NBA Teams that Draw the Largest Home-Game Crowds

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As the country's third most popular sports league, the NBA draws big crowds all season long. The challenge is that some teams do better with home game attendance than others, which usually reflects the team's success. When a team wins, crowds will show up in record numbers, but if a team loses, fans might skip the expense of attending a game in person.

To identify the NBA teams that drew the largest home-game crowds, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data on average attendance at home games in the 2022-23 regular season and estimated arena capacity. In descending order, we ranked all 30 NBA teams on average home game attendance as a percentage of their home arena’s capacity. All data is from ESPN and BetMGM .

Why Is This Important?

Basketball is one of most popular sports in America.

With the average NBA team worth about $4 billion, there’s quite a bit of money to be made for teams. For those who can sell out home games, this means increased revenue from concessions, souvenir purchases, and parking. The more money these teams make, the more jobs are created and the more benefits the local economy will receive, not to mention the sponsorships from many brands we cover on this website.

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