NBA set 2nd-highest regular-season attendance mark in 2024-25

The NBA may have experienced a decline in television ratings this season, but game attendance remained a strong point for the league.

The average attendance for the 2024-25 regular season was 18,147, the second-best mark in NBA history behind the 2023-24 campaign, according to David Broughton and Tom Friend of Sports Business Journal. It was the second time ever that the NBA's total regular-season attendance exceeded 22.3 million fans.

The Chicago Bulls, who finished the regular season ranked ninth in the Eastern Conference with a 39-43 record, had the highest average among teams at 20,138 fans per game. The Dallas Mavericks finished second with an average of 20,079, followed by the Philadelphia 76ers in third at 19,844.

The Los Angeles Clippers saw the biggest drop in attendance with a 12.6% decline after going from an average of 18,946 last season at the 20,000-seat Crypto.com Arena to 16,566 at the new 18,000-seat Intuit Dome.