Top 10 Most Picked On Sports Teams

Being a sports fan is an emotional rollercoaster. You cheer through the highs, grit your teeth through the lows, and stick by your team no matter what. But for some fans, there's an extra layer to the experience: the constant teasing, jokes, and ridicule from rival fans, the media, or even other supporters.

These are the fans of teams that seem to have a permanent target on their backs. Maybe it's because their team hasn't seen a championship in decades, or perhaps they've earned a reputation for consistent mediocrity or spectacular collapses. Whatever the case, their loyalty often comes with a side of good-natured (and sometimes not-so-good-natured) ribbing.

The Top Ten

  1. Boston Red Sox

    The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, that competes in Major League Baseball. They are a member of the American League East Division. The team has won nine World Series championships, most recently in 2018.

    As a Red Sox fan, I should know. I get harassed, insulted, picked on, teased, and made fun of every single day. Though usually the Red Sox are targeted by Yankee fans, they are the most popular team. I've done some searches, and it appears Red Sox fans are getting bullied all over the place for wearing a Boston shirt. It's terrible. They are very popular, but they are picked on more than any other team, except maybe the poor Mets.

    I live in Connecticut, in Danbury. Everyone is a Yankee fan here. By the way, we don't say that the Yankees suck after a win. It's the Yankees fans saying that the Red Sox suck after New York wins.

  2. New York Mets

    The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in New York City. They play in Flushing, in the borough of Queens, and are a member of the National League East Division of Major League Baseball. The Mets have won two World Series titles, in 1969 and 1986.

    The Mets get so many insults it's not even funny. It's terrible. Lots of people even say that Mets stands for "my entire team sucks." That's not funny at all. It's very offensive and completely unnecessary.

    I can claim responsibility for this, as I am a die-hard Yankees fan. However, I also like the Mets too.

  3. New York Giants

    The New York Giants are a professional American football team located in the New York metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League as a member club of the National Football Conference East division. The franchise was founded in 1925 and has won eight NFL championships, including four... read more

    As a Giants fan myself, it always sticks in my craw that the Giants get picked on, especially by Eagles, Cowboys, Patriots, and even Jets fans too. The former two are the most egregious, especially Eagles fans. I mean, they say OUR fanbase is scum, yet they cheered when Michael Irvin got his career-ending injury. But WE'RE scum? Okay.

    They have been very bad and are getting a lot of insults, particularly from Patriots fans, and especially Eagles fans. Eagles fans are particularly jackasses - not all, but a very high percentage.

  4. New York Rangers

    The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as part of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference.

    The Rangers play their home games at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan, which they share with the New... read more

    Much like with the Giants, this team gets picked on by the fanbases of the three most overrated teams in the NHL: the Flyers, Bruins, and Penguins.

    They're a good team, but unfortunately, they get harassed a lot.

  5. Jacksonville Jaguars

    The Jacksonville Jaguars are a professional American football team based in Jacksonville, Florida. They compete in the National Football League as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The Jaguars were established in 1993 and began play as an expansion team in 1995.

    They are a very bad team. They have yet to make an appearance in the Super Bowl. They at least try, but they rarely get it done.

    This is a very up-and-down team. I, personally, have no hate for them.

  6. Denver Broncos

    The Denver Broncos are an American football team based in Denver, Colorado. The Broncos compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's American Football Conference West division. They have won three Super Bowl championships, most recently in Super Bowl 50 in 2016.

    They've been a very good team but are receiving lots of unnecessary heat from every loss they suffer. Fortunately, they rarely lose, but they get a lot of heat when they do.

  7. Chicago Cubs

    The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the National League Central division. They play their home games at Wrigley Field, one of the oldest stadiums in Major League Baseball.

    They've had a lot of struggles. However, they have pulled off some major upsets. They haven't been very good, and sadly, they're getting picked on for that.

    Lovable losers. I'm not a Chicago fan, but I hope they win the World Series one day.

  8. Melbourne Storm

    They cheated the salary cap from 2006-10, and people were still salty about it in 2017. If you ask me, money doesn't change how dominant a team is, and the players didn't know they were cheating. If money did change how dominant a team is, how come Storm are still successful today?

  9. Baltimore Orioles

    The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. They compete in Major League Baseball as members of the American League East division. The team plays its home games at Oriole Park at Camden Yards and has a rich history that includes multiple World Series titles.

