Most-watched WNBA telecasts of all time
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.
213
eligible telecasts
updated 2026-10-30
All eras
1
WNBA All-Star Game
3,440,000
2
WNBA All-Star Game
3,160,000
3
Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky
3,090,000
4
Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever
2,700,000
5
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
2,640,000
6
New York Liberty at Indiana Fever
2,580,000
7
Indiana Fever at Atlanta Dream
2,580,000
8
Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky
2,560,000
9
Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun
2,540,000
10
Indiana Fever at Minnesota Lynx
2,520,000
11
Dallas Wings at Indiana Fever
2,490,000
12
Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky
2,300,000
13
Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever
2,250,000
14
Seattle Storm at Indiana Fever
2,230,000
15
WNBA Finals Game 5 - Liberty vs Lynx
2,150,000
16
Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun
2,130,000
17
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
2,110,000
18
New York Liberty at Indiana Fever
2,010,000
19
Indiana Fever at Phoenix Mercury
1,930,000
20
Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky
1,920,000
21
Minnesota Lynx at Indiana Fever
1,900,000
22
New York Liberty at Indiana Fever
1,870,000
23
WNBA Finals Game 1 - Aces vs Mercury
1,860,000
24
Indiana Fever at Toronto Tempo
1,850,000
25
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,830,000
26
Atlanta Dream at Golden State Valkyries
1,760,000
27
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,720,000
28
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,720,000
29
Indiana Fever at New York Liberty
1,710,000
30
Golden State Valkyries at Atlanta Dream
1,710,000
31
Indiana Fever at Dallas Wings
1,700,000
32
Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun
1,680,000
33
WNBA Finals Game 4 - Liberty vs Lynx
1,670,000
34
Golden State Valkyries at Atlanta Dream
1,660,000
35
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,600,000
36
Indiana Fever at Minnesota Lynx
1,570,000
37
Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever
1,530,000
38
WNBA Fever–Dream
1,500,000
39
Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx
1,460,000
40
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,450,000
41
WNBA Finals Game 4 - Aces vs Mercury
1,440,000
42
Atlanta Dream at New York Liberty
1,440,000
43
Las Vegas Aces at Indiana Fever
1,420,000
44
Las Vegas Aces at Indiana Fever
1,410,000
45
Golden State Valkyries at Dallas Wings
1,400,000
46
WNBA Finals Game 3 - Liberty vs Lynx
1,390,000
47
WNBA Finals Game 2 - Liberty vs Lynx
1,350,000
48
New York Liberty at Atlanta Dream
1,350,000
49
Los Angeles Sparks at Las Vegas Aces
1,340,000
50
Phoenix Mercury at Indiana Fever
1,340,000
51
Atlanta Dream at Golden State Valkyries
1,330,000
52
Chicago Sky at Dallas Wings
1,320,000
53
Indiana Fever at Toronto Tempo
1,320,000
54
Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever
1,310,000
55
Las Vegas Aces at New York Liberty
1,300,000
56
WNBA Fever–Wings
1,300,000
57
Las Vegas Aces at Phoenix Mercury
1,300,000
58
Dallas Wings at New York Liberty
1,300,000
59
Minnesota Lynx at Indiana Fever
1,260,000
60
WNBA Wings–Lynx
1,260,000
61
Las Vegas Aces at Chicago Sky
1,220,000
62
Las Vegas Aces at Indiana Fever
1,200,000
63
Los Angeles Sparks at Portland Fire
1,200,000
64
Atlanta Dream at Washington Mystics
1,200,000
65
Dallas Wings at Golden State Valkyries
1,200,000
66
New York Liberty at Atlanta Dream
1,200,000
67
Indiana Fever at Atlanta Dream
1,180,000
68
Indiana Fever at New York Liberty
1,180,000
69
New York Liberty at Minnesota Lynx
1,180,000
70
Indiana Fever at Atlanta Dream
1,160,000
71
WNBA Finals Game 1 - Liberty vs Lynx
1,140,000
72
Las Vegas Aces at Golden State Valkyries
1,120,000
73
WNBA Valkyries–Fever
1,085,000
74
WNBA Fever–Wings
1,070,000
75
Minnesota Lynx at New York Liberty
1,060,000
76
Minnesota Lynx at Phoenix Mercury
1,050,000
77
Indiana Fever at Minnesota Lynx
1,050,000
78
Indiana Fever at Los Angeles Sparks
1,040,000
79
Minnesota Lynx at Indiana Fever
1,030,000
80
Indiana Fever at Washington Mystics
1,020,000
81
Seattle Storm at Indiana Fever
1,020,000
82
Phoenix Mercury at New York Liberty
1,010,000
83
New York Liberty at Phoenix Mercury
1,000,000
84
New York Liberty at Las Vegas Aces
996,000
85
New York Liberty at Las Vegas Aces
994,000
86
Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces
988,000
87
Connecticut Sun at Minnesota Lynx
984,000
88
Las Vegas Aces at New York Liberty
969,000
89
Chicago Sky at Dallas Wings
965,000
90
New York Liberty at Connecticut Sun
962,000
91
New York Liberty at Chicago Sky
961,000
92
Las Vegas Aces at Seattle Storm
950,000
93
Las Vegas Aces at New York Liberty
929,000
94
Las Vegas Aces at Seattle Storm
905,000
95
WNBA Finals Game 5 - Lynx vs Sparks
902,000
96
Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces
890,000
97
WNBA Finals Game 4 - Aces vs Liberty
889,000
98
New York Liberty at Las Vegas Aces
874,000
99
Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces
852,000
100
WNBA All-Star Game
850,000
Top 100 of 213 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 20:36 UTC
Rows span 3 Nielsen eras (Before Out-of-Home, Panel + Out-of-Home, Big Data + Panel); figures from different eras are not directly comparable. Each row carries its era.
