List of National Hockey League attendance figures explained

The National Hockey League is one of the top attended professional sports in the world, as well as one of the top two attended indoor sports in both average and total attendance. As of the 2018–19 season the NHL averaged 18,250 live spectators per game, and 22,002,081 total for the season.[1]

Season Leaders

YearTeamArenaHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal Attendancedata-sort-type="number" Capacity Percentage
2023–24Montreal CanadiensBell Centre4121,099865,074100.0[2]
2022–234121,078864,180100.0[3]
2021–22Tampa Bay LightningAmalie Arena4119,092782,772100.0[4]
2020-21Dallas StarsAmerican Airlines Center284,341[5] 121,53423.4%[6]
2019-20Chicago BlackhawksUnited Center3421,441729,000108.7%[7]
2018-194021,399855,972108.5%
2017-184121,653887,794109.8%
2016-174121,751891,827110.3%
2015-164122,859896,240110.9%
2014-154121,769892,532110.4%
2013-144122,623927,545117.6%
2012-132421,755522,619110.4%
2011-124121,533882,874109.2%
2010-114121,423878,356108.7%[8]
2009-104021,356854,267108.3%[9]
2008-094122,247912,155111.2%[10]
2007-08Montreal CanadiensBell Centre4121,273872,193100.0%[11]
2006-074121,273872,193100.0%[12]
2005-064121,273872,194[13]
2004-05No season due to 2004–05 NHL lockout
2003-04Montreal CanadiensBell Centre4120,555842,767[14]
2002-034120,672847,586[15]
2001-02Detroit Red WingsJoe Louis Arena4120,058822,378[16]
2000-01Montreal CanadiensBell Centre4120,105824,308[17]
* Attendance capacity partially reduced due to government Covid-19 restrictions[18] |}

2023–2024 attendance statistics

TeamArenaHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal AttendanceCapacity Percentage
1.Montreal CanadiensBell Centre4121,099865,074100.0
2.Edmonton OilersRogers Place4119,173786,09197.9
3.Tampa Bay LightningAmalie Arena4119,092782,77299.4
4.Detroit Red WingsLittle Caesars Arena4118,980778,16795.6
5.Chicago BlackhawksUnited Center4118,836772,25793.8
6.Vancouver CanucksRogers Arena4118,826771,87699.6
7.Carolina HurricanesPNC Arena4118,798770,736100.6
8.Toronto Maple LeafsScotiabank Arena4118,789770,34299.8
9.Florida PanthersBB&T Center4118,632763,93196.8
10.Dallas StarsAmerican Airlines Center4118,532759,812100.0
11.Minnesota WildXcel Energy Center4118,526759,586103.8
12.Philadelphia FlyersWells Fargo Center4118,438755,96294.4
13.Vegas Golden KnightsT-Mobile Arena4118,139743,680103.6
14.Colorado AvalanchePepsi Center4118,103742,206100.5
15.New York IslandersUBS Arena4118,099742,04296.7
16.St. Louis BluesEnterprise Center4118,084741,46198.3
17.New York RangersMadison Square Garden4117,983737,29699.9
18.Los Angeles KingsStaples Center4117,945735,72599.0
19.Pittsburgh PenguinsPPG Paints Arena4117,909734,25297.4
20.Seattle KrakenClimate Pledge Arena4117,887733,353100.2
21.Boston BruinsTD Garden4117,850731,850101.6
22.Washington CapitalsCapital One Arena4117,841731,48396.4
23.New Jersey DevilsPrudential Center4117,598721,52997.1
24.Ottawa SenatorsCanadian Tire Centre4117,580720,77895.5
25.Calgary FlamesScotiabank Saddledome4117,501717,56190.7
26.Nashville PredatorsBridgestone Arena4117,306709,559101.1
27.Columbus Blue JacketsNationwide Arena4117,016697,66793.8
28.Buffalo SabresKeyBank Center4115,981655,20383.8
29.Anaheim DucksHonda Center4115,687643,15091.3
30.San Jose SharksSAP Center4113,559555,93477.8
31.Winnipeg JetsBell MTS Place4113,490553,10789.9
32.Arizona CoyotesMullett Arena414,600188,600100.0
Total1,31217,43422,873,042

