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NBA Finals television ratings

This is a list of television ratings for NBA Finals in the United States, based on Nielsen viewing data.

Viewership/rating by year
==Single game superlatives (1987–present)==
Single game superlatives (1987–present)
Highest rated1998 Game 6 – 22.3 • 1988 Game 7 – 21.5 • 1993 Game 6 – 20.3 Lowest rated • 2020 Game 3 – 3.1 • 2020 Game 2 – 3.6 • 2020 Game 1 – 4.1 Most watched1998 Game 6 – 35.856 million • 1993 Game 6 – 32.100 million • 2016 Game 7 – 31.02 million Least watched • 2020 Game 3 – 5.94 million* • 2020 Game 2 – 6.61 million* • 2020 Game 1 – 7.41 million* ==Game-by-game breakdown by year (1974–present)==
Game-by-game breakdown by year (1974–present)
Figures are expressed as Rating/Share. Rating represents the percentage of US TV households that watched the game, Share represents the percentage of TV sets in use that were tuned to the game. Note that game-by-game viewership for pre-2000 series were generally unavailable. ==See also==
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