As WBG and T1 prepare for the final match, let’s take a look at some of the most relevant stats of this LoL Worlds 2023.

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LoL Worlds 2023 Stats – Common patterns to last year

Premise: all stats were taken from stat site Games of Legends

Average Kills Per Game

The average kills per game in the 2023 World Championship stands at 24, which is quite similar to last year’s average (25) and the two years before that (26). The slower approach in the early game has made the game less snowbally, leading to teams deciding games on a handful of actions.

Shortest Game: 22:25 – T1 vs C9

Even though games are decided on a few fights and skirmishes, the shortest games of this year’s Worlds are fairly long. The quickest one was registered in the Swiss stage match between T1 and C9. It has been a bit faster than 2022 but still much slower than the two previous years, where the fastest games were decided in sub-20 minutes.

Read more: LoL Worlds 2023 Knockout Stage – Results, schedule, and more

Longest Game: 46:10 – GEN vs BLG

On the other end of the spectrum, the clash between GEN and BLG in Game 3 of the Quarterfinals lasted for 46 minutes and 10 seconds. It’s almost identical to 2022, when T1 and DRX lasted 1 extra second in Game 2 of the Grand Finals.

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If you have chosen between 45 and 50 minutes as the longest game for this year’s Pick’Ems, you might be on your way to some extra points.

Dragons – A major difference from last year

Dragons are known to be key neutral objectives that can lead to victories and potential momentum swings in a given match or series. Throughout the past few years, there has been an increasing focus on how and which ones to focus on.

The two most captured dragons at Worlds 2023 are the Infernal and Mountain drakes, respectively sitting at 65 and 63 kills. These two will likely contest the title for the most killed dragon of the tournament. Last year, the highest record was 74 Ocean dragons. Weirdly enough, this year this elemental drake is the least killed with 46 takedowns.

Side Selection Matters

There has been a big discussion about the power of the blue side at the start of Worlds 2023, as it registered a dominant win rate on the Swiss stage.

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Thanks to T1 and teams catching up on the double-ranged bot lane meta, the red side win rate has gone up. Nonetheless, blue side still has over 61 percent win rate, and even with 5 wins from the red side in the finals, the overall percentage will still be net positive for the blue side.

Going into the 2024 season, this will be an element Riot might have to look into and balance it.

KDA Leaderboard – One above the rest

While KDAs do not always directly relate to players’ performance, a strong KDA still gives a good estimate. In this department, Gumayusi leads the pack with an impressive 8.8, with only 12 deaths registered in 12 games. Last year Knight ended the tournament with an 8.4 KDA: we’ll see whether the Korean ADC can beat him.

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The podium is filled out by WBG Light and T1 Keria, as both sit at 7.3 KDA. Aside from the title, the final series will also decide who gets the second slot behind Gumayusi.

Champion Diversity didn’t increase

Compared to last year, the champion diversity has gone down slightly, with a total of 83 champions jumping into Summoner’s Rift (last year the number was 91).

Including the bans, there were 87 unique champions at this year’s Worlds. Rell emerges as the most contested champion, with a total of 35 appearances, closely followed by Orianna with 34 appearances and Kai’Sa at 33. Given the increasing priority for both Orianna and Rell, these two are likely going to contest the number one spot.

Bans – Kalista Reigns Supreme

Bans played a key role at Worlds this year. There were so many options to take away in this Worlds meta and 5 bans per team weren’t cleary enough.

Kalista is the most banned champion at Worlds 2023. Image Credit: Riot Games

In such an intricate draft format, Kalista was the most banned pick (50 times) due to her early game power in bottom-lane matchups. Rumble closely follows with 43 bans, with Xayah and Neeko sharing the third spot (42 bans). With 5 matches left, Kalista is already confirmed to be the most banned champion of the tournament.

7 Champions with no losses on the record

While they only have been played once or twice throughout the tournament, the following champions have still yet to lose at Worlds 2023:

Kindred
Gragas
Graves
Kha’Zix
Ryze
Jhin
Vex

Read more: LoL Worlds 2023 Power Rankings

Senna’s Spectacular Win Rate

If you have chosen Senna in your Pick’Ems for the highest win rate, you are most likely going to be correct. Unless she is played in the final and loses, the champion will take the crown thanks to its 6 wins in the 7 games played at Worlds.

Champions KDA – ADC at the top

We talked about players’ KDA, so let’s also go over the champion ones as well. Jinx takes the lead with a staggering 18.0, followed by Senna at 15.2, and Jhin at 14.0.

Jinx has the highest KDA at Worlds 2023. Image Credit: Riot Games

Considering Jinx is not a priority ADC and is a situation answer in certain matchups, she should be able the champion with the highest KDA at the end of the tournament.

Top Gap: 3 top laners lead the solo kill leaderboard

Last year, Zeka and 369 stood out in the solo kill department, with 11 and 10 kills respectively. This year, despite not having the same numbers (so far), top laners have dictated these stats: TheShy is No. 1 with 7 kills, trailed by Zeus and Bin at 6 each. While solo kills don’t really matter in the grand scheme of things, TheShy and Zeus will inevitably also settle this matter.

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