The 2025 WNBA All-Star Game was, per ESPN, the most-watched program of any kind on Saturday night, with the event logging one of the best viewership figures in its history.
The average viewership on ABC for Team Collier’s 151-131 victory over Team Clark came out at 2.2 million, a figure only bested by last year’s 3.44 million total. While this year’s game couldn’t quite match 2024, last year’s edition was a battle between the WNBA All-Stars and Team USA just before the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
It’s the second straight year that the All-Star Game has drawn a seven-figure audience, with 2024 the all-time highest total.
This year, a new format was in place, with stars Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier — the top two players in fan voting — getting to pick their teams from a pool of players sorted by a weighted tally of fan, media, and player votes. Clark ended up sidelined due to a groin injury, joining Rhyne Howard (leg) and Satou Sabally (ankle) as All-Stars who could not participate.
All-Star Weekend included a Skills Challenge and 3-Point Contest on Friday, with viewership for that surpassing all previous editions. Per ESPN, an average of 1.3 million viewers watched Natasha Cloud win the Skills Challenge, while her New York Liberty teammate Sabrina Ionescu won the 3-Point Contest for a second time in three years.
The audience average was an 89% increase over 2024, and according to the network it was the most-viewed program in primetime for people under the age of 35.