Big Three

The "Big Three" usually describes the three most prominent entities in any given grouping or subject. It may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

• Big Three (American television), the three major traditional commercial broadcast television networks in the United States (ABC, CBS, and NBC)
• Big Three (record labels), major record labels (Universal, Sony, Warner)
• "The Big 3" or Robbins, Feist & Miller (1934-1973), music publishing division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• The Big Three (English band)
• The Big 3 (folk group), a folk trio comprising Cass Elliot, Tim Rose, and James Hendricks
• The Big Three, an R&B ensemble led by Willie Dixon
• The Big 3 (Milt Jackson album), 1975

Sports

Association football

• Big Three (Belgium), the three most successful association football clubs in Belgium
• Big Three (Costa Rica), the three most successful association football clubs in Costa Rica
• Big Three (Greece), the three most successful association football clubs in Greece
• Big Three (India), in the Calcutta Football League, Mohammedan SC (Kolkata), East Bengal FC, Mohun Bagan
• Big Three (Netherlands), the three most successful association football clubs in the Netherlands
• Big Three (Peru), the three most successful association football clubs in Peru
• Big Three (Portugal), the three most successful association football clubs in Portugal
• Big Three (Sweden), the three most successful association football clubs in Sweden
• Big Three (Turkey), the three most successful association football clubs in Turkey

Basketball

• Big3, a professional 3-on-3 basketball league
• Big Three (Boston Celtics, 1980–1992), Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish
• Big Three (Boston Celtics, 2007–2012), Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Paul Pierce
• Big Three (San Antonio Spurs), Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and Manu Ginóbili
• Big Three (Miami Heat), LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, and Chris Bosh

Other sports

• Big Three (cricket), members of the International Cricket Council, England Cricket Board, Board of Control for Cricket in India and Cricket Australia
• Big Three (tennis), Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, and Roger Federer
• Big Three (colleges), Harvard University, Yale University, and Princeton University
• Big Three (hurling), the hurling county teams of Cork, Kilkenny, and Tipperary
• Big Three (Atlanta Braves), Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, and John Smoltz
• Big Three (Oakland Athletics), Tim Hudson, Mark Mulder, and Barry Zito
• Big Three, Penn State, Pittsburgh, and West Virginia football teams symbolized by the Old Ironsides Trophy

Other uses

• Big Three (automobile manufacturers), a country's three largest automobile manufacturers
• Big Three (credit rating agencies), S&P Global, Moody's Investors Service, and Fitch Ratings
• Big Three (management consultancies), McKinsey & Company, Boston Consulting Group, and Bain & Company
• Big Three (World War II), Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Joseph Stalin during World War II
• Big Three (Maine colleges), Colby-Bates-Bowdoin Consortium
• Big Four (World War I), Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd George, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, and Woodrow Wilson, occasionally referred to as the Big Three

See also

• Little Three
• Crucial Three
• Big Four

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