2022 Australian football code crowds

This is a list of crowd figures for 2022 Australian football codes.

(Updated August 7, 2022)

Several football codes have national competitions in Australia. Specifically, the list primarily includes home matches in the following seasons:

The 2022 Australian Football League season (Aussie Rules)
The 2022 National Rugby League season
The 2022 State of Origin series

As well as, where applicable, data from:

National Rugby League Attendances

Club attendances

NRL Club Attendances for season 2022^[1]
Club	Home Games	Total Attendance	Average	Highest (Non-Magic)	Lowest
Brisbane Broncos	9	256,403	27,936	37,761	16,740
Canberra Raiders	10	123,578	12,358	16,912	6,492
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	11	164,565	14,960	20,184	9,544
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	11	133,030	12,093	11,459	8,927
Gold Coast Titans	10	158,640	15,864	14,478	8,774
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	11	165,964	15,088	17,385	6,972
Melbourne Storm	10	184,507	18,451	22,696	10,168
Newcastle Knights	10	167,107	17,418	25,169	9,472
New Zealand Warriors	10	118,441	11,844	26,009	3,560
North Queensland Cowboys	10	165,277	16,029	23,531	12,640
Parramatta Eels	9	167,108	19,011	28,336	10,017
Penrith Panthers	10	178,423	18,034	21,548	11,253
South Sydney Rabbitohs	9	132,325	15,858	30,194	9,242
St. George Illawarra Dragons	10	124,802	14,970	35,273	7,147
Sydney Roosters	9	140,400	15,600	14,710	5,527
Wests Tigers	9	134,513	14,946	15,124	7,182
Total/Average	158	2,515,083	15,918	37,761	3,560

Note: Includes Magic Round individual game figures (as listed below) as this is how they are recorded by the NRL.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

Updated 7 August (Missing MEL v GLD and SOU v WAR R21 games)

Highest game attendances

Rank	Match	Crowd^[1]	Venue	City
1	Magic Round Day 2: New Zealand Warriors v South Sydney Rabbitohs Gold Coast Titans v St. George Illawarra Dragons Melbourne Storm v Penrith Panthers	46,545 (TH)	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
2	Magic Round Day 3: Cronulla Sharks v Canberra Raiders Sydney Roosters v Parramatta Eels Wests Tigers v North Queensland Cowboys	43,401 (TH)	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
3	Magic Round Day 1: Canterbury Bulldogs v Newcastle Knights Manly Sea Eagles v Brisbane Broncos	40,267 (DH)	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
4	Brisbane Broncos v North Queensland Cowboys	37,761	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
5	St. George Illawarra Dragons v Sydney Roosters	35,273	Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney
6	Brisbane Broncos v Wests Tigers	32,909	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
7	Brisbane Broncos v Gold Coast Titans	32,864	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
8	Brisbane Broncos v South Sydney Rabbitohs	32,002	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
9	South Sydney Rabbitohs v Canterbury Bulldogs	30,194	Accor Stadium	Sydney
10	Brisbane Broncos v St. George Illawarra Dragons	29,234	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
11	Parramatta Eels v Wests Tigers	28,336	Commbank Stadium	Sydney
12	Brisbane Broncos v Canberra Raiders	28,142	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
13	Parramatta Eels v Penrith Panthers	26,912	Commbank Stadium	Sydney
14	New Zealand Warriors v Wests Tigers	26,009	Mount Smart Stadium	Auckland
15	Newcastle Knights v Parramatta Eels	25,169	McDonald Jones Stadium	Newcastle
16	North Queensland Cowboys v Brisbane Broncos	23,531	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	Townsville
17	Brisbane Broncos v Sydney Roosters	23,508	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
18	Brisbane Broncos v Canterbury Bulldogs	23,243	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
19	Newcastle Knights v Wests Tigers	23,214	McDonald Jones Stadium	Newcastle
20	North Queensland Cowboys v Melbourne Storm	22,728	Queensland Country Bank Stadium	Townsville
21	Melbourne Storm v New Zealand Warriors	22,696	AAMI Park	Melbourne
22	Parramatta Eels v Sydney Roosters	21,757	Commbank Stadium	Sydney
23	Penrith Panthers v Parramatta Eels	21,548	BlueBet Stadium	Sydney
24	Newcastle Knights v Penrith Panthers	21,332	McDonald Jones Stadium	Newcastle
25	Penrith Panthers v South Sydney Rabbitohs	20,548	BlueBet Stadium	Sydney
26	Canterbury Bulldogs v Parramatta Eels	20,184	Accor Stadium	Sydney
27	Newcastle Knights v Canterbury Bulldogs	19,813	McDonald Jones Stadium	Newcastle
28	Parramatta Eels v St. George Illawarra Dragons	19,711	Commbank Stadium	Sydney
29	Penrith Panthers v Brisbane Broncos	19,406	BlueBet Stadium	Sydney
30	Gold Coast Titans v Brisbane Broncos	19,245	Cbus Super Stadium	Gold Coast
31	Canterbury Bulldogs v South Sydney Rabbitohs	19,126	Accor Stadium	Sydney

Magic Round game by game

Day	Match	Crowd	Venue	City
Magic Round^[1]
1	Canterbury Bulldogs v Newcastle Knights	30,220	Suncorp Stadium	Brisbane
1	Manly Sea Eagles v Brisbane Broncos	40,267
2	New Zealand Warriors v South Sydney Rabbitohs	30,504
	Gold Coast Titans v St. George Illawarra Dragons	41,593
	Melbourne Storm v Penrith Panthers	46,545
3	Cronulla Sharks v Canberra Raiders	30,453
	Sydney Roosters v Parramatta Eels	43,401
	Wests Tigers v North Queensland Cowboys	43,401

2022 State of Origin Series Attendances

Series Crowds

2022 State of Origin Series Crowds^[9]
Game		Attendance	Venue
I	New South Wales v Queensland	80,512	Accor Stadium
II	New South Wales v Queensland	59,358	Optus Stadium
III	Queensland v New South Wales	52,385	Suncorp Stadium

Home Average Crowds


Team	Games	Total Crowd	Average Crowd	Biggest	Smallest
New South Wales	2	139,870	69,935	80,512	59,358
Queensland	1	52,385	52,385	52,385	52,385
Total/Average	3	192,255	61,160	66,449	55,872

Australian Football League Attendances

2022 AFL Attendances by Club^[10]
Team	Games	Attendance	Average
Adelaide	10	316,917	31,692
Brisbane Lions	9	220,817	24,535
Carlton	10	459,341	45,934
Collingwood	11	534,306	48,573
Essendon	9	358,355	39,817
Fremantle	10	391,238	39,124
Geelong	9	253,941	28,216
Gold Coast	10	109,548	10,955
Greater Western Sydney	9	86,295	9,588
Hawthorn	9	269,400	29,933
Melbourne	9	305,093	33,899
North Melbourne	9	124,758	13,862
Port Adelaide	9	249,446	27,716
Richmond	10	451,993	45,199
St Kilda	9	233,686	25,965
Sydney Swans	10	279,005	27,901
West Coast	10	353,979	35,398
Western Bulldogs	9	228,774	25,419
Total/Average	171	5,226,892	30,567

