Best Sports Uniforms "Contest" Courtesy of Uni Watch

[Logan]

For those who don't know, Paul Lukas is a guy who runs a website called Uni Watch (http://www.uni-watch.com/), which is just a fun site that catalogs different sports uniforms, tracks changes, gives some historical background at times, etc. Thankfully, it also doesn't take itself very seriously.

Lukas also writes for ESPN.com at times, and right now has a series of columns underway where he is ranking the current uniforms of all teams of the four major sports from worst to first. He gives a breakdown, links some pictures, nothing major. While I was thinking of where my teams would land (and having no care in the world if they were to actually be ranked poorly), I was guessing my teams would fare pretty well overall. But what's that mean without comparing it to others?

I thought it would be interesting to see how everyone stacks up...who has the most hideously dressed team and who has the best? Is there a geographic concentration? So post your favorite NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL teams and we'll add up all the scores as the rankings are revealed. Very simple...highest total "score" (by aggregate ranking) loses, lowest score wins. What do you win? Nothing, this isn't a real contest, it's just a pointless message board thread.

If you don't have a favorite team in a particular sport, choose the one you identify with closest. And if there's still not one, don't worry...we can see who has the best/worst 2 team/3 team score. If no one else wants to participate, I'll win and lose which I'm okay with.

[Logan]

Uniforms 101-122 (http://espn.go.com/espn/playbook/story/_/id/8274852/uni-watch-power-rankings-rates-nfl-mlb-nba-nhl-uniforms-1-122)

Uniforms 76-100 (http://espn.go.com/espn/playbook/story/_/id/8275112/uni-watch-power-rankings-rates-nfl-mlb-nba-nhl-uniforms-1-122%27)

[Logan]

I'll start:

NHL: New York Rangers
MLB: New York Mets
NFL: San Francisco 49ers
NBA: New York Knicks

Currently all four rankings unknown.

[britrock88]

I'm off to a rip-roaring start already as a North Carolinian...

NHL: Carolina Hurricanes
MLB: hmm... Washington Nationals?
NFL: Carolina Panthers
NBA: Charlotte 'Cats (only by default, though)

[Subby]

NHL: Washington Capitals
NFL: Washington Redskins
NBA: Washington <s>Bullets</s>Wizards
MLB: Washington Nationals

[Karlifornia]

49ers
Baseball Giants
Golden State Warriors
SJ Sharks

[Honolulu_Blue]

NHL: Detroit Red Wings - 15
NFL: Detroit Lions -- 108
NBA: Detroit Pistons - 57
MLB: Detroit Tigers - 24

TOTAL: 204

[Ryan S]

NHL - NY Rangers
MLB - NY Yankees + LA Dodgers (For scoring purposes take the Yankees)
NFL - NY Giants - 63
NBA - NY Knicks

Best Soccer jersey - Real Madrid

EDIT - I am not a fan of most NY teams, but they know how to design a good uniform.

[RainMaker]

Edit: Whoops, misread.

NHL - Chicago Blackhawks
MLB - Chicago Cubs
NFL - Chicago Bears
NBA - Chicago Bulls

[NorvTurnerOverdrive]

i like uniwatch. but as these things go he tends to like stuff from his childhood (60's) and i tend to like stuff from my childhood (early 80's)

nhl: red wings
mlb: cardinals
nfl: bears
nba: celtics

[nilodor]

NHL - Edmonton Oilers - 104
MLB - Expos, but since they don't cover them the Baltimore Orioles - 27
NFL - Chicago Bears
NBA - Toronto Raptors - 92

Hmm... Doesn't seem to be going well so far...

[DanGarion]

Stop being homers!

MLB : Dodgers
NBA : Celtics
NFL : Bears
NHL :

[Johnny93g]

NHL: Black Hawks, Leafs, Habs
MLB: Yankees, Jays, Orioles
NFL: Dolphins, Packers, 49ers
NBA: Lakers, Warriors, Blazers

[britrock88]

I'm off to a rip-roaring start already as a North Carolinian...

