# The best TV series about sports

Friday nights in Texas, a kind American in English football and the 90s Bulls: the best sports series, fiction and documentary, from Yardbarker, This Sport Life and Ranker.

- 287 votes · 14 items
- Nov 8, 2025 · reelfan.grumpy
- https://even.best/en/l/3743/the-best-tv-series-about-sports

## Top 14

1. **Friday Night Lights (2006-2011)** (33 · ▲33 ▼0) — High-school football and small-town Texas.
2. **Ted Lasso (2020-)** (20 · ▲25 ▼5) — An American coach takes over an English Premier League club.
3. **30 for 30 (2009-)** (18 · ▲20 ▼2) — ESPN's landmark sports documentary series.
4. **The Last Dance (2020)** (17 · ▲19 ▼2) — The 1997-98 Chicago Bulls; the most-watched sports docuseries.
5. **Cobra Kai (2018-2025)** (17 · ▲19 ▼2) — The Karate Kid rivalry thirty years on.
6. **Ballers (2015-2019)** (15 · ▲17 ▼2) — Dwayne Johnson as a retired NFL player turned financial manager.
7. **Haikyu!! (2014-2020)** (15 · ▲16 ▼1) — High-school volleyball anime.
8. **Formula 1: Drive to Survive (2019-)** (13 · ▲19 ▼6) — Behind the scenes of Formula One.
9. **Sunderland 'Til I Die (2018-2022)** (13 · ▲16 ▼3) — A football club in free fall.
10. **Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022-2023)** (12 · ▲14 ▼2) — The Showtime Lakers of the 1980s.
11. **Welcome to Wrexham (2022-)** (11 · ▲15 ▼4) — Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney buy a Welsh club.
12. **Hard Knocks (2001-)** (6 · ▲11 ▼5) — An NFL training camp from the inside.
13. **Eastbound & Down (2009-2013)** (5 · ▲11 ▼6) — Danny McBride as a washed-up pitcher.
14. **Swagger (2021-2023)** (4 · ▲8 ▼4) — Youth basketball, inspired by Kevin Durant.

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