Is the NHL more popular than NBA?

Attendance Is on-Par Last year, the NBA averaged 17,319 fans at their games. The NHL, on the other hand, averaged 17,126. Most people may be surprised that the NHL is this close to the NBA in terms of attendance. However, when one looks at the numbers deeper it becomes clear that the NHL actually has the advantage.

What is better NHL or NBA?

The NFL is also leading the NBA in viewership, in fact, the NFL dominates the NBA in viewership. The average 2020 NFL regular season game averages about 15.4 million viewers.

Is the NHL getting more popular?

Not only has the NHL grown exponentially since the 1990s, it is continuing to grow even more today. This level of parity that is found in the NHL allows for teams in low-popularity areas to attract die-hard sports fans when they make deep playoff runs.

Where is hockey least popular?

Geography. The least popular teams in the NHL are mainly the expansion teams situated in the sun-belt of the southern US states; the Carolina Panthers and the Arizona Coyotes being prime examples.

Is basketball or hockey more popular?

The NHL is often referred to as the No. 4 league when it comes to ranking the popularity of North American professional team sports. But in the latest Harris Poll, hockey comes in at No. Hockey was tied in 11th at two percent, also behind pro basketball, auto racing, golf, tennis, bowling and horse racing.

Which is more popular in the US NFL or NBA?

Last season, 17,253,425 people attended NFL games, while 21,997,412 NBA fans went to games. Yes, the NBA attracted 5 million more people than the NFL, but that’s not as many as one would think given the big difference in the number of games each league plays per season.

Who gets paid more NBA or football?

To answer the question directly, basketball players earn more on average than football players. An NBA basketball player salary, on average, is $7.7 million in 2021 (that’s even lower than the two previous years), while the average NFL salary is $860,000.