WNBA All-Star Game Draws 3.2 Million With Caitlin Clark as 3-Point Contest Falls 11%
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 29
WNBA All-Star Game Draws 3.2 Million With Caitlin Clark as 3-Point Contest Falls 11%
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 29
Summary
ABC’s WNBA All-Star Game averaged 3.2 million viewers and peaked at 3.3 million, up 44% from 2025 and ranking as the league’s second-most-watched All-Star Game.
Friday’s 3-Point Contest, which Clark declined to enter, averaged 1.17 million viewers and peaked at 1.35 million on ESPN, down about 11% from last year’s 1.318 million.
ESPN heavily promoted Saturday’s game and a 1.8 million-viewer pregame show featuring Clark, but did not publicly include Friday’s audience figures until asked.
The Friday number was still the second-largest audience on record for the WNBA’s All-Star Friday events, up 68% from 2024 and more than four times 2023’s 288,000.
Nielsen measurement changes since 2025 complicate direct comparisons, but the weekend still underscored a clear pattern: WNBA audiences rise most when Clark is actually on the court.