NBA Finals Ticket Prices Down 25%, Still Average Over $1,000

Tickets to the NBA Finals are never cheap. But with two of the league’s smallest markets playing, this year’s tickets are cheaper compared to the last few seasons.

The $1,147 average ticket price for the 2025 NBA Finals dips below the previous lows of $1,169 in 2023 and $1,200 in 2021, per TickPick, which has tracked prices since 2019. This year’s average price is about 25% less than the $1,560 average price for last year’s Finals series between the Celtics and Mavericks, two of the NBA’s biggest markets.

The average NBA Finals purchase price since 2019 (according to TickPick):

• 2019 (Raptors vs. Warriors): $1,229
• 2020 (Heat vs. Lakers): None (COVID-19)
• 2021 (Bucks vs. Suns): $1,200
• 2022 (Celtics vs. Warriors): $1,379
• 2023 (Heat vs. Nuggets): $1,169
• 2024 (Celtics vs. Mavericks): $1,560
• 2025 (Pacers vs. Thunder): $1,147

Despite the low numbers compared to previous Finals series, the prices for the first four Finals contests are the most expensive on record for NBA games in Oklahoma City and Indianapolis. 

Game 1 at Oklahoma City

• Average purchase price: $1,012
• Get-in price: $525

Game 2 at Oklahoma City

• Average purchase price: $1,201
• Get-in price: $602

Game 3 at Indianapolis

• Average purchase price: $1,002
• Get-in price: $755

Game 4 at Indianapolis

• Average purchase price: $1,093
• Get-in price: $832

These ticket prices are comparable to the three games played at Madison Square Garden in the Eastern Conference finals. While that series was not the finale, it still shows the large jump in prices for Finals tickets, considering ticket prices in New York would, at times, be four times as much as in Indiana during their conference finals series.

Games 5–7 of the Finals are still tagged as “if necessary,” but they are even more expensive than the first four games. Game 5 is the most expensive of the three with an average purchase price of $1,969, likely because betting odds heavily favor the Thunder, and the most likely outcome sees Oklahoma City clinching the series at home in five games.