EXHIBIT 23.1


Independent Auditors' Consent

The Board of Directors
Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No.
333-104898) on Form S-8 of Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation of our report dated
February 11, 2004, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Big 5
Sporting Goods Corporation and subsidiary as of December 28, 2003 and December
29, 2002, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders'
equity (deficit), and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period
ended December 28, 2003 and the related financial statement schedules, which
report appears in the December 28, 2003, annual report on Form 10-K of Big 5
Sporting Goods Corporation. Our report refers to the adoption of Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets."

KPMG LLP
Los Angeles, California
February 11, 2004