NHL: Carolina Hurricanes
MLB: hmm... Washington Nationals?
NFL: Carolina Panthers
NBA: Charlotte 'Cats (only by default, though)

welp, I win (lose).

Hurricanes - 91
Nationals - 87
Panthers - 116
Bobcats - 109

for a grand total of 403. Blecch.

[britrock88]

I also agree with his assessments, particularly wrt the Canes and Panthers. He didn't point out the one thing that kills me about the Hurricanes' unis, though. The secondary logo we have, with one square flag, signifies a tropical storm, as opposed to a hurricane. *facepalm*

[Sweed]

Chicago Cubs
L.A. Lakers
St. Louis Rams
Boston Bruins

[Raiders Army]

MLB: Yankees
NBA: Magic
NFL: Raiders
NHL: Penquins?

[Vince, Pt. II]

49ers
Baseball Giants
Golden State Warriors
SJ Sharks

+1

[Vince, Pt. II]

If I were to pick my favorite uniforms, rather than teams:

NBA: Boston Celtics
NHL: Vancouver Canucks
NFL: San Francisco 49ers
MLB: San Francisco Giants

[Pumpy Tudors]

MLB: Pittsburgh Pirates
NBA: Memphis Grizzlies
NFL: Denver Broncos
NHL: New Jersey Devils

[Wolfpack]

I also agree with his assessments, particularly wrt the Canes and Panthers. He didn't point out the one thing that kills me about the Hurricanes' unis, though. The secondary logo we have, with one square flag, signifies a tropical storm, as opposed to a hurricane. *facepalm*

That's not too big of a dealbreaker to me. It's a "storm warning" flag, more or less and typically tropical storm warnings precede hurricane warnings anyway. It'd be kind of a crowded design with the more proper two flags.

At least they didn't end up as the Ice Hogs or some similar nonsense that was briefly considered because of the arena being built on hog magnate Wendell Murphy's land.

[korme]

NHL - Red Wings
NFL - Bengals
MLB - Reds
NBA - Jazz

Don't have a dog in the NHL or NBA fight, except that I used to play with the Red Wings in NHL 92 and the Jazz have the best uniforms in the NBA to me (because the Hawks won't go back to their 80's jerseys!)

The Bengals should do horrible and the Reds should do well (IMO)

[korme]

Yep, Bengals second to last.

Couldn't agree more with most of the NBA rankings so far. It's funny, my favorite sport to watch as a non-team biased fan has the greatest collection of whiffs on uniforms.

[Logan]

welp, I win (lose).

Hurricanes - 91
Nationals - 87
Panthers - 116
Bobcats - 109

for a grand total of 403. Blecch.

britrock can be found in the clubhouse, sunken under a cold shower.

[Logan]

Uniforms 51-75 (http://espn.go.com/espn/playbook/story/_/id/8275319/uni-watch-power-rankings-rates-nfl-mlb-nba-nhl-uniforms-1-122)

No hits for me yet...

[Vince, Pt. II]

I think the Sharks are getting short shrift here. They started the teal movement, and their black armor jerseys are amazing. I don't know that they need to be a ton higher, but top half for sure.

[AnalBumCover]

NHL - Kings - 112
NFL - Panthers - 116
MLB - Dodgers
NBA - Lakers

[Danny]

Kings 112, I love their current uniforms, oh well.

[korme]

That logo is so horribly basic though.

[Alf]

MLB : Yankees
NBA : Lakers
NFL : 49ers
NHL : Devils

[cuervo72]

I think the Sharks are getting short shrift here. They started the teal movement

I think you came up with the answer on your own. :)

[britrock88]

and their black armor jerseys

And the nail in the coffin.

[britrock88]

Should we find a way to rank these uniforms ourselves???

[Young Drachma]

MLB: Toronto Blue Jays
NHL: New Jersey Devils
NFL: New York Jets
NBA: Denver Nuggets

I don't have an NBA team and I couldn't decide on one, so I just went with the closest to my current location.

