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LPL 2026 Season Overview
The 2026 LPL season ran from 14 January through 19 September with 14 teams. 
Bilibili Gaming won Split 1 (3-1 over 
JD Gaming) and Split 2 (3-0 over 
Top Esports), while 
Anyone's Legend won the Grand Finals (3-1 over Bilibili Gaming). Anyone's Legend, Bilibili Gaming, Top Esports and 
Invictus Gaming qualified for Worlds as China's four seeds.
Participating Teams
Split 1 roster
Additional players listed for an already-filled role are retained as substitutes.
- Anyone's Legend
Anyone's Legend
- TOP
- Flandre
- JNG
- Tarzan (Lee Seung-yong)
- MID
- Shanks
- BOT
- Hope (Wang Jie)
- SUP
- Kael (Kim Jin-hong)
- Bilibili Gaming
Bilibili Gaming
- TOP
- Bin (Chen Ze-Bin)
- JNG
- Xun
- MID
- Knight (Zhuo Ding)
- BOT
- Viper (Park Do-hyeon)
- SUP
- ON
- Invictus Gaming
Invictus Gaming
- TOP
- Soboro
- JNG
- Wei (Yan Yang-Wei)
- MID
- Rookie
- BOT
- Photic
- SUP
- Jwei
- JD Gaming
JD Gaming
- TOP
- Xiaoxu
- JNG
- JunJia
- MID
- HongQ
- BOT
- GALA
- SUP
- Vampire
- Top Esports
Top Esports
- TOP
- 369
- JNG
- naiyou
- MID
- Creme
- BOT
- JiaQi
- SUP
- fengyue
- Weibo Gaming
Weibo Gaming
- TOP
- Zika
- JNG
- Jiejie
- MID
- Xiaohu
- BOT
- Elk
- SUP
- Erha
- EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming
- TOP
- Zdz
- JNG
- Xiaohao
- MID
- Angel (Xiang Tao)
- BOT
- Leave
- SUP
- Parukia
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
Ninjas in Pyjamas
- TOP
- HOYA
- JNG
- Guwon
- MID
- Care
- BOT
- Assum
- SUP
- Zhuo
- Team WE
Team WE
- TOP
- Cube (Dai Yi)
- JNG
- Monki
- MID
- Karis
- BOT
- About
- SUP
- yaoyao
- ThunderTalk Gaming
ThunderTalk Gaming
- TOP
- Keshi (Li Qing-Hua)
- JNG
- Junhao
- MID
- Heru
- BOT
- Ryan3
- SUP
- Feather
- LGD Gaming
LGD Gaming
- TOP
- sasi (Yan Rui)
- JNG
- Heng
- MID
- Tangyuan
- BOT
- Shaoye
- SUP
- Ycx
- LNG Esports
LNG Esports
- TOP
- sheer
- JNG
- Croco
- MID
- BuLLDoG (Lee Tae-young)
- BOT
- 1xn
- SUP
- MISSING
- Oh My God
Oh My God
- TOP
- Hery
- JNG
- Juhan
- MID
- haichao
- BOT
- Starry
- SUP
- Moham
- SUB
- re0
- Ultra Prime
Ultra Prime
- TOP
- Liangchen
- JNG
- Grizzly
- MID
- Saber (Song Dai-Lin)
- BOT
- Hena
- SUP
- Xiaoxia
Split 2 roster
Additional players listed for an already-filled role are retained as substitutes.
