NBA attendance by team, 2008-09

Which NBA team drew the biggest crowds in 2008-09?

The Detroit Pistons drew the biggest home crowds in the 2008-09 NBA regular season, 21,877 a game over 41 home dates; the Sacramento Kings drew the smallest, 12,571. 21,389,899 fans saw 1,222 games, 17,504 a game.

NBA 2008-09 regular-season attendance by home team, biggest average first

1	DET	41	21,877	896,971	22,076	18,025
2	CHI	40	21,198	847,903	23,011	17,559
3	POR	41	20,524	841,499	20,708	17,168
4	DAL	41	20,042	821,723	20,427	17,103
5	CLE	41	20,011	820,439	20,562	18,899
6	UTAH	41	19,903	816,042	19,911	17,038
7	NY	41	19,288	790,801	19,763	17,730
8	LAL	41	18,997	778,877	18,997	19,268
9	GS	41	18,943	776,660	20,007	16,943
10	TOR	41	18,773	769,707	19,800	16,785
11	OKC	40	18,693	747,732	19,136	16,680
12	BOS	41	18,624	763,584	18,624	18,975
13	PHX	41	18,422	755,302	18,422	18,122
14	SA	41	18,269	749,048	18,797	17,626
15	MIA	40	18,229	729,178	19,600	18,151
16	HOU	40	17,482	699,280	18,557	17,589
17	DEN	41	17,224	706,165	19,920	17,227
18	ORL	41	17,043	698,768	17,461	17,901
19	NO	41	16,969	695,727	18,405	17,702
20	ATL	41	16,748	686,688	20,148	17,303
21	WSH	41	16,613	681,117	20,173	17,157
22	LAC	40	16,171	646,830	19,627	17,202
23	PHI	41	15,802	647,898	20,484	17,358
24	MIL	41	15,390	630,976	18,717	16,948
25	BKN	41	15,148	621,062	19,990	17,587
26	CHA	40	14,526	581,049	19,568	17,311
27	MIN	41	14,506	594,743	19,177	16,845
28	IND	41	14,182	581,472	18,165	16,628
29	MEM	40	12,745	509,806	18,119	17,101
30	SAC	40	12,571	502,852	17,317	17,228
Team	League	1,222	17,504	21,389,899

Regular season, the crowd ESPN files with each final. A neutral-site game counts for the club listed at home, as ESPN counts it; a game with no count on file is left out of both columns. Seasons are listed where ESPN has a crowd for at least 80% of the finals.