The 2024 WNBA draft averaged 2.45 million viewers on ESPN, with the Indiana Fever drafting Caitlin Clark with the No. 1 pick. 

The number represents the largest WNBA audience of any event since 2000.

No other WNBA telecast has averaged over a million viewers since 2008.

Last year's WNBA draft averaged 572,000 viewers on ESPN.