List of sports teams in Cleveland
[file:Flag of Cleveland, Ohio.svg|200px|right]The following is a list of sports teams that either are currently or were previously based in Cleveland, Ohio. Teams still active in Cleveland are listed in bold.
Baseball
Active
Defunct
- Cleveland Forest Citys, National Association
- Cleveland Spiders, National League
- Cleveland Blues, American Association
- Cleveland Infants, Players' League
- Cleveland Green Sox Federal League
- Cleveland Bearcats, American Association
- Cleveland Spiders, American Association
- Cleveland Tate Stars, [Negro National League (baseball)|National League (1920–31)|Negro National League]
- Cleveland Browns, Negro National League
- Cleveland Elites, Negro National League
- Cleveland Hornets, Negro National League
- Cleveland Tigers, Negro National League
- Cleveland Cubs, Negro National League
- Cleveland Stars, East-West League
- Cleveland Giants, Negro National League
- Cleveland Red Sox, Negro National League
- Cleveland Bears, Negro American League
- Cleveland Buckeyes, Negro American League
Basketball
Men's basketball
Active
Defunct
- Cleveland Rosenblums, American Basketball League
- Cleveland Chase Brassmen, National Basketball League
- Cleveland Allmen Transfers, National Basketball League
- Cleveland Rebels, Basketball Association of America
- Cleveland Pipers, American Basketball League
Women's basketball
Defunct
Collegiate sports
Active
- Cleveland State Vikings -- 17 Varsity
- *Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball
- *Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball
- *Cleveland State Vikings men's soccer
- Case Western Reserve Spartans -- 19 Varsity
- *Case Western Reserve Spartans football
Defunct
- Ohio Chiropody
Football
Active
- Cleveland Browns, All-America Football Conference National Football League
- '''Cleveland Fusion, Women's Football Alliance '''
Defunct/relocated
- Cleveland Tigers (NFL) APFA, originally named as the Tigers in 1916 in the Ohio League; renamed Indians in 1921
- Cleveland Indians (NFL 1931), league-sponsored team that only played on the road
- Cleveland Bulldogs NFL, named as the Cleveland Indians in 1923
- Cleveland Panthers AFL
- Cleveland Rams AFL NFL
- Cleveland Thunderbolts AFL, relocated from Columbus, Ohio
- Cleveland Crush, Legends Football League
- Cleveland Gladiators, Arena Football League
Ice hockey
Active
Defunct/relocated
- Cleveland Indians, International Hockey League
- Cleveland Falcons, IHL & AHL
- Cleveland Barons, American Hockey League relocated to Jacksonville, Florida
- Cleveland Crusaders, World Hockey Association
- Cleveland Barons, NHL
- Cleveland Lumberjacks, IHL
- Cleveland Barons, American Hockey League relocated to Worcester, Massachusetts
- Cleveland Jr. Barons, NAHL
Quadball
Active
- '''Cleveland Riff, Major League Quadball '''
Roller Derby
Active
- Burning River Roller Derby, Women's Flat Track Derby Association
- '''Cleveland Men's Roller Derby Guardians, Men's Roller Derby Association '''
Rugby league
Rugby union
Active
- Cleveland Rovers RFC, USA Rugby
- Cleveland Women's RFC, Iron Maidens
- '''Cleveland Crusaders RFC, '''
Soccer
Active
Defunct/relocated
- Cleveland Stokers, North American Soccer League
- Cleveland Stars, American Soccer League
- Cleveland Cobras, American Soccer League
- Cleveland Force, MISL
- Cleveland Force, MISL
- Cleveland City Stars, USL First Division
- Cleveland Internationals, USL PDL
- Cleveland Freeze, Professional Arena Soccer League
- AFC Cleveland, National Premier Soccer League
Softball
Defunct
- Cleveland Jaybirds, American Professional Slow Pitch League
- Cleveland Stepien's Competitors, American Professional Slow Pitch League
- Cleveland Stepien's Competitors, North American Softball League
- Cleveland Competitors, United Professional Softball League