Chicken wings will once again be the top food for Super Bowl weekend.

The National Chicken Council (NCC) released its annual Chicken Wing Report, projecting Americans to consume a record-breaking 1.45 billion chicken wings during Super Bowl LVII weekend. That’s 2% over last year’s report, is the equivalent of 84 million more wings.

“The two main reasons are more favorable prices and more people getting back to normal and gathering for the Big Game, whether at home or at a bar/restaurant,” National Chicken Council spokesperson Tom Super said. “While Americans are seeing inflation impact almost every part of their lives, both wholesale and retail wing prices are down double digits from a year ago, according to USDA, and consumers are seeing a lot more features and promotions.”

Super said the hottest storyline is chicken wings.

Chicken wing sales saw a double-digit increase between the regular season and division championship weekend games in January 2023. Kansas City, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Cincinnati sales grew 11.5% in dollars and 13.5% in pounds sold between the dates, according to IRI OmniMarket Integrated Fresh.

NCC explains how those wings stack up:

  • 45 billion wings laid end to end would stretch from GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo. to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pa. about 62 times.
  • Enough to give four wings each to every man, woman and child in the United States.
  • Phoenix’s State Farm Stadium, home of Super Bowl LVII, can hold 73,000 people. If 1.45 billion chicken wings were distributed to the full stadium, each fan could enjoy 19,863 wings.
  • Assuming Kansas City Chiefs’ coach Andy Reid can eat three wings per minute, it would take him more than 900 years to eat 1.45 billion wings.