Follow along here at Beyond Women’s Sports for the weekly attendance updates in the WNBA. New updates will be published every Monday. The numbers reported below are up to and including games through Sept. 3.
WNBA Attendance: Week in review
This attendance report spanned the week of Aug. 28 through Sept. 3. For this one-week span; the league had a total of 15 games. Once again, the league saw a slight dip in attendance, dropping the current league average down to 6,606. Furthermore, league attendance is up slightly to 17.0% compared to 2022’s final average.
The largest crowd for the week was the New York Liberty’s Aug. 28 game, which drew 11,615. The smallest crowd for the week belongs to the Los Angeles Sparks, which drew 2,550 on September 3. The Sparks’ game on Sept. 3 was held at USC’s Galen Center.
Currently, eleven teams are up from their 2022 final average, with the Seattle Storm as the lone team below their 2022 final average. Moreover, the largest increase by one team is currently the Las Vegas Aces (+3,531).
The largest decrease by one team from 2022 is the Seattle Storm (-1,798). Finally, the league is shy of topping its 2018 final average of 6,779 and has surpassed its 2019 average (6,528).
Below is the graphic comparing the 2022 season’s final averages. The reported capacity numbers for each arena are based on the team’s arena being fully open. Half of the league’s teams play in NBA-sized arenas that unless needed, close off their upper bowl sections*.
Capacity numbers are provided by each team’s individual arena’s website. 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 league is now entering its final week of the regular season. There are 17 games remaining for this final week. In order to top 2018’s final average, the league would need to see an average of 9,043 over this final week of games. The WNBA Playoffs begin Wednesday, Sept. 13.