[lordscarlet]

NHL: Washington Capitals
NFL: Washington Redskins
NBA: Washington <s>Bullets</s>Wizards
MLB: Washington Nationals

Same here. I don't care much about the NHL or NBA, but that's who I would choose if I did.

[lordscarlet]

Also, I think the Texans have the best logo in the 4 major leagues.

[korme]

If I were picking favorites, it'd probably go:

NHL - dont know
NFL - Packers / Jets / 49ers
MLB - Orioles / Royals / A's
NBA - Jazz / Celtics / Spurs

[cuervo72]

If I were picking favorites, it'd probably go:

NHL - dont know
NFL - Packers / Jets / 49ers
MLB - Orioles / Royals / A's
NBA - Jazz / Celtics / Spurs

You score five thousand eight million eleventy twelve.

[sterlingice]

Never liked the Astros current unis but they come in at 56. It's an ugly red and not enough black so it looks like this odd orange and brown set

SI

[lerriuqs]

I think the Sharks are getting short shrift here. They started the teal movement, and their black armor jerseys are amazing. I don't know that they need to be a ton higher, but top half for sure.
60 out of 122 is top half...

[Johnny93g]

NHL: Black Hawks, Leafs, Habs
MLB: Yankees, Jays, Orioles
NFL: Dolphins, Packers, 49ers
NBA: Lakers, Warriors, Blazers

If we are keeping score of our favs, then

Leafs
Jays
Dolphins- 35
Lakers

[Fidatelo]

NHL: Winnipeg Jets
NFL: Denver Broncos
MLB: New York Yankees
NBA: ???

[Fidatelo]

I'm really shocked how low the Winnipeg Jets are. I'm not saying they should win the thing, but to be behind Florida, NYI and SJ? I don't think so.

[Subby]

Never liked the Astros current unis but they come in at 56. It's an ugly red and not enough black so it looks like this odd orange and brown set

SI
Agreed. I was pretty surprised by where they finished.

[ColtCrazy]

I'm going with

NFL: Colts, I'll be a homer with the Colts old school look
NBA: Celtics
MLB: Yankees
NFL: Red Wings

[mckerney]

The Vikings might be ranked a little too high.

I wish their regular uniforms were still like this.

http://mit.zenfs.com/209/2011/11/adrian-peterson-open-field.jpg

[Izulde]

NFL: Miami Dolphins - 35
MLB: Chicago White Sox - 39
NBA: Don't have one, nor have one I identify with, though I'd like to
NHL: Nashville Predators - 94

[Johnny93g]

I'm really shocked how low the Winnipeg Jets are. I'm not saying they should win the thing, but to be behind Florida, NYI and SJ? I don't think so.

I maybe in the minority here, but I hate the Jersey's they wear now. Just something about them that seem...oh, bland I guess.

I loved their old look though. Anything they wore before moving to Phoenix would be in my top 5 NHL jersey's.

[Vince, Pt. II]

I think you came up with the answer on your own. :)

Haha. Good point - I'm being all hipster with my uniform love. I feel dirty.

[EagleFan]

NFL: Eagles
MLB: Phillies
NBA: Sixer
NHL: Flyers

[korme]

Didn't realize the Brownies pulled a Cowboys/Redskins and went all 16 games wearing white last year. Better than the Boys or Redskins could ever muster

[britrock88]

Didn't realize the Brownies pulled a Cowboys/Redskins and went all 16 games wearing white last year. Better than the Boys or Redskins could ever muster

The thing that gets me about this is that I enjoy the Browns in brown and the Redskins in their burgundy jersey/yellow pants combo.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

The Vikings might be ranked a little too high.

I wish their regular uniforms were still like this.

http://mit.zenfs.com/209/2011/11/adrian-peterson-open-field.jpg

WORD!

The Steelers should go back to the numbers like this too.

http://cdn.bleacherreport.net/images_root/slides/photos/000/776/852/Franco-Harris-112_display_image.jpg?1299634233

[lordscarlet]

The thing that gets me about this is that I enjoy the Browns in brown and the Redskins in their burgundy jersey/yellow pants combo.

