2014 Season Attendance Figures of NPB (Japan Professional Baseball)

Yesterday, NPB 2014 season ended up. The tables below show this season's attendance figure of NPB.

The figure means the number of sold tickets. It includes someone who did not show up at the game in despite of having a ticket. So, the announced number does not mean the actual number of guests.

It is widely believed these figures are watered numbers. It means that the number of actual attendees was less than the record. Each host team reports the fake number to pretend they are popular.

Table 1: Central League

2014 season standing	Team	Franchise place	Total Attendees	Host games	Attendee per game
1	Yomiuri Giants	Tokyo	3,018,284	72	41,921
2	Hanshin Tigers	Nishinomiya, Hyogo	2,689,593	72	37,355
3	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	Hiroshima	1,904,781	72	26,455
4	Chunichi Dragons	Nagoya	2,000,912	72	27,790
5	DeNA Baystars	Yokohama	1,564,528	72	21,730
6	Yakult Swallows	Tokyo	1,438,775	72	19,983

The figure of Hiroshima Toyo Carp is a new record.

Total figure of Central League is 12,616,873.

Table 2: Pacific League

2014 season standing	Team	Franchise place	Total Attendees	Host games	Attendee per game
1	Fukuoka Softbank Hawks	Fukuoka	2,468,442	72	34,284
2	Orix Buffaloes	Osaka	1,703,734	72	23,663
3	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	Sapporo	1,897,789	72	26,358
4	Chiba Lotte Marines	Chiba	1,223,915	72	16,999
5	Saitama Seibu Lions	Tokorozawa, Saitama	1,498,365	72	20,811
6	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	Sendai	1,450,233	72	20,142