The Fever Lead the Pack; Bueckers Sparks Wings Surge
Ahead of the 2025 WNBA season, StubHub, the world’s leading marketplace to buy and sell tickets to any live event, has released its second annual WNBA Season Preview, revealing the top-selling teams, games, and trends of the season. The WNBA is on a roll with ticket sales up nearly 2.5x (145%) from last season, and all 12 returning teams are seeing growth. Interest in women’s basketball is reaching new heights, with first-time WNBA ticket buyers on StubHub jumping 28% compared to this same time last year.
Key highlights include:
- WNBA’s Global Appeal Soars: Fans from 29 countries have purchased WNBA tickets on StubHub ahead of the season, up from 12 countries in 2024.
- Clark Ignites Fever: The Indiana Fever return as the WNBA’s hottest ticket on StubHub.
- The excitement around Caitlin Clark’s standout rookie season, along with star teammates Kelsey Mitchell and Aliyah Boston, has fueled a nearly 6x (497%) increase in ticket sales for Fever games compared to last season.
- The Fever drive demand on the road with 9 of the 10 top WNBA games of the season being Fever away games, with some teams even moving games to larger arenas to meet demand.
- Buckets Boosts Wings: Paige Bueckers’ March Madness buzz and Arike Ogunbowale’s star shooting power have Dallas Wings ticket sales up 4.5x (343%) from last season’s start.
- In the 24 hours after selecting No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers, site searches for the Dallas Wings jumped 4.5x (351%) on StubHub.
- Valkyries Soar Into Inaugural Season: The Golden State Valkyries – the league’s first expansion team since 2008 – face off against the Fever in their best-selling game of their inaugural season on June 19.
- Sales are more than double that of their second-best-selling game of the season, when they host the Sparks for their WNBA debut.
