LA Sports Rivalries: Top 12 All-Time List

Sep 19, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner (40) and Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig (66) are restrained by Dodgers first base coach first base coach George Lomgard (27) during a MLB game at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 19, 2016; Los Angeles, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner (40) and Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig (66) are restrained by Dodgers first base coach first base coach George Lomgard (27) during a MLB game at Dodger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /
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Feb 26, 2017; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts (30) looks on during the second inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at Maryvale Baseball Park. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Feb 26, 2017; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts (30) looks on during the second inning against the Milwaukee Brewers at Maryvale Baseball Park. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports /

The top 12 LA sports rivalries within the major sports teams of the city of Los Angeles.

All major Los Angeles sports teams are in this. Also, the rivalries can include crosstown teams in Los Angeles, not just rivals out of city or state.

For example, the Dodgers and Angels could be rivalries on this list, which are both major LA sports teams. There are multiple major LA sports teams and within those, their are multiple rivalries.

All of these multiple rivalries makes it difficult to create a list of the top 12 rivalries. Writing this article was not easy and took plenty of thinking time.

I understand my top rivalries won’t necessarily be the same as you the fans. Yet it is still fun for the fans and fellow writers to see what list of top 12 LA rivalries I come up with.

I will do my best to keep this simple and short. Starting off with least to the best rivalries, here is my 12  top finest LA rivalries.