“After a unstable and unsure begin, it’s unbelievable to look again and see what MLP has grow to be,” stated commissioner Samin Odhwani.
Main League Pickleball simply wrapped its first full season since merging with the PPA Tour in late February of 2024.
In the present day, the league introduced “record-breaking season metrics” throughout the 13-event season, highlighted by ticket income, in-person occasion attendance, and YouTube views.
🚨 Document-breaking season for Main League Pickleball! 🚨
The 2025 season generated unprecedented development throughout each space of the league 🧵: pic.twitter.com/7rDWLrGDH4
— Main League Pickleball (@MajorLeaguePB) September 16, 2025
Some highlights embrace:
- Sponsor income greater than doubled 2024’s complete
- Ticket income noticed 84% development
- Whole attendance grew 37% (complete of fifty occasion days)
- Linear distribution hours greater than doubled by way of nationwide broadcaster and native partnerships
- Pickleballtv generated a 141% leap in minutes considered
- YouTube views elevated 230% on MLP’s official channel
- Social media impressions confirmed 407% development on official league handles
Whole YouTube views in 2023 had been round 2.6 million. In 2025, that quantity elevated to 9.6 million. Throughout that very same timespan, complete impressions throughout social media channels went from about 46 million to greater than 117 million.
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“After a unstable and unsure begin, it’s unbelievable to look again and see what MLP has grow to be and may do for the game of pickleball when given the eye and resourcing it deserves,” stated MLP Commissioner Samin Odhwani.
“From the workers, to the crew homeowners, to our management at MLP, we are going to look again on the 2025 season because the leaping off level for MLP to grow to be one of the distinguished sports activities properties in America.”
The Columbus Sliders are the 2025 Main League Pickleball Champions
The Main League Pickleball (MLP) Finals came about at Wollman Rink in Central Park, in New York Metropolis, the place the Columbus Sliders and Las Vegas Night time Owls had been topped champions of the 2025 MLP 12 months.
The MLP Finals, held as soon as once more at Wollman Rink in NYC’s Central Park, additionally drew sturdy rankings.
- TV viewership: CBS’s unique broadcast of Finals Match 1 between the New Jersey 5s and Columbus Sliders on Aug. 23 was MLP’s most-watched match ever, averaging 436,000 viewers
- Ticket income: NYC was the highest-grossing occasion in MLP historical past, +79% over 2025’s next-highest occasion
- Occasion attendance: Two sellouts helped to generate every day common attendance of practically 1,700 per day
- YouTube viewership: Virtually 1.5 million views throughout the 7-day measured occasion interval
- Social media impressions: Practically 20 million, a 70% enhance vs. the earlier single-event document
Lastly, the season was punctuated by two new crew valuations:
- The LA Mad Drops’ $13 million valuation set a brand new document for an MLP majority stake sale
- The Palm Seaside Royals’ $16 million valuation set a brand new document for an MLP growth franchise
MLP Provides New Growth Franchise, the Palm Seaside Royals
The crew was reportedly bought at “the best crew valuation in league historical past.”
Trying forward, MLP will host the standalone Edward Jones MLP Cup at Brookhaven Nation Membership, Friday, Oct. 31 to Sunday, Nov. 2, as a part of the 2025 Jenius Financial institution Pickleball World Championships.
The 2026 league calendar and occasion schedule will probably be shared within the coming weeks.
Within the meantime, this is an early take a look at attainable strikes, trades, and different storylines through the offseason.
