Burnley currently averages 19,973 for league matches in 2026/27, compared with 21,005 in 2025/26. Its highest completed-season average in the database is 33,621 in 1947/48.
- All-time average
- 14,297 Recorded seasons; includes 2026/27 where available
- Highest season average
- 33,621 1947/48
- Lowest season average
- 1,500 1902/03
- Highest since 2000/01
- 21,184 2023/24
- Five-season average
- 20,283 2021/22–2025/26 · completed seasons
- Best national attendance rank
- #3 Across recorded seasons
- Biggest year-on-year rise
- +12,005 +61.5% · 1920/21 vs 1919/20
- Biggest year-on-year fall
- -10,405 -47.7% · 1914/15 vs 1913/14
- Seasons represented
- 132 127 with a recorded average
Season extremes and five-season averages use completed seasons. Year-on-year changes compare consecutive completed seasons with published averages, measured in supporters per match. The live 2026/27 figure appears separately.
Current season only
Compare clubs →2026/27 Stadium Utilisation
StadiumTurf Moor
2026/27 capacity21,990
League average19,973
Percentage filled90.8%
League average ÷ recorded 2026/27 stadium capacity. Published capacity can exceed seats available at a match because of segregation or other restrictions. Capacity source ↗
League matches
Live seasonSeason-by-season attendance
The all-time average uses every season for which a league average is shown, plus the live 2026/27 figure where available. Tier rank compares attendance averages at the same league level; it is shown only for seasons with a complete comparison. League finish is a separate result on the pitch.
| Season | Tier | League finish | Average | England rank | Tier rank (attendance) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27Live | 2 | In progress | 19,973 | 35 | 15 |
| 2025/26 | 1 | 19 | 21,005 | 33 | 18 |
| 2024/25 | 2 | 2 | 19,876 | 34 | 14 |
| 2023/24 | 1 | 19 | 21,184 | 32 | 17 |
| 2022/23 | 2 | 1 | 19,953 | 30 | 9 |
| 2021/22 | 1 | 18 | 19,399 | 29 | 19 |
| 2020/21 | 1 | 17 | — | — | — |
| 2019/20 | 1 | 10 | 20,260 | 30 | 19 |
| 2018/19 | 1 | 15 | 20,534 | 31 | 18 |
| 2017/18 | 1 | 7 | 20,688 | 29 | 17 |
| 2016/17 | 1 | 16 | 20,558 | 28 | 19 |
| 2015/16 | 2 | 1 | 16,823 | 34 | 13 |
| 2014/15 | 1 | 19 | 19,131 | 30 | 19 |
| 2013/14 | 2 | 2 | 13,719 | 43 | 19 |
| 2012/13 | 2 | 11 | 12,928 | 42 | 21 |
| 2011/12 | 2 | 13 | 14,048 | 41 | 17 |
| 2010/11 | 2 | 8 | 14,931 | 40 | 17 |
