Major League Lacrosse averaged 5,609 fans per game during the '12 regular season, down 12.6% from last season's record-setting figure. The '12 average is still up from two seasons ago. The Boston Cannons led the league in attendance this season, marking the first time a club other than the Denver Outlaws has led MLL at the gate since '06. Despite a first-place finish in the regular season standings, the Outlaws saw attendance drop 31.1% from last season's MLL-record 12,331 fans per game. Listed below is team-by-team attendance for MLL during the '12 season, with comparisons to last season (THE DAILY).
| '12 MLL REGULAR-SEASON ATTENDANCE |
| TEAM | GMS | TOTAL | AVG. | PREV. | % +/- | GMS ('11) |
| Boston Cannons | 7 | 67,534 | 9,648 | 8,661 | 11.4% | 6 |
| Chesapeake Bayhawks | 7 | 66,668 | 9,524 | 8,161 | 16.7% | 6 |
| Denver Outlaws | 7 | 59,471 | 8,496 | 12,331 | -31.1% | 6 |
| Charlotte Hounds* | 7 | 39,988 | 5,713 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Rochester Rattlers | 7 | 25,548 | 3,650 | 4,307 | -15.3% | 6 |
| Ohio Machine* | 7 | 24,876 | 3,554 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Long Island Lizards | 7 | 17,147 | 2,450 | 3,827 | -36.0% | 6 |
| Hamilton Nationals | 7 | 12,864 | 1,838 | 1,214 | 51.4% | 6 |
| MLL TOTALS | 56 | 314,096 | 5,609 | 6,417 | -12.6% | 36 |
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NOTE: * = Expansion club.