2021–22 attendance statistics

TeamArenaHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal AttendanceCapacity Percentage
1.Tampa Bay LightningAmalie Arena4119,092782,772100.0[19]
2.Washington CapitalsCapital One Arena4118,573761,493100.4
3.Minnesota WildXcel Energy Center4118,542760,226100.4
4.Nashville PredatorsBridgestone Arena4118,495758,317100.6
5.Chicago BlackhawksUnited Center4118,489758,08293.8
6.Vegas Golden KnightsT-Mobile Arena4118,100742,124104.2
7.Dallas StarsAmerican Airlines Center4117,896733,76996.6
8.Boston BruinsTD Garden4117,850731,850100.0
9.St. Louis BluesEnterprise Center4117,716726,39297.9
10.Pittsburgh PenguinsPPG Paints Arena4117,684725,04697.2
11.Colorado AvalanchePepsi Center4117,498717,45897.2
12.Vancouver CanucksRogers Arena4117,285708,71191.4
13.Carolina HurricanesPNC Arena4117,210705,61192.1
14.Seattle KrakenClimate Pledge Arena4117,151703,191100.3
15.Detroit Red WingsLittle Caesars Arena4116,984696,36787.0
16.New York IslandersUBS Arena4116,942694,65899.0
17.New York RangersMadison Square Garden4116,839690,41193.5
18.Philadelphia FlyersWells Fargo Center4116,540678,16384.7
19.Columbus Blue JacketsNationwide Arena4116,237665,72289.5
20.Toronto Maple LeafsScotiabank Arena4115,586639,03982.8
21.Montreal CanadiensBell Centre4115,495635,29772.8
22.Edmonton OilersRogers Place4114,927612,01080.1
23.Los Angeles KingsStaples Center4114,828607,97781.3
24.Florida PanthersBB&T Center4114,811607,26986.9
25.Calgary FlamesScotiabank Saddledome4114,284585,64474.1
26.Anaheim DucksHonda Center4113,083536,40376.2
27.New Jersey DevilsPrudential Center4112,744522,51977.2
28.Winnipeg JetsBell MTS Place4112,716521,35784.8
29.San Jose SharksSAP Center4112,573515,53371.6
30.Arizona CoyotesGila River Arena4111,601475,65967.7
31.Buffalo SabresKeyBank Center419,997409,90853.7
32.Ottawa SenatorsCanadian Tire Centre419,155375,36847.8
Total1,31215,84120,784,346
* Attendance capacity partially reduced due to government Covid-19 restrictions|}

2019–20 attendance statistics

TeamArenaHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal Attendancedata-sort-type="number"Capacity Percentage
Chicago BlackhawksUnited Center3421,441729,000108.7%[20]
37 21,085 780,155 99.1%
34 20,326 691,084 113.0%
34 19,301 656,261 102.6%
34 18,922 643,375 99.9%
33 18,751 618,783 97.2%
37 18,716 692,515 95.9%
33 18,708 617,380 107.1%
35 18,679 653,790 98.8%
33 18,570 612,842 100.4%
35 18,537 648,813 100.8%
35 18,390 643,677 94.4%
37 18,310 677,499 105.4%
35 18,096 633,360 100.0%
35 17,681 618,835 100.7%
34 17,533 596,134 94.1%
35 17,472 594,071 97.3%
35 17,407 609,253 101.7%
36 17,206 619,450 95.6%
35 17,167 600,858 90.7%
34 16,916 575,151 92.8%
33 16,905 540,975 90.5%
36 16,898 608,354 93.1%
36 16,427 591,393 93.5%
36 15,846 570,490 92.3%
37 15,794 584,389 108.2%
34 14,899 506,570 90.2%
33 14,605 481,989 85.3%
35 14,104 493,671 82.8%
35 12,810 448,369 81.3%
37 12,618 466,876 65.9%
Total 1,082 17,380 18,805,362

2018–19 attendance statistics

TeamArenaHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal Attendancedata-sort-type="number"Capacity Percentage
Chicago BlackhawksUnited Center4021,399855,972108.5%[21]
41 21,046 862,914 98.9%
40 19,141 765,622 99.14%
41 19,276 790,316 102.4%
41 19,120 783,958 98.0%
41 19,092 782,772 96.9%
41 18,907 775,216 105.3%
41 18,565 761,203 101.0%
41 18,508 758,845 100.0%
41 18,501 758,550 95.9%
41 18,347 752,227 98.4%
41 18,318 751,067 105.5%
41 18,178 745,314 98.1%
41 18,022 738,918 95.3%
41 18,000 738,029 98.7%
41 17,908 734,238 93.9%
41 17,565 720,165 100.0%
41 17,445 715,276 101.9%
41 17,361 711,823 90.7%
41 17,318 710,074 96.2%
41 17,266 707,909 98.3%
41 17,132 702,446 95.1%
41 16,814 689,385 97.9%
41 16,658 682,984 91.8%
40 15,321 612,840 100.0%
40 14,904 596,166 90.3%
41 14,553 596,684 76.0%
41 14,322 587,222 76.7%
41 13,989 573,552 81.7%
40 12,919 516,754 75.8%
41 12,442 510,150 78.9%
Total 1,267 17,377 22,002,081
Notes

