Top 10 Sports Teams with the Biggest Bandwagon Fans
These teams couldn't sell out if they gave out Porsches with tickets. Now all of a sudden, fans come out of nowhere, throwing random stats, trying to look like real fans, and the stadium is sold out.
Yes, folks, the dreaded bandwagon fans with cowbells and other fake noise-making devices.
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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.
Yes, they've finally made their appearance on this list. You see people who you know have no idea what's going on during a baseball game wearing a Yankees hat. When confronted by another fan, they always try to say "27 championships."
That kind of proves you're a bandwagon fan if that's all you talk about.
I literally have a friend who doesn't watch baseball but claims, "Yeah, I'm a Yankees fan," while being halfway across America from them.
I swear, everyone who barely knows anything about baseball roots for these guys: Go Blue Jays.
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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
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Seattle Seahawks
The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football franchise based in Seattle, Washington. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West division. ... read more
Seattle sucks. Now my friend is a USC fan, and he likes Seattle. That's sort of bandwagon, but he's not a bandwagon college fan.
Anyway, Seahawks fans before 2012 were unpopular. Now it's all about the bandwagons.
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Golden State Warriors
The Golden State Warriors are an American professional basketball team based in San Francisco. The Warriors compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division.
They play their home games at the Chase Center in San Francisco, California... read more
This is the most annoying thing ever. I ask people what their favorite team is, and they say "Golden State." When I call them bandwagoners, they answer back with something stupid like, "It's because I like Curry, so I'm not a bandwagoner."
They can't even name five people on the team.
I know. Everyone wears Curry jerseys now.
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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
Yep, definitely a bandwagon team. It sure is Texas's pride and joy. I feel like almost every other person likes the Cowboys in Texas, solely because it's a Texan team.
Once Dallas loses once, AT&T Stadium never reaches half capacity again.
They still cling to the '90s as if they think that's still relevant.
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Alabama Crimson Tide Football
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Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California. They are a member of the Western Conference Pacific Division of the National Basketball Association. As of the 2024-2025 season, the team plays its home games at the Crypto.com Arena.... read more
Lakers fans are basically LeBron fans. If LeBron went to the Hornets, they'd all be Hornets fans.
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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.
What a surprise, the Red Sox and Yankees are near each other. Well, I am a fan of this team, but I admit there are lots of bandwagon fans. It's the same with the Yankees, but with fewer championships.
They talk about how many championships they have won this decade.
When they were at the bottom, everyone hated them. Now that they're winning, everyone loves them. Additionally, the players cheat and act like women.
Remember when everyone was sympathetic toward the Red Sox? Oh, how times have changed in 15 years.
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Chicago Blackhawks
The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They compete in the Central Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League. Since their founding in 1926, the Blackhawks have won six Stanley Cup championships, with their most recent title coming... read more
About 5-10 years ago, the Hawks barely had fans in the stands. Now they're out in masses. They were in the bottom five for attendance for a long time. Now, the bandwagon is overflowing.
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Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the athletic teams representing the University of Notre Dame. They compete in 26 NCAA Division I intercollegiate sports. Football remains independent, while most other teams compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference.... read more
People hop on and off this bandwagon so much, using classic excuses like "I'm Catholic" or "My hair trimmer's fifth cousin six times removed went to the college near it." Enough. I don't know what it is.
I am a fan, but these types of fans are what drive me insane.
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U.S. Women's Soccer
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Los Angeles Rams
The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. They compete in the National Football League as a member of the NFC West. The team plays its home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.
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Cleveland Cavaliers
The Cleveland Cavaliers, also known as the Cavs, are a professional basketball team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Eastern Conference Central Division. The team won its first NBA Championship in 2016.
The Cavs' popularity will severely decrease once LeBron retires or stops being the top player we all know him as. These same people who claim to be devout Cavs fans most likely sported a LeBron Heat jersey during his tenure there.
Although many of the Warriors' fan bases are bandwagons, you can't deny how toxic the community can be. Ever since the 2016 finals, their only excuse for being a good team is "3-1."
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Tampa Bay Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays are a professional baseball team based in St. Petersburg, Florida. They play in Major League Baseball as part of the American League East division. The team was established in 1998 and reached the World Series in both 2008 and 2020.
