WNBA All-Star Game Scores Third-Largest Audience In League’s History — Ratings Jump 300% From Last Year’s Game

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Saturday’s WNBA All-Star was the third-most watched telecast in league history, more than doubling the previous record for the event.

This season has been defined largely by the record-setting viewership fueled by the arrival of the 2024 draft class — which includes stars Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese. Clark and the Indiana Fever have been involved in new ratings records across several different networks. When the Fever took on Reese and the Chicago Sky in a thrilling game that went down to the wire, it became the league’s most-watched game in more than 20 years.

On Saturday, Reese and Clark teamed up for the first time in their basketball careers as WNBA All-Stars. Led by Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale, the All-Stars defeated the U.S. women’s national team in dominating fashion.

According to a report from Front Office Sports, the game drew 3.44 million viewers. The previous record for the All-Star Game, set in 2003, was 1.44 million. Additionally, this year’s numbers are 300% increase from the 2023 All-Star Game.

This year’s All-Star game managed to attract the third-largest audience in the league’s history. Based on data from Sports Media Watch, the game is behind just a pair of games that were played during the WNBA’s inaugural weekend in 1997. The league’s all-time record — which saw more than 5 million people watching the New York Liberty and Los Angeles Sparks on June 21, 1997 — is still a ways away.

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