2017–18 attendance statistics

TeamArenaHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal Attendancedata-sort-type="number"Capacity Percentage
Chicago BlackhawksUnited Center4121,653887,794109.8%[22]
41 21,299 873,283 100.1%
41 19,517 800,214 99.9%
41 19,515 800,115 100.0%
41 19,187 786,677 102.0%
41 19,092 782,772 100.0%
41 19,036 780,501 106.0%
41 18,905 775,105 98.0%
40 18,774 740,240 104.0%
41 18,579 761,764 101.0%
41 18,563 719,283 99.8%
41 18,356 752,624 95.9%
41 18,347 752,227 98.4%
41 18,240 747,845 100.1%
41 18,110 742,511 97.7%
41 18,078 741,233 95.6%
41 18,042 739,740 103.9%
41 17,851 731,899 99.1%
41 17,565 720,165 100.0%
41 17,365 711,988 98.9%
41 17,307 709,597 101.1%
41 16,659 683,034 91.8%
41 16,635 682,060 96.9%
40 15,829 615,037 85.3%
41 15,586 639,063 87.1%
41 15,321 628,161 102.1%
41 15,200 623,240 92.0%
41 13,851 567,897 81.3%
41 13,320 546,142 71.3%
41 13,040 534,670 76.2%
41 12,002 492,086 75.9%
Total 1,271 17,446 22,174,263
Notes

2016–17 attendance statistics

TeamArenaHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal Attendancedata-sort-type="number"Capacity Percentage
United Center4121,751891,827110.3%[23]
41 21,288 872,808 100.1%
41 20,027 821,107 100.0%
41 19,762 810,273 110.2%
41 19,744 809,519107.5%
41 19,644 805,408 100.5%
41 19,539 801,127 104.6%
41 19,092 782,772 100.0%
41 19,070 781,879 106.2%
41 18,727 767,829 97.1%
41 18,509 758,891 97.9%
41 18,506 758,746 100.0%
41 18,347 752,227 98.4%
41 18,240 747,858 100.1%
41 18,141 743,819 94.0%
41 18,102 742,163 97.7%
41 18,020 738,828 100.1%
41 17,565 720,165 100.0%
41 17,508 717,833 99.7%
41 17,159 703,555 100.3%
41 16,744 686,534 87.4%
41 15,942 653,632 92.8%
41 15,857 650,157 87.5%
41 15,731 645,004 107.5%
41 14,835 608,252 82.4%
41 14,620 599,447 85.8%
41 14,567 597,261 88.2%
41 13,101 537,149 82.9%
41 13,094 536,878 76.5%
41 11,776 482,829 63.0%
Total 1,230 18,117 21,525,777
Notes:

2015–16 attendance statistics

TeamArenaHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal Attendancedata-sort-type="number"Capacity Percentage
41 22,859 896,240 110.9% [24]
41 22,288 872,808 100.1%
41 20,027 821,107 100.0%
41 19,228 788,319 98.4%
41 19,158 785,485 101.8%
41 19,145 784,974 99.3%
Amalie Arena41 19,092 782,772 100.0%
40 19,062 762,481 106.1%
41 18,590 762,223 97.5%
41 18,550 760,584 100.9%
41 18,510 758,944 100.0%
41 18,450 756,483 96.3%
41 18,431 755,677 97.5%
41 18,376 753,452 99.2%
41 18,274 749,234 100.2%
41 18,084 741,472 94.4%
41 18,006 738,246 100.0%
40 17,565 702,600 100.0%
41 16,971 695,828 99.2%
41 16,841 690,499 100.0%
41 16,746 686,623 95.4%
41 16,336 669,805 95.1%
40 16,206 648,232 90.0%
41 15,384 630,746 90.3%
41 15,294 627,054 101.9%
41 15,073 618,029 91.3%
41 14,665 601,293 80.8%
41 13,626 558,705 86.2%
41 13,433 550,763 78.4%
41 10,102500,363 65.6%
Total 1,227 17,482 21,451,041
Notes:

