WNBA Draft 2025 Headlined by Paige Bueckers Saw Second-Highest Viewership Numbers

April 15, 2025

The 2025 WNBA draft on Monday night saw the second-highest viewership numbers in league history.

The ESPN broadcast averaged 1.25 million viewers and peaked at 1.46 million. This is an 119% increase from the 2023 WNBA draft. It’s only the second time in WNBA draft history when the viewership numbers were over one million. But the 2025 viewership numbers still sit quite a bit behind last year’s results, as Caitlin Clark’s being the No. 1 draft pick in ’24 was a big draw to bring in 2.45 million average viewers, seeing a 307% increase from the year prior. SI