The 20 biggest sports stadiums on Earth, ranked by official capacity as of October 2026. A cricket ground in India leads, a North Korean stadium is second, and ten of the top 20 are American college football grounds.
Pictured: the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, #1 with 132,000 seats.
| Rank | Stadium | City | Country | Capacity | Main use | Opened | Roof | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Narendra Modi Stadium | Ahmedabad | India | 132,000 | Cricket | 2020 | Partial | Rebuilt on the site of the 1982 Motera stadium |
| 2 | Rungrado 1st of May Stadium | Pyongyang | North Korea | 113,281 | Multi-sport | 1989 | Partial | Capacity not independently verified; 150,000 claimed at opening |
| 3 | Michigan Stadium | Ann Arbor, Michigan | United States | 107,601 | American football | 1927 | Open | Largest stadium in the Americas |
| 4 | Beaver Stadium | University Park, Pennsylvania | United States | 106,304 | American football | 1960 | Open | Official 2025 figure; mid-renovation until 2027 |
| 5 | Ohio Stadium | Columbus, Ohio | United States | 102,780 | American football | 1922 | Open | |
| 6 | Kyle Field | College Station, Texas | United States | 102,733 | American football | 1927 | Open | Permanent stadium from 1927; field in use since 1905 |
| 7 | Tiger Stadium | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | United States | 102,321 | American football | 1924 | Open | Stated as total stadium capacity |
| 8 | Neyland Stadium | Knoxville, Tennessee | United States | 101,915 | American football | 1921 | Open | |
| 9 | Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium | Austin, Texas | United States | 100,119 | American football | 1924 | Open | |
| 10 | Bryant–Denny Stadium | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | United States | 100,077 | American football | 1929 | Open | |
| 11 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne | Australia | 100,024 | Australian rules | 1853 | Partial | About 95,000 seats plus standing room; also hosts Test cricket |
| 12 | FNB Stadium | Johannesburg | South Africa | 94,736 | Football (soccer) | 1989 | Partial | Rebuilt for the 2010 World Cup |
| 13 | Misr Stadium | New Administrative Capital | Egypt | 93,940 | Multi-sport | 2024 | Partial | Main stadium of Egypt International Olympic City |
| 14 | Sanford Stadium | Athens, Georgia | United States | 93,033 | American football | 1929 | Open | |
| 15 | Cotton Bowl | Dallas, Texas | United States | 92,100 | American football | 1930 | Open | |
| 16 | Wembley Stadium | London | United Kingdom | 90,000 | Football (soccer) | 2007 | Partial | Largest stadium in Europe while Camp Nou is rebuilt |
| 17 | Rose Bowl | Pasadena, California | United States | 89,702 | American football | 1922 | Open | Some sections are tarped off for UCLA games |
| 18 | Lusail Stadium | Lusail | Qatar | 88,966 | Football (soccer) | 2021 | Partial | Planned cut to about 40,000 seats not yet made |
| 19 | Ben Hill Griffin Stadium | Gainesville, Florida | United States | 88,548 | American football | 1930 | Open | |
| 20 | Jordan–Hare Stadium | Auburn, Alabama | United States | 88,043 | American football | 1939 | Open |
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As of October 2026, and how capacity is counted. Each figure is the official current capacity stated by the venue, its owner, the club or university, or the league, for the stadium’s present configuration. Record crowds and temporary or standing-room maximums are not used, which is why several US college stadiums regularly draw crowds above their listed figure. Where an official figure includes licensed standing room, as at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (about 95,000 seats plus standing), that figure is used.[20] The list covers open-air and domed venues built for field sports. Motor-racing circuits such as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (often quoted at 250,000 or more), horse-racing tracks and indoor arenas are excluded. Venues with an athletics track are labelled multi-sport. Ties would share a rank; there are none in this top 20. Figures for ranks 11–20 come from the venue, owner or league pages and references listed in Sources.[20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]