2014–15 attendance statistics

TeamArenaHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal Attendancedata-sort-type="number"Capacity Percentage
41 21,769 892,532 110.4% [25]
41 21,286 872,752 100.1%
41 20,027 821,107 100.0%
41 19,270 790,107 98.6%
41 19,097 782,977 99.0%
41 19,062 781,576 101.3%
41 19,023 779,944 106.0%
Amalie Arena41 18,823 771,761 98.0%
41 18,710 767,149 98.9%
41 18,617 763,319 101.3%
40 18,506 740,240 100.0%[26]
41 18,580 761,809 97.4%
41 18,545 760,349 96.8%
41 18,265 748,893 100.2%
41 18,246 748,112 95.3%
41 18,006 738,246 100.0%
41 17,565 720,165 100.0%
40 17,420 696,80799.6%
41 17,350 711,359 93.6%
41 16,874 691,835 98.3%
41 16,854 691,028 98.5%
41 16,839 690,399 100.0%
41 16,176 663,247 89.8%
41 15,511 635,973 85.5%
41 15,334 628,729 94.8%
41 15,189 622,783 86.2%
41 15,037 616,556 100.2%
41 13,345 547,149 77.9%
41 12,594 516,375 67.4%
41 11,265 461,877 66.1%
Total 1,228 17,439 21,415,155
Notes:

2013–14 attendance statistics

TeamArenaHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal Attendancedata-sort-type="number"Capacity Percentage
41 22,623 927,545 117.6% [27]
41 22,149 908,131 110.4%
41 21,273 872,193 100.0%
41 19,839 813,411 101.5%
41 19,770 810,594 107.2%
41 19,446 797,310 103.3%
41 19,302 791,389 100.1%
41 19,017 779,734 107.6%
41 18,618 763,344 101.3%
41 18,612 763,096 96.9%
41 18,579 761,767 97.4%
41 18,505 758,729 103.1%
41 18,108 742,468 94.5%
41 18,054 740,240 97.6%
41 18,006 738,246 100.0%
41 17,565 720,165 100.0%
41 17,133 702,480 97.6%
41 17,025 698,059 88.9%
41 16,828 689,949 99.9%
41 16,600 680,619 97.0%
41 16,469 675,248 95.9%
41 16,295 668,133 90.5%
41 15,483 634,832 82.9%
41 15,257 625,570 88.7%
41 15,004 615,164 100.0%
41 14,740 604,362 93.4%
41 14,698 602,619 81.0%
41 14,658 601,008 79.1%
41 14,177 581,286 83.2%
41 13,775 564,798 80.4%
Total 1,230 17,587 21,632,479
Notes:

2012–13 attendance statistics

TeamArenaHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal Attendancedata-sort-type="number"Capacity Percentage
24 21,755 522,619 110.4% [28]
24 21,273 510,552 100.0%
24 20,066 481,584 100.0%
24 19,786 474,878 101.3%
24 19,426 466,224 103.2%
24 19,408 465,801 101.3%
24 19,289 462,936 100.0%
24 19,055 457,337 99.2%
24 18,970 455,290 99.5%
24 18,947 454,740 100.2%
24 18,794 451,075 104.7%
24 18,648 447,560 101.4%
24 18,178 436,295 100.3%
24 17,734 425,638 95.8%
24 17,565 421,560 100.0%
24 17,561 421,472 100.0%
24 17,558 421,401 94.0%
24 17,263 414,328 90.1%
24 17,200 412,800 100.0%
24 17,114 410,739 97.1%
24 17,063 409,521 92.1%
24 16,991 407,806 99.7%
24 16,974 407,386 99.2%
24 16,839 404,136 100.0%
24 15,887 381,308 92.5%
24 15,444 370,677 85.8%
24 15,004 360,096 100.0%
24 14,564 349,558 80.3%
24 13,923 334,165 81.3%
24 13,306 319,362 82.3%
Total 720 17,721 12,758,849

2011–12 attendance statistics

TeamArenaHome GamesAverage AttendanceTotal Attendancedata-sort-type="number"Capacity Percentage
41 21,533 882,874 109.2% [29]
41 21,273 872,193 100.0%
40 19,770 790,787 101.2%
41 20,066 822,706 100.0%
41 19,505 799,686 103.6%
41 19,357 793,612 101.1%
41 19,289 790,849 100.0%
41 18,884 774,250 100.1%
41 18,810 771,207 98.2%
40 18,680 747,209 99.9%
41 18,569 761,224 101.0%
41 18,506 758,746 100.0%
41 18,468 757,192 96.2%
41 18,191 745,852 99.9%
39 18,109 706,236 99.9%
41 17,772 728,683 98.4%
41 17,565 720,165 100.0%
41 17,562 720,042 100.0%
41 16,839 690,399 100.0%
41 16,691 684,324 97.5%
41 16,628 681,763 86.4%
41 16,043 657,747 85.9%
41 15,499 635,440 86.1%
41 15,397 631,258 87.4%
41 15,004 615,164 100.0%
40 14,784 591,371 86.1%
41 14,660 601,061 80.1%
41 14,227 583,306 76.8%
41 13,191 540,838 81.3%
41 12,421 509,241 72.3%
Total 1,225 17,441 21,365,425
Notes:

See also

References

Notes and References

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