Here are the complete attendance figures of independent baseball teams as listed by total attendance, with a comparison of 2009 attendance figures. All stats come directly from league websites and last year’s Ballpark Digest attendance rankings.
| TEAM | LGE | TOTAL | GMS | AV | 2009 | +/- | |
| 1 | St. Paul Saints | AA | 237,994 | 47 | 5,063 | 267,398 | -0.11 |
| 2 | El Paso Diablos | AA | 179,452 | 48 | 3,738 | 200,323 | -0.10 |
| 3 | Lincoln Saltdogs | AA | 163,676 | 48 | 3,409 | 172,445 | -0.05 |
| 4 | Wichita Wingnuts | AA | 134,773 | 45 | 2,994 | 161,170 | -0.16 |
| 5 | Fort Worth Cats | AA | 122,062 | 41 | 2,977 | 177,807 | -0.31 |
| 6 | Grand Prairie AirHogs | AA | 124,539 | 46 | 2,707 | 141,132 | -0.12 |
| 7 | Sioux Falls Pheasants | AA | 86,518 | 45 | 1,922 | 132,529 | -0.35 |
| 8 | S-B Captains | AA | 71,468 | 45 | 1,588 | 86,635 | -0.18 |
| 9 | Sioux City Explorers | AA | 56,428 | 46 | 1,226 | 70,978 | -0.20 |
| 10 | Pensacola Pelicans | AA | 50,608 | 44 | 1,150 | 71,797 | -0.30 |
| 1,227,518 | 455 | 2,698 | 1,484,223 | -0.17 | |||
| 1 | Long Island Ducks | AtL | 410,619 | 68 | 6,038 | 414,973 | -0.01 |
| 2 | Somerset Patriots | AtL | 375,476 | 70 | 5,363 | 355,429 | 0.06 |
| 3 | Lancaster Barnstormers | AtL | 332,869 | 68 | 4,895 | 314,228 | 0.06 |
| 4 | York Revolution | AtL | 279,410 | 67 | 4,155 | 276,446 | 0.01 |
| 5 | Camden Riversharks | AtL | 241,097 | 67 | 3,598 | 234,519 | 0.03 |
| 6 | S. Md. Blue Crabs | AtL | 244,206 | 69 | 3,539 | 226,086 | 0.08 |
| 7 | Bridgeport Bluefish | AtL | 160,653 | 65 | 2,471 | 162,736 | -0.01 |
| 8 | Newark Bears | AtL | 117,985 | 63 | 1,872 | 163,736 | -0.28 |
| 2,162,315 | 537 | 4,027 | 2,148,153 | 0.01 | |||
| 1 | Quebec Capitales | Can | 147,978 | 45 | 3,288 | 160,992 | -0.08 |
| 2 | Brockton Rox | Can | 100,092 | 46 | 2,175 | 112,343 | -0.11 |
| 3 | Worcester Tornadoes | Can | 88,499 | 45 | 1,966 | 78,174 | 0.13 |
| 4 | New Jersey Jackals | Can | 86,014 | 44 | 1,954 | 88,658 | -0.03 |
| 5 | Sussex Skyhawks | Can | 71,826 | 43 | 1,670 | 79,663 | -0.10 |
| 6 | Pittsfield Colonials* | Can | 29,485 | 42 | 702 | 40,361 | -0.27 |
| 523,894 | 265 | 1,977 | 560,191 | -0.06 | |||
| 1 | Southern Illinois Miners | FL | 204,181 | 48 | 4,253 | 209,477 | -0.03 |
| 2 | Gateway Grizzlies | FL | 186,147 | 50 | 3,722 | 175,720 | 0.06 |
| 3 | Traverse City Beach Bums | FL | 204,440 | 56 | 3,650 | 170,358 | 0.20 |
| 4 | Lake Erie Cruisers | FL | 159,580 | 51 | 3,129 | 153,654 | 0.04 |
| 5 | Normal CornBelters | FL | 132,309 | 50 | 2,646 | ||
| 6 | Evansville Otters | FL | 110,711 | 44 | 2,516 | 104,829 | 0.06 |
