Most popular high school sports for boys in the U.S.

Traditional football is by far the most popular sport among male high schoolers in the United States. In 2021/2022, around 974 thousand boys played 11-player football. The second most popular high school sport for boys in the North American country was outdoor track and field, with 569.3 thousand players in that last period.

Leading high school sports programs for boys in the United States from 2010/2011 to 2021/2022, by number of participants (in 1,000s)

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Release date

September 2022

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2010 to 2022*

Supplementary notes

*Data for 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 was not available due to COVID-19.
Figures prior to 2021/2022 were retrieved from previous reports.
Numbers were rounded.

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