| 2009/10 | 1 | 18 | 20,654 | 30 | 18 |
| 2008/09 | 2 | 5 | 13,082 | 43 | 21 |
| 2007/08 | 2 | 13 | 12,365 | 44 | 20 |
| 2006/07 | 2 | 15 | 11,956 | 44 | 21 |
| 2005/06 | 2 | 17 | 12,462 | 42 | 19 |
| 2004/05 | 2 | 13 | 12,640 | 40 | 18 |
| 2003/04 | 2 | 19 | 12,541 | 41 | 16 |
| 2002/03 | 2 | 16 | 13,977 | 34 | 14 |
| 2001/02 | 2 | 7 | 15,948 | 31 | 11 |
| 2000/01 | 2 | 7 | 16,234 | 29 | 10 |
| 1999/00 | 3 | 2 | 12,937 | 37 | 1 |
| 1998/99 | 3 | 15 | 10,604 | 42 | 6 |
| 1997/98 | 3 | 20 | 10,481 | 39 | 3 |
| 1996/97 | 3 | 9 | 10,053 | 37 | 2 |
| 1995/96 | 3 | 17 | 9,064 | 39 | 2 |
| 1994/95 | 2 | 22 | 12,063 | 31 | 9 |
| 1993/94 | 3 | 6 | 11,317 | 32 | 1 |
| 1992/93 | 3 | 13 | 10,537 | 34 | 3 |
| 1991/92 | 4 | 1 | 10,519 | 34 | — |
| 1990/91 | 4 | 6 | 7,882 | 40 | 1 |
| 1989/90 | 4 | 16 | 6,222 | 49 | 1 |
| 1988/89 | 4 | 16 | 7,062 | 44 | 1 |
| 1987/88 | 4 | 10 | 6,282 | 49 | 2 |
| 1986/87 | 4 | 22 | 3,342 | 64 | 7 |
| 1985/86 | 4 | 14 | 3,204 | 67 | 5 |
| 1984/85 | 3 | 21 | 4,177 | 58 | 14 |
| 1983/84 | 3 | 12 | 6,625 | 45 | 4 |
| 1982/83 | 2 | 21 | 9,085 | 38 | 13 |
| 1981/82 | 3 | 1 | 6,936 | 42 | 3 |
| 1980/81 | 3 | 8 | 6,469 | 51 | 11 |
| 1979/80 | 2 | 21 | 8,118 | 47 | 17 |
| 1978/79 | 2 | 13 | 10,748 | 37 | 11 |
| 1977/78 | 2 | 11 | 11,581 | 34 | 10 |
| 1976/77 | 2 | 16 | 12,173 | 36 | 11 |
| 1975/76 | 1 | 21 | 18,120 | 26 | 22 |
| 1974/75 | 1 | 10 | 19,641 | 23 | 19 |
| 1973/74 | 1 | 6 | 20,670 | 26 | 22 |
| 1972/73 | 2 | 1 | 14,083 | 28 | 6 |
| 1971/72 | 2 | 7 | 12,893 | 40 | 14 |
| 1970/71 | 1 | 21 | 16,156 | 30 | 22 |
| 1969/70 | 1 | 14 | 16,452 | 32 | 22 |
| 1968/69 | 1 | 14 | 16,073 | 31 | 22 |
| 1967/68 | 1 | 14 | 17,435 | 29 | 22 |
| 1966/67 | 1 | 14 | 20,508 | 24 | 21 |
| 1965/66 | 1 | 3 | 19,968 | 21 | 17 |
| 1964/65 | 1 | 12 | 15,739 | 28 | 22 |
| 1963/64 | 1 | 9 | 19,755 | 23 | 19 |
| 1962/63 | 1 | 3 | 25,180 | 13 | 9 |
| 1961/62 | 1 | 2 | 27,125 | 10 | 7 |
| 1960/61 | 1 | 4 | 23,827 | 18 | 15 |
| 1959/60 | 1 | 1 | 26,978 | 17 | 15 |
| 1958/59 | 1 | 7 | 23,733 | 24 | 19 |
| 1957/58 | 1 | 6 | 22,251 | 24 | 19 |
| 1956/57 | 1 | 7 | 22,493 | 22 | 18 |
| 1955/56 | 1 | 7 | 23,397 | 26 | 20 |
| 1954/55 | 1 | 10 | 25,094 | 19 | 17 |
| 1953/54 | 1 | 7 | 28,151 | 21 | 19 |
| 1952/53 | 1 | 6 | 28,480 | 19 | 17 |
| 1951/52 | 1 | 14 | 26,624 | 24 | 18 |
| 1950/51 | 1 | 10 | 28,296 | 23 | 18 |
| 1949/50 | 1 | 10 | 27,631 | 27 | 18 |