- Anyone's Legend
Anyone's Legend
- TOP
- Flandre
- JNG
- Tarzan (Lee Seung-yong)
- MID
- Shanks
- BOT
- Hope (Wang Jie)
- SUP
- Kael (Kim Jin-hong)
- Bilibili Gaming
Bilibili Gaming
- TOP
- Bin (Chen Ze-Bin)
- JNG
- Xun
- MID
- Knight (Zhuo Ding)
- BOT
- Viper (Park Do-hyeon)
- SUP
- ON
- Invictus Gaming
Invictus Gaming
- TOP
- Breathe
- JNG
- Wei (Yan Yang-Wei)
- MID
- Renard
- BOT
- JiaQi
- SUP
- Meiko
- SUB
- Nia (Zou Guang-Lu)
- JD Gaming
JD Gaming
- TOP
- Xiaoxu
- JNG
- JunJia
- MID
- HongQ
- BOT
- GALA
- SUP
- Vampire
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
Ninjas in Pyjamas
- TOP
- HOYA
- JNG
- Guwon
- MID
- Care
- BOT
- Assum
- SUP
- Zhuo
- Team WE
Team WE
- TOP
- Cube (Dai Yi)
- JNG
- Monki
- MID
- Karis
- BOT
- About
- SUP
- Erha
- SUB
- Tyrion
- Top Esports
Top Esports
- TOP
- ZUIAN
- JNG
- Tian
- MID
- Creme
- BOT
- JackeyLove
- SUP
- fengyue
- Weibo Gaming
Weibo Gaming
- TOP
- Zika
- JNG
- Jiejie
- MID
- Xiaohu
- BOT
- Elk
- SUP
- Hang
- SUB
- TheHank
- EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming
- TOP
- Zdz
- JNG
- Xiaohao
- MID
- Angel (Xiang Tao)
- BOT
- Leave
- SUP
- Jwei
- SUB
- sinian
- LGD Gaming
LGD Gaming
- TOP
- Burdol
- JNG
- Heng
- MID
- Tangyuan
- BOT
- Shaoye
- SUP
- Ycx
- LNG Esports
LNG Esports
- TOP
- sheer
- JNG
- Croco
- MID
- BuLLDoG (Lee Tae-young)
- BOT
- 1xn
- SUP
- MISSING
- Oh My God
Oh My God
- TOP
- Hery
- JNG
- re0
- MID
- haichao
- BOT
- Starry
- SUP
- Moham
- SUB
- Juhan
- SUB
- Photic
- ThunderTalk Gaming
ThunderTalk Gaming
- TOP
- Keshi (Li Qing-Hua)
- JNG
- Junhao
- MID
- Heru
- BOT
- Ahn
- SUP
- Feather
- Ultra Prime
Ultra Prime
- TOP
- sasi (Yan Rui)
- JNG
- climber
- MID
- Saber (Song Dai-Lin)
- BOT
- Hena
- SUP
- Xiaoxia
Split 3 roster
Additional players listed for an already-filled role are retained as substitutes.
- Anyone's Legend
Anyone's Legend
- TOP
- Breathe
- JNG
- Tarzan (Lee Seung-yong)
- MID
- Shanks
- BOT
- Hope (Wang Jie)
- SUP
- Kael (Kim Jin-hong)
- SUB
- Flandre
- Bilibili Gaming
Bilibili Gaming
- TOP
- Wenbo (Yang Wen-Bo)
- JNG
- Xun
- MID
- Knight (Zhuo Ding)
- BOT
- Viper (Park Do-hyeon)
- SUP
- ON
- EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming
- TOP
- Zdz
- JNG
- Xiaohao
- MID
- BuLLDoG (Lee Tae-young)
- BOT
- Leave
- SUP
- Parukia
- SUB
- Jiejie
- JD Gaming
JD Gaming
- TOP
- Xiaoxu
- JNG
- JunJia
- MID
- HongQ
- BOT
- GALA
- SUP
- Vampire
- LGD Gaming
LGD Gaming
- TOP
- Burdol
- JNG
- Heng
- MID
- Tangyuan
- BOT
- Shaoye
- SUP
- Crisp
- Team WE
Team WE
- TOP
- Cube (Dai Yi)
- JNG
- Monki
- MID
- Karis
- BOT
- About
- SUP
- Erha
- SUB
- Tyrion
- Top Esports
Top Esports
- TOP
- ZUIAN
- JNG
- Tian
- MID
- Creme
- BOT
- JackeyLove
- SUP
- Zhuo
- ThunderTalk Gaming
ThunderTalk Gaming
- TOP
- Keshi (Li Qing-Hua)
- JNG
- Junhao
- MID
- Heru
- BOT
- Ahn
- SUP
- Feather
- Invictus Gaming
Invictus Gaming
- TOP
- TheShy
- JNG
- Wei (Yan Yang-Wei)
- MID
- Rookie
- BOT
- Assum
- SUP
- Meiko
- SUB
- JiaQi
- Ninjas in Pyjamas
Ninjas in Pyjamas
- TOP
- HOYA
- JNG
- Guwon
- MID
- Care
- BOT
- Photic
- SUP
- fengyue
- LNG Esports
LNG Esports
- TOP
- sheer
- JNG
- Weiwei
- MID
- Nia (Zou Guang-Lu)
- BOT
- 1xn
- SUP
- MISSING
- SUB
- Ycx
- Weibo Gaming
Weibo Gaming
- TOP
- Zika
- JNG
- Jiejie
- MID
- Xiaohu
- BOT
- Elk
- SUP
- Jwei
- SUB
- Xiaohao
- SUB
- Moham
Regional Finals roster
Invictus Gaming fielded JiaQi at bot for the Regional Finals.
