Cel mai mare stadion din lume (ca și capacitate) este Stadionul Rungrado May Day din Pyongyang, capitala Coreei de Nord. A fost construit pentru Mondialele de Fotbal din 2002, pe care apoi Coreea de Nord nu l-a mai găzduit. Poate cuprinde 150.000 persoane. Pe locul doi este Stadionul Salt Lake din Kolkata, în India, cu o capacitate de 120.000 locuri. Primul stadion european este Camp Nou din Barcelona, care poate primi 99.354 spectatori.
Clasificarea primelor 50 stadioane din lume după capacitate
(din clasificare sunt excluse cele ′ovale′ americane pentru cursele automobilistice, altfel recordul ar reveni Indianapolis Motor Speedway care are o capacitate de 257.000 spectatori):
1. Rungrado May Day Stadium – 150.000 – Pyongyang (North Korea)
2. Salt Lake Stadium – 120.000 – Kolkata (India)
3. Michigan Stadium – 109.901 – Ann Arbor (USA)
4. Beaver Stadium – 107.282 – State College (USA)
5. Estadio Azteca – 105.000 – Mexico City (Mexico)
6. Neyland Stadium – 102.455 – Knoxville (USA)
7. Ohio Stadium – 102.329 – Columbus (USA)
8. Bryant-Denny Stadium – 101.821 – Tuscaloosa (USA)
9. Darrell K. Royal/Texas Memorial Stadium – 100.119 – Austin (USA)
10. Melbourne Cricket Ground – 100.018 – Melbourne (Australia)
11. Azadi Stadium – 100.000 – Tehran (Iran)
12. Camp Nou – 99.354 – Barcelona (Spain)
13. Soccer City – 94.700 – Johannesburg (South Africa)
14. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum – 93.607 – Los Angeles (USA)
15. Sanford Stadium – 92.746 – Athens (USA)
16. Rose Bowl – 92.542 – Pasadena (USA)
17. Tiger Stadium – 92.542 – Baton Rouge (USA)
18. Cotton Bowl – 92.100 – Dallas (USA)
19. Eden Gardens – 90.000 – Kolkata (India)
29. Wembley Stadium – 90.000 – London (England)
30. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium – 88.548 – Gainesville (USA)
31. Gelora Bung Karno Stadium – 88.306 – Jakarta (Indonesia)
32. Jordan-Hare Stadium – 87.451 – Auburn (USA)
33. Bukit Jalil National Stadium – 87.411 – Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
34.Egyptian Army Stadium – 86.000 – Alexandria (Egypt)
35. ANZ Stadium – 83.500 – Sydney (Australia)
36. Kyle Field – 82.600 – College Station (USA)
37. Meadowlands Stadium – 82.500 – East Rutherford (USA)
38. Croke Park – 82.300 – Dublin (Ireland)
39. Bobby Bowden Field Stadium – 82.300 – Tallahassee (USA)
40. Estádio do Maracanã – 82.238 – Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
41. Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium – 82.112 – Norman (USA)
42. Twickenham Stadium – 82.000 – London (England)
43. FedExField – 81.807 – Landover (USA)
44. Stade de France – 81.338 – Saint-Denis (France)
45. Memorial Stadium – 81.067 – Lincoln (USA)
46. Notre Dame Stadium – 80.795 – Notre Dame (USA)
47. Estadio Santiago Bernabéu – 80.354 – Madrid (Spain)
48. Camp Randall Stadium – 80.321 – Madison (USA)
49. Memorial Stadium – 80.301 – Clemson (USA)
50. Williams-Brice Stadium – 80.250 – Columbia (USA)
51. Estadio Monumental – 80.093 – Lima (Peru)
52. Stadio Giuseppe Meazza – 80.018 – Milan (Italy)
53. Guangdong Olympic Stadium – 80.012 – Guangzhou (China)
54. Beijing National Stadium – 80.000 – Beijing (China)
55. Stade des Martyrs – 80.000 – Kinshasa (DR Congo)
56. Shanghai Stadium – 80.000 – Shanghai (China)
57. Cowboys Stadium – 80.000 – Arlington (USA)
58. Shah Alam Stadium – 80.000 – Shah Alam (Malaysia)
59. Arrowhead Stadium – 79.451 – Kansas City (USA)
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