The national football league is the largest live spectator sporting league in the world (excluding auto racing) in terms of average attendance. as of 2015, the nfl averaged 68,400 live spectators per game, and 17,510,312 total for the season.. The average attendance for an nfl game at the home of english rugby is 74,031 on a capacity of 75,000—the stadium sits 82,000 fans but the capacity is reduced for nfl games.. Nfl attendance is down slightly at the midpoint of the '15 season. teams are averaging 68,637 fans per game, down 0.5% from 69,015 through week 8 last season. among afc teams, the jets lead all clubs with 78,160 fans per game, while the jaguars -- aided by a game in london -- lead in percentage gain from last season..
The third game of the nfl in london was by far the most important of the season form the perspective of the league. the jaguars lost 18-24 to the eagles but, for the nfl the most important number. The attendance was the lowest of any game in the series to date and the only to not reach the 80,000 mark, but the bears and bucs still drew an announced crowd of 76,901 — or, as pro football. The nfl's london games achieved an average attendance of 85,031 over the past month and brought the total number of teams to have played in london to 29 out of the nfl's 32 clubs..
