Follow along here at Beyond Women’s Sports for the weekly attendance updates in the WNBA this season. The numbers reported below are up to and including all games through September 19. 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 and Portland for the 2026 season.
WNBA Attendance: Week in review
For the final week in the 2024 season, there were only 11 games played. The largest attendance for the shortened week belongs to the Washington Mystics on Thursday, September 19 (20,711). Once again, the lowest attendance for the week belongs to the Atlanta Dream on Tuesday, September 17 (3,355).
At the end of the 2024 season, the Indiana Fever saw the largest increase from last season (+318.8%). Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Sparks were second (+68.5%), followed by the New York Liberty (+63.7%). In contrast, the lowest increases from last season were the Phoenix Mercury (+16.5%) followed by the Las Vegas Aces (+18.1%). Additionally, all twelve teams increased their attendance from last season. Overall, league attendance was up by 48.2 percent from 2023, and this season was the third highest in league history (9,807). The league only averaged more fans in the 1998 and 1999 seasons (10,869 and 10,205).
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. Each team’s away game attendance is newly added 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 (Season) Ahead
The WNBA Playoffs began on Sunday, September 22. The WNBA Finals will begin on Thursday, October 10. The last possible date for the WNBA Finals is Sunday, October 20. Additionally, the expansion draft for the Golden State Valkyries will be held on Friday, December 6.
