RefMetrics

NBA Attendance Leaders

Which officials work the biggest — and smallest — crowds?

Nate Cearley leads with an average of 18,941 fans per game.

Average attendance across every tracked game an official worked in any position (Crew Chief, U1, or U2), among officials with at least 5 qualifying games.

Highest Average Attendance

# Referee Games Avg Attendance
1 1) Nate Cearley 12 18,941
2 2) Biniam Maru Locked Locked
3 3) Dannica Baroody Locked Locked
4 4) JD Ralls Locked Locked
5 5) Jason Phillips Locked Locked
6 6) Mike Callahan Locked Locked
7 7) JT Orr Locked Locked
8 8) Sha'Rae Mitchell Locked Locked
9 9) Che Flores Locked Locked
10 10) Intae Hwang Locked Locked
11 11) Tony Brothers Locked Locked
12 12) Zach Zarba Locked Locked
13 13) Pat O'Connell Locked Locked
14 14) Ron Garretson Locked Locked
15 15) Pat Fraher Locked Locked
16 16) Jenna Reneau Locked Locked
17 17) Robert Hussey Locked Locked
18 18) Brandon Schwab Locked Locked
19 19) James Williams Locked Locked
20 20) Brent Barnaky Locked Locked
21 21) Scott Foster Locked Locked
22 22) Jacyn Goble Locked Locked
23 23) Ed Malloy Locked Locked
24 24) Jason Goldenberg Locked Locked
25 25) Mark Lindsay Locked Locked
26 26) Tyler Ricks Locked Locked
27 27) Tre Maddox Locked Locked
28 28) Courtney Kirkland Locked Locked
29 29) Jamahl Ralls Locked Locked
30 30) Nick Buchert Locked Locked
31 31) Josh Tiven Locked Locked
32 32) Ray Acosta Locked Locked
33 33) Tyler Mirkovich Locked Locked
34 34) Sean Wright Locked Locked
35 35) Bill Kennedy Locked Locked
36 36) Curtis Blair Locked Locked
37 37) Brian Forte Locked Locked
38 38) Kevin Scott Locked Locked
39 39) Gediminas Petraitis Locked Locked
40 40) JB DeRosa Locked Locked
41 41) Marc Davis Locked Locked
42 42) James Capers Locked Locked
43 43) Ben Taylor Locked Locked
44 44) David Guthrie Locked Locked
45 45) Scott Twardoski Locked Locked
46 46) Natalie Sago Locked Locked
47 47) Suyash Mehta Locked Locked
48 48) John Goble Locked Locked
49 49) Nate Green Locked Locked
50 50) Tyler Ford Locked Locked
51 51) Karl Lane Locked Locked
52 52) Andy Nagy Locked Locked
53 53) Brent Haskill Locked Locked
54 54) Sean Corbin Locked Locked
55 55) Mitchell Ervin Locked Locked
56 56) Evan Scott Locked Locked
57 57) Derrick Collins Locked Locked
58 58) Marat Kogut Locked Locked
59 59) Matt Kallio Locked Locked
60 60) Aaron Smith Locked Locked
61 61) Kevin Cutler Locked Locked
62 62) Brett Nansel Locked Locked
63 63) Matt Myers Locked Locked
64 64) Danielle Scott Locked Locked
65 65) Justin Van Duyne Locked Locked
66 66) Gina Catanzariti Locked Locked
67 67) Ashley Moyer-Gleich Locked Locked
68 68) Eric Dalen Locked Locked
69 69) Dedric Taylor Locked Locked
70 70) Tom Washington Locked Locked
71 71) Michael Smith Locked Locked
72 72) Rodney Mott Locked Locked
73 73) Clare Aubry Locked Locked
74 74) John Butler Locked Locked
75 75) Derek Richardson Locked Locked
76 76) Leon Wood Locked Locked
77 77) Brandon Adair Locked Locked
78 78) CJ Washington Locked Locked
79 79) Jonathan Sterling Locked Locked
80 80) Phenizee Ransom Locked Locked
81 81) Matt Boland Locked Locked
82 82) Mousa Dagher Locked Locked
83 83) Dannica Mosher Locked Locked
84 84) Kane Fitzgerald Locked Locked
85 85) John Conley Locked Locked
86 86) Eric Lewis Locked Locked
87 87) Tony Brown Locked Locked
88 88) Agon Abazi Locked Locked
89 89) Jenna Schroeder Locked Locked
90 90) Blanca Burns Locked Locked
91 91) Klajdi Mulla Locked Locked
92 92) Scott Wall Locked Locked
93 93) Simone Jelks Locked Locked
94 94) Lauren Holtkamp Locked Locked
95 95) Ken Mauer Locked Locked
