Most-watched MLB telecasts of 2018
Nielsen average audience, one figure per telecast; a final or revised figure replaces a preliminary one. Composites, peaks, reach and self-reported figures do not chart.
106
eligible telecasts
updated 2026-09-15
Most-watched MLB telecasts of 2018
1
World Series Game 5, Dodgers vs Red Sox
17,634,000
2
World Series Game 1, Dodgers vs Red Sox
13,761,000
3
World Series Game 4, Dodgers vs Red Sox
13,563,000
4
World Series Game 2, Dodgers vs Red Sox
13,458,000
5
World Series Game 3, Dodgers vs Red Sox
13,251,000
6
NLCS Game 7, Brewers vs Dodgers
7,340,000
7
ALCS Game 5, Astros vs Red Sox
6,520,000
8
ALCS Game 4, Astros vs Red Sox
6,180,000
9
ALCS Game 1, Astros vs Red Sox
5,820,000
10
NLCS Game 6, Brewers vs Dodgers
5,780,000
11
ALCS Game 2, Astros vs Red Sox
5,660,000
12
ALCS Game 3, Astros vs Red Sox
4,870,000
13
NLCS Game 2, Brewers vs Dodgers
4,650,000
14
NLCS Game 1, Brewers vs Dodgers
4,640,000
15
NLCS Game 3, Brewers vs Dodgers
4,210,000
16
NLCS Game 4, Brewers vs Dodgers
4,090,000
17
NLCS Game 5, Brewers vs Dodgers
3,750,000
18
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
3,100,000
19
New York Yankees at Boston Red Sox
2,750,000
20
Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers
2,690,000
21
Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs
2,530,000
22
New York Yankees at Cleveland Indians
2,400,000
23
New York Yankees at Los Angeles Angels
2,200,000
24
Seattle Mariners at Boston Red Sox
2,200,000
25
St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs
2,200,000
26
Chicago Cubs at New York Mets
2,100,000
27
San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers
2,000,000
28
Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs
1,950,000
29
San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers
1,900,000
30
St. Louis Cardinals at Chicago Cubs
1,700,000
31
New York Mets at New York Yankees
1,520,000
32
Chicago Cubs at St. Louis Cardinals
1,500,000
33
Houston Astros at Boston Red Sox
1,480,000
34
New York Yankees at Baltimore Orioles
1,420,000
35
Texas Rangers at Houston Astros
1,400,000
36
Boston Red Sox at Houston Astros
1,400,000
37
Washington Nationals at Los Angeles Dodgers
1,280,000
38
San Francisco Giants at St. Louis Cardinals
1,210,000
39
Washington Nationals at Arizona Diamondbacks
1,200,000
40
Philadelphia Phillies at Washington Nationals
1,200,000
41
Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals
1,110,000
42
Los Angeles Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals
1,100,000
43
Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians
1,030,000
44
Cleveland Indians at Seattle Mariners
1,000,000
45
San Francisco Giants at Chicago Cubs
1,000,000
46
Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees
980,000
47
Los Angeles Angels at Houston Astros
975,000
48
Houston Astros at New York Yankees
904,000
49
Milwaukee Brewers at Chicago Cubs
899,000
50
New York Yankees at Oakland Athletics
839,000
51
Washington Nationals at New York Yankees
819,000
52
Chicago Cubs at Miami Marlins
789,000
53
New York Yankees at Houston Astros
740,000
54
Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies
740,000
55
New York Yankees at Tampa Bay Rays
734,000
56
Baltimore Orioles at Houston Astros
730,000
57
Baltimore Orioles at Philadelphia Phillies
683,000
58
Boston Red Sox at Atlanta Braves
681,000
59
St. Louis Cardinals at Los Angeles Dodgers
672,000
60
Chicago White Sox at Cincinnati Reds
664,000
61
Minnesota Twins at New York Yankees
662,000
62
St. Louis Cardinals at New York Mets
648,000
63
New York Yankees at Chicago White Sox
646,000
64
St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves
625,000
65
Los Angeles Angels at Boston Red Sox
615,000
66
Detroit Tigers at Milwaukee Brewers
613,000
67
Arizona Diamondbacks at Chicago Cubs
609,000
68
St. Louis Cardinals at Los Angeles Dodgers
605,000
69
New York Yankees at Cleveland Indians
564,000
70
St. Louis Cardinals at Milwaukee Brewers
560,000
71
Colorado Rockies at Chicago Cubs
558,000
72
Tampa Bay Rays at Kansas City Royals
556,000
73
Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox
543,000
74
Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers
536,000
75
Milwaukee Brewers at St. Louis Cardinals
531,000
76
Texas Rangers at Boston Red Sox
515,000
77
Los Angeles Angels at Kansas City Royals
513,000
78
Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees
507,000
79
Milwaukee Brewers at Atlanta Braves
489,000
80
Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians
487,000
81
Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals
463,000
82
Atlanta Braves at Milwaukee Brewers
461,000
83
Washington Nationals at Pittsburgh Pirates
458,000
84
Chicago Cubs at Philadelphia Phillies
455,000
85
Los Angeles Angels at Cleveland Indians
453,000
86
Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants
442,000
87
Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Angels
436,000
88
Milwaukee Brewers at Los Angeles Dodgers
427,000
89
Atlanta Braves at Miami Marlins
425,000
90
Detroit Tigers at New York Yankees
421,000
91
Chicago Cubs at Cleveland Indians
420,000
92
St. Louis Cardinals at Arizona Diamondbacks
419,000
93
St. Louis Cardinals at Minnesota Twins
411,000
94
Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Rays
398,000
95
Arizona Diamondbacks at Los Angeles Angels
390,000
96
Miami Marlins at St. Louis Cardinals
383,000
97
Washington Nationals at Chicago Cubs
381,000
98
Colorado Rockies at Los Angeles Dodgers
375,000
99
Kansas City Royals at Minnesota Twins
346,000
100
Toronto Blue Jays at New York Yankees
288,000
Top 100 of 106 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-09-15 11:37 UTC