List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues
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The table below lists domestic professional sports leagues from around the world by total attendances for the last completed season for which data is available. The following points should be considered:
- In some cases the figures listed are for main season games only.
- In some sports (mainly North American centered sports) the main league competition provides each club or franchise with virtually the whole of its attendance and revenue. In others, there are multiple competitions, for example leading English football clubs compete in four competitions each season, but only the league competition is listed below.
- In some sports, for example cricket and rugby union, international competitions and transnational club competitions provide a significant part of total attendances and revenue.
- Free or heavily discounted seats may be counted by some leagues. No-shows for paid seats may be included in some cases, but not in others.
- Not all leagues publish official attendance figures. Various media outlets produce their own figures and sometimes these do not agree, but the differences in the averages given are usually no more than one or two per cent.
- The "leagues" below include pure league competitions, where the team that finishes at the top of the table is declared the winner, such as the FA Premier League, and hybrid league/knock-out competitions, where the best league performers enter a knock-out phase (also called a playoff) to decide the winner, such as the National Football League.
- In some sports (mainly North American and Australian centered sports), leagues use a franchise based system (without promotion and relegation) where teams are placed (or moved to areas) where the market is best. The amount of teams is usually decided by the market as well.
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Top 10 in total attendance [edit]
Complete table [edit]
The leagues are segregated between those which normally would play in an outdoor stadium as opposed to those leagues that use indoor arenas. It should be noted that some outdoor league stadiums are equipped with either retractable or non-retractable roofs when and where weather conditions (such as rain or extreme heat/cold) would not allow a game to be played and/or watched effectively, comfortably and/or safely without such cover. The tables are sorted by average attendance.
Outdoor sports [edit]
Indoor sports [edit]
See also [edit]
External links [edit]
Notes [edit]
- Due to a lockout, the 2011–12 NBA regular season was shortened from 1,230 games to 990.
- The 2009 Indian Premier League was held in South Africa because of security concerns related to the Indian general elections held at the same time. Attendances for that season were far lower because of the smaller stadiums in South Africa. Even if all 59 of the 2008 games, which were held in India, had been sold out (and they were not), the average could not have been above 50,000.
- B The total attendance for the four fully professional football divisions in England (FA Premier League, Football League Championship, Football League 1 and Football League 2) in 2004-5 was 29,252,189. This doesn't include domestic and European cup games.
- C Until 2005, the attendance figures in NPB were estimated by the home teams. The estimated figures were normally much higher than the actual numbers of spectators in the game. The total and average attendances only covered regular season games.
- D When the rugby union governing body of England, the Rugby Football Union, reorganised the country's leagues after the 2008–09 season, it reduced the second tier, previously known as National Division One but now the RFU Championship, from 16 teams to 12.
- E The reorganisation of English rugby union also affected lower levels of the league pyramid. National Division Two was renamed National League 1 and increased from 14 teams to 16.
- F The total attendance is for games held on Metro Manila only in which almost all gamedates are doubleheaders, and ticket holders pay for both games.
- G Since the cited season, the Euroleague has expanded from 24 teams to 30.
- H Since the cited season, the NBL has shrunk from 14 teams to 9, with seven in Australia and one in New Zealand.
References [edit]
- ^ The actual number of regular-season games was 2,430. However, there were only 2,421 game dates because 9 regularly scheduled games were rained out and made up as "true" doubleheaders, in which one ticket admitted the holder to two games. "Day-night" doubleheaders, in which teams sell separate tickets to two games in a single day, are counted as two games.
- ^ a b "MLB Attendance Report - 2012". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 11, 2012. Each season from 2001 through 2012 is available at this site. The desired season can be selected from a pull-down menu. Note that these statistics include only regular-season games.
- ^ a b "NPB: Attendance figures from the first week". Yakyu Baka. 2011-04-18. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
- ^ a b The actual number of regular-season games was 1,230. However, only games played in teams' regular home arenas are included in the calculations. In 2010–11, six teams—the Boston Bruins, Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets, Minnesota Wild, Phoenix Coyotes, and San Jose Sharks—opened the season with two games in Europe as part of the annual NHL Premiere series, with each team losing one home game as a result. Two teams, the Calgary Flames and Pittsburgh Penguins, hosted outdoor events at large football stadiums, respectively the Heritage Classic and Winter Classic.
- ^ a b "NHL Attendance Report - 2012". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 13, 2011. Each season from 2000–01 through 2010–11 is available at this site. The desired season can be selected from a pull-down menu. Note that these statistics include only regular-season games for each team played at their regular home arenas. The previously noted NHL Premiere games in Europe and the two outdoor games are not included in the calculations because they would not fairly reflect the teams' regular attendance, due either to geography or venue capacity.
- ^ "NFL Attendance Report - 2011". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 10, 2012. Each season from 2001 through 2011 is available at this site. The desired season can be selected from a pull-down menu. Note that these statistics include only regular-season home games for each team. Two games are not included in this table — the Buffalo Bills' annual game in Toronto and the annual NFL International Series game in London. These games are referenced separately.
- ^ "Box Score: Chicago Bears vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Wembley Stadium, London". ESPN.com. October 23, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2012. (attendance 76,981)
- ^ "Box Score: Washington Redskins vs. Buffalo Bills, Rogers Centre, Toronto". ESPN.com. October 30, 2011. Retrieved April 10, 2012. (attendance 51,579)
- ^ a b Normally, each NBA or NHL season consists of 1,230 regular-season games. The 1994-95 NHL season, the 1998-99 NBA season, and the 2011-12 NBA seasons were shortened due to lockouts. The 2004-05 NHL season was canceled in its entirety.
- ^ a b "NBA Attendance Report - 2012". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 19, 2011. Each season from 2000–01 through 2011–12 is available at this site. The desired season can be selected from a pull-down menu. Note also that these statistics are only for regular-season games.
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