Another record-breaking year for crowd numbers has seen the One New Zealand Warriors’ total attendances for regular season home and away games grow by a phenomenal 62 per cent since their last pre-Covid home-based campaign in 2019.
In that time the aggregate attendance for home games has shot up by 57 per cent while the increase in away crowds has been even more remarkable at 67 per cent.
In 2019, the Warriors’ last home-based campaign before the Covid pandemic struck, the total attendance for the club’s 12 home games including the Magic Round was 193,756, an average of 16,146 a game.
In the first season back home in 2023, that number had shot up to 272,220 (average 22,685 a game) and then 295,302 (average 24,608 a game) last year including history-making sell outs of all 11 home games played in New Zealand. The attendance aggregate also topped the club record of 290,946 set in the Warriors’ landmark debut season in 1995.
This year the Warriors have gone to another level by topping 300,000 in total attendance for home games for the first time with a final tally of 304,581 (average 25,382 a game).
Match: Warriors v Panthers
Finals Week 1 -
home Team
Warriors
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away Team
Panthers
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Venue: Go Media Stadium, Auckland
Across the same period from 2019 to now, the aggregate crowds for the Warriors’ away games has burgeoned from 173,089 (average 14,424) to 289,065 (average 24,089) while the combined total for home and away games has bloomed from 366,845 (average 15,285) to 593,646 (average 24,735).
With Saturday's final against the Panthers sold out, the Warriors have achieved the extraordinary feat of selling out 29 of their 35 home games played in New Zealand in the post-pandemic era - eight out of 12 in 2023, 11 our of 11 last year and 10 out of 12 this year.
In 2019 the Warriors didn't have one 20,000-plus crowd at Go Media Stadium with a best of 18,795 and low numbers of just 9595 for the visit by Manly and 10,395 against Canberra.
Of the 31 matches at the club's home ground over the last three seasons, 29 have had crowds in excess for 20,000 with the lowest being 18,595 against the Bulldogs in the first home game in 2023.
With the 2023 home final crowd of 26,083 against the Knights included, the Warriors total home attendance was 298,303 while Saturday night's attendance for the finals match against Penrith will take the 2025 home total beyond 330,000.
One New Zealand Warriors | Crowd growth 2019-2025
| Season | Home total | Average game | Away total | Average game | Combined total | Average game |
| 2019 | 193,756 | 16,146 | 173,089 | 14,424 | 366,845 | 15,285 |
| 2023 | 272,220 | 22,685 | 234,219 | 19,518 | 506,439 | 21,210 |
| 2024 | 295,302 | 24,608 | 216,916 | 18,076 | 512,218 | 21,342 |
| 2025 | 304,581 | 25,382 | 289,065 | 24,089 | 593,646 | 24,735 |