Softer figures. The Rungrado 1st of May Stadium’s capacity has not been independently verified. North Korea claimed 150,000 when it opened in 1989, and figures quoted since its 2014 refit range from 113,281 to about 114,000; this list uses 113,281.[3][4] The Narendra Modi Stadium was listed by Guinness World Records at 110,000 seats when it opened; 132,000 is the total capacity now quoted for it.[1][2] Beaver Stadium is mid-renovation: 106,304 is the official figure Penn State announced for 2025, and athletic director Pat Kraft has said temporary bleachers will lift it above 108,000 in 2026, but no exact 2026 figure has been published.[7][8][34] The Rose Bowl’s figure is the venue’s; UCLA and the Tournament of Roses quote slightly different numbers.[27] Notable absentee: Barcelona’s Spotify Camp Nou is mid-rebuild and licensed for 62,652 (Phase 1C licence, March 2026), well outside the top 20; it is due to hold about 105,000 when the Espai Barça works finish, 2027 at the earliest, which would put it at #5.[31] Just outside the list are Mexico City’s Estadio Banorte (Azteca, 87,523 after its 2026 renovation), Kuala Lumpur’s Bukit Jalil National Stadium (87,411), Borg El Arab Stadium in Egypt (86,000) and River Plate’s Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires (85,018, with work under way to take it past 100,000).[32][33]
Ahmedabad’s cricket ground was rebuilt on the site of the old Motera stadium, designed by Populous, and first opened in February 2020. It was renamed and staged its first international match, a day-night Test between India and England, in February 2021.[1] A lightweight roof canopy with LED lights along its edge does the job of floodlights, and the ground hosted the 2023 Cricket World Cup final, watched by 92,453 people.[1]
Pyongyang’s May Day Stadium opened on 1 May 1989 for the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students. Its scalloped roof of 16 arches is meant to look like a magnolia blossom.[3] A 2014 refit replaced bench seating with individual seats, and its capacity has not been independently verified since. It hosts football, athletics and the mass games of the Arirang Festival.[3][4]
“The Big House” in Ann Arbor opened on October 1, 1927, and is the largest stadium in the Americas. Most of its seating bowl sits below ground level, so it looks far smaller from the street than it is.[5][6] Its record crowd of 115,109, for Michigan against Notre Dame in 2013, is the largest ever recorded at a college or NFL game.[5]
Penn State’s stadium is in the middle of a roughly $700 million renovation due to finish before the 2027 season. Its official capacity was 106,572 before the work began and 106,304 in 2025, with thousands of temporary seats keeping it above 100,000 during construction.[7][8] It is best known for its “White Out” night games, when the whole crowd dresses in white; it has held crowds of more than 110,000.[8]
Ohio State’s “Horseshoe” opened on October 7, 1922, to a design by architect and alumnus Howard Dwight Smith, and was added to the US National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[9] Its capacity has stood at 102,780 since 2019; its record crowd, 110,045, came against Michigan in November 2016.[9][10]
Texas A&M has played on the site since 1905 and built its permanent concrete stadium in 1927. A redevelopment costing about $485 million, finished for the 2015 season, set today’s capacity of 102,733, the largest in the Southeastern Conference and in Texas.[11][12] The record crowd is 110,633, for a 2014 game against Ole Miss.[12]
LSU’s “Death Valley” opened in 1924 with 12,000 seats. A privately funded south end zone upper deck, finished in 2014, took it to 102,321, a figure LSU states as total stadium capacity, including media and game-day staff.[13][14] In 1988 the crowd’s reaction to a late winning touchdown against Auburn registered on a seismograph on campus, a game now known as the “Earthquake Game.”[14]
Tennessee’s stadium on the banks of the Tennessee River began in 1921 as a 3,200-seat grandstand at Shields-Watkins Field. Renovation work finished before the 2022 season set its current capacity of 101,915, down from 102,455.[15][16] Its record crowd of 109,061 saw Tennessee beat Florida in September 2004.[15]
The University of Texas stadium hosted its first game in November 1924 and was dedicated to the 198,520 Texans who served in World War I. A $175 million south end zone expansion, opened in 2021, took it to 100,119 seats.[17][18] Its record crowd, 105,215, came for Texas against Georgia on October 19, 2024.[17]
Alabama’s stadium opened in 1929 as Denny Stadium with 12,000 seats and grew in stages to 101,821 by 2010. Expanded premium and accessible seating trimmed it to 100,077 in 2020, still just over the 100,000 mark.[19] Since 2024 the playing surface has been named Saban Field, after former coach Nick Saban.[19]