96 96) Leroy Richardson Locked Locked
97 97) Mark Ayotte Locked Locked
98 98) Chelisa Painter Locked Locked
99 99) Haywoode Workman Locked Locked
100 100) Bennie Adams Locked Locked
# Referee Games Avg Attendance
1 1) Bennie Adams 64 13,715
2 2) Haywoode Workman Locked Locked
3 3) Chelisa Painter Locked Locked
4 4) Mark Ayotte Locked Locked
5 5) Leroy Richardson Locked Locked
6 6) Ken Mauer Locked Locked
7 7) Lauren Holtkamp Locked Locked
8 8) Simone Jelks Locked Locked
9 9) Scott Wall Locked Locked
10 10) Klajdi Mulla Locked Locked
11 11) Blanca Burns Locked Locked
12 12) Jenna Schroeder Locked Locked
13 13) Agon Abazi Locked Locked
14 14) Tony Brown Locked Locked
15 15) Eric Lewis Locked Locked
16 16) John Conley Locked Locked
17 17) Kane Fitzgerald Locked Locked
18 18) Dannica Mosher Locked Locked
19 19) Mousa Dagher Locked Locked
20 20) Matt Boland Locked Locked
21 21) Phenizee Ransom Locked Locked
22 22) Jonathan Sterling Locked Locked
23 23) CJ Washington Locked Locked
24 24) Leon Wood Locked Locked
25 25) Brandon Adair Locked Locked
26 26) Derek Richardson Locked Locked
27 27) John Butler Locked Locked
28 28) Clare Aubry Locked Locked
29 29) Rodney Mott Locked Locked
30 30) Michael Smith Locked Locked
31 31) Tom Washington Locked Locked
32 32) Dedric Taylor Locked Locked
33 33) Eric Dalen Locked Locked
34 34) Ashley Moyer-Gleich Locked Locked
35 35) Gina Catanzariti Locked Locked
36 36) Justin Van Duyne Locked Locked
37 37) Danielle Scott Locked Locked
38 38) Matt Myers Locked Locked
39 39) Brett Nansel Locked Locked
40 40) Kevin Cutler Locked Locked
41 41) Aaron Smith Locked Locked
42 42) Matt Kallio Locked Locked
43 43) Marat Kogut Locked Locked
44 44) Derrick Collins Locked Locked
45 45) Evan Scott Locked Locked
46 46) Mitchell Ervin Locked Locked
47 47) Sean Corbin Locked Locked
48 48) Brent Haskill Locked Locked
49 49) Andy Nagy Locked Locked
50 50) Karl Lane Locked Locked
51 51) Tyler Ford Locked Locked
52 52) Nate Green Locked Locked
53 53) John Goble Locked Locked
54 54) Suyash Mehta Locked Locked
55 55) Natalie Sago Locked Locked
56 56) Scott Twardoski Locked Locked
57 57) David Guthrie Locked Locked
58 58) Ben Taylor Locked Locked
59 59) James Capers Locked Locked
60 60) Marc Davis Locked Locked
61 61) JB DeRosa Locked Locked
62 62) Gediminas Petraitis Locked Locked
63 63) Kevin Scott Locked Locked
64 64) Brian Forte Locked Locked
65 65) Curtis Blair Locked Locked
66 66) Bill Kennedy Locked Locked
67 67) Tyler Mirkovich Locked Locked
68 68) Sean Wright Locked Locked
69 69) Josh Tiven Locked Locked
70 70) Ray Acosta Locked Locked
71 71) Nick Buchert Locked Locked
72 72) Jamahl Ralls Locked Locked
73 73) Courtney Kirkland Locked Locked
74 74) Tre Maddox Locked Locked
75 75) Tyler Ricks Locked Locked
76 76) Mark Lindsay Locked Locked
77 77) Jason Goldenberg Locked Locked
78 78) Jacyn Goble Locked Locked
79 79) Ed Malloy Locked Locked
80 80) Scott Foster Locked Locked
81 81) Brent Barnaky Locked Locked
82 82) James Williams Locked Locked
83 83) Brandon Schwab Locked Locked
84 84) Robert Hussey Locked Locked
85 85) Jenna Reneau Locked Locked
86 86) Pat Fraher Locked Locked
87 87) Ron Garretson Locked Locked
88 88) Pat O'Connell Locked Locked
89 89) Zach Zarba Locked Locked
90 90) Tony Brothers Locked Locked
91 91) Intae Hwang Locked Locked
92 92) Che Flores Locked Locked
93 93) Sha'Rae Mitchell Locked Locked
94 94) JT Orr Locked Locked
95 95) Mike Callahan Locked Locked
96 96) Jason Phillips Locked Locked
97 97) JD Ralls Locked Locked
98 98) Dannica Baroody Locked Locked
99 99) Biniam Maru Locked Locked
100 100) Nate Cearley Locked Locked