The WNBA has set a new attendance record with just one week remaining of the 2025 regular season, with the Indiana Fever leading the way despite Caitlin Clark’s injury woes
- ByTom Malley
- 22:43 ET, Sep 10 2025
The WNBA is celebrating a new attendance record with just one week left in the 2025 regular season, even as star player Caitlin Clark battled through an injury-riddled campaign.
Since being drafted by the Indiana Fever in 2024, the 23-year-old has been a game-changer for women’s basketball, driving historic spikes in ticket sales and viewership for both her team and the league. Last season saw average viewership nearly triple compared to the previous year.
Expectations were high for continued growth in 2025, particularly after half the league relocated their home games against Indiana to larger venues to accommodate the surge of fans interested in Clark. However, the 2024 Rookie of the Year would only make 13 appearances this season.
Battling injuries early in the season, Clark has been out of action since July 15. But her absence hasn’t slowed the league’s momentum.
Even without Clark on the court for most of the season, the Fever still leads the WNBA in attendance, drawing 700,000 fans across all its home and road games – 100,000 more than the next closest team.
The surge in fan support has helped the WNBA shatter its previous regular-season attendance record of 2.36 million, set in 2002, three weeks ago, according to data from Across the Timeline.The WNBA surpassed 3 million total attendees during the 2025 regular season
Over the weekend, the WNBA set a new record, surpassing 3 million total attendees for its regular-season games as the postseason begins to heat up.
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