List of professional sports teams in Minnesota

Minnesota has a number of professional and semi-professional sports teams in various sports and leagues. Most are based in Minneapolis, though every major league team in the state is named for Minnesota itself.

Major league teams

Team	Sport	League	Division/Conference	Venue
Minnesota Twins	Baseball	Major League Baseball	American League Central	Target Field
Minnesota Vikings	Football	NFL	NFC North	U.S. Bank Stadium
Minnesota Wild	Ice hockey	NHL	Central Division	Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Timberwolves	Basketball	NBA	Northwest Division	Target Center
Minnesota Lynx	Basketball	WNBA	Western Conference (WNBA)	Target Center
Minnesota United FC	Soccer	Major League Soccer	Western Conference	Allianz Field
Minnesota ROKKR	Esports	Call of Duty League	N/A	Minneapolis Armory
Minnesota Frost	Ice hockey	Professional Women's Hockey League	Unconferenced	Xcel Energy Center

All teams currently play their home games in Minneapolis except United, the Wild, and the Wind Chill. United and the Wild play home games exclusively in St. Paul; the Wind Chill splits its home schedule between Blaine and St. Paul.

Former professional sports teams in Minnesota

Team	Sport	League	Venue	Dissolved/moved
Minneapolis Lakers	Basketball	National Basketball Association	Minneapolis Auditorium	1960 (moved to Los Angeles)
Minnesota Muskies	Basketball	American Basketball Association	Met Center	1968 (Moved to Miami)
Minnesota Kicks	Soccer	North American Soccer League	Metropolitan Stadium	1981
Minnesota North Stars	Ice hockey	National Hockey League	Met Center	1993 (moved to Dallas)
Minnesota Arctic Blast	Roller hockey	Roller Hockey International	Target Center	1996
Minnesota Fighting Pike	Arena football	Arena Football League	Target Center	1996
Minnesota Thunder	Soccer	USL First Division	National Sports Center	2009
Minnesota Lightning	Soccer	USL W-League	National Sports Center	2009
Minnesota Whitecaps	Ice hockey	National Women's Hockey League	TRIA Rink	2023
Minnesota Swarm	Box lacrosse	National Lacrosse League	Xcel Energy Center	2015 (moved to Georgia)

Women's sports teams in Minnesota

Team	Sport	League	Venue
Minnesota Lynx	Basketball	WNBA (Western Conference)	Target Center
Minnesota Vixen	Football	WFA	Simley High School
Minnesota Machine	Football	WFA	Osseo High School
Minnesota Frost	Ice hockey	Professional Women's Hockey League	Xcel Energy Center
North Star Roller Derby	Roller derby	Women's Flat Track Derby Association	Lee & Rose Warner Coliseum
Minnesota Roller Derby	Roller derby	Women's Flat Track Derby Association	Roy Wilkins Auditorium
Minnesota Strike	Ultimate	Premier Ultimate League	Sea Foam Stadium
Minnesota Aurora FC	Soccer	USL W League	TCO Stadium

College

Teams from Minnesota are also represented in university sports. For example, the Golden Gophers of the University of Minnesota are organized in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and, through 2020–21, are the only college sports program in the state to be represented in Division I. They compete against other teams in the Big Ten Conference.

The Gophers were joined in July 2021 by the St. Thomas Tommies, representing the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul. The Tommies, who were involuntarily removed from their Division III Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) effective at the end of the 2020–21 school year, will begin a four-year transition to Division I as members of the Summit League. Other universities are in Division II and III.

Four ice hockey teams from Minnesota are represented in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association.