Stories from the data
Each story answers one question with tables and charts computed from the 2,233 stadiums on this site.
- The largest stadiums in the worldNarendra Modi Stadium in India is the largest of the 2,233 stadiums on this site, with a recorded capacity of 132,000; 11 stadiums reach 100,000 and eight of the ten largest are in the United States.
- The oldest stadiums still in useLord's in London has the earliest opening year of the 2,233 stadiums on this site, 1787; 90 listed stadiums opened before 1900, 54 of them in the United Kingdom.
- The largest stadium in every nationAcross 132 nations, the largest listed stadium ranges from 132,000 in India down to 10,000; Rungrado 1st of May Stadium alone holds 39% of North Korea's listed capacity.
- FIFA World Cup stadiums still in useOf the stadiums on this site, 170 were FIFA World Cup venues between 1930 and 2026; Estadio Azteca is the only one used at three tournaments (1970, 1986 and 2026).
- Olympic venues among today's stadiumsOf the stadiums on this site, 113 were Olympic venues; five served two Summer Games, among them the Melbourne Cricket Ground (1956, 2000) and the Panathenaic Stadium (1896, 2004).
- The biggest grounds for each sportMichigan Stadium leads American football (107,600), Narendra Modi Stadium cricket (132,000), FNB Stadium rugby union, the MCG rugby league and Dodger Stadium baseball.
- When the world's stadiums were builtThe 2000s opened the most listed stadiums (325); the median capacity of new stadiums rose from 21,587 in the 1920s to 33,000 for those opened since 2020.