KBO Tops 4 Million Fans In Fewest Games

Fans watch a Korea Baseball Organization regular-season sport between the house group Doosan Bears and the NC Dinos at Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul on May 21, 2026. (Yonhap)

The South Korean baseball league reached 4 million fans on the quickest tempo in its historical past on Thursday.

The Korea Baseball Organization introduced that attendance for the season amounted to 4,035,771 by means of 222 games performed, with 5 games on the slate for Thursday drawing a mixed 68,838 fans.

The earlier file was the 230 games it took to achieve 4 million in 2025. The KBO set a single-season file final yr with simply over 12.3 million fans and it stays on tempo to interrupt that mark this season.

On Thursday, the Hanwha Eagles hosted the Lotte Giants earlier than a sellout crowd of 17,000 at Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark in the central metropolis of Daejeon. The Samsung Lions packed their alternate residence stadium in Pohang with 12,120 fans available for a sport towards the KT Wiz.

At Jamsil Baseball Stadium in Seoul, 16,593 fans watched the Doosan Bears host the NC Dinos. The sport at Gwangju-Kia Champions Field between the Kia Tigers and the LG Twins drew 15,082. Gocheok Sky Dome in the capital metropolis had 8,043 fans for the lean between the Kiwoom Heroes and the SSG Landers.

The KBO has cleared each million milestone thus far this yr at a record-breaking tempo.

The league is averaging 18,179 fans per sport thus far, up from 16,839 at this level a season in the past. All 10 groups have loved a rise in their common attendance from final season.

With two extra sellouts Thursday, the KBO has seen 130 out of 222 games performed at packed stadiums. The sellout file for a season is 331 from 2025. (Yonhap)