| 7 | Washington Wild Things | FL | 116,722 | 48 | 2,431 | 133,881 | -0.13 |
| 8 | River City Rascals | FL | 113,431 | 48 | 2,363 | 89,776 | 0.26 |
| 9 | Florence Freedom | FL | 112,844 | 50 | 2,256 | 102,086 | 0.11 |
| 10 | Windy City ThunderBolts | FL | 92,240 | 47 | 1,962 | 103,129 | -0.11 |
| 11 | Kalamazoo Kings | FL | 56,342 | 44 | 1,280 | ||
| 12 | Oakland Co. Cruisers** | FL | 9,114 | 15 | 607 | 20,252 | -0.55 |
| 1,498,061 | 551 | 2,719 | 1,263,162 | 0.19 | |||
| 1 | Chico Outlaws | GL | 113,819 | 42 | 2,709 | 89,276 | 0.27 |
| 2 | Tucson Toros | GL | 117,068 | 44 | 2,660 | 139,149 | -0.16 |
| 3 | Victoria Seals | GL | 116,872 | 45 | 2,597 | 93,691 | 0.25 |
| 4 | Edmonton Capitals | GL | 92,126 | 44 | 2,093 | 84,813 | 0.09 |
| 5 | Calgary Vipers | GL | 66,518 | 39 | 1,705 | 54,910 | 0.21 |
| 6 | Tijuana Cimarrones | GL | 46,748 | 31 | 1,508 | ||
| 7 | Orange County Flyers | GL | 49,064 | 36 | 1,362 | 28,344 | 0.73 |
| 8 | Yuma Scorpions | GL | 58,083 | 43 | 1,350 | 41,576 | 0.40 |
| 9 | Maui Na Koa Ikaika | GL | 50,343 | 41 | 1,227 | ||
| 10 | St. George Roadrunners | GL | 31,753 | 30 | 1,058 | 44,417 | -0.29 |
| 742,394 | 395 | 1,879 | 576,176 | 0.29 | |||
| 1 | Winnipeg Goldeyes | NoL | 271,399 | 48 | 5,654 | 278,099 | -0.02 |
| 2 | Kansas City T-Bones | NoL | 264,368 | 48 | 5,507 | 245,625 | 0.08 |
| 3 | F-M RedHawks | NoL | 183,145 | 50 | 3,662 | 181,872 | 0.01 |
| 4 | Schaumburg Flyers | NoL | 172,732 | 50 | 3,454 | 202,122 | -0.15 |
| 5 | Jolier JackHammers | NoL | 165,296 | 48 | 3,445 | 146,258 | 0.13 |
| 6 | Gary-SS RailCats | NoL | 166,366 | 49 | 3,395 | 166,334 | 0.00 |
| 7 | Rockford RiverHawks | NoL | 126,432 | 44 | 2,873 | 110,565 | 0.14 |
| 8 | Lake County Fielders | NoL | 128,856 | 47 | 2,741 | ||
| 1,478,594 | 384 | 3,851 | 1,330,875 | 0.11 | |||
| 1 | Amarillo Dillas | ULB | 139,790 | 48 | 2,912 | 121,617 | 0.15 |
| 2 | Edinburg Roadrunners | ULB | 101,620 | 39 | 2,605 | 65,046 | 0.56 |
| 3 | San Angelo Colts | ULB | 112,164 | 48 | 2,336 | 89,274 | 0.26 |
| 4 | Laredo Broncos | ULB | 66,194 | 43 | 1,539 | 31,628 | 1.09 |
| 5 | RGV WhiteWings | ULB | 41,527 | 43 | 1,195 | 44,877 | -0.07 |
| 6 | Coastal Bend Thunder | ULB | 11,874 | 34 | 349 | 46,084 | -0.74 |
| 473,169 | 255 | 1,856 | 398,526 | 0.19 |
*Played last season as the American Defenders of New Hampshire
**Played last season as the Midwest Sliders
AA = American Association
AtL = Atlantic League
Can = Canadian-American Association
GBL = Golden Baseball League
FL = Frontier League
NoL = Northern League
ULB = United League Baseball
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