What NFL Fanbases Are The Most Loyal? 2026-27 Update

By Bookies.com

Jul 16th, 2026 1:37 PM EDT

Steelers fans showed up in a big way in Bookies' rankings (USATODAY)

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With the 2026-27 NFL regular season approaching nearer by the day at U.S. betting sites, the team at Bookies.com wanted to again see which NFL fanbases are in it for the long haul – not just for a dynasty team. Our weighted scoring system looks at three things: how stable a team's attendance stays year to year across an 11-season stretch, how large its X (formerly Twitter) following is, and how independent its attendance is from its win-loss record.

That last piece is the whole idea of loyalty in numbers: a fanbase whose crowds swell when the team wins and empty out when it loses is a fair-weather fanbase, while one whose crowds barely move either way is a loyal one

Ranking Most Loyal NFL Fanbases 

Which NFL Fanbases Scored Highest?  

The Dallas Cowboys take the top spot, and the record on the field barely matters to the case. Across 2015 through 2025, Cowboys attendance has held to roughly a 3% year-over-year swing, one of the steadiest gates in the league, and that held true through winning years, losing years and everything between. Add the largest X following of any NFL team, and Dallas separates itself from the pack even without a Super Bowl appearance in that stretch.

The New England Patriots and Pittsburgh Steelers take the next two spots for a similar reason: both fanbases kept showing up at close to the same rate whether the team was elite or ordinary. New England's crowds barely dipped through the transition from the Brady era to the years after, and Pittsburgh's attendance held steady through a long run of good-not-great seasons. Per Bookies.com: neither fanbase's turnout moved with the scoreboard, which is exactly what this index is built to reward.

Rounding out the top five, the Atlanta Falcons and Chicago Bears, thanks to combined low attendance volatility with crowds that showed little correlation to their win totals, even during down years for both franchises.

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Other Takeaways From NFL Fan Rankings 

The Los Angeles Chargers finish last in this year's rankings. Their attendance has swung by roughly 18% year to year since 2015, driven by the team's move from San Diego to a temporary LA stadium in 2017 and then to SoFi Stadium, the widest variance of any team in the league. The Jacksonville Jaguars and Miami Dolphins round out the bottom three, both showing a stronger tie between win-loss swings and attendance changes than most of the league.

Three franchises carry a data caveat worth noting. The Raiders' move to Las Vegas in 2020, combined with this year's exclusion of the pandemic-affected 2020 season itself, leaves them with only five usable seasons (2021-25) for the stability and correlation calculations, a notably thinner sample than the rest of the league. The Rams and Chargers' numbers reflect only their years in the Los Angeles market, not their prior St. Louis and San Diego attendance.

*Methodology note: Attendance and win-loss data span the 2015 through 2025 regular seasons, sourced from ESPN.com and Wikipedia. The 2020 season is excluded from all stability and correlation calculations due to COVID-related attendance restrictions. Rams, Chargers and Raiders attendance reflects each team's current media market only; win-loss totals use full franchise history regardless of location.

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