List of sports attendance figures


This article lists the attendance of many sports competitions around the world, based in some cases on the number of tickets sold or given away, rather than people actually present. The list is almost exclusively stadium field and indoor arena ball sports. Top leagues in weekly attendance includes speedway sports.
All listed attendance figures reflect those for the most recent season or event for which:
  • reliable attendance figures are available, and for UK Boxing events 2019.
  • no artificial attendance restrictions were imposed during the relevant time frame—an entire season or a given event, as applicable.

    Sports leagues

Top leagues in average attendance

Below is a list of the top sports leagues by average attendance, for its most recent season.. List is inclusive only of leagues with total season attendance greater than 1,000,000 and an average attendance greater than 15,000.
LeagueSportCountrySeasonTeamsGamesTotal
attendance		Average
attendance		Ref
Formula One World ChampionshipFormula racingInternational202510246,700,000279,167
National Football LeagueAmerican footballUnited States202432272'
Indian Premier LeagueCricketIndia20251090'
Premier LeagueAssociation footballEngland2024–252038040198
BundesligaAssociation footballGermany2024–2518306'
Australian Football LeagueAustralian footballAustralia202518216'
NCAA Division I FBSAmerican college footballUnited States2024133'
Nippon Professional BaseballBaseballJapan202412858'
Serie AAssociation footballItaly2024–2520380'
2. BundesligaAssociation footballGermany2024–2518306'
La LigaAssociation footballSpain2024–252038011394949'
Major League BaseballBaseballUSA and Canada2024302430'
Ligue 1Association footballFrance2024–2518306'
Big Bash LeagueCricketAustralia2025-268441,081,48425,151
Campeonato Brasileiro Série AAssociation footballBrazil202420368'
Major League SoccerAssociation footballUSA and Canada202429493'
Canadian Football LeagueCanadian footballCanada2024981'
Liga MXAssociation footballMexico2024–2518306'
National Rugby LeagueRugby leagueAustralia and New Zealand2025172064,371,58821,221
National Basketball AssociationBasketballUSA and Canada2024-25301230'
European Rugby Champions CupRugby unionEurope2024–252463'
National Hockey LeagueIce hockeyUSA and Canada2024–25321312'
KBO LeagueBaseballSouth Korea202510720'
Top 14Rugby UnionFrance2024-2514188'-

Highest total league attendance in each sport

Top leagues in weekly attendance

Note that other ticketed activities in motor sports such as practices and qualifying are not included in the number of "games" in a week. Formula One attendance represents cumulative weekend attendance; in, the highest race-day attendance was 168,000 at the.
LeagueSportCountrySeasonTeamsGamesTotal
attendance		Average
attendance		Games /
week 		Weekly
attendance
Tour de FranceCycling–RoadFrance201422211200000057142974000003
Giro d'ItaliaCycling–RoadItaly201422211180000056190573933335
Tour Down UnderCycling–RoadAustralia20191968500001400006850000
Vuelta a EspañaCycling–RoadSpain2014222125000001190487833336
Indian Premier LeagueCricketIndia20088593422347611137427793
Formula One World ChampionshipMotor racingWorld102065300001
Big Bash LeagueCricketAustralia2016–178351053997301147210799
Major League BaseballBaseballUnited States / Canada201730241972670423300427210294
Supercars ChampionshipMotor racingAustralia / New Zealand2017162517545011160001116000
Nippon Professional BaseballBaseballJapan20171285825139463293006175800
Bangladesh Premier LeagueCricketBangladesh2015634742000218247148400
MotoGPMotor racingWorld2014161824736241374231137423
NASCARMotor racingUnited States20131936359470899853199853
Indy CarMotor racingUnited States / Canada / Japan20091317155577291516191516
KBO LeagueBaseballSouth Korea2024107201088770515122690732
National Basketball AssociationBasketballUnited States / Canada2016–173012302199741217884471536
National Hockey LeagueIce hockeyUnited States / Canada2016–173012302142941217422469688
National Football LeagueAmerican footballUnited States2016322561778867169487169487
Mexican Pacific LeagueBaseballMexico2016–17826826254959797658782
International League BaseballUnited States20171494266716707082642492
BundesligaAssociation footballGermany2016–17183061270242741511141511
Indian Super LeagueAssociation footballIndia201685614770332637639564
Pacific Coast League BaseballUnited States201716109271504686548639288
Australian Football LeagueAustralian rules footballAustralia2018182077594257366879330183
Premier LeagueAssociation footballEngland / Wales2016–17203801361231635822135822
Super GTMotor racingJapan / Malaysia201337827890034862134862
Liga Venezolana de BeisbolBaseballVenezuela2016–17824712753175163630978
Texas LeagueBaseballUnited States2017854027273505051630306
Liga Mexicana de BéisbolBaseballMexico20171682440426054906629436
La LigaAssociation footballSpain2016–17203801047078127700127700
Chinese Professional Baseball LeagueBaseballTaiwan2017423913113865487527435

* Games in a week only by team
* Weekly attendance only by team