Ratings Reference
Telecasts · NBA

NBA Finals Game 5 - Bulls vs Thunder

Aired
1996-06-14 Friday
Networks
NBC
Teams
Chicago Bulls · Thunder (as Seattle SuperSonics)
Score
Seattle SuperSonics 89, Bulls 78

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen1 figure
household rating
full telecast / panel-only · final
press-attributed · Wikipedia
17.2 HH
17.2/33 (16.5M Households) Wikipedia, verbatim
1 press attribution · no provider-published figure · single source
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

NBA Finals by year

1993–2026
Record
35.9M 1998
Years on record
31 1993–2026
Nielsen average audience · each year's most-watched telecast on the line, the others in gray
10M20M30M40M1998 · NBA Finals Game 6 · 35.9M1993 · NBA Finals Game 6 · 32.1M1997 · NBA Finals Game 5 · 30.3M1998 · NBA Finals Game 6 · 35.9M1999 · NBA Finals Game 3 · 17.0M2000 · NBA Finals Game 6 · 22.4M2001 · NBA Finals Game 3 · 20.3M2002 · NBA Finals Game 4 · 16.6M2003 · NBA Finals Game 6 · 11.6M2004 · NBA Finals Game 5 · 21.8M2005 · NBA Finals Game 7 · 19.0M2006 · NBA Finals Game 6 · 15.7M2007 · NBA Finals Game 4 · 9.9M2008 · NBA Finals Game 6 · 17.4M2009 · NBA Finals Game 4 · 16.0M2010 · NBA Finals Game 7 · 28.2M2011 · NBA Finals Game 6 · 23.9M2012 · NBA Finals Game 5 · 18.5M2013 · NBA Finals Game 7 · 26.3M2014 · NBA Finals Game 5 · 18.0M2015 · NBA Finals Game 6 · 23.3M2016 · NBA Finals Game 7 · 31.0M2017 · NBA Finals Game 5 · 24.5M2018 · NBA Finals Game 2 · 18.5M2019 · NBA Finals Game 6 · 18.3M2020 · NBA Finals Game 5 · 9.2M2021 · NBA Finals Game 6 · 12.8M2022 · NBA Finals Game 6 · 14.0M2023 · NBA Finals Game 5 · 13.1M2024 · NBA Finals Game 3 · 12.4M2025 · NBA Finals Game 7 · 16.6M2026 · NBA Finals Game 5 · 24.5M1995200020052010201520202025
  • Before Out-of-Homebefore Sept 2020
  • Panel + Out-of-HomeSept 2020 – Sept 2025
  • Big Data + Panelsince Sept 2025
171 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-23 01:03 UTC
Nielsen average audience · each year's most-watched telecast on the line, the others in gray
YearTelecastAvg audience
1993NBA Finals Game 632,100,000
1997NBA Finals Game 124,710,000
1997NBA Finals Game 222,270,000
1997NBA Finals Game 320,950,000
1997NBA Finals Game 426,360,000
1997NBA Finals Game 530,260,000
1997NBA Finals Game 628,700,000
1998NBA Finals Game 126,700,000
1998NBA Finals Game 226,300,000
1998NBA Finals Game 325,700,000
1998NBA Finals Game 428,790,000
1998NBA Finals Game 530,600,000
1998NBA Finals Game 635,890,000
1999NBA Finals Game 116,570,000
1999NBA Finals Game 213,980,000
1999NBA Finals Game 317,010,000
1999NBA Finals Game 416,760,000
1999NBA Finals Game 515,530,000
2000NBA Finals Game 115,340,000
2000NBA Finals Game 214,970,000
2000NBA Finals Game 316,370,000
2000NBA Finals Game 418,940,000
2000NBA Finals Game 515,570,000
2000NBA Finals Game 622,400,000
2001NBA Finals Game 118,580,000
2001NBA Finals Game 218,720,000
2001NBA Finals Game 320,280,000
2001NBA Finals Game 419,970,000
2001NBA Finals Game 517,360,000
2002NBA Finals Game 115,850,000
2002NBA Finals Game 214,050,000
2002NBA Finals Game 316,210,000
2002NBA Finals Game 416,560,000
2003NBA Finals Game 19,600,000
2003NBA Finals Game 28,060,000
2003NBA Finals Game 310,760,000
2003NBA Finals Game 49,660,000
2003NBA Finals Game 59,310,000
2003NBA Finals Game 611,570,000
2004NBA Finals Game 115,360,000
2004NBA Finals Game 216,130,000
2004NBA Finals Game 316,210,000
2004NBA Finals Game 420,300,000
2004NBA Finals Game 521,840,000
2005NBA Finals Game 110,570,000
2005NBA Finals Game 210,660,000
2005NBA Finals Game 310,630,000
2005NBA Finals Game 410,920,000
2005NBA Finals Game 513,090,000
2005NBA Finals Game 613,470,000
2005NBA Finals Game 719,000,000
2006NBA Finals Game 111,510,000
2006NBA Finals Game 212,410,000
2006NBA Finals Game 312,250,000
