Best cities for sports in California

BookrGo Best Sport Cities ranking: we rank the cities of California by their 0-10 sports score, which combines density of centers per resident, variety of sports, listing quality and real activity. To keep the comparison fair, we measure every city's offering with the same sources of national coverage. An honest way to see where it's easiest (and hardest) to find somewhere to play.

743 scorable cities in California.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Malibu	8.7	100
2	Sonora	8.6	59
3	Big Bear Lake	8.6	46
4	Loomis	8.6	38
5	Rolling Hills Estates	8.5	51
6	Arnold	8.3	18
7	Poway	8.2	173
8	Westlake Village	8.2	141
9	Monterey	8.2	131
10	Truckee	8.2	110
11	Auburn	8.2	94
12	Santa Cruz	8.1	269
13	Marina del Rey	8.1	129
14	Agoura Hills	8.1	121
15	Berkeley	8.0	321
16	San Rafael	8.0	191
17	South Lake Tahoe	8.0	109
18	Mill Valley	8.0	85
19	Del Mar	8.0	72
20	Newport Beach	7.9	439
21	Manhattan Beach	7.9	123
22	Sonoma	7.9	87
23	Ukiah	7.9	63
24	March ARB	7.9	11
25	Temecula	7.8	364
26	Alameda	7.8	207
27	Chico	7.8	201
28	Los Gatos	7.8	162
29	Laguna Hills	7.8	131
30	Moorpark	7.8	92
31	Martinez	7.8	71
32	Sausalito	7.8	69
33	Norco	7.8	69
34	Stanford	7.8	56
35	Aptos	7.8	51
36	Lakeport	7.8	24
37	Kelseyville	7.8	17
38	Kings Beach	7.8	14
39	Encinitas	7.7	257
40	Fountain Valley	7.7	139
41	Laguna Beach	7.7	115
42	Grass Valley	7.7	96
43	San Dimas	7.7	90
44	Mammoth Lakes	7.7	66
45	Pleasanton	7.6	269
46	Livermore	7.6	202
47	Redding	7.6	195
48	Rancho Cordova	7.6	127
49	El Segundo	7.6	126
50	Signal Hill	7.6	102
51	Coronado	7.6	98
52	Calabasas	7.6	86
53	Eureka	7.6	82
54	Los Alamitos	7.6	79
55	Arcata	7.6	65
56	Oroville	7.6	56
57	Carpinteria	7.6	40
58	Shingle Springs	7.6	24
59	Kernville	7.6	10
60	Pasadena	7.5	484
61	Folsom	7.5	228
62	Culver City	7.5	200
63	Redlands	7.5	196
64	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	7.5	186
65	Brentwood	7.5	143
66	Novato	7.5	129
67	Pacifica	7.5	90
68	La Verne	7.5	87
69	Sebastopol	7.5	64
70	Half Moon Bay	7.5	59
71	Yreka	7.5	18
72	Murrieta	7.4	298
73	Lake Forest	7.4	228
74	San Marcos	7.4	221
75	San Luis Obispo	7.4	212
76	San Juan Capistrano	7.4	161
77	San Leandro	7.4	144
78	Davis	7.4	137
79	Gilroy	7.4	114
80	Rohnert Park	7.4	109
81	Solana Beach	7.4	94
82	Benicia	7.4	74
83	Ojai	7.4	55
84	Anderson	7.4	33
85	Templeton	7.4	22
86	Felton	7.4	19
87	Roseville	7.3	357
88	Walnut Creek	7.3	265
89	Danville	7.3	155
90	Dublin	7.3	144
91	Santa Maria	7.3	128
92	Burlingame	7.3	113
93	Albany	7.3	42
94	Duarte	7.3	41
95	Gold River	7.3	20
96	Valley Springs	7.3	17
97	Murphys	7.3	14
98	Santa Clarita	7.2	391
99	Santa Barbara	7.2	386
100	Torrance	7.2	356

How do we calculate the score?

Variety (25%) — how many different sports the city covers.
Quality (20%) — richness of each center's information.
Activity (20%) — real user interest over the last 30 days.
Scale (15%) — number of centers in the city.
Density (10%) — centers per resident (dampened).
Courts (10%) — total capacity: number of courts.

Each section is measured as a percentile against the other cities in the United States and combined into the final score, on a 0-10 scale. Variety and density are measured with a uniform instrument (only sources with homogeneous national coverage) so that no city is favored by having a more complete open catalog. We only score cities with population data and a presence in those sources.