Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever continued to deliver record-breaking TV viewership numbers as they soared up the WNBA standings with their wins over the Dallas Wings and Atlanta Dream.
Clark and Indiana's Aug. 14 win over the Dallas Wings on Ion last Friday averaged 1.62 million viewers to become the most-watched WNBA game ever on the network. It was also the most-watched telecast of any kind on Ion since Aug. 30, 2022. The game peaked with 2.2 million viewers.
Two days later, Clark and the Fever's overtime win over the Atlanta Dream on ESPN averaged 2.58 million viewers and peaked at 4 million viewers. That marked the largest-ever WNBA audience on cable. It beat the previous high of 2.54 million for Fever-Sun Game 2 in the first round of the 2024 playoffs, which is Caitlin Clark's most-recent playoff game.
The most-watched WNBA game this season was the Indiana Fever versus the Las Vegas Aces on NBC on July 12, which averaged 2.64 million viewers, making it the second-most-watched WNBA regular-season game since 2000.
Overall, the 12 largest WNBA audiences since 2000 have all occurred in the past three seasons and each have involved Clark. Nine Fever games, Clark's two appearances in the All-Star Game and the 2024 WNBA Draft in which Clark was selected first overall.
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Clark and Indiana's Aug. 14 win over the Dallas Wings on Ion last Friday averaged 1.62 million viewers to become the most-watched WNBA game ever on the network. It was also the most-watched telecast of any kind on Ion since Aug. 30, 2022. The game peaked with 2.2 million viewers.
Two days later, Clark and the Fever's overtime win over the Atlanta Dream on ESPN averaged 2.58 million viewers and peaked at 4 million viewers. That marked the largest-ever WNBA audience on cable. It beat the previous high of 2.54 million for Fever-Sun Game 2 in the first round of the 2024 playoffs, which is Caitlin Clark's most-recent playoff game.
The most-watched WNBA game this season was the Indiana Fever versus the Las Vegas Aces on NBC on July 12, which averaged 2.64 million viewers, making it the second-most-watched WNBA regular-season game since 2000.
Overall, the 12 largest WNBA audiences since 2000 have all occurred in the past three seasons and each have involved Clark. Nine Fever games, Clark's two appearances in the All-Star Game and the 2024 WNBA Draft in which Clark was selected first overall.
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