Ekko, Xayah and Kog'Maw lead patch 26.22. More than half of the most-picked champions lose.

Ranked Solo/Duo, built on nine stat sites from Korea, Europe and North America, Emerald+ up to Master+, read on 14 Nov 2026. Of the 65 champions picked in 5% or more of their role's games, 36 win less than half. Scores are percentage points above the role average after correcting for sample size and one-trick inflation. Patch 26.23 lands on 18 Nov.

Picked a lot is not the same as winning

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Popular, but losing

5%+ pick rate, below average after correction.

    Changing on 18 Nov (26.23 preview)

      Same numbers everywhere, very different grades

      At the same rank every site reads the same Riot match data, so their win rates nearly match. Their letter grades do not. Below is how closely each site's tiers follow winning versus popularity, as rank correlations across about 200 champion-role pairs at Diamond+.

      Last column: how closely the site's win rates match OP.GG at the same rank (1 = identical).

      U.GG and Blitz are the sites whose letters you can take at face value. dpm.lol, Mobalytics' expert list and METAsrc mostly tell you what people pick. That is why Kai'Sa, Lee Sin, Lulu and Nautilus sit in their top tiers while winning less than the average pick in their role.

      How the score works

      • Per dataset: win rate minus that dataset's average for the role.
      • Shrunk toward zero for small samples. Game counts come from U.GG where available.
      • Small penalty under 2% pick rate, because mostly mains play those champions.
      • Consensus: Global 30%, EUW 20%, KR 20%, Master+ 20%, NA 10% (OP.GG, Emerald+), then judged by hand. S must be above average in every region.
      • High elo: Diamond+ from OP.GG, U.GG, Blitz, dpm.lol and League of Graphs at half weight (50%), Master+ from OP.GG and U.GG (35%), EUW Emerald+ (15%). Tiers by cutoff, no hand edits.
      • Z tier: +1.8 or better overall, at least +1.5 in every dataset, and a 2%+ pick rate.

      What it cannot tell you

      • Your champion pool. A one-trick on a B-tier pick beats a first-timer on a Z.
      • Matchups and draft. Mage bots and Kog'Maw need the right support.
      • Chinese servers. Tencent's data lives in its apps and is not public.
      • Anything after 26.23. Master Yi, LeBlanc and Syndra get nerfed on 18 Nov.
      • Exact game counts for EUW, NA and OP.GG Master+. Those are estimates.

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      Built from data read on 14 Nov 2026. LoL 26.22 Tier List was created under Riot Games' "Legal Jibber Jabber" policy using assets owned by Riot Games. Riot Games does not endorse or sponsor this project.