Seattle's 2025 Disaster Ranks 39th Worst in 50 Years, and That's Actually Not Even Close to Rock Bottom
Look, I'm not here to sugarcoat it. If you're a Seattle sports fan, 2025 was rough. But before you start comparing scars with Detroit or New York fans at your local dive bar, you need to see the real rankings. Seattle's four-sport city collapse doesn't even crack the top five worst seasons since 1950. We're sitting at 39th. And honestly? That should tell you everything about how much deeper the pain goes in other cities.
The Math Behind the Misery
Here's how this works: a researcher took every eight four-sport city in North America and averaged each team's end-of-year ranking percentile within its league. A 29th-place finish in MLB (out of 30) carries the same weight as a 29th-place finish in the NFL (out of 32). One team per sport only, because let's be real, if you're a Mariners fan, you don't care what the Sounders are doing in MLS.
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👉 Claim Your Free $10 at KalshiThe eight cities that matter: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, DC, Philadelphia, Phoenix, the Twin Cities, and Atlanta. Seattle doesn't even make that list. We're not part of the four-sport club, which means our pain is, weirdly, contained.
New York's Apocalypse Makes Our Bad Year Look Lucky
Want perspective? 2017 New York ran six different combinations of teams through the rankings, and they showed up six times on the worst-seasons list. The Mets, Giants, Jets, Knicks, Nets, and Rangers all took turns destroying hope that year. One ranking alone put that combination at number 18 all-time. Another hit number 32.
But if you really want to talk about a fanbase that earned their sad biker bar seat? Detroit in 2019 and 2020 finished at number 3 and number 1 worst seasons since 1950. The Tigers and Pistons combined had no chance at the playoffs for two straight years. Not one shot.
Seattle fans, we can complain. We earned it. But we're not at the bottom. Not even close.
What's Next for the Emerald City?
The beauty of sports is that nobody remembers your ranking when you're celebrating. Right now, we're focused on climbing out of the hole. And at least we know we're not in the historical nightmare that swallowed some of these other cities whole.
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