There’s a saying, “Men Lie, Women Lie, Numbers don’t”. The NFL absolutely destroyed the NBA in Christmas Day ratings.

I have to admit, I normally watch NBA on Christmas Day. Its kind of my tradition. This year I didn’t watch one dribble. It seems as I’m not the only one who ditched NBA for NFL.

NFL and NBA viewership numbers from the Christmas games:

NFL:
– Packers-Dolphins: 25.92M
– Broncos-Rams: 22.57M
– Bucs-Cardinals: 17.15M

NBA:
– 76ers-Knicks: 4.04M
– Lakers-Mavericks: 4.33M
– Bucks-Celtics: 6.03M
– Grizzlies-Warriors: 4.70M
– Suns-Nuggets: 2.49M

— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) December 28, 2022

The NFL had over 3x the amount of views while playing 2 less games on Christmas Day. The crazy part is these were “mid” NFL games. Not marquee matchups. I mean who really stuck around for the Denver vs LA game? Well, I did and 22 million other people.

If there is any debate about which sport runs the USA, it has been settled. NFL > Everything.