No doubt. The place sold about 500 tickets a game, and all of a sudden, it is sold out. These are also the most obnoxious fans, with their cowbells.
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Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, that competes in the National Football League. The Steelers have won six Super Bowls, tying them with the New England Patriots for the most in NFL history. Their championships were earned in the years... read more
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Miami Heat
The Miami Heat is an American professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida. The Heat compete in the National Basketball Association as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. Founded in 1988, the team has won three NBA championships.
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Kansas City Chiefs
The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's American Football Conference West division. They have won four league championships, including Super Bowl titles in 1970... read more
They win one Super Bowl and get carried by Patrick Mahomes. Where were you all in 2008 and 2012 when they went 2-14?
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Green Bay Packers
The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's National Football Conference North division. The Packers have won four Super Bowls and a record 13 NFL championships overall,... read more
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Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals, commonly known as the Caps, are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. They compete in the National Hockey League as a member of the Metropolitan Division of the Eastern Conference. The team is owned by Monumental Sports and Entertainment, led by Ted Leonsis... read more
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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... read more
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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.
Losing two World Series in a row can certainly tell the difference between real and fake.
The Lakers of Baseball just have plenty of bandwagon fans.
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Washington Nationals
The Washington Nationals are a professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals compete in Major League Baseball as a member of the National League East division. The team was established in 1969 as the Montreal Expos and relocated to Washington in 2005.
"What the hell?" you ask as you see "Washington Nationals." You check back. You rub your eyes, knowing that the Nationals have done nothing to earn bandwagon fans. Nothing yet.
But anytime Stephen Strasburg pitches, fans come out of the woodwork. All of them are wearing Strasburg jerseys or cheap Nationals hats they bought at the airport. Stop it. You were not fans before they drafted Strasburg, and you know it. So stop pretending.
Now, if you came to the game in a random T-shirt and a random hat, then sure, you're admitting that you're only there to see Strasburg. But stop pretending to be a Nationals fan. Please, you're embarrassing yourself. Pick the right bandwagons, for Christ's sake.
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Arizona Cardinals
The Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football franchise based in the Phoenix metropolitan area. They are part of the National Football League's NFC West division. The Cardinals are the oldest continuously run professional football team in the United States, founded in 1898.
"Oh, really? You were a fan 10 years ago? Name one player." "Uhhhh... Larry Fitzgerald?"
All of a sudden, the year the Cardinals went to the Super Bowl, they came. Yes, Cardinals fans. There they were, packing stadiums. It gets repetitive.
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Butler Bulldogs Basketball
The Butler Bulldogs men's basketball team represents Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. The team competes in NCAA Division I and is a member of the Big East Conference. Butler gained national attention after reaching the NCAA championship game in both 2010 and 2011, finishing as runners-up.
Ah, Hoosiers! Nope. Did anyone in the country know who Butler was before the tourney? True basketball fans knew that Butler is a team that always pulls off these upsets. They were not a Cinderella. They were a fifth seed.
It shouldn't be that much of a surprise if a fifth seed makes it that far. So stop making a big deal and pretending to be a fan of Butler.
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Charlotte Bobcats
I'm a true Bobcats fan. I went to a game in '07 for my birthday, and there was no one there. I watched the games this season, and as the season went on, it got more and more crowded. All of a sudden, even my friends became "fans."
The people who used to make fun of me and my team are now pretending to like them.
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New Orleans Saints
The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Saints currently compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league's National Football Conference South division. The team was established in 1967 and won its first and only Super... read more
Stop kidding yourselves, "fans." They have true fans, definitely. However, they also have big bandwagons. They wave those "who dat" flags like they have been fans forever. But they really haven't. And these are some of the most annoying fans out there.
They pretend to talk strategy, but all they do is talk about Drew Brees being Jesus. Quit it, please! And I am a Panthers fan since birth, so I have a personal bias against the Saints, but you have to admit...
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Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. They are one of the most storied franchises in NBA history and are widely recognized for developing legendary players such as Larry Bird, Bill Russell, and Paul Pierce.... read more
Well, they used to be a bandwagon sports team.