The Women's National Basketball Association has officially broken its single-season attendance record, attracting upwards of 2.5 million fans to games around the country so far this year, the league announced Thursday.

The new record, set on Wednesday, accounts for crowds that attended 226 WNBA games in 2025 involving 13 teams, according to a social media post shared by the WNBA. The previous record, set in 2002, was reached after considerably more games — 256 — and involved more teams — 16 teams — than the new record.

WNBA sets an all-time attendance record with 2,501,609 fans as of 8/20/25. In 2002, the record was set with 16 teams across 256 games. This season, the WNBA broke the record with 13 teams and just 226 games. pic.twitter.com/rknKFpMekn — WNBA Communications (@WNBAComms)

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