Before Out-of-Home (1950–2020)
1
WNBA Finals Game 5 - Lynx vs Sparks
902,000
2
WNBA All-Star Game
791,000
3
WNBA Finals Game 2 - Fever vs Lynx
778,000
4
WNBA Finals Game 2 - Mercury vs Sky
763,000
5
WNBA All-Star Game
756,000
6
WNBA All-Star Game
709,000
7
WNBA Finals Game 1 - Mercury vs Sky
627,000
8
WNBA All-Star Game
606,000
9
WNBA Finals Game 3 - Dream vs Lynx
600,000
10
Dallas Wings at Phoenix Mercury
599,000
11
WNBA Finals Game 1 - Lynx vs Sparks
597,000
12
WNBA Finals Game 5 - Fever vs Lynx
583,000
13
WNBA Finals Game 1 - Fever vs Lynx
571,000
14
WNBA Finals Game 1 - Lynx vs Sparks
566,000
15
WNBA Finals Game 2 - Mystics vs Storm
546,000
16
WNBA Finals Game 3 - Dream vs Storm
545,000
17
Los Angeles Sparks at Phoenix Mercury
540,000
18
WNBA Finals Game 5 - Lynx vs Sparks
528,000
19
WNBA All-Star Game
519,000
20
WNBA Finals Game 3 - Mystics vs Storm
519,000
21
WNBA Finals Game 4 - Lynx vs Sparks
512,000
22
WNBA All-Star Game
508,000
23
WNBA Finals Game 2 - Mystics vs Sun
499,000
24
WNBA Finals Game 4 - Fever vs Lynx
493,000
25
WNBA Finals Game 1 - Dream vs Lynx
491,000
26
WNBA Finals Game 4 - Lynx vs Sparks
491,000
27
WNBA Finals Game 2 - Dream vs Storm
487,000
28
WNBA All-Star Game
475,000
29
WNBA Finals Game 1 - Dream vs Storm
450,000
30
WNBA Finals Game 2 - Dream vs Lynx
447,000
31
WNBA Finals Game 2 - Lynx vs Sparks
446,000
32
WNBA Finals Game 5 - Mystics vs Sun
440,000
33
WNBA Finals Game 4 - Fever vs Lynx
433,000
34
WNBA Finals Game 3 - Lynx vs Sparks
433,000
35
WNBA Finals Game 3 - Fever vs Lynx
432,000
36
Washington Mystics at Connecticut Sun
425,000
37
WNBA Finals Game 2 - Fever vs Lynx
410,000
38
WNBA Finals Game 1 - Dream vs Lynx
391,000
39
WNBA Finals Game 2 - Lynx vs Sparks
381,000
40
WNBA Finals Game 3 - Lynx vs Sparks
363,000
41
WNBA Finals Game 1 - Fever vs Lynx
343,000
42
WNBA Finals Game 3 - Fever vs Lynx
337,000
43
WNBA Finals Game 2 - Dream vs Lynx
328,000
44
WNBA Finals Game 3 - Dream vs Lynx
321,000
45
WNBA Finals Game 4 - Mystics vs Sun
312,000
46
Washington Mystics at Las Vegas Aces
262,000
47
Los Angeles Sparks at Minnesota Lynx
257,000
48
Phoenix Mercury at Chicago Sky
247,000
49
WNBA Finals Game 1 - Mystics vs Sun
234,000
49 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 20:36 UTC
Panel + Out-of-Home (2020–2025)
1
WNBA All-Star Game
3,440,000
2
Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever
2,700,000
3
Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun
2,540,000
4
Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever
2,250,000
5
Seattle Storm at Indiana Fever
2,230,000
6
WNBA Finals Game 5 - Liberty vs Lynx
2,150,000
7
Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun
2,130,000
8
Indiana Fever at Phoenix Mercury
1,930,000
9
Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky
1,920,000
10
New York Liberty at Indiana Fever
1,870,000
11
Indiana Fever at New York Liberty
1,710,000
12
Indiana Fever at Dallas Wings
1,700,000
13
Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun
1,680,000
14
WNBA Finals Game 4 - Liberty vs Lynx
1,670,000
15
Indiana Fever at Minnesota Lynx
1,570,000
16
Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever
1,530,000
17
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,450,000
18
WNBA Finals Game 3 - Liberty vs Lynx
1,390,000
19
WNBA Finals Game 2 - Liberty vs Lynx
1,350,000
20
Los Angeles Sparks at Las Vegas Aces
1,340,000
21
Phoenix Mercury at Indiana Fever
1,340,000
22
Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever
1,310,000
23
Las Vegas Aces at New York Liberty
1,300,000
24
WNBA Fever–Wings
1,300,000
25
Minnesota Lynx at Indiana Fever
1,260,000
26
Las Vegas Aces at Chicago Sky
1,220,000
27
Las Vegas Aces at Indiana Fever
1,200,000
28
Indiana Fever at Atlanta Dream
1,180,000
29
Indiana Fever at New York Liberty
1,180,000
30
WNBA Finals Game 1 - Liberty vs Lynx
1,140,000
31
Indiana Fever at Washington Mystics
1,020,000
32
New York Liberty at Las Vegas Aces
996,000
33
New York Liberty at Las Vegas Aces
994,000
34
Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces
988,000
35
Connecticut Sun at Minnesota Lynx
984,000
36
Las Vegas Aces at New York Liberty
969,000
37
New York Liberty at Connecticut Sun
962,000
38
New York Liberty at Chicago Sky
961,000
39
Las Vegas Aces at New York Liberty
929,000
40
Las Vegas Aces at Seattle Storm
905,000
41
WNBA Finals Game 4 - Aces vs Liberty
889,000
42
New York Liberty at Las Vegas Aces
874,000
43
Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces
852,000
44
WNBA All-Star Game
850,000
45
Connecticut Sun at Indiana Fever
850,000
46
Dallas Wings at Connecticut Sun
795,000
47
New York Liberty at Minnesota Lynx
790,000
48
Las Vegas Aces at Seattle Storm
762,000
49
Seattle Storm at Chicago Sky
755,000
50
WNBA All-Star Game
734,000
51
Dallas Wings at Los Angeles Sparks
733,000
52
WNBA Finals Game 1 - Aces vs Liberty
729,000
53
Indiana Fever at Los Angeles Sparks
724,000
54
Las Vegas Aces at New York Liberty
700,000
55
New York Liberty at Dallas Wings
700,000
56
Phoenix Mercury at New York Liberty
694,000
57
Las Vegas Aces at Indiana Fever
678,000
58
WNBA Finals Game 3 - Aces vs Liberty
659,000
59
Indiana Fever at Dallas Wings
652,000
60
New York Liberty at Las Vegas Aces
650,000
61
Las Vegas Aces at Dallas Wings
643,000
62
WNBA Finals Game 2 - Aces vs Liberty
626,000
63
Chicago Sky at Washington Mystics
611,000
64
Chicago Sky at New York Liberty
610,000
65
Connecticut Sun at Indiana Fever
580,000
66
Atlanta Dream at Indiana Fever
580,000
67
WNBA Finals Game 3 - Aces vs Sun
579,000
68
WNBA Finals Game 3 - Aces vs Storm
570,000
69
Indiana Fever at Minnesota Lynx
569,000
70
Connecticut Sun at New York Liberty
563,000
71
WNBA Finals Game 1 - Aces vs Sun
555,000
72
WNBA Finals Game 1 - Mercury vs Sky
548,000
73
WNBA Finals Game 3 - Mercury vs Sky
524,000
74
Washington Mystics at New York Liberty
501,000
75
Connecticut Sun at Chicago Sky
491,000
76
WNBA All-Star Game
470,000
77
Phoenix Mercury at Las Vegas Aces
464,000
78
Washington Mystics at Indiana Fever
460,000
79
Los Angeles Sparks at Las Vegas Aces
460,000
80
Connecticut Sun at Chicago Sky
427,000
81
WNBA Finals Game 4 - Mercury vs Sky
417,000
82
Dallas Wings at Seattle Storm
410,000
83
WNBA Finals Game 2 - Aces vs Storm
405,000
84
Chicago Sky at Connecticut Sun
399,000
85
WNBA Finals Game 4 - Aces vs Sun
396,000
86
Chicago Sky at Las Vegas Aces
373,000
87
Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx
368,000
88
Indiana Fever at Washington Mystics
357,000
89
WNBA Finals Game 1 - Aces vs Storm
344,000
90
Connecticut Sun at Chicago Sky
340,000
91
Seattle Storm at Dallas Wings
340,000
92
Phoenix Mercury at Las Vegas Aces
297,000
93
Washington Mystics at Connecticut Sun
290,000
94
Washington Mystics at Chicago Sky
283,000
95
Las Vegas Aces at Connecticut Sun
210,000
96
Connecticut Sun at Las Vegas Aces
209,000
97
Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces
179,000
