KBO sets a single-season attendance record after 699 games

Name: 프로야구, 역대 최다 관중 신기록…1,236만 명 돌파 / 연합뉴스TV (YonhapnewsTV)
Description: The KBO League drew a cumulative 12,362,000 spectators after five games on October 5, breaking the single-season attendance record of 12,312,519 set in 2025.

Published Oct 5, 2026

The KBO League drew a cumulative 12,362,000 spectators after five games on October 5, breaking the single-season attendance record of 12,312,519 set in 2025.

Record after 699 games

Average attendance stands at 17,685 through 699 games. With 21 regular-season games left, the league has already passed last year’s 720-game total.

A record eight clubs have drawn more than one million fans.

330 sellouts

The October 5 games at Jamsil, Daegu and Suwon sold out, bringing the season’s sellouts to 330, one short of last year’s 331. All attendance and sellout figures are as of October 5.

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2026-10-09T09:27:13.226Z

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