WNBA touts 48% jump in regular-season crowds

WNBA regular-season attendance was up 48% over the 2023 season, the league announced Friday.

The WNBA averaged 9,807 fans per game in 2024, a hefty increase from last season’s 6,615 per game.

The league said 2,353,735 fans attended WNBA games, the most in 22 years, and the teams combined for 154 sellouts this season after having just 45 in 2023.

Three games drew more than 20,000 fans, including a record 20,711 when the Caitlin Clark-led Indiana Fever visited the Washington Mystics on Sept. 19. The other two games also involved the Fever: 20,366 against the Las Vegas Aces on July 2 and 20,333 versus the Mystics on June 7.

The impact of rookie Clark was a big reason for the increased interest in the league. The Fever set a single-season home attendance record of 340,715 fans, breaking the mark of 250,565 set by the New York Liberty in 2001.

The league also said a record 22 regular-season telecasts averaged at least 1 million viewers.

Field Level Media contributed to this report.