Each of the NFL’s 30 stadiums has features and traits that make it well worth of a visit, but how do they stack up by capacity?

All 30 stadiums hold at least 60,000 spectators, making them some of the country’s biggest entertainment venues — in the American sports world, only college football can boast of even larger stadiums.

Yet, thanks to the NFL’s enduring popularity, most of these stadiums get filled to capacity on a regular basis each fall. That’s just to mention the regular season; teams that make the playoffs get an opportunity to fill their stadiums up to three more times during the postseason.

And each NFL season culminates in arguably the world’s biggest annual sporting event: The Super Bowl, which every year is held at one of these 30 stadiums (with about 10 or so of them getting to be considered as part of a rotation).

In recent years, the league has also expanded its reach on the international level. Stadiums in the United Kingdom, Mexico and Germany have hosted NFL regular-season games over the last decade, each of which boast large capacities as well. Brazil was added to this list in 2024, and Spain will join the international party in 2025.

So just which stadium in the NFL has the highest capacity, and which has the lowest? Read on to find out how the 30 stadiums rank.

Current NFL stadiums ranked by capacity

1. MetLife Stadium

Location: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Home teams: New York Giants, New York Jets
Capacity: 82,500

The U.S.’s largest metro area is also home to the NFL’s largest stadium by capacity. MetLife Stadium has been the home of the New York Giants and Jets since 2009, and also has the distinction of hosting the only open-air, cold-weather Super Bowl in history, at the end of the 2013 season.

2. Lambeau Field

Location: Green Bay, Wisconsin
Home team: Green Bay Packers
Capacity: 81,441

The Cheesehead football fans of Wisconsin cheer on their Packers at Lambeau Field, the NFL’s second-largest capacity stadium.

3. AT&T Stadium

Location: Arlington, Texas
Home team: Dallas Cowboys
Capacity: 80,000

The massive AT&T Stadium befits its location in Texas and as the home of the ever-popular Cowboys franchise. It has hosted one Super Bowl and was the first NFL venue to have a videoboard hanging over the playing surface.

4. GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium

Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Home team: Kansas City Chiefs
Capacity: 76,416

Don’t mind the clumsy corporate name — Arrowhead Stadium remains a must-visit, and Chiefs fans certainly know how to bring the noise, as their 2014 record for loudest stadium would suggest.

5. Empower Field at Mile High

Location: Denver, Colorado
Home team: Denver Broncos
Capacity: 76,125

Empower Field remains a mile-high centerpiece for the Broncos franchise, and its place as one of the top 5 largest NFL stadiums by capacity definitely indicates that.

6. Bank of America Stadium

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Home team: Carolina Panthers
Capacity: 74,867

Though the Panthers have fallen on hard times recently, Bank of America Stadium can be one of the NFL’s most impressive environments when they’re doing well.

7. Caesars Superdome

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Home team: New Orleans Saints
Capacity: 73,208

New Orleans’ venerable Superdome has been through a lot in its long history, but it will see another highlight when it hosts its eighth Super Bowl (most of any stadium ever) at the end of the 2024 season.

8. NRG Stadium

Location: Houston, Texas
Home team: Houston Texans
Capacity: 72,220

The retractable-roof NRG Stadium has hosted not just Super Bowls (two) but also college football championship games and college basketball Final Fours, showing off its versatility in staging big events.

9. Highmark Stadium

Location: Orchard Park, New York
Home team: Buffalo Bills
Capacity: 71,608

The Bills’ Highmark Stadium has been around a long time but its days are numbered. Its replacement — also to be named Highmark Stadium but with a smaller capacity — is being constructed across the street.

10. M&T Bank Stadium

Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Home team: Baltimore Ravens
Capacity: 71,008

M&T Bank Stadium has seen a lot in its years as the home of the Ravens, including two Super Bowl-winning teams.

11. Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Home team: Atlanta Falcons
Capacity: 71,000

The flashy Mercedes-Benz Stadium is one of the NFL’s most technologically advanced, primarily due to its circular retractable roof and haloboard hanging over the field.

12. SoFi Stadium

Location: Inglewood, California
Home teams: Los Angeles Chargers, Los Angeles Rams
Capacity: 70,240

The most expensive stadium ever, built at a cost of $5 billion, SoFi Stadium brought not one but two NFL franchises back to the Los Angeles area following a prolonged absence. It also brought back the Super Bowl, with SoFi already getting set to stage its second one after the 2026 season.

13. Lincoln Financial Field

Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Home team: Philadelphia Eagles
Capacity: 69,596

Home to one of the most passionate fan bases in sports, Lincoln Financial Field is part of the Sports Complex that houses four of Philadelphia’s sports franchises.

14. Raymond James Stadium

Location: Tampa, Florida
Home team: Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Capacity: 69,218

A three-time Super Bowl host, Raymond James Stadium falls into the middle of the pack of NFL stadiums capacity-wise but has served Buccaneers fans well for more than 20 years.

15. Nissan Stadium

Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Home team: Tennessee Titans
Capacity: 69,143

Tennessee’s Nissan Stadium only has a few seasons left, with the Titans building a new venue nearby. Like Buffalo, this stadium will retain the name of the old one and be a downgrade in capacity.

16. Lumen Field

Location: Seattle, Washington
Home team: Seattle Seahawks
Capacity: 69,000

Home of the Seahawks’ famed “12th Man,” crowds at Lumen Field have often challenged Kansas City for loudest in the NFL.

