How Full Every Club’s Stadium Has Been in 2025/26 Revealed

Although it is the second tier of English football, the Championship often ranks as one of the most competitive leagues in the world. For decades now, the division has consistently seen a number of teams battling to earn a place in the Premier League.

Alternatively, it is not just promotion that has teams vying for points. Ambition, of course, varies, but this ensures that even with sides contending for a mid-table position or simply to avoid relegation, there is a sense of competition across the entire league.

Many teams in the Championship have a fanbase of devoted supporters, who can often spur them on in moments where such noise is desperately needed. Transfermarkt have ranked the 2025/26 Championship teams based on stadium attendance, but which clubs see the most fans at their game based on how full their ground is against its capacity?

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The team with the lowest attendance in the Championship based on how much of the stadium is filled with fans is Blackburn Rovers. According to Transfermarkt, only 46.9% of Ewood Park is populated, though this is partly due to some supporters protesting against Venky’s and their continued ownership of the club.

In a similar vain, Sheffield Wednesday have the second-lowest attendance in the English second tier, though Hillsborough’s emptiness is largely in protest to Dejphon Chansiri, under whom the club have endured numerous misfortunes, particularly in recent years.

There is an increase of over 20% between Wednesday and Swansea City, who rank one place above the South Yorkshire side. The Swansea.com Stadium has almost 73% of its capacity consistently filled, slightly less than Deepdale which, as home of Preston North End, has become synonymous with the Championship in recent years.

Middlesbrough are, in the early knockings of the 2025/26 season, announcing themselves as promotion candidates, though the Riverside Stadium is one of the least-filled in the division.

Championship new boys Wrexham, who enjoyed three successive promotions in the past three years, have the smallest ground in the division with 13,341 seats, but they see nearly 80% of these seats filled by fans on a regular basis. The MKM Stadium of Hull City ranks just above Wrexham’s home, just as The Valley, where Charlton Athletic play their football, sits just above the East Yorkshire side in the list.

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The 16th most-attended stadium in the entirety of the Championship based on how close to full capacity it is, is The Den, home of Millwall. There is over a three-percent jump between the London ground and Derby County’s Pride Park, which is next in the list.

Sheffield United endured a miserable start to the 2025/26 season under Ruben Selles, with the club ultimately bringing Chris Wilder back for what will be his third stint in charge. Despite this recent poor form, Bramall Lane has remained a well-populated ground, with 85.7% of the stadium filled by fans.

Within one-percent of Bramall Lane are, in ascending order, Ashton Gate and Vicarage Road, homes respectively to Bristol City and Watford. Last season, under Liam Manning’s management, Bristol reached the Championship play-offs for the first time in over a decade, backed by a strong home support from their fans. Watford, meanwhile, maintain a stadium that is, in proportion to its capacity, 86.4% full, despite their tumultous displays in recent seasons.

Narrowly missing out on a place in the top 10 is Loftus Road, home to Queens Park Rangers, which sees almost 90% of its seats filled consistently. Oxford United’s Kassam Stadium, somewhat famed for having only three stands around the pitch, ranks just ahead of QPR.

Finally within this bracket of teams is the Coventry Building Society Arena. Parting ways with Mark Robins was a controversial decision for Coventry City, but his replacement, Frank Lampard, has been brilliant in his tenure thus far. He has turned City into a candidate for promotion and the club will, no doubt, be aided by such strong home support.

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Recently demoted to the Championship from the Premier League, Southampton rank eighth on Transfermarkt’s list, with 92.2% of St Mary’s Stadium being filled by fans. This number is identical to the bet365 Stadium, home of Stoke City who have announced themselves, similarly to Boro and Coventry, as early-season promotion contenders.

Slightly above both, by only 0.3%, is The Hawthorns, where West Bromwich Albion, now managed by former Tottenham and Hull City midfielder Ryan Mason, play their football. First into the top five, however, are Birmingham City, a club generally considered to be on the up following their ascension from League One last season. Of the 29,409 seats at St Andrew’s, only about 2,000 of them are generally empty.

Leicester City are another recent Premier League side to be highly ranked in this list, as fans of the one-time top flight winners consistently attend the King Power Stadium. In third place is Norwich City, with over 95% of Carrow Road being filled in the 2025/26 campaign.

Just ahead of Norwich are their bitter East Anglian rivals, Ipswich Town, the third recently-relegated side that now play in the Championship. The Tractor Boys have had an impressive number of fans populate Portman Road so far this season, but no ground has been filled more, based on capacity, than Fratton Park, home of Portsmouth on the south coast. As per Transfermarkt, only around 500 seats are left empty for each game Pompey play at home.