Caitlin Clark's Fever jersey sells out most sizes one hour after being drafted

Caitlin Clark fever has already struck the WNBA.

Shortly after the Indiana Fever selected her with the No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft on Monday, most sizes of Clark's jersey were sold out on Fanatics within an hour. It's unknown how many Clark jerseys Fanatics sold, but extra small, medium, large, extra large and double-extra large jerseys were unavailable to purchase on the website not long after they became available for sale.

Clark's immediate impact on the WNBA isn't much of a surprise. As her college career at Iowa progressed, Clark brought extra attention to women's college basketball. Iowa's home and road games were constantly sold out during Clark's senior season, which saw her break the all-time Division I scoring record, men's or women's. 

The Clark effect also translated to record-setting television ratings for women's college basketball. Her final regular-season game at Iowa was the most-watched women's college basketball regular-season game since 1999. Iowa's final three games in the 2024 NCAA Tournament broke the record for the most-watched games in women's college basketball history. In fact, Iowa's loss to South Carolina in the women's title game drew a larger audience (18.9 million) than the men's national title game (14.8 million), marking the first time that's ever happened.

Ahead of Monday's WNBA Draft, the league prepared itself for the extra attention Clark will likely bring to the sport. The Fever will have 36 of its 40 regular-season games on national television despite holding the league's second-worst record last season. While the Fever haven't made any information about ticket sales public, the average resale price for tickets to their games in 2024 is triple what it was in 2023, according to a