Every Chicago Cubs Jersey in 2026, Ranked: The Wrigley Pinstripes Are Untouchable and the Road Grays Come in Last

The Cubs run a loose, four-jersey rotation in 2026, and the story of the closet is a subtraction as much as anything: the navy "Wrigleyville" City Connect is gone, retired after 2024 and replaced by a powder-blue alternate. That leaves four looks, all of them carrying a commemorative "150" patch this year for the franchise's 150th anniversary, next to the Motorola sleeve ad.

None of these are bad. But the gap between the best one and the rest is enormous, because Chicago owns one of the two or three most iconic home uniforms in the sport and everything else is measured against it. Here is every Chicago Cubs jersey and uniform for 2026, ranked worst to first and graded.

4. Road Grays

The road gray is the one look in this closet we do not love, and it comes down to the front. "CHICAGO" arched across the chest in blue with red trim is fine, but it is the least interesting way the Cubs identify themselves. This is a franchise with one of the greatest logos in baseball in the bullseye "C" roundel, and the road set leaves it off the chest entirely in favor of a plain city wordmark that a dozen other teams could run with a color swap.

It lands at a C+ because there is nothing actually wrong with it. It is a clean, functional road gray that does its job. But when the same team owns the home pinstripes, a workmanlike "CHICAGO" script is always going to be the look we are least excited to see, and the gray is the one jersey here that does not feel unmistakably Cubs.

3. Powder-Blue "Blues" Alternate

We like the light blue. We do not love it. Introduced in 2025 to fill the slot the City Connect vacated, the "Blues" alternate is a genuinely thoughtful piece of design, a tribute to Chicago's electric-blues heritage and to the Cubs being the first MLB team to wear baby blue back in 1941. The details are all there: the guitar-pick-and-lightning-bolt sleeve patch, the "Sweet Home Chicago" socks with six royal stripes for the six strings on a guitar, the split royal-and-white cap.

The powder blue itself is a great color and we are glad it lives on a fixed Friday-home slot, because that is exactly how you keep an alternate feeling special. It sits at a B- for us because it is trying a lot at once, and the theming, as clever as it is, tips slightly busy against the clean classics ahead of it. It is a fun jersey. It is not one we would put near the top of the closet.

2. Royal-Blue Alternate

The royal-blue alternate is the quiet, traditional one, and we like it a lot. Solid royal blue with the Cubs wordmark across the chest and the blue cap with the red "C" on top, it is a manager's-choice look Chicago can pull on at home or on the road whenever the staff wants more blue on the field. There is no gimmick and no theme, just the team's primary color turned into a clean, confident jersey.

It gets a B+, and the only thing keeping it out of the A range is that a solid-color alternate, however well done, is never going to beat the pinstripes it is playing understudy to. We like it, we just do not love it the way we love the look at the top of this list. It is the best of the alternates and a genuinely good jersey in its own right.

1. Home Pinstripes

This is one of the best uniforms in all of baseball, and it is our runaway favorite in the closet. White with royal-blue pinstripes, the famous red Cubs "bullseye" roundel on the left chest, and the blue cap with the red "C." The bullseye is the whole thing, one of the greatest logos in the sport, the enclosed "C" wrapping "UBS" inside a ring of blue and red, and putting it on the chest instead of a wordmark is exactly the right call.

The Cubs have run this template since pinstripes arrived at Wrigley in 1957, and there has never been a reason to touch it. Ivy, pinstripes, the bullseye, and the friendly confines all belong to the same picture, and this jersey is the center of it. It is timeless in the truest sense, a look you could show a fan from any decade and they would know it instantly. When your home uniform is this good, you do not need to do much else, and the A+ is the easiest grade on this whole list.

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Every Chicago Cubs Jersey in 2026, at a Glance

For which look comes out on which day, the Cubs uniform schedule maps the full 2026 rotation, and the Cubs uniform calendar shows every jersey they have actually worn this season, game by game, pulled from our daily MLB uniform tracker. If you want the same treatment for the rest of the league, we have ranked every Cardinals jersey, every Mets jersey, and every Dodgers jersey too.

The Bottom Line on the Cubs Jersey Rankings

The Cubs closet is a story of one perfect uniform and three supporting acts. The Wrigley home pinstripes with the bullseye roundel are a top-tier uniform in all of baseball, and nothing else in the rotation is trying to be that. The royal-blue alternate is a clean, confident second look, the powder-blue "Blues" is a fun, thoughtful tribute we are glad exists even if it tips a little busy, and the road gray is the one we would happily see redesigned to get that gorgeous "C" back on the chest.

Chicago is also one of the very few teams heading into 2026 without an active City Connect, having retired the navy "Wrigleyville" set. We do not miss it. When your home uniform is this iconic, the smartest thing you can do is get out of its way, and for the most part the Cubs do exactly that.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many jerseys do the Cubs have in 2026?

Four in active rotation: the home white pinstripes, the road grays with the "CHICAGO" wordmark, the royal-blue alternate, and the powder-blue "Blues" alternate. All four carry a 150th-anniversary patch and the Motorola sleeve ad this season, and there is no City Connect in the mix anymore.

What is the best Cubs jersey?

We rank the home pinstripes first and grade them an A+. White with royal-blue pinstripes and the red bullseye "C" roundel on the chest, it is one of the best and most recognizable uniforms in all of baseball, and the standard every other look in the closet is measured against.

Why don't the Cubs have a City Connect anymore?

The navy "Wrigleyville" City Connect the Cubs wore from 2021 was retired after the 2024 season and replaced in the rotation by the powder-blue "Blues" alternate. Neither the team nor Nike classifies the Blues look as a City Connect, so the Cubs are one of the rare clubs without an active City Connect uniform in 2026.

What is the Cubs powder-blue "Blues" jersey?

It is a baby-blue alternate introduced in 2025, a tribute to Chicago's electric-blues heritage and to the Cubs being the first MLB team to wear baby blue in 1941. It has a guitar-pick sleeve patch and "Sweet Home Chicago" socks, and it is worn for Friday home games in the summer. We grade it a B-.

What jersey are the Cubs wearing today?

Check our daily MLB uniform tracker and the Cubs uniform calendar, which log what Chicago wears every game, updated every morning.