The data displays the average TV viewership of NBA Finals games from 2002 to 2018. The games of the 2018 NBA Finals were watched by an average of 17.7 million viewers.
NBA TV viewership - additional information
The NBA is one of the major sports leagues in the U.S., as nearly 22 million people in the United States stated that they were very interested in the NBA over the last few years. As of spring 2015, around 58 million people had watched a NBA regular season event on broadcast TV within a period of 12 months. The NBA Finals have, on average, more viewers than the World Series, the MLB’s championship series, and the Stanley Cup games, the NHL championship series.
