Which NFL stadiums use real turf versus artificial turf? Complete breakdown of soccer facilities by surface

Players have been vocal in recent years about opposing grass pitches, as there has been evidence of an increase in injuries playing on these surfaces. While the NFL has not taken any action yet to make a change, the NFL continues to call for the removal of artificial surfaces.

Recently, NFLPA Executive Director Lloyd Howell issued a statement asking the league to consider requiring each team’s facility to use real turf instead of turf. NFL teams keep responding by saying there’s not much difference in injuries on both sides, but players feel that’s not the case.

Not all teams in the NFL play on the same surface. It’s a 50-50 split on courts with grass and those without grass.

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Here’s a breakdown of all NFL stadiums and which ones use artificial turf versus real turf:

How many NFL stadiums have artificial turf?

There are 30 NFL fields, and they are split 50-50 between grass and turf.

There are 15 stadiums that use artificial turf on their fields. With the Chargers/Rams and Jets/Giants sharing football fields, that means 17 teams playing on their home turf.

One of the newest stadiums to use artificial turf is Nissan Stadium, home of the Giants, which replaced the turf with turf last offseason.

Here is the complete list of stadiums that use artificial turf on their fields:

How many NFL stadiums have real grass?

There are 15 pitches that feature real grass, rather than artificial turf.

The majority of these fields use either strains of Kentucky bluegrass on their surfaces or strains of Bermuda grass.

Here is the complete list of stadiums that use real grass on their fields: