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.
158
eligible telecasts
updated 2026-09-15
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
Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever
2,250,000
13
Seattle Storm at Indiana Fever
2,230,000
14
WNBA Finals Game 5, Liberty vs Lynx
2,150,000
15
Indiana Fever at Connecticut Sun
2,130,000
16
New York Liberty at Indiana Fever
2,010,000
17
Indiana Fever at Phoenix Mercury
1,930,000
18
Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky
1,920,000
19
WNBA Finals Game 1, Aces vs Mercury
1,900,000
20
New York Liberty at Indiana Fever
1,870,000
21
Indiana Fever at Toronto Tempo
1,850,000
22
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,830,000
23
Indiana Fever at New York Liberty
1,710,000
24
Indiana Fever at Dallas Wings
1,700,000
25
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,700,000
26
WNBA Finals Game 4, Liberty vs Lynx
1,670,000
27
WNBA Fever–Wings
1,620,000
28
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,600,000
29
Indiana Fever at Minnesota Lynx
1,570,000
30
Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever
1,530,000
31
WNBA Fever–Dream
1,500,000
32
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,450,000
33
WNBA Finals Game 4, Aces vs Mercury
1,400,000
34
WNBA Finals Game 3, Liberty vs Lynx
1,390,000
35
WNBA Finals Game 2, Liberty vs Lynx
1,350,000
36
Los Angeles Sparks at Las Vegas Aces
1,340,000
37
Phoenix Mercury at Indiana Fever
1,340,000
38
Chicago Sky at Dallas Wings
1,320,000
39
Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever
1,310,000
40
Las Vegas Aces at New York Liberty
1,300,000
41
WNBA Fever–Wings
1,300,000
42
Dallas Wings at New York Liberty
1,300,000
43
Minnesota Lynx at Indiana Fever
1,260,000
44
WNBA Wings–Lynx
1,260,000
45
Phoenix Mercury at Indiana Fever
1,220,000
46
Las Vegas Aces at Chicago Sky
1,220,000
47
Las Vegas Aces at Indiana Fever
1,200,000
48
Los Angeles Sparks at Portland Fire
1,200,000
49
New York Liberty at Minnesota Lynx
1,180,000
50
WNBA Finals Game 1, Liberty vs Lynx
1,140,000
51
Golden State Valkyries at Indiana Fever
1,090,000
52
WNBA Fever–Wings
1,070,000
53
Indiana Fever at Los Angeles Sparks
1,040,000
54
Indiana Fever at Washington Mystics
1,020,000
55
New York Liberty at Las Vegas Aces
996,000
56
New York Liberty at Las Vegas Aces
994,000
57
Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces
988,000
58
Connecticut Sun at Minnesota Lynx
984,000
59
Las Vegas Aces at New York Liberty
969,000
60
Chicago Sky at Dallas Wings
965,000
61
New York Liberty at Connecticut Sun
962,000
62
New York Liberty at Chicago Sky
961,000
63
Las Vegas Aces at New York Liberty
929,000
64
WNBA Finals Game 5, Lynx vs Sparks
902,000
65
WNBA Finals Game 4, Aces vs Liberty
889,000
66
New York Liberty at Las Vegas Aces
874,000
67
Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces
852,000
68
WNBA All-Star Game
850,000
69
Atlanta Dream at Indiana Fever
816,000
70
Golden State Valkyries at Minnesota Lynx
800,000
71
WNBA Finals Game 2, Fever vs Lynx
778,000
72
WNBA Finals Game 2, Mercury vs Sky
763,000
73
Las Vegas Aces at Seattle Storm
762,000
74
WNBA All-Star Game
756,000
75
Seattle Storm at Chicago Sky
755,000
76
WNBA All-Star Game
734,000
77
Dallas Wings at Los Angeles Sparks
733,000
78
WNBA Finals Game 1, Aces vs Liberty
729,000
79
Indiana Fever at Los Angeles Sparks
724,000
80
WNBA All-Star Game
709,000
81
Phoenix Mercury at New York Liberty
694,000
82
WNBA Fever–Dream
686,000
83
Las Vegas Aces at Indiana Fever
678,000
84
WNBA Finals Game 3, Aces vs Liberty
659,000
85
Las Vegas Aces at Dallas Wings
643,000
86
WNBA Finals Game 1, Mercury vs Sky
627,000
87
WNBA Finals Game 2, Aces vs Liberty
626,000
88
Chicago Sky at Washington Mystics
611,000
89
WNBA All-Star Game
606,000
90
WNBA Finals Game 3, Dream vs Lynx
600,000
91
Dallas Wings at Phoenix Mercury
599,000
92
WNBA Finals Game 1, Lynx vs Sparks
597,000
93
WNBA Finals Game 5, Fever vs Lynx
583,000
94
Connecticut Sun at Indiana Fever
580,000
95
WNBA Finals Game 3, Aces vs Sun
579,000
96
WNBA Finals Game 1, Fever vs Lynx
571,000
97
WNBA Finals Game 3, Aces vs Storm
570,000
98
Indiana Fever at Minnesota Lynx
569,000
99
WNBA Finals Game 1, Lynx vs Sparks
566,000
100
Connecticut Sun at New York Liberty
563,000
Top 100 of 158 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-09-15 09:00 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 Finals Game 2, Fever vs Lynx
778,000
3
WNBA Finals Game 2, Mercury vs Sky
763,000
4
WNBA All-Star Game
756,000
5
WNBA All-Star Game
709,000
6
WNBA Finals Game 1, Mercury vs Sky
627,000
7
WNBA All-Star Game
606,000
8
WNBA Finals Game 3, Dream vs Lynx
600,000
9
Dallas Wings at Phoenix Mercury
599,000
10
WNBA Finals Game 1, Lynx vs Sparks
597,000
11
WNBA Finals Game 5, Fever vs Lynx
583,000
12
WNBA Finals Game 1, Fever vs Lynx
571,000
13
WNBA Finals Game 1, Lynx vs Sparks
566,000
14
WNBA Finals Game 2, Mystics vs Storm
546,000
15
WNBA Finals Game 3, Dream vs Storm
545,000
16
Los Angeles Sparks at Phoenix Mercury
540,000
17
WNBA Finals Game 5, Lynx vs Sparks
528,000
18
WNBA Finals Game 3, Mystics vs Storm
519,000
19
WNBA Finals Game 4, Lynx vs Sparks
512,000
20
WNBA All-Star Game
508,000
21
WNBA Finals Game 2, Mystics vs Sun
499,000
22
WNBA Finals Game 4, Fever vs Lynx
493,000
23
WNBA Finals Game 1, Dream vs Lynx
491,000
24
WNBA Finals Game 4, Lynx vs Sparks
491,000
25
WNBA Finals Game 2, Dream vs Storm
487,000
26
WNBA All-Star Game
475,000
27
WNBA Finals Game 1, Dream vs Storm
450,000
28
WNBA Finals Game 2, Dream vs Lynx
447,000
29
WNBA Finals Game 2, Lynx vs Sparks
446,000
30
WNBA Finals Game 5, Mystics vs Sun
440,000
31
WNBA Finals Game 4, Fever vs Lynx
433,000
32
WNBA Finals Game 3, Lynx vs Sparks
433,000
33
WNBA Finals Game 3, Fever vs Lynx
432,000
34
Washington Mystics at Connecticut Sun
425,000
35
WNBA Finals Game 2, Fever vs Lynx
410,000
36
WNBA Finals Game 1, Dream vs Lynx
391,000
37
WNBA Finals Game 2, Lynx vs Sparks
381,000
38
WNBA Finals Game 3, Lynx vs Sparks
363,000
39
WNBA Finals Game 1, Fever vs Lynx
343,000
40
WNBA Finals Game 3, Fever vs Lynx
337,000
41
WNBA Finals Game 2, Dream vs Lynx
328,000
42
WNBA Finals Game 3, Dream vs Lynx
321,000
43
WNBA Finals Game 4, Mystics vs Sun
312,000
44
Washington Mystics at Las Vegas Aces
262,000
45
Los Angeles Sparks at Minnesota Lynx
257,000
46
Phoenix Mercury at Chicago Sky
247,000
47
WNBA Finals Game 1, Mystics vs Sun
234,000
47 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-09-15 09:00 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
WNBA Finals Game 4, Liberty vs Lynx
1,670,000
14
Indiana Fever at Minnesota Lynx
1,570,000
15
Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever
1,530,000
16
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,450,000
17
WNBA Finals Game 3, Liberty vs Lynx
1,390,000
18
WNBA Finals Game 2, Liberty vs Lynx
1,350,000
19
Los Angeles Sparks at Las Vegas Aces
1,340,000
20
Phoenix Mercury at Indiana Fever
1,340,000
21
Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever
1,310,000
22
Las Vegas Aces at New York Liberty
1,300,000
23
WNBA Fever–Wings
1,300,000
24
Minnesota Lynx at Indiana Fever
1,260,000
25
Phoenix Mercury at Indiana Fever
1,220,000
26
Las Vegas Aces at Chicago Sky
1,220,000
27
Las Vegas Aces at Indiana Fever
1,200,000
28
WNBA Finals Game 1, Liberty vs Lynx
1,140,000
29
Indiana Fever at Washington Mystics
1,020,000
30
New York Liberty at Las Vegas Aces
996,000
31
New York Liberty at Las Vegas Aces
994,000
32
Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces
988,000
33
Connecticut Sun at Minnesota Lynx
984,000
34
Las Vegas Aces at New York Liberty
969,000
35
New York Liberty at Connecticut Sun
962,000
36
New York Liberty at Chicago Sky
961,000
37
Las Vegas Aces at New York Liberty
929,000
38
WNBA Finals Game 4, Aces vs Liberty
889,000
39
New York Liberty at Las Vegas Aces
874,000
40
Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces
852,000
41
WNBA All-Star Game
850,000
42
Las Vegas Aces at Seattle Storm
762,000
43
Seattle Storm at Chicago Sky
755,000
44
WNBA All-Star Game
734,000
45
Dallas Wings at Los Angeles Sparks
733,000
46
WNBA Finals Game 1, Aces vs Liberty
729,000
47
Indiana Fever at Los Angeles Sparks
724,000
48
Phoenix Mercury at New York Liberty
694,000
49
Las Vegas Aces at Indiana Fever
678,000
50
WNBA Finals Game 3, Aces vs Liberty
659,000
51
Las Vegas Aces at Dallas Wings
643,000
52
WNBA Finals Game 2, Aces vs Liberty
626,000
53
Chicago Sky at Washington Mystics
611,000
54
Connecticut Sun at Indiana Fever
580,000
55
WNBA Finals Game 3, Aces vs Sun
579,000
56
WNBA Finals Game 3, Aces vs Storm
570,000
57
Indiana Fever at Minnesota Lynx
569,000
58
Connecticut Sun at New York Liberty
563,000
59
WNBA Finals Game 1, Aces vs Sun
555,000
60
WNBA Finals Game 1, Mercury vs Sky
548,000
61
WNBA Finals Game 3, Mercury vs Sky
524,000
62
Washington Mystics at New York Liberty
501,000
63
Connecticut Sun at Chicago Sky
491,000
64
WNBA All-Star Game
470,000
65
Phoenix Mercury at Las Vegas Aces
464,000
66
Connecticut Sun at Chicago Sky
427,000
67
WNBA Finals Game 4, Mercury vs Sky
417,000
68
WNBA Finals Game 2, Aces vs Storm
405,000
69
Chicago Sky at Connecticut Sun
399,000
70
WNBA Finals Game 4, Aces vs Sun
396,000
71
Phoenix Mercury at Minnesota Lynx
389,000
72
Chicago Sky at Las Vegas Aces
373,000
73
Indiana Fever at Washington Mystics
357,000
74
WNBA Finals Game 1, Aces vs Storm
344,000
75
Connecticut Sun at Chicago Sky
340,000
76
Phoenix Mercury at Las Vegas Aces
297,000
77
Washington Mystics at Connecticut Sun
290,000
78
Washington Mystics at Chicago Sky
283,000
79
Las Vegas Aces at Connecticut Sun
210,000
80
Connecticut Sun at Las Vegas Aces
209,000
81
Seattle Storm at Las Vegas Aces
179,000
81 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-09-15 09:00 UTC
Big Data + Panel (2025–current)
1
WNBA All-Star Game
3,160,000
2
Indiana Fever at Atlanta Dream
2,580,000
3
WNBA Finals Game 1, Aces vs Mercury
1,900,000
4
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,830,000
5
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,700,000
6
WNBA Fever–Dream
1,500,000
7
WNBA Finals Game 4, Aces vs Mercury
1,400,000
8
New York Liberty at Minnesota Lynx
1,180,000
9
Indiana Fever at Los Angeles Sparks
1,040,000
9 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-09-15 09:00 UTC
Era unstated
1
Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky
3,090,000
2
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
2,640,000
3
New York Liberty at Indiana Fever
2,580,000
4
Indiana Fever at Chicago Sky
2,560,000
5
Indiana Fever at Minnesota Lynx
2,520,000
6
Dallas Wings at Indiana Fever
2,490,000
7
New York Liberty at Indiana Fever
2,010,000
8
Indiana Fever at Toronto Tempo
1,850,000
9
WNBA Fever–Wings
1,620,000
10
Indiana Fever at Las Vegas Aces
1,600,000
11
Chicago Sky at Dallas Wings
1,320,000
12
Dallas Wings at New York Liberty
1,300,000
13
WNBA Wings–Lynx
1,260,000
14
Los Angeles Sparks at Portland Fire
1,200,000
15
Golden State Valkyries at Indiana Fever
1,090,000
16
WNBA Fever–Wings
1,070,000
17
Chicago Sky at Dallas Wings
965,000
18
Atlanta Dream at Indiana Fever
816,000
19
Golden State Valkyries at Minnesota Lynx
800,000
20
WNBA Fever–Dream
686,000
21
Portland Fire at Dallas Wings
270,000
21 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-09-15 09:00 UTC