Arsenal Women are now regularly attracting larger crowds than several Premier League clubs, with attendances at the Emirates Stadium reaching levels rarely seen in the modern women’s game.

Across recent WSL seasons, the club has averaged around 30,000-35,000 fans per game at the Emirates, with peak crowds surpassing 60,000, figures that would place them 13th in the entire English football pyramid, ahead of multiple established Premier League sides.

In fact, Arsenal Women now regularly outdraw clubs competing every week in the men’s top flight - a reflection not just of form, but of infrastructure, marketing, and a shifting football culture in England.

Arsenal Women Are Operating on a Different Scale in the WSL

Across the Women’s Super League, average attendances remain relatively modest when Arsenal are removed from the equation.

League average WSL attendance (recent seasons): ~6,000-7,000 per game

Arsenal average: ~28,000-34,000+ depending on season structure, meaning Arsenal alone massively inflate league-wide attendance figures.

The gap is stark, most WSL clubs draw between 2,000 and 7,000 fans on average, while Arsenal regularly post attendances around 4-5 times higher than their closest rivals.

With only Arsenal consistently hitting five-figure crowds every season, this makes them less of a “leader” and more of a separate tier entirely within the league’s attendance ecosystem.

The Emirates Stadium Has Transformed Arsenal Women’s Growth

Arsenal’s decision to regularly stage fixtures at the 60,000+ capacity at the Emirates has fundamentally raised the attendance ceiling in women’s football.

Across a season, Arsenal Women have sold over 400,000 tickets for their home fixtures, underlining the scale of support they can generate when playing at the Emirates Stadium.

The club has also confirmed that all 11 WSL home games will once again be staged at the Emirates, reinforcing their commitment to using the main stadium as their regular base.

In addition, they have recorded multiple sell-outs at full capacity, with average attendances consistently exceeding those of several Championship and even some Premier League clubs.

Arsenal Women Are Outdrawing Premier League Clubs

Arsenal Women’s average attendances would place them above several Premier League clubs, including Wolverhampton Wanderers (Molineux Stadium), Brighton & Hove Albion (AMEX Stadium), Nottingham Forest (City Ground), Fulham (Craven Cottage), Crystal Palace (Selhurst Park), Burnley (Turf Moor), Brentford (Gtech Community Stadium) and AFC Bournemouth (Vitality Stadium), highlighting just how exceptional their matchday support has become in the wider context of English football.

Arsenal Women Are Changing the Scale of English Football Attendances

Arsenal Women’s attendance figures are no longer just a success story within women’s football; they represent something far more unusual within English football as a whole.

They are now operating in a space where WSL records are routinely broken, several Premier League clubs are regularly outdrawn, and stadium-scale football has become the norm rather than the exception.

The more relevant question is no longer how Arsenal achieved this level of support, but how many other clubs will be able to replicate.