Here’s a teaser: Which title is hardest to win?

With the Nuggets now the talk of the town, I have a question.

Of the four major pro sports, which championship is the most difficult to win?

It’s not as if fans here haven’t experienced these ultimate sports highs already.

Denver feted the Stanley Cup-winning Avalanche this time last year, and Broncomaniacs honored the Super Bowl 50 champs not that long ago. The Rockies stoked frenzy in the 2007 World Series.

All have commending features. But, which are most persuasive?

To help you decide, here are points to consider for each one:

World Series: At 162 games, teams play far more often, and over a longer stretch—six months—just to qualify for the right to try to advance to what once was the most captivating climax in all of sport.

Granted, fewer teams make it to these playoffs, and the top finisher in each league gets a bye into the second round, so the winner faces one fewer opponent.

But, unlike the other postseasons, the baseball equation changes by the day. “Momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher,” said Baltimore’s Hall of Fame manager, Earl Weaver, who led the Orioles to four pennants and the 1970 World Series title in 17 seasons.

And the challenge is “by the day” because, in the World Series, teams don’t get multiple days off in between games unless it rains, a lot.

Super Bowl: Nothing attracts as much attention in this country as the National Football League Playoffs, culminating with the Super Bowl.

Yet as pivotal as the quarterback has become in this sport, teams don’t start a different one each game unless forced by injury

Football requires strength and skill and speed to prevail when the best butt heads. (And no other sport butts heads like football.)

However, there’s at least a week in between games to recover from the pounding, and the regular season is a tenth the size of baseball in head-to-head action, not to mention a couple months shorter.

And, like baseball, the top regular-season finisher in each conference gets the first week off in the postseason.

Stanley Cup: This is the oldest prize among the four major sports, first awarded 10 years before the inaugural World Series (though not by the NHL until 1927).

Some would say the high-speed play in any Stanley Cup round is more intense and physical than even the head-butting in pro football.

(The participants in those two high-stakes competitions can argue which is tougher.)

What can’t be denied is that the action in ice hockey is virtually non-stop, compared to football, which pauses after each play, or baseball, which allows at least two minutes between each half-inning.

No other sport requires such a high level of dual proficiency as puck-handling while skating.

Yes, baseball players might debate this, pointing to hitting, fielding, throwing and baserunning. But none of that is as continuous as the up-and-down of chasing the puck.

NBA Finals: Like hockey, pro basketball demands stellar play for four rounds—16 victories—to claim the title.

One only need watch the Nuggets, though, to realize that it doesn’t take a village to win this title.

Denver’s fate rose and fell on the play of Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray, complemented, of course, by six other guys—all important to the overall team and outcome, but not as spectacular as the record-setting Triple-Double Duo.

An argument can be made that pro basketball, especially in the Finals, is plenty physical. It’s a fact that these guys don’t wear ANY padding.

But again, the teams have days in between their jousts—time for the bruises to at least start to heal.

Home Advantage: Of the four sports, I’d have to say NBA teams have the greatest edge. Fans at courtside and factors that influence shooting accuracy favor the hosts.

Baseball teams win more in their park than on the road, but the best teams are usually able to adjust to raucous fans, different hitting backgrounds and playing-field quirks.

Home field—especially crowd noise— is a factor in the games that lead up to the Super Bowl. But the championship is decided at a neutral site.

Home ice? Overrated, though ice conditions can and do vary. Nonetheless, the Avs, for example, were home for four of seven when they lost in the first round this year to upstart Seattle.

So, which sport’s playoffs are the greatest test?

You tell me.

Denny Dressman is a veteran of 43 years in the newspaper business, including 25 at the Rocky Mountain News, where he began as executive sports editor. He is the author of 15 books, nine of them sports-related. You can write to Denny at denny dressman@comcast.net.

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