The official Apex Legends rank distribution released by Respawn. Find out the percentage of players at each rank and learn the true value of your skill. Updated to Season 13.

Respawn doesn’t provide an API to gather data on the rank distribution, but luckily they don’t hide all the info on the playerbase. In fact, a few weeks before the end of each season, they share the official player distribution in ranked play.

I will continue updating this article with fresh stats as soon as the developers will publish updated info during the next seasons.

Note: Ranked League Series 1 took place during Apex Legends Season 2. However, starting from Season 5, Respawn retired the “Series” terminology, so now Ranked have the same numerical cadence of Seasons.

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Rank distribution

Season 13

Respawn has not released official data on the rank distribution for over a year. Before the start of season 14, they surprised the playerbase by providing data on both splits of seasons 12 and 13.

Split 2

The following max tier distribution includes all the players who played more than ten hours of Ranked in Split 2. It is updated to August 2nd, 2022.

Distribution:

Bronze: 2.22%
Silver: 15.22%
Gold: 41.50%
Platinum: 32.57%
Diamond: 8.05%
Master & Apex Predator: 0.45%

Split 1

The following max tier distribution includes all the players who played more than ten hours of Ranked in Split 1.

Distribution:

Bronze: 10.80%
Silver: 28.78%
Gold: 44.45%
Platinum: 14.60%
Diamond: 1.25%
Master & Apex Predator: 0.10%

Ranked changes

Entry Cost: +5 to all.
Kill RP: Removed diminishing returns on eliminations.
Rank Reset: No change. Resuming ranked reset of 6 divisions.

Season 12

Split 2

The following max tier distribution includes all the players who played more than ten hours of Ranked in Split 2.

Distribution:

Bronze: 0.01%
Silver: 4.28%
Gold: 25.48%
Platinum: 42.80%
Diamond: 23.56%
Master & Apex Predator: 3.87%

Split 1

The following max tier distribution includes all the players who played more than ten hours of Ranked in Split 1.

Distribution:

Bronze: 0%
Silver: 3.78%
Gold: 25.12%
Platinum: 39.52%
Diamond: 26.63%
Master & Apex Predator: 4.95%

Season 8

The following distribution includes all the players who played more than five hours of Ranked in Split 2. It is updated to April 22nd, 2021.

Distribution:

Bronze: 17.87%
Silver: 17.86%
Gold: 31.84%
Platinum: 26.16%
Diamond: 5.86%
Master & Apex Predator: 0.4%

Summary of Season 8 and news

In season 9, the first split will take place on World’s Edge, and the second one on Olympus starting from June 15th, 2021.

Season 8 has been our most successful ranked season yet, with some days nearing 50% of all matches being played in ranked. We saw a huge upturn in players returning in the second split to continue their ranked journey!

The matchmaking quality improved because of the influx of skilled high-ranked players brought via RP tuning.

Season 7

The following distribution includes all the players who played more than five hours of Ranked in Split 2. It is updated to January 21st, 2021.

Distribution:

Bronze: 16.35%
Silver: 23.86%
Gold: 32.09%
Platinum: 23.13%
Diamond: 4.37%
Master & Apex Predator: 0.20%

Summary of Season 7 and news

In season 8, the first split will take place on Kings Canyon, and the second one on Olympus starting from March 23rd.

In Season 7 we saw higher player counts and more playtime than previous seasons. This resulted in a healthy spread of players across all ranked tiers, with a notable increase to population in Platinum and higher tiers.

In the past seasons, the player pool at Diamond and above was too small, so the matchmaking couldn’t create fair matches and had to mix players with different ranks.

The developers want to improve the match quality of ranked matches, and they will achieve this goal with slightly longer queue times and more opportunities for outstanding players to earn RP.

Earning RP

In season 8, we will be able to earn RP at a quicker rate:

Assist threshold increased to 10 seconds.
Kill/Assist count has been raised to 6, which will help high-skilled players to rank up faster.
RP rewards begin at placement 13 instead of 10 in a match.

The graph below shows the points awarded depending on your placement, kills, and assists.

Other matchmaking changes

Predator has been increased to the top 750 players.
Players below Diamond will matchmake much more often within their own Ranks.

Season 6

The following distribution includes all the players who played more than five hours of Ranked. It is updated to October 21st, 2020.

Distribution:

Bronze: 17.76%
Silver: 26.23%
Gold: 36.25%
Platinum: 17.75%
Diamond: 1.89%
Master & Apex Predator: 0.12%

Summary of Season 6 and news

Diamond and higher ranks were affected by a slight inflation during season 5, but Respawn was able to reduce it in season 6 and bring the overall distribution back to season 4 numbers.

In season 7, the first split will take place on the new map Olympus, and the second one on World’s Edge starting from December 15th.

There will be no changes to the RP and matchmaking system in season 7 as the developers spent their time working on crossplay:

For Master and Apex Predator players, playing Ranked matches will earn you RP for your current platform, e.g. if you are a PS4 Apex Predator playing with PC friends, the RP you score count toward your rank only on PS4, even though there are PC players in the matches with you.