Love the gold pants for the Redskins.

[kcchief19]

MLB Royals
NFL Chiefs
NHL Blues
NBA Lakers

Kinda surprised the Royals have found their way to the top 25. Then again, the Dodgers are in the top 25, so apparently the classics never go out of style.

Along that line, I'm surprised the Chiefs were ranked where they were. The uniform basically hasn't changed in 50 years. Granted, I don't put the Chiefs uniform up with the Cowboys or the Yankees, but it's still solid after all these years.

Can't disagree with his comments on the Blues. Wish they would go back to their '80s or '90s designs. The current unis are horrible.

[Galaxy]

Is this your favorite teams, or your favorite uniforms?

If it's the later, I won't be a homer like nearly everyone else here, so here are my picks:

NBA: Celtics
NHL: Philadelphia Flyers (Orange)
MLB: I call this a tie between the Bay Area teams: A's and Giants
NFL: Steelers

[britrock88]

I think it was favorite teams. No way I'd go NC teams all the way and lose this competition if I got to choose favorite uniforms.

[korme]

Anyone else slightly annoyed that the rankings are listed 1-150 and not 150-1?

It's a countdown. Why would I want to read who was 1st, 15 minutes later read who was 25th?

[Karlifornia]

Anyone else slightly annoyed that the rankings are listed 1-150 and not 150-1?

It's a countdown. Why would I want to read who was 1st, 15 minutes later read who was 25th?

Yes! This bothered me. Each page I'd scroll to the bottom and go up from there.

[nilodor]

NHL - Edmonton Oilers - 104
MLB - Expos, but since they don't cover them the Baltimore Orioles - 27
NFL - Chicago Bears - 2
NBA - Toronto Raptors - 92

Hmm... Doesn't seem to be going well so far...

And a strong finish! My choices were very feast or famine. Would have had the top two if I went with my 2nd favourite hockey team. Total of 225.

[korme]

The Cubs are ranked disastrously high. 4th in all of sports?

http://farm9.static.flickr.com/8306/7777427232_d38f4e4dc0_o.png

[sterlingice]

The home jerseys are absolute classics and worthy of top 10 in all of sport.

However, the road jerseys are boring and generic, tho, with ugly block lettering and nothing to set them apart from a dozen other teams. The third jerseys are decent.

SI

[EagleFan]

Yes! This bothered me. Each page I'd scroll to the bottom and go up from there.

+1

[EagleFan]

NFL: Eagles # 28
MLB: Phillies #12
NBA: Sixer #70
NHL: Flyers #17

Not a bad showing for the Philly teams.

[Vince, Pt. II]

San Francisco Giants probably got dinged pretty hard for the orange alternates, which are admittedly terrible. Their classic home and road jerseys are awesome though.

[korme]

NHL - Red Wings
NFL - Bengals
MLB - Reds
NBA - Jazz

Don't have a dog in the NHL or NBA fight, except that I used to play with the Red Wings in NHL 92 and the Jazz have the best uniforms in the NBA to me (because the Hawks won't go back to their 80's jerseys!)

The Bengals should do horrible and the Reds should do well (IMO)

NHL - Red Wings 15
NFL - Bengals 121
MLB - Reds 69
NBA - Jazz 22

So my hometown teams didn't have the greatest showing. All in all we're going with a score of 227

[britrock88]

So, my homer teams were the out-and-out losers. For my out-of-town favorites, though:

NHL - Montreal Canadiens - 1
NFL - Green Bay Packers - 6
MLB - Pittsburgh Pirates - 29
NBA - San Antonio Spurs - 16

For a grand total of 52.

[britrock88]

FWIW, my mother's family is from the Montreal area, my dad's family is from the Green Bay area, Tim Duncan plays for the Spurs, and I always liked Roberto Clemente.

[Logan]

NHL: New York Rangers - 11
MLB: New York Mets - 19
NFL: San Francisco 49ers - 34
NBA: New York Knicks - 44

Total: 108