Biggest Cricket Stadiums in the World: Top 10 by Capacity

The biggest cricket stadium in the world is the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad, India, which seats around 132,000 spectators, followed by the Melbourne Cricket Ground at roughly 100,024. Beyond those two giants, the list is dominated by Indian venues such as Eden Gardens and Raipur, with Australia and England holding a handful of the remaining large grounds.

What makes a cricket stadium one of the biggest

Ranking cricket grounds by size is almost always a question of seating capacity rather than playing area, since the size of a cricket field itself falls within a permitted range and does not vary dramatically. Capacity, by contrast, swings enormously from ground to ground. A few factors explain the spread:

• Permanent versus temporary seating: some venues bolt on extra stands for marquee events, then remove them afterward, which changes the headline figure.
• Safety and planning regulations: older grounds have often lost capacity over the decades as fire codes and crowd-safety rules tightened.
• Local demand: stadiums are built to match the passion of their region, which is why India, with its vast and fanatical cricket following, has funded so many of the largest venues.

Because of these variables, published capacities are best read as approximate. Indian stadium figures in particular can differ noticeably between sources.

The biggest cricket grounds, one by one

Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad (around 132,000). Rebuilt from the ground up and reopened in 2020, the Narendra Modi Stadium in the Motera area of Ahmedabad is the largest cricket venue on earth and the highest-capacity stadium of any sport. It staged the final of the 2023 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup and is owned by the Gujarat Cricket Association.

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne (around 100,024). The MCG carries a weight of history few grounds outside England can claim. It has hosted Ashes Tests, World Cup finals, and the annual Boxing Day Test, which draws huge crowds without fail. It is the second-largest cricket venue anywhere and the biggest stadium in Australia across all sports, doubling as a home of Australian Rules Football.

Eden Gardens, Kolkata (around 68,000). India’s oldest and most storied ground earned its reputation through decades of dramatic finishes and crowds loud enough to unsettle visiting teams. Safety renovations trimmed its capacity from a much larger figure in past decades, but it remains one of the largest and most intense grounds in world cricket.

Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium, Naya Raipur (around 65,000). Located in the planned city of Naya Raipur, this venue is among the largest in India by capacity and has increasingly hosted international and IPL fixtures, giving central India a genuine big-match arena.

Optus Stadium, Perth (around 61,000). Also known as Perth Stadium, this modern multi-purpose ground opened in 2018 and has become Western Australia’s premier venue for Test and limited-overs cricket, with its capacity expandable for the biggest occasions.

Top 10 biggest cricket stadiums by capacity

Rank	Stadium	City	Country	Approx. Capacity
1	Narendra Modi Stadium	Ahmedabad	India	~132,000
2	Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)	Melbourne	Australia	~100,024
3	Eden Gardens	Kolkata	India	~68,000
4	Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh Stadium	Naya Raipur	India	~65,000
5	Optus Stadium (Perth Stadium)	Perth	Australia	~61,000
6	Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium	Hyderabad	India	~55,000
7	Adelaide Oval	Adelaide	Australia	~53,500
8	Greenfield International Stadium	Thiruvananthapuram	India	~50,000
9	Ekana Cricket Stadium (BRSABV)	Lucknow	India	~50,000
10	Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	England	~25,000

Capacities are approximate and can vary with event configuration. Indian venue figures in particular differ between sources.

English and other notable grounds

English venues are modest by comparison but rich in prestige. Lord’s in London, the largest in England by seating capacity at roughly 31,000, trades on heritage rather than size and is still regarded as the spiritual home of the game. The Oval in Kennington, Old Trafford in Manchester, and Edgbaston in Birmingham all sit in the 25,000 to 27,500 range. Outside England and the traditional big two, the National Stadium in Karachi and the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore remain Pakistan’s major cricket venues, both holding in the region of 27,000 to 35,000.

The current picture in 2024-2026

As of 2026, the order at the very top has held steady: Ahmedabad and Melbourne remain in a class of their own, with no venue seriously threatening the Narendra Modi Stadium’s status as the world’s largest. India continues to add and upgrade grounds, and stadiums such as Raipur, Lucknow’s Ekana, and Thiruvananthapuram’s Greenfield have grown into regular hosts of international and IPL cricket, pushing several 50,000-plus Indian venues up the rankings. The Narendra Modi Stadium is also a scheduled venue for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in 2026, underlining its central role in the modern game. Reported capacities remain fluid, so treat the figures here as close approximations rather than fixed numbers.

The bottom line

Line up the world’s biggest cricket grounds and a clear pattern emerges: the Narendra Modi Stadium and the MCG stand alone at the top, and India supplies the bulk of the rest. That concentration is no accident. Cricket-mad crowds in India and Australia have funded and filled stadiums at a scale nothing else in the sport can match, and as of 2026 that dominance shows no sign of shifting.