Follow along here at Beyond Women’s Sports for the weekly attendance updates in the WNBA. This is the second report for the 2024 season, as the regular season began on May 14. The numbers reported below are up to and including all games through May 26. The league remains at 12 teams for 2024 but will be expanding 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
This report spanned the week from May 27 through June 2. In total, there were 17 games played during this one-week timeframe. The largest attendance for the week belongs to the Liberty on Sunday, June 2 (17,401). Additionally, the Indiana Fever had their third sell-out of the season on June 1 (17,274). The smallest attendance for the week once again goes to the Atlanta Dream for their sold-out game on June 2 (3,265).
After three weeks, overall league attendance is up by 40 percent compared to last year’s final average (6,615). The Indiana Fever has the largest increase from 2023 (+12,504). Currently, three teams are below their final average from 2023 (Phoenix, Minnesota, and Washington). Newly added to the report this week is away team attendance.
This is the average each team has for their away games for the season. The Fever lead the way with 15,315 and have sold out all six away games. Surprisingly, the Las Vegas Aces have the lowest away average with 5,712 but have had only two away games (at Minnesota and Atlanta).
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. 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 upcoming week will once again see 17 games being played. The week’s featured game will be the Connecticut Sun hosting the New York Liberty on Saturday, June 8 (1:00 pm on ABC).
