Follow along here at Beyond Women’s Sports for the weekly attendance updates in the WNBA. The numbers reported below are up to and including all games through Aug. 25. The league remains at 12 teams for 2024 but will expand in 2025 with the Golden State Valkyries. Additionally, the WNBA recently announced they will expand again, this time to Toronto for the 2026 season.
WNBA Attendance: Week in review
Overall, this week saw 14 games played. The Connecticut Sun’s game at TD Garden in Boston on Aug. 20 had the highest attendance (19,125). The Minnesota Lynx had the second-largest crowd for Maya Moore‘s retirement on Aug. 24 (19,023). The Atlanta Dream’s games on Aug. 21 and 23 had the lowest attendance (3,260).
PRESS RELEASE: Connecticut Sun Sell Out TD Garden
— Connecticut Sun PR (@CTSunPR) August 16, 2024
Details: https://t.co/bZrMOKSrPH pic.twitter.com/42RxgxBReI
At this point in the season, the Indiana Fever has seen the largest increase from last season (+317%). Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Sparks are second (+73.9%), followed by the New York Liberty (+61.8%). Overall, league attendance is up by 46.3% from 2023, and this season is currently third in league history (9,678). Only the 1998 and 1999 seasons averaged more fans (10,869 and 10,205).
The Minnesota Lynx list tonight's attendance as 19,023.
— Across the Timeline (@WBBTimeline) August 25, 2024
That's a new regular season single-game record for the franchise and the 2nd-best Lynx home game overall, behind only Game 5 of the 2016 WNBA Finals (19,423).https://t.co/qgOF5VQldC
Below is the graphic comparing to the 2023 season’s final averages. The reported capacity numbers for each arena are based on the team’s arena being fully open. Capacity numbers are provided by each team’s individual arena’s website. Newly added is each team’s away game attendance as well. Also reported are each team’s individual high and low games for the season. Finally, all attendance numbers are provided through Acrossthetimeline.com.
Attendance Report
The Week Ahead
This current week started on Monday, Aug. 26, and will see a total of 19 games played. The ION double-header this Friday, Aug. 30, will feature the Fever against the Sky (7:30 p.m.) and the Liberty at the Seattle Storm (10:00 p.m.).
Caitlin Clark vs. Angel Reese 🔜
— WNBA on ION (@IONWNBA) August 27, 2024
Two of the game's brightest young stars meet this week on #IONWNBA.
📺: Coverage starts Friday at 7 PM ET on @iontv. Check your TV or streaming provider guide to find the game in your area. pic.twitter.com/UpRsMxaSlk
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