A couple seasons ago, I wrote a piece titled, “The Wizards have the NBA’s second worst home attendance rate.” That was because fans, at least here on this site and social media, were cautiously optimistic about them.
But they also had the second-lowest rate of fan attendance league-wide at 76.9 percent capacity through Dec. 2019 according to ESPN. They ultimately finished the 2019-20 season with an attendance rate of 80.8 percent capacity, good for third-lowest in the league, or 16,646 people, good for 23rd based on the number of people in the league.
After a pandemic-affected 2020-21 NBA season, the return of full capacity and loose entry requirements relative to the rest of the NBA, you would think the Washington Wizards would have better attendance, relative to the rest of the league, especially since they started out the season 5-1 (and are 5-3 now).