With kickoff just a week away, here’s what fans are currently paying for the cheapest available ticket to every Week 1 game, according to listings on Ticketmaster, the NFL’s official ticketing partner.
Across all 16 matchups, the average lowest listed price currently sits at $174 per ticket.
These figures reflect what’s left on the market roughly a week out from the Seahawks-Patriots opener, not necessarily the cheapest tickets available when they first went on sale.
Prices on Ticketmaster’s resale marketplace shift constantly based on demand, so treat these as a snapshot rather than a fixed number, and expect some further movement as kickoff approaches.
Week 1 Ticket Prices: Every Game, Ranked Cheapest to Most Expensive
Nashville offers the best deal of the week by a wide margin, while the Sunday night matchup in East Rutherford currently carries the highest price tag outside of the Kickoff Game itself.
- Jets at Titans — Nissan Stadium, Nashville — Sunday, Sept. 13, 1:00 p.m. ET — $28
- Cardinals at Chargers — SoFi Stadium, Inglewood — Sunday, Sept. 13, 4:25 p.m. ET — $42
- Ravens at Colts — Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis — Sunday, Sept. 13, 1:00 p.m. ET — $95
- Browns at Jaguars — EverBank Stadium, Jacksonville — Sunday, Sept. 13, 1:00 p.m. ET — $133
- Bills at Texans — NRG Stadium, Houston — Sunday, Sept. 13, 1:00 p.m. ET — $137
- Falcons at Steelers — Acrisure Stadium, Pittsburgh — Sunday, Sept. 13, 1:00 p.m. ET — $147
- Buccaneers at Bengals — Paycor Stadium, Cincinnati — Sunday, Sept. 13, 1:00 p.m. ET — $150
- Broncos at Chiefs — Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City — Monday, Sept. 14, 8:15 p.m. ET — $175
- Saints at Lions — Ford Field, Detroit — Sunday, Sept. 13, 1:00 p.m. ET — $192
- Bears at Panthers — Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte — Sunday, Sept. 13, 1:00 p.m. ET — $223
- Dolphins at Raiders — Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas — Sunday, Sept. 13, 4:25 p.m. ET — $226
- Commanders at Eagles — Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia — Sunday, Sept. 13, 4:25 p.m. ET — $230
- Packers at Vikings — U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis — Sunday, Sept. 13, 4:25 p.m. ET — $232
- 49ers vs. Rams — Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia — Friday, Sept. 11 local time (Thursday, Sept. 10, 8:35 p.m. ET) — approximately $250 (converted from $385 AUD)
- Patriots at Seahawks — Lumen Field, Seattle — Wednesday, Sept. 9, 8:20 p.m. ET — $273
- Cowboys at Giants — MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford — Sunday, Sept. 13, 8:20 p.m. ET — $258
The Kickoff Game and the International Opener Command the Premium
Seattle’s title-defense opener against New England remains the priciest ticket among the 16, currently sitting at $273 to get in the door.
That’s a fairly modest premium in context, given the Seahawks are hosting the team they beat in Super Bowl LX, with a banner ceremony and primetime atmosphere built into the night.
Anyone tracking how far Seattle’s title defense goes should keep an eye on the NFL Super Bowl odds.
The league’s first regular-season game in Australia isn’t far behind once converted to U.S. dollars, with tickets to see the Rams and 49ers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground running around $250.
Both teams reached the postseason last year, and this NFC West rivalry carries real weight for early divisional and conference positioning.
Cowboys at Giants Headlines a Pricey Sunday Night
Dallas traveling to MetLife Stadium for Sunday Night Football currently sits at $258 to get in, the second-highest price of the week behind only the Kickoff Game.
Cowboys road games reliably drive secondary-market demand regardless of opponent, and this one comes with an added storyline in John Harbaugh’s debut as Giants head coach after 18 seasons in Baltimore.
A first-year coach stepping into a division rivalry game in prime time is exactly the kind of storyline that shows up in early Coach of the Year odds conversations, even this early in the season.
Broncos at Chiefs Closes the Week With Star Power
Monday Night Football wraps Week 1 with Denver traveling to Kansas City, currently priced at $175 to get in.
Any road trip involving a Patrick Mahomes-led Chiefs offense tends to command a premium, particularly in a divisional setting where postseason seeding is always in the back of everyone’s mind.
Mahomes remains one of the centerpiece names in early NFL MVP odds, and a strong Week 1 showing against a divisional opponent would only reinforce that positioning heading into the rest of September.
Where the Real Bargains Are This Week
Titans-Jets is the clear value play of the week at just $28 to get in, followed by Cardinals-Chargers at $42 inside SoFi Stadium.
Both games lack the marquee storylines driving up prices elsewhere on the slate, which is typically the biggest factor separating a $28 ticket from a $250 one in Week 1.
Colts-Ravens rounds out the cheapest tier at $95, giving budget-conscious fans a real path into Lucas Oil Stadium for a divisional-caliber AFC matchup without the premium attached to the week’s bigger broadcast windows.
Week 1 Ticket Prices Are Up 66% Since 2022
To see how far Week 1 pricing has climbed, we compared this year’s 16-game average against a similar breakdown from September 2022, when the cheapest available ticket for every Week 1 game were compiled using SeatGeek listings.
That 2022 slate averaged $104.81 per game to get in the door. This year’s average across all 16 games sits at $174.00, a 66% increase in just four years.
The comparison isn’t perfectly apples-to-apples. The 2022 figures came from SeatGeek and were pulled the Wednesday of Week 1 itself, while this year’s numbers come from Ticketmaster roughly a week before kickoff, and different resale platforms can price identical seats differently.
Even accounting for that, a jump of this size lines up with the broader trend reported elsewhere in the industry, as FinanceBuzz’s recent study of ticket, concession, and parking costs found the average price to attend an NFL game rose 72% from 2015 to 2025 alone.
Home openers carry an extra layer of demand on top of that league-wide climb.
Fans want to be there for the first game back, teams lean into pageantry and banner nights, and national broadcast windows pull casual buyers into the market alongside season-ticket holders looking to offload extras.
Storylines Worth Watching Beyond the Box Score
Week 1 pricing isn’t just about star quarterbacks.
Rookie debuts and breakout defensive performances routinely move secondary-market demand as the season progresses, and this year’s first-year class is already drawing buzz in the Offensive Rookie of the Year odds.
The same goes for established stars looking to open the year with a statement.
Anyone tracking the Defensive Player of the Year odds will want to watch how Week 1 performances shift that market, particularly in a game like Raiders-Dolphins, where Las Vegas’ pass rush is one of the more interesting units to track this early in the year.
The AFC picture is just as unsettled heading into Week 1. Early positioning in the AFC winner odds will start to sharpen fast once Chiefs-Broncos and the rest of the conference’s openers wrap up.
Between a title-defense opener, the league’s first game in Australia, and a ticket market that’s climbed steadily for half a decade, Week 1 of the 2026 season is shaping up to be one of the pricier openers in recent memory, and one of the more compelling ones on the field.
