FIFA World Cup attendance

games with a crowd average total
265 252 (95%) 55,801 14,061,902

By season

0 20,000 40,000 60,000 80,000 100,000 1930: 36,933 average, 20,800 median, over 3 of 3 games 1934: 30,000 average, 30,000 median, over 1 of 1 games 1950: 9,388 average, 9,511 median, over 3 of 3 games 1990: 47,182 average, 34,857 median, over 3 of 3 games 1994: 86,282 average, 88,918 median, over 4 of 4 games 1998: 42,438 average, 43,815 median, over 3 of 3 games 2002: 39,657 average, 37,306 median, over 5 of 5 games 2006: 46,333 average, 46,000 median, over 3 of 3 games 2010: 38,756 average, 37,236 median, over 4 of 4 games 2014: 43,246 average, 41,000 median, over 4 of 4 games 2018: 47,028 average, 42,873 median, over 51 of 64 games 2022: 53,191 average, 44,093 median, over 64 of 64 games 2026: 65,490 average, 68,276 median, over 104 of 104 games 1930 1934 1950 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026
Average attendance by season. The rule across each column is that season's median crowd: the further the column rises above its rule, the more a few big games carried the average. Hover or focus a column for its figures; the table below has every season.
season games with a crowd average median total largest
1930 3 3 (100%) 36,933 20,800 110,800 80,000
1934 1 1 (100%) 30,000 30,000 30,000 30,000
1950 3 3 (100%) 9,388 9,511 28,163 10,151
1990 3 3 (100%) 47,182 34,857 141,546 73,423
1994 4 4 (100%) 86,283 88,918 345,130 93,869
1998 3 3 (100%) 42,438 43,815 127,315 44,000
2002 5 5 (100%) 39,657 37,306 198,283 60,778
2006 3 3 (100%) 46,333 46,000 139,000 52,000
2010 4 4 (100%) 38,756 37,237 155,022 45,573
2014 4 4 (100%) 43,247 41,000 172,986 51,227
2018 64 51 (80%) 47,028 42,873 2,398,439 78,011
2022 64 64 (100%) 53,191 44,093 3,404,252 88,966
2026 104 104 (100%) 65,490 68,276 6,810,966 80,824

252 of the 252 crowds on record cannot be shown by club: the source did not say which side was at home, and listing order is not taken as evidence.

Largest crowds

date season team score team venue attendance sources
June 26, 1994 1994 Romania 1 - 0 United States Rose Bowl 93869 0
June 22, 1994 1994 Colombia 1 - 2 United States Rose Bowl 93689 0
Dec. 18, 2022 2022 Argentina 3 - 3 France 88966 1
Nov. 26, 2022 2022 Argentina 2 - 0 Mexico 88966 1
Dec. 13, 2022 2022 Argentina 3 - 0 Croatia 88966 1
Nov. 28, 2022 2022 Portugal 2 - 0 Uruguay 88668 1
Dec. 9, 2022 2022 Argentina 2 - 2 Netherlands 88235 1
Nov. 24, 2022 2022 Brazil 2 - 0 Serbia 88103 1
Nov. 22, 2022 2022 Argentina 1 - 2 Saudi Arabia 88012 1
Dec. 2, 2022 2022 Brazil 0 - 1 Cameroon 85986 1

Smallest crowds

date season team score team venue attendance sources
July 2, 1950 1950 Chile 5 - 2 United States Estadío Esporte Clube Recife 8501 1
June 25, 1950 1950 Spain 3 - 1 United States Estadío Durival de Brito 9511 1
July 13, 1930 1930 Belgium 0 - 3 United States Parque Central 10000 0
June 29, 1950 1950 England 0 - 1 United States Estádio Independência 10151 1
July 17, 1930 1930 Paraguay 0 - 3 United States Parque Central 20800 0
June 14, 2002 2002 Poland 3 - 1 United States Daejeon World Cup Stadium 26482 1
June 15, 2018 2018 Egypt 0 - 1 Uruguay 27015 1
May 27, 1934 1934 Italy 7 - 1 United States Stadio Nazionale del PNF 30000 0
June 24, 2018 2018 Japan 2 - 2 Senegal 32572 1
June 21, 2018 2018 France 1 - 0 Peru 32789 1