WNBA viewership is smashing the million-viewer mark again with Caitlin Clark back in action.
A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces’ eight-point win over Clark and the Indiana Fever on Sunday afternoon drew 1.7 million viewers on ESPN, the third-most-watched regular-season WNBA game on the network. It’s also the most-watched game on cable so far this season.
It’s the fifth-most-watched game of the 2025 WNBA season, which has just passed the one-month mark, slightly more than a quarter of the year. The top five most-watched games all featured the Fever, including the June 7 game against the Chicago Sky that was one of five games Clark missed due to a quad injury.
Despite Clark’s three-week absence, ESPN announced Tuesday that its WNBA viewership is up 14% this season compared to last year. The network was dealt a great hand as none of the games Clark missed were broadcast nationally on ESPN, while her return on June 14 aired on ABC.
ESPN networks will carry seven more Fever games this season, but the next won’t come until July 13, the first pro meeting between Clark and Paige Bueckers of the Dallas Wings.
The numbers also show that Amazon Prime Video received a gift as the Fever will be competing in the championship game of the Commissioner’s Cup—the WNBA’s in-season tournament—on July 1 against the Minnesota Lynx. The Fever qualified for the game by going 4–1 in Commissioner’s Cup games despite having just a 6–7 record for the season.
