Best cities for sports in Tennessee

BookrGo Best Sport Cities ranking: we rank the cities of Tennessee 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.

204 scorable cities in Tennessee.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Hendersonville	8.6	197
2	Athens	8.5	42
3	Bartlett	8.4	95
4	Crossville	8.3	73
5	Jonesborough	8.3	24
6	Tullahoma	8.1	56
7	McMinnville	8.0	44
8	Paris	8.0	36
9	Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government	7.9	773
10	Chattanooga	7.9	613
11	Johnson City	7.9	200
12	Cleveland	7.9	161
13	Oak Ridge	7.8	90
14	Greeneville	7.8	44
15	Elizabethton	7.8	41
16	Fayetteville	7.8	20
17	Clarksville	7.7	297
18	Maryville	7.7	147
19	Collierville	7.7	128
20	Lawrenceburg	7.7	36
21	Knoxville	7.6	882
22	Franklin	7.6	407
23	Smyrna	7.6	101
24	Bristol	7.6	101
25	Pigeon Forge	7.6	59
26	Dyersburg	7.6	53
27	Germantown	7.5	95
28	Murfreesboro	7.4	396
29	Jackson	7.4	166
30	Morristown	7.4	63
31	Dayton	7.4	30
32	Savannah	7.4	27
33	Newport	7.4	23
34	Rogersville	7.4	22
35	Dunlap	7.4	21
36	Cookeville	7.3	124
37	Lebanon	7.3	90
38	Shelbyville	7.3	43
39	Brentwood	7.2	205
40	Gallatin	7.2	97
41	Sevierville	7.2	78
42	Nolensville	7.2	42
43	Pulaski	7.2	32
44	Lafayette	7.2	18
45	Harrogate	7.2	14
46	Farragut	7.1	61
47	Soddy-Daisy	7.1	30
48	Signal Mountain	7.1	29
49	Lexington	7.1	26
50	Lewisburg	7.1	25
51	Milan	7.1	16
52	Jamestown	7.1	14
53	Columbia	7.0	76
54	Lenoir City	6.9	44
55	Fairview	6.9	18
56	Selmer	6.9	17
57	Sparta	6.9	14
58	Chapel Hill	6.9	11
59	Memphis	6.8	873
60	Mount Juliet	6.8	118
61	White House	6.8	40
62	Union City	6.8	32
63	Trenton	6.8	14
64	Dickson	6.7	34
65	Springfield	6.7	31
66	Kingston	6.7	21
67	Spring Hill	6.6	75
68	Clinton	6.6	26
69	Madisonville	6.6	17
70	Vonore	6.6	13
71	Kingsport	6.5	168
72	Alcoa	6.5	39
73	Martin	6.5	36
74	Henderson	6.5	22
75	Seymour	6.4	25
76	Carthage	6.4	14
77	Goodlettsville	6.3	53
78	Smithville	6.3	19
79	Townsend	6.3	19
80	Livingston	6.3	12
81	Powell	6.2	34
82	Manchester	6.2	27
83	Loudon	6.2	20
84	La Follette	6.2	12
85	Gatlinburg	6.1	49
86	Sweetwater	6.1	20
87	McKenzie	6.1	17
88	Jefferson City	6.0	33
89	Covington	6.0	24
90	Pikeville	6.0	13
91	Strawberry Plains	6.0	9
92	Atoka	5.9	21
93	Bluff City	5.9	15
94	Hohenwald	5.9	12
95	East Ridge	5.8	28
96	Lakeland	5.8	25
97	Oakland	5.8	20
98	Waverly	5.8	8
99	South Fulton	5.8	7
100	Winchester	5.7	29

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.