The NFL and Major League Baseball are the most attended sports leagues in the world
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When it comes to attendance at a sporting event no sports league has a larger average crowd than the National Football League and it is not even close, according to data provided by Sporting Intelligence.
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In 2014, the average NFL game drew 68,776 fans, more than 25,000 fans per game more than the next-highest league (the German Bundesliga, 43,500).
Here are the 17 top professional sports leagues based on average attendance.
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Of course, the NFL season is just 16 games long. If we consider total attendance, Major League Baseball is the most popular, drawing more than 70 million fans during the 2014 season.
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No other sports league in the world cracked 25 million.
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