Ratings Reference

Western Conference Finals Game 1 - Lakers vs Nuggets

Nielsen average audience: 7,360,000 viewers (final), per Sports Media Watch.

Aired
2023-05-16 Tuesday
Networks
ESPN · E2
Teams
Lakers · Nuggets
7,360,000
Nielsen avg audience · via press
multiple sources · 2 sources · final
figures last changed 2026-08-27

Published figures

JSON
Nielsen2 figures
via pressaverage audienceLead figure
full telecast · final
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
7,360,000
Tuesday's Lakers-Nuggets NBA Western Conference Finals Game 1 averaged 7.36 million viewers Sports Media Watch, verbatim
via pressaverage audience
full telecast · superseded
press-attributed · Sports Media Watch
7,362,000
7.362M Sports Media Watch, verbatim
2 press attributions · no provider-published figure · multiple sources
press-attributed = reported by press citing the provider

Revision ledger

Nielsen full telecast average audience · newest first
2023-05-17
-2,000 vs initial figure
Sports Media Watch
2026-08-27
7,362,000
initial figure · superseded
Sports Media Watch

NBA 2022-23 season

22nd of 177 published NBA figures in the 2022-23 season
Site-computed over the season's chart-eligible Nielsen average figures · computed 2026-10-16 00:02 UTC

Prior-season comparable

6,070,000
2022-05-17 · ESPN · Nielsen, final · Sports Media Watch
+21.3% vs the comparable
Site-computed: same league, same weekday, both on ESPN, nearest to 52 weeks earlier; Nielsen average, final or revised.

