Regular season WNBA the game that Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever attracted a larger audience than the record Game 4 of the 2026 Finals. August 23 matchup with Indiana Chicago Sky on average, there were 3.31 million viewers NBC and Peacock. Game between 4 Angel Reese’s Atlanta Dreams and Golden State Valkyries the average was 1.895 million, the difference was about 1.4 million.
The comparison is particularly striking because both figures use the combined Total Audience Delivery measurement of NBC and Peacock. But the games had different stakes and time slots: Fever-Sky aired in prime time, while Finals Game 4 started at 1 p.m. ET. The Finals broadcast still holds the record for the most-watched Game 4 in WNBA Finals history.
Caitlin Clark is out of the title hunt, but the Gatorade wall still towers over Indianapolis.
Clarke’s game set a record for final attendance
The Fever-Sky matchup was the most watched regular season WNBA game The third most-watched WNBA game since the league’s opening weekend in 1997. Clark scored 37 points as Indiana won 113-90. Reese wasn’t at that game: he had joined Atlanta after being traded by Chicago earlier in the year, so the Fever were facing his former team.
Clark and Reese met in court earlier that month. On August 16, the Fever defeated the Dream 95–91 in overtime, a game that averaged 2.58 million viewers on ESPN, setting a cable record for Game 1. WNBA the game. Clark finished with 26 points and nine assists; Reese had 15 points and 14 rebounds.
The 1.895 million viewers for Game 4 of the Finals remains the landmark for that round of a championship series.and reached 2.5 million at the finish. The Fever-Sky comparison suggests that a regular-season game featuring Clark and his former rival’s old team could draw a bigger crowd, even against Reese in the Finals.
The streak has continued since the streak was set: Golden State defeated Atlanta 64-55 in Game 5 and now leads the best-of-seven finals 3-2. Game 6 is Thursday, Oct. 29 at 12:30 p.m. ET (9:30 a.m. PT) in Atlanta. He will try to live his dream season. In the US, the game will be broadcast on the USA Network and broadcast on Peacock.