- Top Esports
Top Esports
- TOP
- ZUIAN
- JNG
- Tian
- MID
- Creme
- BOT
- JackeyLove
- SUP
- Zhuo
- Invictus Gaming
Invictus Gaming
- TOP
- TheShy
- JNG
- Wei (Yan Yang-Wei)
- MID
- Rookie
- BOT
- JiaQi
- SUP
- Meiko
- Team WE
Team WE
- TOP
- Cube (Dai Yi)
- JNG
- Monki
- MID
- Karis
- BOT
- About
- SUP
- Erha
- JD Gaming
JD Gaming
- TOP
- Xiaoxu
- JNG
- JunJia
- MID
- HongQ
- BOT
- GALA
- SUP
- Vampire
Split 1 Group Standings
Group Ascend
| # | Team | Series | Next stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anyone's Legend | 8-2 | Playoffs |
| 2 | Bilibili Gaming | 6-4 | Playoffs |
| 3 |  Weibo Gaming | 5-5 | Playoffs |
| 4 | JD Gaming | 5-5 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Top Esports | 4-6 | Knights Rivals |
| 6 | Invictus Gaming | 2-8 | Knights Rivals |
Group Perseverance
| # | Team | Series | Next stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Ninjas in Pyjamas | 4-2 | Knights Rivals |
| 2 |  Team WE | 4-2 | Knights Rivals |
| 3 |  EDward Gaming | 4-2 | Knights Rivals |
| 4 |  ThunderTalk Gaming | 0-6 | Knights Rivals |
Ninjas in Pyjamas defeated Team WE 2–0 in the first-place tiebreaker.
Group Nirvana
| # | Team | Series | Next stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  LNG Esports | 6-0 | Knights Rivals |
| 2 |  Oh My God | 3-3 | Knights Rivals |
| 3 |  LGD Gaming | 2-4 | Eliminated |
| 4 |  Ultra Prime | 1-5 | Eliminated |
Split 1 Knights Rivals
Top Esports Team WE LNG Esports ThunderTalk Gaming Ninjas in Pyjamas Invictus Gaming Oh My God EDward Gaming Team WE LNG Esports Invictus Gaming Oh My God Split 1 Playoff Bracket
JD Gaming Top Esports Anyone's Legend Team WE Weibo Gaming Invictus Gaming Bilibili Gaming Ninjas in Pyjamas JD Gaming Anyone's Legend Weibo Gaming Bilibili Gaming Top Esports Team WE Invictus Gaming Ninjas in Pyjamas JD Gaming Bilibili Gaming Weibo Gaming Top Esports Anyone's Legend Invictus Gaming Weibo Gaming Anyone's Legend JD Gaming Weibo Gaming Bilibili Gaming JD Gaming Bilibili Gaming: Split 1 Champions Bilibili Gaming defeated JD Gaming 3-1 in the 8 March final; Bin was Finals MVP. Both teams qualified for the 2026 First Stand Tournament.