Western Conference Finals by year

2002–2026
Record
23.8M 2002
This telecast
#5 of 30 Panel + Out-of-Home
Years on record
25 2002–2026
Nielsen average audience · each year's most-watched telecast on the line, the others in gray
10M20M30M2023 · Western Conference Finals Game 1 · 7.4M2023 · Western Conference Finals Game 1 · 7.4M2002 · Western Conference Finals Game 7 · 23.8M2003 · Western Conference Finals Game 4 · 6.1M2004 · Western Conference Finals Game 6 · 9.4M2005 · Western Conference Finals Game 4 · 7.1M2006 · Western Conference Finals Game 5 · 6.2M2007 · Western Conference Finals Game 3 · 4.7M2008 · Western Conference Finals Game 4 · 7.2M2009 · Western Conference Finals Game 4 · 9.7M2010 · Western Conference Finals Game 5 · 8.7M2011 · Western Conference Finals Game 4 · 7.4M2012 · Western Conference Finals Game 6 · 9.5M2013 · Western Conference Finals Game 4 · 5.2M2014 · Western Conference Finals Game 6 · 8.2M2015 · Western Conference Finals Game 5 · 8.9M2016 · Western Conference Finals Game 7 · 16.0M2017 · Western Conference Finals Game 1 · 8.1M2018 · Western Conference Finals Game 7 · 14.9M2019 · Western Conference Finals Game 2 · 7.9M2020 · Western Conference Finals Game 1 · 5.1M2021 · Western Conference Finals Game 6 · 5.9M2022 · Western Conference Finals Game 3 · 7.4M2023 · Western Conference Finals Game 3 · 8.4M2024 · Western Conference Finals Game 3 · 7.3M2025 · Western Conference Finals Game 4 · 6.5M2026 · Western Conference Finals Game 2 · 7.8M20052010201520202025
  • Before Out-of-Homebefore Sept 2020
  • Panel + Out-of-HomeSept 2020 – Sept 2025
  • Big Data + Panelsince Sept 2025
131 eligible telecasts · computed 2026-10-16 00:02 UTC
Nielsen average audience · each year's most-watched telecast on the line, the others in gray
YearTelecastAvg audience
2002Western Conference Finals Game 19,153,000
2002Western Conference Finals Game 25,538,000
2002Western Conference Finals Game 310,063,000
2002Western Conference Finals Game 49,659,000
2002Western Conference Finals Game 514,586,000
2002Western Conference Finals Game 616,644,000
2002Western Conference Finals Game 723,796,000
2003Western Conference Finals Game 15,685,000
2003Western Conference Finals Game 24,285,000
2003Western Conference Finals Game 34,854,000
2003Western Conference Finals Game 46,082,000
2003Western Conference Finals Game 55,255,000
2003Western Conference Finals Game 65,798,000
2004Western Conference Finals Game 17,034,000
2004Western Conference Finals Game 28,163,000
2004Western Conference Finals Game 38,090,000
2004Western Conference Finals Game 47,515,000
2004Western Conference Finals Game 56,565,000
2004Western Conference Finals Game 69,438,000
2005Western Conference Finals Game 15,843,000
2005Western Conference Finals Game 24,839,000
2005Western Conference Finals Game 33,940,000
2005Western Conference Finals Game 47,100,000
2005Western Conference Finals Game 55,285,000
2006Western Conference Finals Game 14,850,000
2006Western Conference Finals Game 25,320,000
2006Western Conference Finals Game 35,040,000
2006Western Conference Finals Game 45,750,000
2006Western Conference Finals Game 56,200,000
2006Western Conference Finals Game 65,890,000
2007Western Conference Finals Game 14,417,000
2007Western Conference Finals Game 23,420,000
2007Western Conference Finals Game 34,698,000
2007Western Conference Finals Game 44,614,000
2007Western Conference Finals Game 53,969,000
2008Western Conference Finals Game 16,190,000
2008Western Conference Finals Game 25,513,000
2008Western Conference Finals Game 35,729,000
2008Western Conference Finals Game 47,247,000
2008Western Conference Finals Game 56,794,000
2009Western Conference Finals Game 18,085,000
2009Western Conference Finals Game 27,886,000
2009Western Conference Finals Game 38,731,000
2009Western Conference Finals Game 49,731,000
2009Western Conference Finals Game 59,238,000
2009Western Conference Finals Game 68,462,000
2010Western Conference Finals Game 17,112,000
2010Western Conference Finals Game 27,004,000
2010Western Conference Finals Game 38,460,000
2010Western Conference Finals Game 47,641,000
2010Western Conference Finals Game 58,670,000
2010Western Conference Finals Game 68,154,000
2011Western Conference Finals Game 16,982,000
2011Western Conference Finals Game 27,041,000
2011Western Conference Finals Game 36,175,000
2011Western Conference Finals Game 47,410,000
2011Western Conference Finals Game 57,012,000
2012Western Conference Finals Game 17,764,000
2012Western Conference Finals Game 27,299,000
2012Western Conference Finals Game 37,134,000
2012Western Conference Finals Game 46,529,000
2012Western Conference Finals Game 58,507,000
2012Western Conference Finals Game 69,498,000
2013Western Conference Finals Game 14,854,000
2013Western Conference Finals Game 24,620,000
2013Western Conference Finals Game 34,941,000
2013Western Conference Finals Game 45,210,000
2014Western Conference Finals Game 16,363,000
2014Western Conference Finals Game 25,711,000
2014Western Conference Finals Game 36,679,000
2014Western Conference Finals Game 46,420,000
2014Western Conference Finals Game 56,925,000
2014Western Conference Finals Game 68,151,000
2015Western Conference Finals Game 16,848,000
2015Western Conference Finals Game 26,866,000
2015Western Conference Finals Game 35,676,000
2015Western Conference Finals Game 48,280,000
2015Western Conference Finals Game 58,887,000
2016Western Conference Finals Game 18,706,000
2016Western Conference Finals Game 27,573,000
2016Western Conference Finals Game 38,018,000
2016Western Conference Finals Game 48,633,000
2016Western Conference Finals Game 59,998,000
2016Western Conference Finals Game 610,811,000
2016Western Conference Finals Game 715,996,000
2017Western Conference Finals Game 18,129,000
2017Western Conference Finals Game 25,775,000
2017Western Conference Finals Game 36,332,000
2017Western Conference Finals Game 45,785,000
2018Western Conference Finals Game 18,902,000
2018Western Conference Finals Game 27,563,000
2018Western Conference Finals Game 37,797,000
2018Western Conference Finals Game 48,372,000
2018Western Conference Finals Game 59,322,000
2018Western Conference Finals Game 69,471,000
2018Western Conference Finals Game 714,929,000
2019Western Conference Finals Game 17,315,000
2019Western Conference Finals Game 27,877,000
2019Western Conference Finals Game 37,247,000
2019Western Conference Finals Game 47,788,000
2020Western Conference Finals Game 15,112,000
2020Western Conference Finals Game 23,277,000
2020Western Conference Finals Game 34,830,000
2020Western Conference Finals Game 44,600,000
2020Western Conference Finals Game 54,790,000
2021Western Conference Finals Game 14,520,000
2021Western Conference Finals Game 25,324,000
2021Western Conference Finals Game 35,330,000
2021Western Conference Finals Game 45,687,000
2021Western Conference Finals Game 55,740,000
2021Western Conference Finals Game 65,932,000
2022Western Conference Finals Game 16,520,000
2022Western Conference Finals Game 26,770,000
2022Western Conference Finals Game 37,416,000
2022Western Conference Finals Game 46,193,000
2022Western Conference Finals Game 56,793,000
2023Western Conference Finals Game 17,360,000
2023Western Conference Finals Game 27,660,000
2023Western Conference Finals Game 38,380,000
2023Western Conference Finals Game 48,209,000
2024Western Conference Finals Game 17,020,000
2024Western Conference Finals Game 26,270,000
2024Western Conference Finals Game 37,250,000
2024Western Conference Finals Game 46,870,000
2024Western Conference Finals Game 56,260,000
2025Western Conference Finals Game 15,360,000
2025Western Conference Finals Game 25,160,000
2025Western Conference Finals Game 35,260,000
2025Western Conference Finals Game 46,530,000
2025Western Conference Finals Game 54,620,000
2026Western Conference Finals Game 27,770,000