Top Crowds

Top AFL Attendances (30,000+) 2022^[10]
Rank	Match	Attendance	Venue
1	Essendon v Collingwood	84,205	MCG
2	Collingwood v Carlton	80,627	MCG
3	Collingwood v Melbourne	76,059	MCG
4	Collingwood v Essendon	72,402	MCG
5	Carlton v Richmond	72,179	MCG
6	Richmond v Melbourne	70,334	MCG
7	Richmond v Essendon	70,226	MCG
8	Carlton v Geelong	68,208	MCG
9	Carlton v Hawthorn	66,317	MCG
10	Essendon v Carlton	65,440	MCG
11	Richmond v Collingwood	64,481	MCG
12	Geelong v Richmond	59,335	MCG
13	Melbourne v Western Bulldogs	58,002	MCG
14	Geelong v Essendon	54,495	MCG
15	Collingwood v Geelong	52,974	MCG
16	Richmond v Carlton	50,741	MCG
17	Hawthorn v Geelong	48,030	MCG
18	Fremantle v Brisbane Lions	47,214	Optus Stadium
19	Fremantle v Sydney Swans	46,596	Optus Stadium
20	Fremantle v Melbourne	46,313	Optus Stadium
21	Collingwood v North Melbourne	45,039	MCG
22	Carlton v Sydney Swans	44,769	Marvel Stadium
23	Melbourne v Essendon	44,503	MCG
24	Collingwood v Western Bulldogs	44,029	Marvel Stadium
25	Hawthorn v Collingwood	43,939	MCG
26	Richmond v Western Bulldogs	43,645	MCG
27	West Coast v Carlton	43,359	Optus Stadium
28	Carlton v St Kilda	43,194	Marvel Stadium
29	Essendon v Sydney Swans	43,163	MCG
30	West Coast v Sydney Swans	42,888	Optus Stadium
31	Fremantle v Carlton	42,302	Optus Stadium
32	Fremantle v Port Adelaide	41,326	Optus Stadium
33	West Coast v Essendon	40,933	Optus Stadium
34	Collingwood v Port Adelaide	40,716	MCG
35	Hawthorn v Richmond	40,663	MCG
=36	Carlton v North Melbourne	40,129	Marvel Stadium
=36	St Kilda v Collingwood	40,129	Marvel Stadium
38	West Coast v Richmond	39,430	Optus Stadium
39	Fremantle v Hawthorn	39,428	Optus Stadium
40	Melbourne v Hawthorn	39,425	MCG
41	Richmond v West Coast	39,391	MCG
42	Adelaide v Port Adelaide	39,190	Adelaide Oval
43	Richmond v Brisbane Lions	39,056	MCG
44	West Coast v Fremantle	38,920	Optus Stadium
45	Hawthorn v North Melbourne	38,297	MCG
46	Melbourne v Brisbane Lions	37,728	MCG
47	Fremantle v North Melbourne	37,040	Optus Stadium
48	Collingwood v Adelaide	36,843	MCG
49	Adelaide v Brisbane Lions	36,579	Adelaide Oval
50	Sydney Swans v Geelong	36,578	SCG
51	Melbourne v St Kilda	35,767	MCG
52	Adelaide v Carlton	35,666	Adelaide Oval
53	West Coast v St Kilda	35,665	Optus Stadium
54	Fremantle v Collingwood	35,534	Optus Stadium
55	Carlton v Fremantle	35,441	Marvel Stadium
56	Western Bulldogs v Carlton	34,961	Marvel Stadium
57	Western Bulldogs v Geelong	34,370	Marvel Stadium
58	Western Bulldogs v Essendon	33,677	Marvel Stadium
59	Carlton v Port Adelaide	33,433	MCG
60	St Kilda v Essendon	33,274	Marvel Stadium
61	Essendon v Hawthorn	33,042	Marvel Stadium
62	Adelaide v Richmond	33,031	Adelaide Oval
63	Melbourne v Sydney Swans	32,753	MCG
64	West Coast v Geelong	32,526	Optus Stadium
65	St Kilda v Geelong	32,517	Marvel Stadium
66	Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn	32,505	Marvel Stadium
67	Brisbane Lions v Collingwood	32,312	Gabba
68	North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs	32,162	Marvel Stadium
69	St Kilda v Richmond	31,933	Marvel Stadium
70	Sydney Swans v Greater Western Sydney	31,916	SCG
71	West Coast v Western Bulldogs	31,838	Optus Stadium
72	Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney	31,811	Adelaide Oval
73	Sydney Swans v St Kilda	31,513	SCG
74	Sydney Swans v Richmond	31,387	SCG
75	Port Adelaide v Geelong	30,937	Adelaide Oval
76	Hawthorn v St Kilda	30,926	MCG
77	Collingwood v Greater Western Sydney	30,804	MCG
78	Adelaide v Melbourne	30,702	Adelaide Oval
79	Essendon v Brisbane Lions	30,631	Marvel Stadium
80	Port Adelaide v Sydney Swans	30,445	Adelaide Oval
81	Carlton v Greater Western Sydney	30,295	Marvel Stadium
82	Port Adelaide v Hawthorn	30,267	Adelaide Oval
83	Fremantle v Greater Western Sydney	30,201	Optus Stadium
84	Sydney Swans v Brisbane Lions	30,110	SCG

Code Comparison

Average Crowds

Notes:

Rugby league indicated by use of league icons (colour boxes)
Australian rules indicated by no colours

