{"id":236462,"date":"2026-05-19T09:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/236462\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T09:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T09:14:15","slug":"which-sports-team-license-plates-rank-highest-in-new-york-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/236462\/","title":{"rendered":"Which sports team license plates rank highest in New York State?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are\u00a014,470,717 valid motor vehicle registrations in New York State.<\/p>\n

Of those New Yorkers, millions are sports fans, people who are unafraid to throw on a Jets jersey or a Mets cap with pride, regardless of record. But only a miniscule amount of those fans have possessed the drive to go the extra mile. <\/p>\n

There are 23,507 sports license plates registered in New York as of March 2026, according to the New York State Department of Motor Vehicles. If you’re one of those with a custom sports license plate, congratulations, you’re part of the 1%. Or, more accurately, the 0.16%.<\/p>\n

Dive into how those numbers break down across the New York teams as well as few other sports that find themselves among the top 10 by clicking on the images below.\u00a0<\/p>\n

NEW YORK’S TOP 10 SPORTS LICENSE PLATES \"NewNew York Yankees<\/p>\n

Total number of plates: 3,824<\/p>\n

State Rank: 1<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"BuffaloBuffalo Bills<\/p>\n

Total number of plates: 3,389<\/p>\n

State Rank: 2<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"NascarNASCAR Fan<\/p>\n

Total number of plates: 2,280<\/p>\n

State Rank: 3<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"DaleDale Earnhardt Hall Of Fame<\/p>\n

Total number of plates: 1,585<\/p>\n

State Rank: 4<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York Mets<\/p>\n

Total number of plates: 1,104<\/p>\n

State Rank: 5<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York Giants<\/p>\n

Total number of plates: 1,081<\/p>\n

State Rank: 6<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York Rangers<\/p>\n

Total number of plates: 973<\/p>\n

State Rank: 7<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"NascarNASCAR Race Track<\/p>\n

Total number of plates: 970<\/p>\n

State Rank: 8<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"NascarNASCAR Watkins Glen<\/p>\n

Total number of plates: 832<\/p>\n

State Rank: 9<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"NascarNASCAR Denny Hamlin #11<\/p>\n

Total number of plates: 825<\/p>\n

State Rank: 10<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

OTHER NEW YORK SPORTS LICENSE PLATES\"NewNew York Knicks<\/p>\n

Total number of plates: 673<\/p>\n

State Rank: 11<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York Jets<\/p>\n

Total number of plates: 515<\/p>\n

State Rank: 13<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York Islanders<\/p>\n

Total number of plates: 311<\/p>\n

State Rank: 17<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"NewNew York Nets<\/p>\n

Total number of plates: 122<\/p>\n

State Rank: N\/A<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\"LongLong Island Ducks<\/p>\n

Total number of plates: 7<\/p>\n

State Rank: N\/A<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

How to get one<\/p>\n

If flexing your fandom through your license plate sounds interesting, you can begin the process at\u00a0dmv.ny.gov\/plates\/picture-plates<\/a>. There are 31 sports-themed plates to choose from, and more than 200 picture plates overall. The initial cost is $60, with a $31.25 annual renewal rate. Personalized plate numbers cost $91.25 initially with a $62.50 annual renewal.<\/p>\n

\"Ben<\/p>\n

Ben Dickson is Newsday Sports’ general assignment reporter. He joined Newsday\u2019s high school sports staff in 2023 after graduating from Maryland, where he covered several of the Terrapins’ teams.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are\u00a014,470,717 valid motor vehicle registrations in New York State. Of those New Yorkers, millions are sports fans,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":236463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[355,619,14192,4885,9,2683,11,6821,430,1104,320,10,541,49,51,50,321,14191,33800,79472],"class_list":["post-236462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-buffalo-bills","tag-ducks","tag-nascar","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-giants","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-islanders","tag-new-york-jets","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-rangers","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-new-york-yankees","tag-oin","tag-spdata","tag-spenterprise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}