It’s much bigger than Caitlin Clark—optimism around the league’s future has sent franchise values skyrocketing, to an average of $272 million, ahead of a critical club sale.
ByBrett Knight
ByBrett Knight,
Forbes Staff.
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ver the last two years, the WNBA’s business has soared above the rim, with league-wide attendance reaching 2.4 million during the 2024 regular season—up 48% year-over-year—and more than 54 million unique viewers tuning in to national telecasts. Still, beyond a handful of transactions involving tiny slivers of teams, there hasn’t been much data to suggest how the momentum is translating to franchise valuations.
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