty big in Toronto

 

[Rob Brown]

Maybe he doesnt quite crack the top 10, but the mls is pretty big in Toronto

Yeah, but no where close to the Leafs or Raptors.

 

[Advanced stats]

Well the question was athlete, not popularity.

If it's popularity, the current Cubs, Bryant, Baez and Rizzo are higher then everyone else in Chicago outside of Mack.

It was "talent and popularity"

 

[Machinehead]

Went to school with this fella...

Pat McCabe (lacrosse) - Wikipedia

Pat McCabe Inducted into National Lacrosse Hall of Fame - Syracuse University Athletics

They say maybe the greatest defenseman to ever lace them up.

This is back when we had a relevant program

I have more faith in the Rangers than Syracuse Lacrosse at this point.

 

[triggrman]

Hmmm

Honestly right now

Rinne
Marriota
Casey
Henry
Josi
Forsberg
Byard
Lewan
Delanie Walker
Johansen

 

[Puckstop40]

1) Fleury
2-10) Insert top lines for Knights

 

[HanSolo]

Lol Vegas

Mark Stone
Jonathan Marchesseault
Marc Andre Fleury
William Karlsson
Shea Theodore
Paul Stastny
Nate Schmidt
Max Pacioretty
Alex Tuch

I don't think UFC and boxing counts.

 

[iamjs]

Is this just a name ten list or just putting them in a group?

A lot of these have NHL guys at the top and that’s simply not true for almost all major cities in the US if it’s a top ten list.

Crosby is in no way more popular, in Pittsburgh, than Roethlisberger. I would even argue that JuJu and Conner are more popular.

I'd probably agree on the first one, but I'd probably guess 9 out of 10 people here recognize Sid if he were to walk down the street.

While most Steelers' fans might recognize JuJu and Conner, I'm not sure if some of the more casual fans would recognize them. I know JuJu, but if Conner walked up to me and asked for directions, I'd have no idea it was him (if you're reading this, sorry James.)

Sid's face has been everywhere for the last 14 years. I'm sure over time that will change and JuJu and Conner will be recognized more, but as of right now among active athletes in the city, it's Ben -> Sid and a long, long drop to #3.

 

[Hockey4Lyfe]

I'd probably agree on the first one, but I'd probably guess 9 out of 10 people here recognize Sid if he were to walk down the street.

While most Steelers' fans might recognize JuJu and Conner, I'm not sure if some of the more casual fans would recognize them. I know JuJu, but if Conner walked up to me and asked for directions, I'd have no idea it was him (if you're reading this, sorry James.)

Sid's face has been everywhere for the last 14 years. I'm sure over time that will change and JuJu and Conner will be recognized more, but as of right now among active athletes in the city, it's Ben -> Sid and a long, long drop to #3.

While I agree that the people here would definitely recognize Crosby over Conner and JuJu, I read the topic as a total overall popularity contest and who is most popular in the city.

The Steelers have millions and millions of fans in Pittsburgh, the surrounding areas and the world.

Two years ago a friend and I were traveling through Europe and I was upset because I was going to miss my first Steelers game since I can remember anything truthfully. But I knew he was also a major Steelers fan so we took some time out from traveling/sightseeing to find somewhere to watch it. We found a Steelers bar in the middle of Prague and that place was packed to the walls with Steelers fans. It was one of the most memorable experiences from the 3 weeks of traveling through the majority of the major European cities. Oh and they killed the Ravens in Baltimore which made it even more epic.

Im going to go out on a limb and say that it wouldn’t be the same for the Penguins in most places outside of Pittsburgh. The NFL and it’s popularity/fans are just on a completely other level from hockey.

 

[bert2z]

Calvin Johnson
Pavel Datsyuk
Justin Verlander
...

It's still 2015, right?

 

[Martinez]

Calvin Johnson, Verlander, Scherzer, dats.. nvm

In no order
Miggy
Boyd
Castellanos
Larkin
Mantha
Kronwall?
Griffin
Drummond
Stafford
Slay
Hm: D Rose, Reggie, Shane Greene, Jimmy Howard

 

[Reagans Blues]

Molina
O'Reilly
Tarasenko
Wainwright
Goldschmidt
Pietrangelo
Parayko

Anyone else after that would just be filler so I can get to 10. I'll stop at 7.

Think you could make an argument for Binnington.

 

[Soliloquy of a Dogge]

Phillip Rivers' kids are going to make the entire list for San Diego in about 10-15 years time.

 

[Lt Dan]

James
Bellinger
Doughty
Goff

 

[Name Nameless]

this thread shows me how out of touch I am with any sport outside of hockey.
Hockey player
hockey player
alien
ice cream guy
hockey player
guy always late for bus
thats how many of these read to me lol

Yeah, I wish they bothered to write down team, league, whatever. First names, even.

With the exception of Vegas. That's obviously the hockey-capital of USA.

Congrats on that.

 

[Cubs2024WSChamps]

It was "talent and popularity"

Ah, well that makes sense.

Enjoy Vlad while he lasts, then. He fell to .6 WAR in a day and is listed at a light 250 pounds.

His chances of eating himself out the league by 22 are just as good as him winning an MVP

 

[Goldenshark]

Joe Montana
Jerry Rice
Ronnie Lott
Mark McGwire
Jose Canseco
Will Clark
Chris Mullin
Dennis Eckersley
Mitch Richmond
Kevin Mitchell

Oh wait...it’s 2019, not 1989!