Club	Home Games	Total Attendance	Average
Collingwood	11	534,306	48,573
Carlton	10	459,341	45,934
Richmond	10	451,993	45,199
Essendon	9	358,355	39,817
Fremantle	10	391,238	39,124
West Coast	10	353,979	35,398
Melbourne	9	305,093	33,899
Adelaide	10	316,917	31,692
Hawthorn	9	269,400	29,933
Geelong	9	253,941	28,216
Brisbane Broncos	9	256,403	27,936
Sydney Swans	10	279,005	27,901
Port Adelaide	9	249,446	27,716
St Kilda	9	233,686	25,965
Western Bulldogs	9	228,774	25,419
Brisbane Lions	9	220,817	24,535
Parramatta Eels	9	167,108	19,011
Melbourne Storm	10	184,507	18,451
Penrith Panthers	10	178,423	18,034
Newcastle Knights	10	167,107	17,418
North Queensland Cowboys	10	165,277	16,029
Gold Coast Titans	10	158,640	15,864
South Sydney Rabbitohs	9	132,325	15,858
Sydney Roosters	9	140,400	15,600
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	11	165,964	15,088
St. George Illawarra Dragons	10	124,802	14,970
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	11	164,565	14,960
Wests Tigers	9	134,513	14,946
North Melbourne	9	124,758	13,862
Canberra Raiders	10	123,578	12,358
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	11	133,030	12,093
New Zealand Warriors	10	118,441	11,844
Gold Coast	10	109,548	10,955
Greater Western Sydney	9	86,295	9,588

Top Crowds

Notes:

Crowds of 30,000 or more
Rugby league indicated by use of league icons (colour boxes)
Australian rules indicated by no colours

