Chelsea fans rank ahead of Spurs and Man City for “passion and dedication”
It’s the international break, meaning a chance to look some interesting stats about support in the English football pyramid.
A study into the passion and dedication of fanbases in English football shows Chelsea’s support is supposedly stronger than many of the club’s biggest rivals.
The 2026/27 Football Fandom index compiled data on all 20 current Premier League and 24 Championship teams to give each club’s fanbase a rating out of 100.
Among the factors used in the study were stadium sell-outs over the past decade, matchday traditions, club-affiliated pubs, statues, murals and other tributes to clubs and their supporters. Chelsea scored 53, which put the Blues in fourth place, only one point below Liverpool in third. Arsenal were second with 56, while Manchester United topped the table with 63.
Other than Arsenal, no other London club came close to Chelsea. Fulham were the third-rated capital fanbase, with a score of 34. West Ham United and Charlton Athletic ranked 16th and 17th in English football, with 33 and 31 points respectively.
But Tottenham Hotspur found themselves way down in 23rd place, sandwiched between Brighton & Hove Albion and Wrexham. Tottenham’s score was a meagre 24. That means, based on this study, Chelsea’s fanbase scored more than 120% higher than that of Spurs. Millwall, Crystal Palace, Queens Park Rangers and Brentford were lower still, with each scoring below 20.
Top London fanbases 2026/27
| Rank | Club | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Arsenal | 56 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 53 |
| 14 | Fulham | 34 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 33 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 31 |
| 23 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 |
| 31 | Millwall | 18 |
| 34 | Crystal Palace | 16 |
| 37 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 |
| 39 | Brentford | 14 |
This dominance off the pitch mirrors Chelsea’s superiority on it over the Premier League era, as the men from Stamford Bridge have finished above Spurs in 26 of 34 seasons.
Chelsea’s strong score in the Football Fandom index was helped by a high number of stadium sell-outs, with the club trumping the likes of Man United, Arsenal and Liverpool in this category. The Blues also scored higher than those three clubs based on matchday traditions, with a certain celery chant taken into account!
A large number of Chelsea affiliated pubs was also taken into account.
Top fanbases in England’s top two divisions
| Rank | Club | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manchester United | 63 |
| 2 | Arsenal | 56 |
| 3 | Liverpool | 54 |
| 4 | Chelsea | 53 |
| 5 | Everton | 49 |
| 6 | Manchester City | 47 |
| 7 | Newcastle United | 45 |
| 8 | Leeds United | 39 |
| 9 | Derby County | 37 |
| 10 | Sunderland | 37 |
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 37 |
| 12 | Nottingham Forest | 35 |
| 13 | Burnley | 35 |
| 14 | Fulham | 34 |
| 15 | Ipswich Town | 33 |
| 16 | West Ham United | 33 |
| 17 | Charlton Athletic | 31 |
| 18 | West Bromwich Albion | 30 |
| 19 | Watford | 28 |
| 20 | Sheffield United | 28 |
| 21 | Cardiff City | 26 |
| 22 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 26 |
| 23 | Tottenham Hotspur | 24 |
| 24 | Wrexham | 23 |
| 25 | Blackburn Rovers | 22 |
| 26 | Middlesbrough | 22 |
| 27 | Preston North End | 21 |
| 28 | Portsmouth | 21 |
| 29 | Aston Villa | 19 |
| 30 | Coventry City | 19 |
| 31 | Millwall | 18 |
| 32 | Bournemouth | 17 |
| 33 | Hull City | 17 |
| 34 | Crystal Palace | 16 |
| 35 | Bolton Wanderers | 15 |
| 36 | Stoke City | 15 |
| 37 | Queens Park Rangers | 14 |
| 38 | Birmingham City | 14 |
| 39 | Brentford | 14 |
| 40 | Swansea City | 13 |
| 41 | Bristol City | 13 |
| 42 | Lincoln City | 11 |
| 43 | Norwich City | 11 |
| 44 | Southampton | 10 |
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