Monday, May 11, 2020

2019 NFL Attendance Analysis

Here is a quick look at regular season home attendance over the 2002-2019 NFL regular seasons, using total league home game attendance data from profootballreference.

First, overall, total league home game attendance dropped in 2019 by 137,542 fans.  While the drop seems large, historically this total league home game attendance decline is not unusual - and compared to the previous season - is not a statistically significant drop in total league home game attendance.  For those interested in a graph of total league home game attendance, here it is.



Second, in terms of increases in team home game attendance from the previous season, the five biggest gainers were:


Team
Change
Washington Redskins
35679
Buffalo Bills
31018
Indianapolis Colts
15288
Cleveland Browns
13326
San Francisco 49ers
9253

In terms of decreases in team home game attendance from the previous season, the five biggest gainers were:


Team
Change
Jacksonville Jaguars
-47903
Oakland Raiders
-35042
Cincinnati Bengals
-28596
Kansas City Chiefs
-20057
Miami Dolphins
-19940

 Yet, overall team home game attendance is not different from the 2018 team home game attendance in a statistically significant manner.