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 68,360 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 24,711 48,897 Kerala Blasters 5,895 Pune City [2]
2015 16,59,808 61 27,111 46,111 Kerala Blasters 4,985 Pune City [3]
2016 12,60,207 61 21,003 52,008 Kerala Blasters 5,396 Mumbai City [4]
2017–18 13,99,407 95 15,047 32,047 Kerala Blasters 7,449 Mumbai City [5]
2018–19 12,31,304 95 13,155 20,016 Jamshedpur 9,981 Mumbai City [6]
2019–20 12,26,912 95 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
2022–23 14,79,765 117 12,756 28,207 ATK Mohun Bagan 2,457 NorthEast United

ISL attendance compared to the other leagues

As of
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

References

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  11. ^ Season Wrap – BBL|06 bigbash.com.au. Retrieved on 28 January 2017
  12. ^ BBL AND WBBL SOAR TO NEW HIGHS bigbash.com.au. Retrieved on 28 January 2017
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  15. ^ Refers to the 2015–16 Torneo Clausura
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  18. ^ a b Data includes 4 play-off matches.
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  20. ^ This number reflects regular-season games only. With the season's five playoff games included, total attendance was 2,113,556, an average of 24,576.
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  28. ^ "Championship 2016/2017 » Attendance » Home matches".
  29. ^ Super Rugby expanded to 18 teams in 2016, but will revert to 15 in 2018. As of the next season in 2018, the competition will have 5 teams from New Zealand, 4 from both Australia and South Africa, and one each from Argentina and Japan.
  30. ^ Data includes 5 play-off matches.
  31. ^ "Home attendance Super 15 2015". Archived from the original on 21 September 2016.
  32. ^ "Eredivisie 2016/2017 » Attendance » Home matches".
  33. ^ "2015J.LEAGUE Division 1 Attendance". J-league.or.jp. Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  34. ^ This figure includes the 9 matches of the 2016 NRL finals series.
  35. ^ "Série A 2016 » Attendance » Home matches".
  36. ^ "Home attendance Aviva Premiership 15/16". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015.
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