Split 2 Group Standings
Group Ascend
| # | Team | Series | Next stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bilibili Gaming | 12-2 | Playoffs |
| 2 | JD Gaming | 9-5 | Playoffs |
| 3 | Top Esports | 8-6 | Playoffs |
| 4 | Anyone's Legend | 8-6 | Playoffs |
| 5 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 7-7 | Knights Rivals |
| 6 | Weibo Gaming | 6-8 | Knights Rivals |
| 7 | Invictus Gaming | 5-9 | Knights Rivals |
| 8 | Team WE | 1-13 | Knights Rivals |
Group Nirvana
| # | Team | Series | Next stage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LNG Esports | 4-1 | Knights Rivals |
| 2 | ThunderTalk Gaming | 3-2 | Knights Rivals |
| 3 | LGD Gaming | 3-2 | Knights Rivals |
| 4 | EDward Gaming | 3-2 | Knights Rivals |
| 5 | Ultra Prime | 2-3 | Season eliminated |
| 6 | Oh My God | 0-5 | Season eliminated |
Split 2 Knights Rivals
Team WE LNG Esports ThunderTalk Gaming Invictus Gaming EDward Gaming Ninjas in Pyjamas LGD Gaming Weibo Gaming Split 2 Playoff Bracket
JD Gaming ThunderTalk Gaming Top Esports LGD Gaming Anyone's Legend EDward Gaming Team WE Bilibili Gaming JD Gaming Top Esports Anyone's Legend Team WE ThunderTalk Gaming LGD Gaming EDward Gaming Bilibili Gaming Top Esports Team WE Anyone's Legend LGD Gaming JD Gaming Bilibili Gaming Anyone's Legend Bilibili Gaming Team WE Bilibili Gaming Top Esports Bilibili Gaming Bilibili Gaming: Split 2 Champions Bilibili Gaming defeated Top Esports 3-0 in the 14 June final; Knight was Finals MVP. Both teams qualified for the 2026 Mid-Season Invitational, and Bilibili Gaming also qualified for the Esports World Cup.
Split 3 Group Standings
Split 3 ran 22 July - 23 August with Hard Fearless Draft. Regular-stage patches were 26.14 (weeks 1-2), 26.15 (weeks 3-4) and 26.16 (week 5).
Group Ascend
| # | Team | Series | Games | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bilibili Gaming | 12-2 | 25-10 | +15 |
| 2 | Anyone's Legend | 9-5 | 22-14 | +8 |
| 3 | Top Esports | 9-5 | 18-13 | +5 |
| 4 | JD Gaming | 8-6 | 20-17 | +3 |
| 5 | Team WE | 7-7 | 16-17 | -1 |
| 6 | LGD Gaming | 6-8 | 17-18 | -1 |
| 7 | ThunderTalk Gaming | 3-11 | 12-24 | -12 |
| 8 | EDward Gaming | 2-12 | 7-24 | -17 |
Group Nirvana
| # | Team | Series | Games | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 6-0 | 12-3 | +9 |
| 2 | Invictus Gaming | 4-2 | 9-6 | +3 |
| 3 | Weibo Gaming | 2-4 | 7-9 | -2 |
| 4 | LNG Esports | 0-6 | 2-12 | -10 |
Split 3 Knights Road
Knight's Road was played 28 August on patch 26.16:
Ninjas in Pyjamas EDward Gaming Invictus Gaming ThunderTalk Gaming Split 3 Grand Finals Bracket
The double-elimination bracket was played on patch 26.17. Knight (Bilibili Gaming) was named Split 3 MVP. Anyone's Legend defeated Bilibili Gaming 3-1 in the final; Tarzan was Finals MVP.
