Sports in the United States are an important part of the country 's culture. Based on revenue, the four major professional sports leagues in the United States are Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), the National Football League (NFL), and the National Hockey League (NHL). The market for professional sports in the United States is roughly $69 billion, roughly 50 % larger than that of all of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa combined. Major League Soccer is sometimes included in a "top five '' of leagues of the country. All four enjoy wide - ranging domestic media coverage and are considered the preeminent leagues in their respective sports in the world, although only basketball, baseball, and ice hockey have substantial followings in other nations. Three of those leagues have teams that represent Canadian cities, and all four are the most financially lucrative sports leagues of their sport. Football is the most popular sport in the United States followed by baseball, basketball, ice hockey, and soccer, the latter being one of the fastest growing sports in the country. Tennis, golf, wrestling, auto racing, arena football, field lacrosse, box lacrosse and volleyball are also popular sports in the country.
what is the number one sport in the us
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