The AFL is thrilled to announce that Round One of the 2025 Toyota AFL Premiership Season has broken the record of the highest ever attended round with 431,505 fans attending matches across the weekend.
It is only the fifth time in history more than 400,000 fans have attended a single round.
The average attendance in Round One was 47,945. Thursday night kicked off with the third consecutive crowd of over 80,000 for the opener between Carlton and Richmond, marking the eighth time in history this match has delivered a crowd of 80,000 plus in Round One.
The 80,735 fans who attended the Hawthorn vs Essendon match up was the highest ever home and away crowd between these two clubs.
The previous best was 78,294 in 2017, while Sydney and Brisbane saw their Grand Final rematch reach 34,906, the largest crowd between these two clubs in 19 years.
