K-Pop started in South Korea but has transformed into a global juggernaut.

As we outlined in our Best K-Pop Albums of 2026 list, this has been the biggest sales year in K-Pop history.

K-Pop fans are as dedicated as any Swiftie , or member of Beyonce’s Beyhive, and they want to know all the personal details about their favorite stars.They also follow their favorite idols as fervently as sports fanatics obsess over their favorite teams.

But some of these K-Pop idols are among those obsessive sports fans who follow teams in the NBA , EPL , and KBO.

These are K-Pop Idols’ Favorite Sports Teams, From BTS’ Suga to Stray Kids’ Seungmin.

If anyone on this list was to actually play a professional sport, it would likely be Seungmin, who once had dreams of becoming a professional baseball player. While Stray Kids was in the US last year, Seungmin attended a Yankees game, wearing a Max Fried jersey.

In the 2024 MLB Seoul Series, Seungmin threw out the first pitch.…