97 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 20:36 UTC
Big Data + Panel (2025–current)
1
WNBA All-Star Game
3,160,000
2
Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky
3,090,000
3
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
2,640,000
4
New York Liberty at Indiana Fever
2,580,000
5
Indiana Fever at Atlanta Dream
2,580,000
6
Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky
2,560,000
7
Indiana Fever at Minnesota Lynx
2,520,000
8
Dallas Wings at Indiana Fever
2,490,000
9
Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky
2,300,000
10
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
2,110,000
11
New York Liberty at Indiana Fever
2,010,000
12
Minnesota Lynx at Indiana Fever
1,900,000
13
WNBA Finals Game 1 - Aces vs Mercury
1,860,000
14
Indiana Fever at Toronto Tempo
1,850,000
15
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,830,000
16
Atlanta Dream at Golden State Valkyries
1,760,000
17
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,720,000
18
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,720,000
19
Golden State Valkyries at Atlanta Dream
1,710,000
20
Golden State Valkyries at Atlanta Dream
1,660,000
21
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,600,000
22
WNBA Fever–Dream
1,500,000
23
Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx
1,460,000
24
WNBA Finals Game 4 - Aces vs Mercury
1,440,000
25
Atlanta Dream at New York Liberty
1,440,000
26
Las Vegas Aces at Indiana Fever
1,420,000
27
Las Vegas Aces at Indiana Fever
1,410,000
28
Golden State Valkyries at Dallas Wings
1,400,000
29
New York Liberty at Atlanta Dream
1,350,000
30
Atlanta Dream at Golden State Valkyries
1,330,000
31
Chicago Sky at Dallas Wings
1,320,000
32
Indiana Fever at Toronto Tempo
1,320,000
33
Las Vegas Aces at Phoenix Mercury
1,300,000
34
Dallas Wings at New York Liberty
1,300,000
35
WNBA Wings–Lynx
1,260,000
36
Los Angeles Sparks at Portland Fire
1,200,000
37
Atlanta Dream at Washington Mystics
1,200,000
38
Dallas Wings at Golden State Valkyries
1,200,000
39
New York Liberty at Atlanta Dream
1,200,000
40
New York Liberty at Minnesota Lynx
1,180,000
41
Indiana Fever at Atlanta Dream
1,160,000
42
Las Vegas Aces at Golden State Valkyries
1,120,000
43
WNBA Valkyries–Fever
1,085,000
44
WNBA Fever–Wings
1,070,000
45
Minnesota Lynx at New York Liberty
1,060,000
46
Minnesota Lynx at Phoenix Mercury
1,050,000
47
Indiana Fever at Minnesota Lynx
1,050,000
48
Indiana Fever at Los Angeles Sparks
1,040,000
49
Minnesota Lynx at Indiana Fever
1,030,000
50
Seattle Storm at Indiana Fever
1,020,000
51
Phoenix Mercury at New York Liberty
1,010,000
52
New York Liberty at Phoenix Mercury
1,000,000
53
Chicago Sky at Dallas Wings
965,000
54
Las Vegas Aces at Seattle Storm
950,000
55
Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces
890,000
56
Minnesota Lynx at Phoenix Mercury
850,000
57
Atlanta Dream at Indiana Fever
816,000
58
Golden State Valkyries at Minnesota Lynx
800,000
59
WNBA Fever–Dream
686,000
60
Golden State Valkyries at Minnesota Lynx
610,000
61
New York Liberty at Phoenix Mercury
450,000
62
Washington Mystics at Atlanta Dream
425,000
63
Dallas Wings at Golden State Valkyries
410,000
64
Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces
370,000
65
Los Angeles Sparks at Dallas Wings
340,000
66
Portland Fire at Dallas Wings
270,000
67
Portland Fire at Los Angeles Sparks
250,000
67 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-30 20:36 UTC