The Tampa Bay Buccaneers are number one. By a lot.
No professional sports team in Florida sells more specialty license plates.
According to the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles, the Bucs — with 17,133 specialty plates — top the other eight Sunshine State pro teams. The NBA’s Miami Heat is a distant second with 11,876, followed by the NFL’s Miami Dolphins with 11,156. The rest: Jacksonville Jaguars (5,688), Tampa Bay Lightning (2,458), Orlando Magic (2,403), Tampa Bay Rays (1,942), Florida Marlins (1,542) and Florida Panthers (1,386).
But when it comes to a license to root, no pro team comes close to either the University of Florida (60,506) or Florida State University (37,252). Other universities in Florida in the specialty-license-plate game include: Miami (15,121), USF (8,369) and UCF (7,835).