Who is the most famous celebrity fan of each NFL team?

While the NBA has traditionally been the destination of the world’s most famous sports fans (think of every Los Angeles Lakers or New York Knicks home game over the past 40 years), the NFL reached a whole new stratosphere in 2023 with its celebrity fans.

This is what happens when the most famous person in the world declares their love for the best football team, the Kansas City Chiefs, like pop superstar Taylor Swift did when she came to Arrowhead Stadium to watch her boyfriend, Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce, play the Chicago Bears on September 24, 2023.

Then, to almost everyone’s surprise, Swift just kept showing up. Until, five months later, the Chiefs won their third Super Bowl in five years in Las Vegas. Along the way, Swift changed the meaning of being a famous NFL fan… because the NFL has never had a more famous fan than Taylor.

NFL insider Dov Kleiman recently posted a list of the NFL’s biggest celebrity fans by team — 32 celebrities for 32 teams — and we want to break down which franchise’s Q-score goes up when its most famous fan steps on camera, which ones have fans wondering “Who is that?” and which famous fans aren’t actually even fans.

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Kleiman did a great job compiling this list, but there were some huge oversights. Most notable was the selection of Bret Michaels as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ most famous fan, even though global icon Snoop Dogg has been a vocal superfan of the Black and Gold since 1975.

Of course, not all famous NFL fans are the same, so we’ve broken Kleiman’s list down into three categories:

Elites — Long-time fans that we have seen at games over a long period of time and/or who have shown their devotion in significant ways in a short period of time, such as Swift.

Famous, but not a real fan — Just because you wear a jersey once or show up in the owner’s suite at the Super Bowl doesn’t make you a real fan. Famous people, watch out!

WHO? – They may be fans, but most people don’t know who they are…even if we do (we’re looking at you, Chad Michael Murray and Jeff Garlin).

Elite: Usher (Atlanta Falcons), Steph Curry (Carolina Panthers), Eminem (Detroit Lions), Rob Lowe (Indianapolis Colts), Taylor Swift (Kansas City Chiefs), Josh Duhamel (Minnesota Vikings), Jon Bon Jovi (New England Patriots), Harry Connick Jr. (New Orleans Saints), Adam Sandler (New York Jets), Bradley Cooper (Philadelphia Eagles), Dick Vitale (Tampa Bay Buccaneers), Kevin Durant (Washington Commanders)

Famous, but not a real fan: Blake Shelton (Arizona Cardinals), George Clooney (Cincinnati Bengals), Amy Adams (Denver Broncos), Justin Timberlake (Green Bay Packers), Dennis Quaid (Houston Texans), Guy Fieri (Las Vegas Raiders), Mario Lopez (Los Angeles Chargers), Bryan Cranston (Los Angeles Rams), Johnny Depp (Miami Dolphins), Hugh Jackman (New York Giants), Bret Michaels (Pittsburgh Steelers), Jeremy Renner (San Francisco 49ers), Tim McGraw (Tennessee Titans)

WHO?: Stacy Kiebler (Baltimore Ravens), Chad Michael Murray (Buffalo Bills), Jeff Garlin (Chicago Bears), Stipe Miocic (Cleveland Browns), Derek Trucks (Jacksonville Jaguars), Mike McCready (Seattle Seahawks)

If this were a ranking, Eminem and his love for the Detroit Lions would be number 1, followed by actor and director Bradley Cooper’s undying devotion to the Philadelphia Eagles at number 2, and finally Swift at number 3.

Source: Dov Kleiman

All stats courtesy of Pro Football Reference unless otherwise noted. All salary information via Spotrac.

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