| 1948/49 | 1 | 15 | 30,290 | 24 | 18 |
| 1947/48 | 1 | 3 | 33,621 | 18 | 13 |
| 1946/47 | 2 | 2 | 25,856 | 25 | 7 |
| 1945/46 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1938/39 | 2 | 14 | 13,731 | 40 | 16 |
| 1937/38 | 2 | 6 | 13,394 | 44 | 18 |
| 1936/37 | 2 | 13 | 12,041 | 42 | 17 |
| 1935/36 | 2 | 15 | 10,402 | 42 | 15 |
| 1934/35 | 2 | 12 | 10,825 | 39 | 13 |
| 1933/34 | 2 | 13 | 11,403 | 35 | 11 |
| 1932/33 | 2 | 19 | 9,401 | 47 | 18 |
| 1931/32 | 2 | 19 | 8,410 | 49 | 19 |
| 1930/31 | 2 | 8 | 11,493 | 35 | 11 |
| 1929/30 | 1 | 21 | 14,726 | 28 | 21 |
| 1928/29 | 1 | 19 | 17,239 | 24 | 17 |
| 1927/28 | 1 | 19 | 17,408 | 24 | 19 |
| 1926/27 | 1 | 5 | 19,422 | 18 | 15 |
| 1925/26 | 1 | 20 | 17,857 | 21 | 19 |
| 1924/25 | 1 | 19 | 15,890 | 26 | 19 |
| 1923/24 | 1 | 17 | 14,890 | 28 | 21 |
| 1922/23 | 1 | 15 | 16,885 | 23 | 19 |
| 1921/22 | 1 | 3 | 23,640 | 15 | 15 |
| 1920/21 | 1 | 1 | 31,535 | 10 | 10 |
| 1919/20 | 1 | 2 | 19,530 | 16 | 14 |
| 1914/15 | 1 | 4 | 11,415 | 17 | 15 |
| 1913/14 | 1 | 12 | 21,820 | 12 | 11 |
| 1912/13 | 2 | 2 | 12,970 | 18 | — |
| 1911/12 | 2 | 3 | 14,000 | 16 | — |
| 1910/11 | 2 | 8 | 7,700 | 33 | — |
| 1909/10 | 2 | 14 | 6,555 | 33 | — |
| 1908/09 | 2 | 14 | 6,815 | 32 | — |
| 1907/08 | 2 | 7 | 7,725 | 30 | — |
| 1906/07 | 2 | 7 | 5,275 | 30 | — |
| 1905/06 | 2 | 9 | 4,975 | 30 | — |
| 1904/05 | 2 | 11 | 4,260 | 29 | — |
| 1903/04 | 2 | 5 | 4,100 | 27 | — |
| 1902/03 | 2 | 18 | 1,500 | 36 | — |
| 1901/02 | 2 | 9 | 2,225 | 35 | — |
| 1900/01 | 2 | 3 | 3,275 | 27 | — |
| 1899/00 | 1 | 17 | 5,880 | 19 | 15 |
| 1898/99 | 1 | 3 | 6,355 | 19 | 15 |
| 1897/98 | 2 | 1 | 4,125 | 23 | — |
| 1896/97 | 1 | 16 | 5,250 | 19 | — |
| 1895/96 | 1 | 10 | 5,875 | 19 | 15 |
| 1894/95 | 1 | 9 | 6,235 | 13 | 11 |
| 1893/94 | 1 | 5 | 6,300 | 9 | — |
| 1892/93 | 1 | 6 | 6,805 | 8 | — |
| 1891/92 | 1 | 7 | 6,125 | 7 | — |
| 1890/91 | 1 | 8 | 7,580 | 3 | — |
| 1889/90 | 1 | 11 | 5,400 | 6 | — |
| 1888/89 | 1 | 9 | 4,200 | 7 | — |
| 1887/88 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1886/87 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1885/86 | — | — | — | — |
Historic seasonal figures, league finishes and national rankings are based primarily on the long-running compilation at European Football Statistics ↗, with thanks. All-time averages and tier attendance ranks are calculated by this site.