2025 LPL season | |
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League | LPL |
Sport | League of Legends |
Duration |
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Number of teams | 16 |
Split 1 | |
Winners | Top Esports |
Runners-up | Anyone's Legend |
Season MVP | Kim "Doinb" Tae-sang (Ninjas in Pyjamas) |
Split 2 | |
Winners | Anyone's Legend |
Runners-up | Bilibili Gaming |
Season MVP | Lee "Tarzan" Seung-yong (Anyone's Legend) |
Split 3 |
The 2025 LPL season is the ongoing 13th season of the League of Legends Pro League (LPL), a Chinese professional esports league for the video game League of Legends . It is the first LPL season under the new three-split structure and competitive calendar introduced by the game's developer Riot Games starting with the 2025 competitive season. [1] Unlike past seasons, the 2025 LPL season is merged into three stages. The season began on 12 January and will end on 21 September.
In line with Riot Games' announcement of a new split structure and competitive calendar for League of Legends esports beginning with the 2025 competitive season, the LPL announced on 14 December 2024 a three-stage season, with each stage having a different format. [2] In addition, a season champion will be crowned after the third stage, and results from one stage will have implications for a team's seeding and placing for the succeeding stages. Initially, only Split 1 had "Fearless Draft", which was popularized by China's LoL Development League, where teams cannot pick a champion that they've already played in a series, even if the champion was picked by the opposing team. However, before the final of the 2025 First Stand Tournament on 16 March 2025, Riot Games announced that the format would continue for the rest of the season, including LPL's Split 2 and Split 3. [3]
Only one team change occurred heading into the 2025 season. On 18 November 2024, the LPL repurchased Rare Atom's franchise slot, with the organization citing financial difficulties. With RA's departure, the league reduced to 16 teams. [4]
Split 1 featured sixteen (16) competing teams during the Regular Season and were divided into four groups of four teams. Each team in their respective groups played a single round-robin where all matches were played as best-of-fives. The top two (2) teams in each group advanced to the eight-team Double-elimination tournament bracket, where all matches were also best-of-fives. The top seeds from each group were placed in the upper bracket while second seeds from each group were placed in the lower bracket. The winner of Split 1 qualified for the 2025 First Stand Tournament as the league's lone representative. [5]
In addition to "Fearless Draft", side selection during the first game of each best-of-five series was decided by a one-on-one solo match. All subsequent games in a series had side selection given to the losing team. [6]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | Anyone's Legend | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | Advance to playoffs |
2 | Top Esports | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | |
3 | LGD Gaming | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | |
4 | Team WE | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | JD Gaming | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | Advance to playoffs |
2 | Weibo Gaming | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | |
3 | Oh My God | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | |
4 | Ultra Prime | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | TT Gaming | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | Advance to playoffs |
2 | Bilibili Gaming | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | |
3 | EDward Gaming | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | |
4 | LNG Esports | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | Advance to playoffs |
2 | Invictus Gaming | 3 | 2 | 1 | .667 | |
3 | Royal Never Give Up | 3 | 1 | 2 | .333 | |
4 | FunPlus Phoenix | 3 | 0 | 3 | .000 |
The remaining teams were drawn into their respective matchups during a draw show on 16 February 2025.