    They've gotten a lot of heat about their poor performance in the playoffs last year and are already getting picked on this year. The season hasn't even started yet.

  10. Kansas City Royals

    This MLB team, part of the American League Central division, hails from Kansas City, Missouri. Known for their World Series titles in 1985 and 2015, they play their home games at Kauffman Stadium. The Royals' team colors include royal blue, gold, and white.

    They haven't won a World Series in quite some time, and unfortunately, many Royals fans are getting teased about that.

    11. The Newcomers
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    Tennessee Volunteers Football

    The Tennessee Volunteers represent the University of Tennessee in Knoxville as a college football program. As of the end of the 2019 season, they recorded seven wins and five losses, including a bowl victory over Indiana. However, in July 2023, the NCAA vacated all of Tennessee's wins from both the... read more

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    Dallas Cowboys

    The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas - Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's National Football Conference East division. The team was established in 1960 and has won five Super Bowl championships... read more

    Being a Cowboys fan is hard. After 2015, people just think Romo sucks! You stupid haters. Go Cowboys.

    13. The Contenders

  13. Toronto Maple Leafs

    The Toronto Maple Leafs, officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often simply referred to as the Leafs, are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team was... read more

    Nobody ever remembers hockey. Or rather, nobody south of Canada knows it exists. Honestly, it's arguably the best sport in the world for speed, skill, agility, excitement, etc. Take any NHL player and ask them to play football, and chances are, with their size and strength, they could. Ask any NFL player to skate up and play hockey, and chances are they couldn't.

  14. Essendon Bombers

    Essendon is a Melbourne-based Australian Football League (AFL) team founded in 1872. The club has a long and successful history, winning 16 premierships, which ties it for the most in AFL history. Essendon is nicknamed The Bombers and is known for its distinctive red and black colors.

    It's unfair just because they got ASADA on to them, and now people are piling on them!

  15. New York Yankees

    The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Bronx, New York City. They compete in Major League Baseball as a member of the American League East Division. The Yankees are one of the most successful franchises in sports history, with 27 World Series titles.

    There are tons of bandwagon Yankees fans. They are the most popular team in the MLB, just barely in front of the Red Sox. They've won the most World Series, but they get heat for using steroids (not all of them do that, but some do) and sometimes cheating.

  16. New England Patriots

    The New England Patriots are a professional American football team based in the Greater Boston region. They compete in the National Football League as a member club of the American Football Conference East division. The Patriots have won six Super Bowl titles, tying them with the Pittsburgh Steelers... read more

    I'm a Patriots fan. Some of my classmates and other people make fun of and hate on the Patriots ALL THE TIME because they are fans of the Colts. They even think they are "cheaters," which is not true. This is so annoying my mom wants to move out of the state BECAUSE of them. This is one of the reasons why I hate Indiana.

    I'm going to say it now: I hate the Patriots because they always seem to get the most attention. It doesn't help that "Deflategate" is going on.

  17. Cleveland Browns

    The Cleveland Browns are a professional American football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. The Browns compete in the National Football League as a member team of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division.

    The Browns are one of the four NFL teams to have never appeared in a Super Bowl... read more

    In the state of Ohio, you are one of two things: you either root for the Bengals, or you make fun of the Browns.

    You could write a book on the insults toward this team. It's actually quite sad.

  18. Oakland Raiders

    The Las Vegas Raiders are a professional American football franchise based in Las Vegas. The team began playing in 1960 as a member of the American Football League and joined the National Football League following the 1970 AFL - NFL merger. In 2020, the Raiders relocated from Oakland, California to... read more

  19. New York Jets

    The New York Jets are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The Jets play their home games at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, which... read more

    Everybody loves to hate on the poor Jets. Everyone.

  20. Denver Nuggets

    The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver, Colorado. They compete in the NBA as part of the Western Conference's Northwest Division. Originally established as the Denver Larks in 1967, the team changed its name to the Nuggets before joining the American Basketball... read more

  21. Los Angeles Dodgers

    The Los Angeles Dodgers are an American professional baseball team based in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers compete in Major League Baseball as a member club of the National League West division. They have won multiple World Series titles, with their most recent championship coming in 2025.

  22. Pittsburgh Penguins

    The Pittsburgh Penguins, commonly known as the Pens, are a professional ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as part of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The Penguins are one of two NHL teams in Pennsylvania, with the other... read more

    Good for you, winning the cup. But in 2017, we're getting back to Chicago.

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