The 2026 NFL season is in progress, and Canada Sports Betting recently surveyed 3,070 American football fans across all 32 teams. The Canadian sports betting site found that 91% of Las Vegas Raiders fans would continue supporting the team if they relocated.
Dallas Cowboys fans trailed the Raiders fans at 88%. However, just 11% of Cowboys fans said that they watched NFL games in stadiums — the lowest percentage in fanbases surveyed. Read on for the full survey.
Key Findings
According to Canada Sports Betting, 88% of Dallas Cowboys fans said that they would continue supporting the team after a relocation. The Cowboys ranked second for fan loyalty across the NFL.
The Las Vegas Raiders ranked first, at 91%.
Just 11% of Cowboys fans said that they watched NFL games in stadiums, the lowest share in the league.
The average loyalty score of 78% across all NFL fans surveyed.
The survey suggested that the Cowboys’ fandom remains relatively strong, even when their support doesn’t translate into watching NFL games from the stands. The Cowboys sit at 10 percentage points above the league average for loyalty, despite recording the league’s lowest share for in-person viewing.
Top 10 Most Loyal NFL Fanbases
American football fans love debating which NFL fanbases are loyal, but does the loyalty belong to the team or the city the squad calls home?
This open-ended question led the folks at Canada Sports Betting to conduct a survey, with the top loyalty-measure question of “Would you continue supporting your team if it relocated to another city?”
Las Vegas Raiders fans topped the survey with the highest shares of the fan-loyalty measure, at 91%. Dallas Cowboys fans trailed the Raiders fanbase, at 88%. Los Angeles Chargers fans ranked third, at 87%. Jacksonville Jaguars fans placed fourth, at 86%. San Francisco 49ers fans rounded out the top five, at 86%.
Carolina Panthers fans ranked sixth, at 83%. Kansas City Chiefs fans trailed the Panthers fanbase at 83%. New England Patriots and New York Giants placed eighth and ninth, tying at 83%. Pittsburgh Steelers rounded out the top ten, at 82%.
10 Least Loyal NFL Fanbases
Loyalty is attributed to an American football fanbase’s willingness to stick with an NFL team after a move, but there’s more than meets the eye. Loyalty is also attributed to a namesake fanbase’s stadium attendance levels.
The broad definition of loyalty led to the folks at Canada Sports Betting to find the lowest shares on the fan-loyalty measure across all 32 NFL teams.
Philadelphia Eagles and Detroit Lions fans opened the lower end of the survey ranking at first and second but tying at 73%. Tennessee Titans fans trailed the Eagles and Lions fanbases, at 72%. Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans placed fourth, at 71%. Houston Texans fans rounded out the bottom five, at 69%.
Arizona Cardinals fans ranked sixth, at 68%. Minnesota Vikings fans trailed the Cardinals fanbase, at 66%. Seattle Seahawks fans placed eighth, at 65%. Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals fans rounded out the top 10 by finishing in ninth and tenth, tying at 63%.
America’s Team May Not Be All That
The Cowboys, also known as “America’s Team,” are a star-studded team with star players and glamorous cheerleaders, but may not be all that when it comes to the Cowboys fanbase’s loyalty.
Cowboys fans rank second for loyalty, trailing just the Las Vegas Raiders fanbase. But just 11% of the Cowboys fanbase watches NFL games in stadiums, the lowest share in the league.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers fans lead the NFL in watching American football games from the stands at 35%, despite ranking 18th on the fan-loyalty measure.
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