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Upper Bracket Round 1 | Upper Bracket Final | Final | ||||||||||||||||
22 February | ||||||||||||||||||
TT Gaming | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
25 February | ||||||||||||||||||
JD Gaming | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
JD Gaming | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
22 February | ||||||||||||||||||
Anyone's Legend | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Ninjas In Pyjamas | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
Anyone's Legend | 3 | 1 March | ||||||||||||||||
Anyone's Legend | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Lower Bracket Round 2 | Lower Bracket Round 3 | Lower Bracket Final | Top Esports | 3 | ||||||||||||||
24 February | ||||||||||||||||||
27 February | ||||||||||||||||||
TT Gaming | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
26 February | JD Gaming | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Bilibili Gaming | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Bilibili Gaming | 1 | Top Esports | 3 | |||||||||||||||
24 February | ||||||||||||||||||
Top Esports | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Ninjas In Pyjamas | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Top Esports | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
Source: LoL Esports
Award | Player | Team |
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Finals MVP | JackeyLove | Top Esports |
Season MVP | Doinb | Ninjas in Pyjamas |
1st All-Pro Team | ||
Flandre | Anyone's Legend | |
Tarzan | ||
Doinb | Ninjas in Pyjamas | |
Leave | ||
Kael | Anyone's Legend | |
2nd All-Pro Team | ||
Ale | JD Gaming | |
Beichuan | TT Gaming | |
Scout | JD Gaming | |
1xn | TT Gaming | |
ppgod | Ninjas in Pyjamas | |
3rd All-Pro Team | ||
TheShy | Invictus Gaming | |
Kanavi | Top Esports | |
knight | Bilibili Gaming | |
Peyz | JD Gaming | |
Feather | TT Gaming |
Split 2 featured four phases – Group Stage, Rumble Stage, Knights Rivals and Playoffs, with the same (16) competing teams from Split 1 during the Regular Season. For the group stage, teams were re-seeded into four groups of four teams, similar to Split 1, based on the results from the said stage. Each team in their respective groups play a double round-robin where all matches are played in best-of-ones. The top two (2) teams in each of the four groups during the group stage advanced to "Group Ascend" for the rumble stage, while the third ranked teams in each group competed in a double-elimination play-in bracket, with a mix of best-of-one and best-of-three matches to determine the last two (2) spots in Ascend. The bottom ranked team in each group were placed in "Group Nirvana".
In the rumble stage, teams in the Ascend group competed in a double round-robin, while those in the Nirvana group were in a single round-robin. In each group, all matches were played in best-of-threes. The top four (4) Ascend teams advanced to the playoffs, while the next six teams qualified for the Knights Rivals stage. Meanwhile, the top two (2) teams of "Group Nirvana" joined latter stage. Teams that placed third and fourth were eliminated but featured in Split 3. The bottom two (2) Nirvana teams were eliminated from the 2025 LPL season. [7] [8]
The "Knights Rivals" Stage was a play-in tournament where the bottom six (6) Ascend teams and the top two (2) Nirvana teams competed in best-of-five matches, with the winning four (4) teams advancing to the playoffs. The playoffs were contested in an eight-team Double-elimination tournament bracket, where all matches were played in best-of-fives. The top four teams that advanced from Group Ascend got to choose their opponents in the upper bracket. The two (2) finalists automatically qualified for the 2025 Mid-Season Invitational, with the winner of Split 1 earning the LPL's first seed and the runner-up as the second seed.
A group stage draw was conducted on 14 March 2025 to determine the composition of the four groups.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | Weibo Gaming | 6 | 5 | 1 | .833 | Group Ascend |
2 | Bilibili Gaming | 6 | 5 | 1 | .833 | |
3 | Team WE | 7 | 2 | 5 | .286 | Qualification Bracket |
4 | Edward Gaming | 7 | 1 | 6 | .143 | Group Nirvana |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | Anyone's Legend | 6 | 5 | 1 | .833 | Group Ascend |
2 | TT Gaming | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | |
3 | Ultra Prime | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | Qualification Bracket |
4 | Royal Never Give Up | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | Group Nirvana |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | Top Esports | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | Group Ascend |
2 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | |
3 | FunPlus Phoenix | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | Qualification Bracket |
4 | Oh My God | 6 | 1 | 5 | .167 | Group Nirvana |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PCT | Qualification |
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1 | Invictus Gaming | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1.000 | Group Ascend |
2 | JD Gaming | 6 | 4 | 2 | .667 | |
3 | LGD Gaming | 6 | 2 | 4 | .333 | Qualification Bracket |
4 | LNG Esports | 6 | 0 | 6 | .000 | Group Nirvana |
Round 1 | Qualification Match 1 | Advance to Group Ascend | |||||||||||
30 March | |||||||||||||
FunPlus Phoenix | 1 | ||||||||||||
30 March | |||||||||||||
LGD Gaming | 0 | ||||||||||||
FunPlus Phoenix | 2 | ||||||||||||
30 March | FunPlus Phoenix | ||||||||||||
Ultra Prime | 1 | ||||||||||||
Ultra Prime | 1 | ||||||||||||
Team WE | 0 | ||||||||||||
Relegation Match | Qualification Match 2 | ||||||||||||
31 March | |||||||||||||
