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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 (i.e., apart from venue capacity) 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. List is inclusive only of leagues with total season attendance greater than 1,000,000 and an average attendance greater than 15,000.
| League | Sport | Country | Season | Teams | Games | Total attendance |
Average attendance |
Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formula 1 | Formula racing | International | 2023 | 10 | 22 | 6,150,000 | 279,545 | [1] |
| Southeastern Conference | American football | United States | 2023 | 14 | 97 | 7,476,786 | 77,080 | [2][circular reference] |
| National Football League | American football | United States | 2023 | 32 | 272 | 18,911,116 | 69,526 | [3] |
| Big Ten Conference | American football | United States | 2023 | 14 | 94 | 6,307,955 | 67,106 | [4][circular reference] |
| Big 12 Conference | American football | United States | 2023 | 14 | 92 | 4,950,767 | 53,813 | [5][circular reference] |
| Atlantic Coast Conference | American football | United States | 2023 | 14 | 91 | 4,482,225 | 49,255 | [6][circular reference] |
| Pac-12 Conference | American football | United States | 2023 | 12 | 79 | 3,844,171 | 48,660 | [7][circular reference] |
| Bundesliga | Association football (soccer) | Germany | 2022–23 | 18 | 306 | 13,155,894 | 42,993 | [8] |
| Indian Premier League | Cricket | India | 2024 | 10 | 74 | 3,117,546 | 42,129 | [9] |
| Premier League | Association football (soccer) | England and Wales | 2022–23 | 20 | 380 | 14,960,957 | 40,217 | [10] |
| Australian Football League | Australian football | Australia | 2023 | 18 | 207 | 8,139,464 | 37,683 | [11] |
| La Liga | Association football (soccer) | Spain | 2022–23 | 20 | 380 | 11,236,873 | 29,570 | [12] |
| Serie A | Association football (soccer) | Italy | 2022–23 | 20 | 380 | 11,196,503 | 29,464 | [13] |
| Nippon Professional Baseball | Baseball | Japan | 2022 | 12 | 858 | 25,070,169 | 29,219 | [14] |
| Major League Baseball | Baseball | USA and Canada | 2023 | 30 | 2,430 | 70,747,365 | 29,114 | [15] |
| Campeonato Brasileiro Série A | Association football (soccer) | Brazil | 2023 | 20 | 368 | 9,700,000 | 26,524 | [16] |
| Ligue 1 | Association football (soccer) | France | 2022–23 | 20 | 380 | 9,049,197 | 23,813 | [17] |
| American Athletic Conference | American football | United States | 2023 | 14 | 87 | 2,070,932 | 23,804 | [18][circular reference] |
| Mountain West Conference | American football | United States | 2023 | 12 | 75 | 1,762,669 | 23,502 | [19][circular reference] |
| 2. Bundesliga | Association football (soccer) | Germany | 2022–23 | 18 | 306 | 6,797,017 | 22,212 | [20] |
| Major League Soccer | Association football (soccer) | USA and Canada | 2023 | 29 | 493 | 10,900,804 | 22,111 | [21] |
| Liga MX | Association football (soccer) | Mexico | 2022–23 | 18 | 306 | 8,244,861 | 22,045 | [22] |
| Canadian Football League | Canadian Football | Canada | 2023 | 9 | 81 | 1,813,837 | 22,393 | [23] |
| National Rugby League | Rugby league | Australia and New Zealand | 2023 | 17 | 213 | 4,086,606 | 19,742 | [24] |
| National Basketball Association | Basketball | USA and Canada | 2023-24 | 30 | 1,230 | 22,538,518 | 18,324 | [25] |
| National Hockey League | Ice hockey | USA and Canada | 2023–24 | 32 | 1,312 | 22,873,042 | 17,433 | [26] |
| European Rugby Champions Cup | Rugby union | Europe | 2022–23 | 24 | 63 | 1,038,691 | 16,487 | [27] |