2006NBA Finals Game 411,560,000
2006NBA Finals Game 514,320,000
2006NBA Finals Game 615,710,000
2007NBA Finals Game 19,210,000
2007NBA Finals Game 28,550,000
2007NBA Finals Game 39,490,000
2007NBA Finals Game 49,910,000
2008NBA Finals Game 113,380,000
2008NBA Finals Game 213,500,000
2008NBA Finals Game 314,510,000
2008NBA Finals Game 413,760,000
2008NBA Finals Game 516,880,000
2008NBA Finals Game 617,390,000
2009NBA Finals Game 113,040,000
2009NBA Finals Game 214,060,000
2009NBA Finals Game 314,200,000
2009NBA Finals Game 415,960,000
2009NBA Finals Game 514,170,000
2010NBA Finals Game 114,090,000
2010NBA Finals Game 215,720,000
2010NBA Finals Game 315,960,000
2010NBA Finals Game 416,370,000
2010NBA Finals Game 518,650,000
2010NBA Finals Game 617,960,000
2010NBA Finals Game 728,200,000
2011NBA Finals Game 115,170,000
2011NBA Finals Game 215,520,000
2011NBA Finals Game 315,340,000
2011NBA Finals Game 416,130,000
2011NBA Finals Game 518,320,000
2011NBA Finals Game 623,880,000
2012NBA Finals Game 116,200,000
2012NBA Finals Game 216,670,000
2012NBA Finals Game 315,550,000
2012NBA Finals Game 417,500,000
2012NBA Finals Game 518,460,000
2013NBA Finals Game 114,240,000
2013NBA Finals Game 214,570,000
2013NBA Finals Game 314,050,000
2013NBA Finals Game 416,230,000
2013NBA Finals Game 516,270,000
2013NBA Finals Game 620,640,000
2013NBA Finals Game 726,320,000
2014NBA Finals Game 114,850,000
2014NBA Finals Game 215,130,000
2014NBA Finals Game 314,780,000
2014NBA Finals Game 414,960,000
2014NBA Finals Game 518,000,000
2015NBA Finals Game 117,770,000
2015NBA Finals Game 219,170,000
2015NBA Finals Game 318,770,000
2015NBA Finals Game 419,840,000
2015NBA Finals Game 520,860,000
2015NBA Finals Game 623,250,000
2016NBA Finals Game 119,200,000
2016NBA Finals Game 217,490,000
2016NBA Finals Game 316,470,000
2016NBA Finals Game 416,570,000
2016NBA Finals Game 520,530,000
2016NBA Finals Game 620,700,000
2016NBA Finals Game 731,020,000
2017NBA Finals Game 118,700,000
2017NBA Finals Game 219,690,000
2017NBA Finals Game 320,050,000
2017NBA Finals Game 419,010,000
2017NBA Finals Game 524,470,000
2018NBA Finals Game 117,670,000
2018NBA Finals Game 218,470,000
2018NBA Finals Game 317,850,000
2018NBA Finals Game 416,240,000
2019NBA Finals Game 113,510,000
2019NBA Finals Game 214,050,000
2019NBA Finals Game 313,440,000
2019NBA Finals Game 413,160,000
2019NBA Finals Game 518,340,000
2019NBA Finals Game 618,340,000
2020NBA Finals Game 17,690,000
2020NBA Finals Game 26,780,000
2020NBA Finals Game 36,080,000
2020NBA Finals Game 47,700,000
2020NBA Finals Game 59,190,000
2020NBA Finals Game 68,590,000
2021NBA Finals Game 18,700,000
2021NBA Finals Game 29,590,000
2021NBA Finals Game 39,250,000
2021NBA Finals Game 410,460,000
2021NBA Finals Game 59,550,000
2021NBA Finals Game 612,780,000
2022NBA Finals Game 111,900,000
2022NBA Finals Game 211,910,000
2022NBA Finals Game 311,520,000
2022NBA Finals Game 412,060,000
2022NBA Finals Game 513,030,000
2022NBA Finals Game 613,990,000
2023NBA Finals Game 111,580,000
2023NBA Finals Game 211,910,000
2023NBA Finals Game 311,240,000
2023NBA Finals Game 410,410,000
2023NBA Finals Game 513,080,000
2024NBA Finals Game 110,990,000
2024NBA Finals Game 212,310,000
2024NBA Finals Game 312,430,000
2024NBA Finals Game 49,620,000
2024NBA Finals Game 512,220,000
2025NBA Finals Game 18,910,000
2025NBA Finals Game 28,760,000
2025NBA Finals Game 39,190,000
2025NBA Finals Game 49,400,000
2025NBA Finals Game 59,540,000
2025NBA Finals Game 69,280,000
2025NBA Finals Game 716,350,000
2025NBA Finals Game 716,610,000
2026NBA Finals Game 116,930,000
2026NBA Finals Game 216,430,000
2026NBA Finals Game 323,790,000
2026NBA Finals Game 420,940,000
2026NBA Finals Game 524,540,000

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