31 March | Ultra Prime | 1 | |||||||||||
Team WE | |||||||||||||
LGD Gaming | 0 | Team WE | 2 | ||||||||||
Team WE | 2 | ||||||||||||
Source: LoL Esports
Group Ascend
Updated to match(es) played on 22 May 2025. Source: LoL Esports | Group Nirvana
Updated to match(es) played on 11 May 2025. Source: LoL Esports |
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Upper quarterfinals | Upper semifinals | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
31 May | |||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Top Esports | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 June | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | FunPlus Phoenix | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Top Esports | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
31 May | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Bilibili Gaming | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Bilibili Gaming | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
9 June | |||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Invictus Gaming | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Bilibili Gaming | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 June | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Anyone's Legend | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Anyone's Legend | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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6 | Team WE | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Anyone's Legend | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1 June | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Weibo Gaming | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | JD Gaming | 2 | 14 June | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Weibo Gaming | 3 | 2 | Anyone's Legend | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Bilibili Gaming | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower quarterfinals | Lower semifinals | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 June | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4 June | 7 | Weibo Gaming | 1 | 13 June | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | FunPlus Phoenix | 2 | 5 | Invictus Gaming | 3 | 11 June | 4 | Bilibili Gaming | 3 | ||||||||||||||
5 | Invictus Gaming | 3 | 5 | Invictus Gaming | 3 | 5 | Invictus Gaming | 1 | |||||||||||||||
8 June | 6 | Team WE | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 June | 1 | Top Esports | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Team WE | 3 | 6 | Team WE | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | JD Gaming | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Source: LoL Esports
Award | Player | Team |
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Finals MVP | Tarzan | Anyone's Legend |
Season MVP | Kanavi | Top Esports |
1st All-Pro Team | ||
369 | Top Esports | |
Kanavi | ||
knight | Bilibili Gaming | |
JackeyLove | Top Esports | |
Kael | Anyone's Legend | |
2nd All-Pro Team | ||
Flandre | Anyone's Legend | |
Tarzan | ||
Shanks | ||
Peyz | JD Gaming | |
ON | Bilibili Gaming | |
3rd All-Pro Team | ||
TheShy | Invictus Gaming | |
Xun | JD Gaming | |
Scout | ||
Hope | Anyone's Legend | |
Crisp | Top Esports |
In Split 3, the remaining fourteen (14) teams entered the rumble stage. The teams that played in the Split 2 Playoffs will automatically be placed in "Group Ascend", while the remaining six (6) teams were placed in "Group Nirvana". Each team in their respective groups are playing a double round-robin where all matches are being played in best-of-threes, with the top four (4) Ascend teams advancing to the playoffs and the bottom four of the same group advancing to the "Knights Rivals" stage. Meanwhile, the top four (4) Nirvana teams will also join the said stage, with the bottom two teams automatically eliminated.
Teams in the "Knights Rivals" Stage will compete in best-of-five matches, with the winners advancing to the playoffs. The playoffs, much like Split 2, will be contested in an eight-team Double-elimination tournament bracket, where all matches will be played in best-of-fives. The top three teams that advanced from Group Ascend will get to choose their opponents in the upper bracket while the fourth-ranked team will play against the team that was not selected. [6] The winner of Split 3 will be crowned the Season Champion and will secure qualification for the 2025 League of Legends World Championship. [5]
Side selection for Game 1s will be decided by a coinflip, where the winners will pick their side for the first game, while the losing team will get to choose for the following game. When a series reaches Game 5, the losing team in Game 4 will get to choose. [9]
Group Ascend
Updated to match(es) played on 28 August 2025. Source: LoL Esports | Group Nirvana
Updated to match(es) played on 25 August 2025. Source: LoL Esports |
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Upper quarterfinals | Upper semifinals | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
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JD Gaming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Invictus Gaming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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EDward Gaming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weibo Gaming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Top Esports | 21 September | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ninjas in Pyjamas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower quarterfinals | Lower semifinal | Lower final | ||||||||||||||||||||
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11 September | 20 September | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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