| Date | Round | Winner | Score | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28 | Knight's Road | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 3 - 0 | EDward Gaming |
| Aug 28 | Knight's Road | Invictus Gaming | 3 - 0 | ThunderTalk Gaming |
| Aug 29 | Upper Quarterfinal | LGD Gaming | 3 - 2 | Top Esports |
| Aug 30 | Upper Quarterfinal | Team WE | 3 - 1 | JD Gaming |
| Sep 3 | Upper Semifinal | Bilibili Gaming | 3 - 1 | Team WE |
| Sep 4 | Upper Semifinal | Anyone's Legend | 3 - 1 | LGD Gaming |
| Sep 5 | Lower Round 1 | Invictus Gaming | 3 - 2 | Top Esports |
| Sep 5 | Lower Round 1 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 3 - 0 | JD Gaming |
| Sep 6 | Lower Quarterfinal | Invictus Gaming | 3 - 1 | Team WE |
| Sep 6 | Lower Quarterfinal | LGD Gaming | 3 - 2 | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
| Sep 7 | Upper Final | Bilibili Gaming | 3 - 0 | Anyone's Legend |
| Sep 8 | Lower Semifinal | Invictus Gaming | 3 - 0 | LGD Gaming |
| Sep 12 | Lower Final | Anyone's Legend | 3 - 2 | Invictus Gaming |
| Sep 13 | Grand Final | Anyone's Legend | 3 - 1 | Bilibili Gaming |
| Place | Team | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anyone's Legend | Champion, 300 pts; China seed 1; Finals MVP Tarzan |
| 2 | Bilibili Gaming | 110 pts; China seed 2 via championship points |
| 3 | Invictus Gaming | 80 pts |
| 4 | LGD Gaming | 50 pts |
| 5-6 | Team WE | 30 pts |
| 5-6 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 30 pts |
| 7-8 | Top Esports | 15 pts |
| 7-8 | JD Gaming | 15 pts |
| 9-10 | ThunderTalk Gaming | 0 pts |
| 9-10 | EDward Gaming | 0 pts |
Top Esports LGD Gaming JD Gaming Team WE Bilibili Gaming Team WE Anyone's Legend LGD Gaming Top Esports Invictus Gaming JD Gaming Ninjas in Pyjamas Bilibili Gaming Anyone's Legend Team WE Invictus Gaming LGD Gaming Ninjas in Pyjamas Invictus Gaming LGD Gaming Anyone's Legend Invictus Gaming Bilibili Gaming Anyone's Legend Anyone's Legend: Split 3 Champions Anyone's Legend qualified as China seed 1; Bilibili Gaming qualified as China seed 2 through championship points.
Championship Points and Regional Finals — Complete
The Regional Finals ran 17-19 September on patch 26.17. Top Esports defeated
Invictus Gaming 3-1 to qualify as China seed 3. Invictus Gaming then defeated
JD Gaming 3-1 in the qualification match to claim China seed 4.
| Team | Split 1 | Split 2 | Split 3 | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anyone's Legend | 20 | 30 | AQ | Worlds seed 1 — Grand Finals champion |
| Bilibili Gaming | 80 | 110 | 110 | Worlds seed 2 — championship points |
| Top Esports | 10 | 80 | 15 | Worlds seed 3 — Regional Finals |
| Invictus Gaming | 10 | 0 | 80 | Worlds seed 4 — Regional Finals |
| Team WE | 5 | 50 | 30 | Regional Finals |
| JD Gaming | 50 | 15 | 15 | Regional Finals |
| LGD Gaming | 0 | 15 | 50 | Did not qualify |
| Weibo Gaming | 40 | 0 | 0 | Did not qualify |
| Ninjas in Pyjamas | 5 | 0 | 30 | Did not qualify |
| EDward Gaming | 0 | 10 | 0 | Did not qualify |
| ThunderTalk Gaming | 0 | 10 | 0 | Did not qualify |
| LNG Esports | 0 | 0 | 0 | Did not qualify |
| Ultra Prime | 0 | 0 | N/A | Season ended after Split 2 |
| Oh My God | 0 | 0 | N/A | Season ended after Split 2 |
Top Esports Invictus Gaming Top Esports: qualified for Worlds as China seed 3 Team WE JD Gaming Invictus Gaming JD Gaming Invictus Gaming: qualified for Worlds as China seed 4