2022 Top Crowds (30,000+)
Rank	Match	Attendance	Venue
1	Essendon v Collingwood	84,205	MCG
2	Collingwood v Carlton	80,627	MCG
3	Origin I: New South Wales v Queensland	80,512	Accor Stadium
4	Collingwood v Melbourne	76,059	MCG
5	Collingwood v Essendon	72,402	MCG
6	Carlton v Richmond	72,179	MCG
7	Richmond v Melbourne	70,334	MCG
8	Richmond v Essendon	70,226	MCG
9	Carlton v Geelong	68,208	MCG
10	Carlton v Hawthorn	66,317	MCG
11	Essendon v Carlton	65,440	MCG
12	Richmond v Collingwood	64,481	MCG
13	Origin II: New South Wales v Queensland	59,358	Optus Stadium
14	Geelong v Richmond	59,335	MCG
15	Melbourne v Western Bulldogs	58,002	MCG
16	Geelong v Essendon	54,495	MCG
17	Collingwood v Geelong	52,974	MCG
18	Origin III: Queensland v New South Wales	52,385	Suncorp Stadium
19	Richmond v Carlton	50,741	MCG
20	Hawthorn v Geelong	48,030	MCG
21	Fremantle v Brisbane Lions	47,214	Optus Stadium
22	Fremantle v Sydney Swans	46,596	Optus Stadium
23	Melbourne Storm v Penrith Panthers	46,545	Suncorp Stadium
24	Fremantle v Melbourne	46,313	Optus Stadium
25	Collingwood v North Melbourne	45,039	MCG
26	Carlton v Sydney Swans	44,769	Marvel Stadium
27	Melbourne v Essendon	44,503	MCG
28	Collingwood v Western Bulldogs	44,029	Marvel Stadium
29	Hawthorn v Collingwood	43,939	MCG
30	Richmond v Western Bulldogs	43,645	MCG
31	Sydney Roosters v Parramatta Eels	43,401	Suncorp Stadium
32	Wests Tigers v North Queensland Cowboys	43,401	Suncorp Stadium
33	West Coast v Carlton	43,359	Optus Stadium
34	Carlton v St Kilda	43,194	Marvel Stadium
35	Essendon v Sydney Swans	43,163	MCG
36	West Coast v Sydney Swans	42,888	Optus Stadium
37	Fremantle v Carlton	42,302	Optus Stadium
38	Gold Coast Titans v St. George Illawarra Dragons	41,593	Suncorp Stadium
39	Fremantle v Port Adelaide	41,326	Optus Stadium
40	West Coast v Essendon	40,933	Optus Stadium
41	Collingwood v Port Adelaide	40,716	MCG
42	Hawthorn v Richmond	40,663	MCG
43	Manly Sea Eagles v Brisbane Broncos	40,267	Suncorp Stadium
44	Carlton v North Melbourne	40,129	Marvel Stadium
45	St Kilda v Collingwood	40,129	Marvel Stadium
46	West Coast v Richmond	39,430	Optus Stadium
47	Fremantle v Hawthorn	39,428	Optus Stadium
48	Melbourne v Hawthorn	39,425	MCG
49	Richmond v West Coast	39,391	MCG
50	Adelaide v Port Adelaide	39,190	Adelaide Oval
51	Richmond v Brisbane Lions	39,056	MCG
52	West Coast v Fremantle	38,920	Optus Stadium
53	Hawthorn v North Melbourne	38,297	MCG
54	Brisbane Broncos v North Queensland Cowboys	37,761	Suncorp Stadium
55	Melbourne v Brisbane Lions	37,728	MCG
56	Fremantle v North Melbourne	37,040	Optus Stadium
57	Collingwood v Adelaide	36,843	MCG
58	Adelaide v Brisbane Lions	36,579	Adelaide Oval
59	Sydney Swans v Geelong	36,578	SCG
60	Melbourne v St Kilda	35,767	MCG
61	Adelaide v Carlton	35,666	Adelaide Oval
62	West Coast v St Kilda	35,665	Optus Stadium
63	Fremantle v Collingwood	35,534	Optus Stadium
64	Carlton v Fremantle	35,441	Marvel Stadium
65	St. George Illawarra Dragons v Sydney Roosters	35,273	SCG
66	Western Bulldogs v Carlton	34,961	Marvel Stadium
67	Western Bulldogs v Geelong	34,370	Marvel Stadium
68	Western Bulldogs v Essendon	33,677	Marvel Stadium
69	Carlton v Port Adelaide	33,433	MCG
70	St Kilda v Essendon	33,274	Marvel Stadium
71	Essendon v Hawthorn	33,042	Marvel Stadium
72	Adelaide v Richmond	33,031	Adelaide Oval
73	Brisbane Broncos v Wests Tigers	32,909	Suncorp Stadium
74	Brisbane Broncos v Gold Coast Titans	32,864	Suncorp Stadium
75	Melbourne v Sydney Swans	32,753	MCG
76	West Coast v Geelong	32,526	Optus Stadium
77	St Kilda v Geelong	32,517	Marvel Stadium
78	Western Bulldogs v Hawthorn	32,505	Marvel Stadium
79	Brisbane Lions v Collingwood	32,312	Gabba
80	North Melbourne v Western Bulldogs	32,162	Marvel Stadium
81	Brisbane Broncos v South Sydney Rabbitohs	32,002	Suncorp Stadium
82	St Kilda v Richmond	31,933	Marvel Stadium
83	Sydney Swans v Greater Western Sydney	31,916	SCG
84	West Coast v Western Bulldogs	31,838	Optus Stadium
85	Adelaide v Greater Western Sydney	31,811	Adelaide Oval
86	Sydney Swans v St Kilda	31,513	SCG
87	Sydney Swans v Richmond	31,387	SCG
88	Port Adelaide v Geelong	30,937	Adelaide Oval
89	Hawthorn v St Kilda	30,926	MCG
90	Collingwood v Greater Western Sydney	30,804	MCG
91	Adelaide v Melbourne	30,702	Adelaide Oval
92	Essendon v Brisbane Lions	30,631	Marvel Stadium
93	New Zealand Warriors v South Sydney Rabbitohs	30,504	Suncorp Stadium
94	Cronulla Sharks v Canberra Raiders	30,453	Suncorp Stadium
95	Port Adelaide v Sydney Swans	30,445	Adelaide Oval
96	Carlton v Greater Western Sydney	30,295	Marvel Stadium
97	Port Adelaide v Hawthorn	30,267	Adelaide Oval
98	Canterbury Bulldogs v Newcastle Knights	30,220	Suncorp Stadium
99	Fremantle v Greater Western Sydney	30,201	Optus Stadium
100	South Sydney Rabbitohs v Canterbury Bulldogs	30,194	Accor Stadium
101	Sydney Swans v Brisbane Lions	30,110	SCG

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