17. Levi’s Stadium

Location: Santa Clara, California
Home team: San Francisco 49ers
Capacity: 68,500

Levi’s Stadium hosts a team with San Francisco in its name but is surprisingly far from San Francisco (about 40 miles). Still, it’s one of the NFL’s marquee venues and will host its second Super Bowl after the 2025 season.

18. Acrisure Stadium

Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Home team: Pittsburgh Steelers
Capacity: 68,400

Pittsburgh’s Acrisure Stadium is still known to many Steelers fans by its original name, Heinz Field. The name may have changed but the support for the six-time Super Bowl champs remains the same.

19. EverBank Stadium

Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Home team: Jacksonville, Jaguars
Capacity: 67,838

EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville is expected to get a major upgrade in the coming roof, with a roof and a haloboard among the plans.

20. Huntington Bank Field

Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Home team: Cleveland Browns
Capacity: 67,431

The Browns are actively working to replace Huntington Bank Field, with their sights set on moving the Dawg Pound south to a site near Cleveland’s airport.

21. Lucas Oil Stadium

Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Home team: Indianapolis Colts
Capacity: 67,000

Lucas Oil Stadium is well-known not just to NFL fans but also college hoops fans, as it has hosted the men’s basketball Final Four four times (with a fifth scheduled for 2026).

22. Gillette Stadium

Location: Foxborough, Massachusetts
Home team: New England Patriots
Capacity: 66,829

Though the Patriots’ Belichick-Brady glory days are behind them, Gillette Stadium can still be a raucous place at times, with plenty of reminders of the past around.

23. U.S. Bank Stadium

Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Home team: Minnesota Vikings
Capacity: 66,655

The first NFL stadium to make use of the clear ETFE material for its roof, U.S. Bank Stadium offers the feel of an outdoor stadium without the intrusion of Minnesota’s sometimes-harsh winter elements. It hosted a Super Bowl after the 2018 season (one that Philadelphia Eagles fans remember fondly).

24. Paycor Stadium

Location: Cincinnati, Ohio
Home team: Cincinnati Bengals
Capacity: 65,515

Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati has a prime location on the city’s downtown waterfront and its architectural appeal has been widely celebrated.

25. Hard Rock Stadium

Location: Miami Gardens, Florida
Home team: Miami Dolphins
Capacity: 65,326

A major renovation completed in 2016 reduced Hard Rock Stadium‘s capacity significantly, but it remains one of the NFL’s premier venues. It has been home to six Super Bowls, part of the 11 staged in Miami overall.

26 (tie). Allegiant Stadium

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
Home team: Las Vegas Raiders
Capacity: 65,000

Allegiant Stadium is the venue that brought the NFL to Sin City, and arguably brought Las Vegas into the big time as far as spectator sports is concerned. Expect it to be part of the NFL’s regular Super Bowl rotation after its first one in 2024.

26 (tie). Ford Field

Location: Detroit, Michigan
Home team: Detroit Lions
Capacity: 65,000

Detroit’s major sports venues are all in close proximity downtown, with the Lions’ Ford Field drawing plenty of crowds in football-mad Michigan even before the franchise’s recent resurgence.

28. State Farm Stadium

Location: Glendale, Arizona
Home team: Arizona Cardinals
Capacity: 63,400

State Farm Stadium does a great job shielding NFL fans from the desert heat while also attracting big-time events — including three Super Bowls in its history.

29. Northwest Stadium

Location: Landover, Maryland
Home team: Washington Commanders
Capacity: 62,000

Washington’s NFL stadium used to be one of the largest, but renovations over the years have whittled down Northwest Stadium‘s capacity significantly. The Commanders have long been exploring a new venue within the District of Columbia limits.

30. Soldier Field

Location: Chicago, Illinois
Home team: Chicago Bears
Capacity: 61,500

The NFL’s smallest stadium by capacity hosts one of the league’s more popular franchise. But the Bears’ desire to replace Soldier Field has been an open secret for years.

NFL International Series stadiums ranked by capacity

Note: This list only includes stadiums currently in the regular rotation for international games.

1. Wembley Stadium

Location: London, England
Capacity: 90,000

England’s national stadium, Wembley Stadium hosts one NFL game annual, with the Jacksonville Jaguars always designated as the home team.

2. Estadio Azteca

Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Capacity: 87,523

Estadio Azteca in Mexico City has the distinction of hosting the NFL’s first international regular-season game, in 2005. It’s currently undergoing major renovations in preparation for the 2026 World Cup and thus did not host an NFL game in 2023 or 2024.

3. Estadio Santiago Bernabéu

Location: Madrid, Spain
Capacity: 81.044

Fresh off a massive renovation to modernize the historic venue, the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium — the home of European soccer powerhouse Real Madrid — will stage its first NFL game sometime in 2025.

4. Allianz Arena

Location: Munich, Germany
Capacity: 75,024

The futuristic-looking home of German soccer giant Bayern Munich, Allianz Arena was home to an NFL game for the second time in 2024.

5. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium

Location: London, England
Capacity: 62,850

Thanks to its ability to switch out a grass pitch for a turf football field, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in north London hosts at least two NFL games each season.

6. Deutsche Bank Park

Location: Frankfurt, Germany
Capacity: 51,500

The home of Eintracht Frankfurt in the Bundesliga, Deutsche Bank Park welcomed its first NFL contest in 2023.

7. Corinthians Arena

Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Capacity: 48,234

The NFL came to Brazil for the first time in 2024, hosting the Eagles and Packers at Corinthians Arena in São Paulo.