Total attendance at Major League Baseball regular season games 2006-2023

In 2023, the total attendance at Major League Baseball games was just over 70 million. This marked an increase of over six million on the number of fans who attended MLB games during the 2022 season. MLB is the highest standard North American professional baseball league comprising 30 teams competing for the Commissioner’s Trophy.

How valuable are MLB teams?

MLB teams rake in hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars in revenue each year. In 2023, the New York Yankees were the MLB team which generated the most revenue, with the figure totaling almost 680 million U.S. dollars that year. Meanwhile, the average MLB team valuation stood at over 2.5 billion U.S. dollars in 2024. Overall, the Yankees were the most valuable MLB franchise that year, with an estimated valuation of 7.55 billion U.S. dollars.

How expensive is it to attend an MLB game?

Average ticket prices for MLB games have increased annually between 2006 and 2023. In 2023, the average ticket price to attend MLB games was 37 U.S. dollars, with the Los Angeles Dodgers charging the highest average price from all MLB franchises that year. Despite this, the Dodgers were not the most expensive franchise to take a family to that year. The Fan Cost Index – which calculates the cost of taking a family to an MLB game – showed that attending Boston Red Sox games were the most expensive for families, with the experience priced at around 396 U.S. dollars in 2023.