Indian Super League attendance

The Indian Super League is the top football league in India. Founded in 2014, the 2015 season saw an average attendance of 27,111 between the eight teams, higher than the average from the league's inaugural season in 2014.

Highest Attended Matches

Rank	Home team	Score	Away team	Attendance	Date	Stadium
1	Atlético de Kolkata	2–1	Chennaiyin FC	68,340	16 December 2015	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
2	Atlético de Kolkata	3–0	Mumbai City FC	65,000	12 October 2014	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
3	ATK Mohun Bagan	2–0	East Bengal	62,542	29 October 2022	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
4	Kerala Blasters	0–1	Delhi Dynamos	62,087	18 October 2015	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
5	Kerala Blasters	0–0	Mumbai City FC	61,483	10 October 2015	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
6	Kerala Blasters	0–1	Chennaiyin FC	61,323	30 November 2014	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)
7	Atlético de Kolkata	2–3	Mumbai City FC	61,276	4 December 2015	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
8	Atlético de Kolkata	1–2	Kerala Blasters	60,900	13 October 2015	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
9	Atlético de Kolkata	1–1	Kerala Blasters	60,251	26 October 2014	Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan
10	Kerala Blasters	3–0	Chennaiyin FC	60,147	13 December 2014	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)

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Season averages

Season	Total gate	Games	Average	High avg.	Team	Low avg.	Team	Ref.
2014	15,90,292	61	24,070	48,897	Kerala Blasters	5,895	Pune City	^[2]
2015	16,59,808	61	27,210	46,111	Kerala Blasters	4,985	Pune City	^[3]
2016	12,60,207	61	20,659	52,008	Kerala Blasters	5,396	Mumbai City	^[4]
2017–18	13,99,407	95	14,731	32,047	Kerala Blasters	7,449	Mumbai City	^[5]
2018–19	12,31,304	95	12,961	20,016	Jamshedpur	9,981	Mumbai City	^[6]
2019–20	12,26,912	94	13,052	25,847	ATK	5,240	Mumbai City
2020–21	Played behind closed doors, due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22	Played behind closed doors, due to COVID-19 pandemic

ISL attendance compared to the other leagues

As of 15:31, Saturday, January 21, 2023 (UTC)

League	Sport	Country	Season	Teams	Games	Total attendance	Average attendance	Ref(s)
National Football League	American football	United States	2016	32	256	17,788,671	69,487	^[7]
Bundesliga	Association football	Germany	2016–17	18	306	12,702,427	41,511	^[8]
Premier League	Association football	England (1 club in Wales)	2016–17	20	380	13,612,316	35,822	^[9]
Australian Football League	Australian rules football	Australia	2017	18	207	7,287,880	35,207	^[10]
Big Bash League	Cricket	Australia	2016–17	8	35	1,053,997	30,114	^[11]^[12]
Major League Baseball	Baseball	United States (1 club in Canada)	2017	30	2,419	72,670,423	30,042	^[13]
Nippon Professional Baseball	Baseball	Japan	2017	12	858	25,139,463 ^[C]	29,300	^[14]
Liga MX	Association football	Mexico	2015–16	18	153	4,253,406^[15]	27,800	^[16]
La Liga	Association football	Spain	2016–17	20	378	10,470,781	27,700	^[17]
Indian Premier League	Cricket	India	2017	8	60^[18]	1,567,543	26,126	1
Indian Super League	Association football	India	2015	8	61	1,653,808	27,111	^[19]
Canadian Football League	Canadian football	Canada	2016	9	81	2,003,714^[20]	24,691	^[21]
Chinese Super League	Association football	China	2016	16	240	5,798,135	24,159	^[22]
Serie A	Association football	Italy	2016–17	20	380	8,422,378	22,164	^[23]
Major League Soccer	Association football	United States/Canada	2017	22	374	8,269,919	22,112	^[24]
Bangladesh Premier League	Cricket	Bangladesh	2015–16	6	34^[18]	742,000	21,824	1
2. Bundesliga	Association football	Germany	2016–17	18	306	6,650,993	21,735	^[25]
Argentine Primera División	Association football	Argentina	2014–15	20	90	1,923,700	21,374	^[26]
Ligue 1	Association football	France (1 club in Monaco)	2016–17	20	378	7,948,990	21,029	^[27]
EFL Championship	Association football	England	2016–17	24	552	11,105,922	20,119	^[28]
Super Rugby	Rugby union	New Zealand (5 teams) South Africa (5 teams) Australia (5 teams)^[29]	2015	15	125^[30]	1,034,826	19,163	^[31]
Eredivisie	Association football	Netherlands	2016–17	18	306	5,841,521	19,094	^[32]
J1 League	Association football	Japan	2017	18	306	5,778,178	18,883	^[33]
Argentine Primera División	Association football	Argentina	2016–17	30	450	7,261,650	16,137	^[26]
National Rugby League	Rugby league	Australia (1 club in New Zealand)	2016	16	201	3,228,623^[34]	16,063
Campeonato Brasileiro Série A	Association football	Brazil	2016	20	378	5,975,926	15,809	^[35]
Aviva Premier	Rugby union	England	2016–17	12	135	2,033,805	15,065	^[36]

See also

• List of Indian Super League stadiums
• List of Indian Super League records and statistics
• List of Indian Super League seasons
• List of Indian Super League owners
• List of Indian Super League head coaches
• List of foreign Indian Super League players
• List of Indian Super League hat-tricks

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