The WNBA’s single-season attendance record has fallen after 23 years, the league announced Thursday. The WNBA’s 13 franchises welcomed more than 2.5 million fans over 226 games this year, besting the 2002 record set by 16 teams across 256 games.
With three weeks left in the regular season and three rounds of postseason play ahead, the newly established attendance record will continue to rise.
The league is in its 29th season, and five more teams are set to debut by 2030. That will bring the number of franchises to 18, with the new teams coming in Portland, Ore., Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia.
WNBA sets an all-time attendance record with 2,501,609 fans as of 8/20/25. In 2002, the record was set with 16 teams across 256 games. This season, the WNBA broke the record with 13 teams and just 226 games. pic.twitter.com/rknKFpMekn
— WNBA Communications (@WNBAComms) August 21, 2025