Season 5

The following distribution includes all the players who played more than five hours of Ranked. It is updated to August 13th, 2020.

Distribution:

Bronze: 16.21%
Silver: 22.83%
Gold: 32.31%
Platinum: 23.96%
Diamond: 4.37%
Master & Apex Predator: 0.31%

Summary of Season 5 and news

Mid-Season Splits have proven to be very engaging for players, so we’ll continue with them this Season.

In Season 6, the first split will take place on World’s Edge, and the second one on Kings Canyon starting from September 29th.

Platinum versus Master and Apex Predator players

According to the developers, only 3% of matches for all Platinum players had them fighting against a Master or Apex Predator.

They understand that even if the percentage is very low, this causes a worse gaming experience for the players involved, but this is a situation they are unable to realistically eliminate completely because they have to balance queue times and latency for all players in Apex Legends.

However, they are working on potential changes that might help to alleviate this issue in future seasons.

Season 4 - Ranked League Series 3

The following distribution includes all the players who played more than five hours of Ranked. It is updated to April 23rd, 2020.

Distribution:

Bronze: 17.54%
Silver: 27.2%
Gold: 33.72%
Platinum: 18.82%
Diamond: 2.51%
Master & Apex Predator: 0.2%

Summary of Series 3 and news

The developers are satisfied by the results obtained with the ranked split system, so there will be no changes.

In Series 4, the first split will take place on King’s Canyon, and the second one on World’s Edge starting from June 23rd.

Reconnect

The player base asked for a reconnect feature for a long time, and finally Respawn delivered it.

If you leave a match for any unexpected reason, your you will be able to reconnect by simply restarting the game and entering the lobby.

While disconnected, players’ characters won’t disappear (to prevent potential exploiters) but they will just remain in the state they were in while the player was connected. If you are not killed, you will be able to continue playing as if nothing happened.

If a player doesn’t reconnect in time, the game will remove the character, and treat their disconnect as an abandonment.

Season 3 - Ranked League Series 2

The following distribution includes all the players who played more than five hours of Ranked. It is updated to January 10th, 2020.

Distribution:

Bronze: 3.9%
Silver: 29.1%
Gold: 35.3%
Platinum: 23.6%
Diamond: 7.1%
Apex predator 1.0%

Summary of Series 2 and news

Ranked Series 3 will have a duration of three months, and it will be divided into two splits:

The first split is played on World’s Edge, and the second one on King’s Canyon.
At the end of each split there is a soft rank reset, so the players will have to play again the placement matches.
- Similarly to series 2, everyone be will be soft reset on their ranked position by 1.5 tiers down.
Ranked rewards are granted based on the highest tier achieved in either split of the series.

New tier: Master

A disproportionate number of players reached Apex Predator, which doesn’t provide an adequate level of prestige and decreases the matchmaking quality at the highest ranks, so Respawn decided to add a new tier between Diamond and Apex Predator called Master.

Apex Predator is now limited to the top 500 players per platform, and it is possible to demote from Apex Predator back down to Master if other players earn more RP than you.

More matchmaking changes

In order to fight boosting, once you get to Platinum and above, you can only party with players 1 tier higher or lower than you.

Loss forgiveness (when a teammate leaves the game or fails to connect) is often abused, so the developers will limit its usage to once per day. If you exceed the daily limit more than three times per ranked series, you will lose all forgiveness for the rest of the season.

Apex Legends tiers and RP requirements in Ranked Series 3 - Respawn

Season 2 - Ranked Leagues Series 1

The following distribution includes all the players who played more than five hours of Ranked. It is updated to September 10th, 2019.

Distribution:

Bronze: 5.1%
Silver: 40.0%
Gold: 35.7%
Platinum: 16.8%
Diamond: 2.1%
Apex Predator: 0.2%

Summary of Series 1 and news

Respawn published a summary of Ranked Series 1, and explained what’s going to change in the next one.

In Series 2, there will be no modifications to tiers and divisions, the level requirement for ranked play will remain at 10, and playing in a group will continue to matchmake up to the highest ranked player.

The developers are pleased with the results brought by ranked leagues, and believe the score-based system worked better than a hidden ELO-type system, so they will continue utilizing it also in Series 2.

They will update the match entry RP costs, increase the amount of points in the whole system (to improve their flexibility with rewards), and implement a new kill & assist score.

At the start of Series 2, there will be also a soft reset, which will reduce our tier by 1.5 positions.

That means if you ended Series 1 in Gold II, you’ll be reset to Silver IV. Players in Platinum IV will be reset to Silver II, and Apex Predators will be reset to Platinum II.”
— Respawn

Apex Predator and matchmaking

Several players complained about the unfairness of the matchmaking as Apex Predators are usually matched with Diamond and sometimes even Platinum ranked players.

Respawn answered that they are investigating and adjusting wait times at higher skills levels, but unfortunately it won’t solve this issue. They are doing their best to balance game quality and wait times, but the situation is rather difficult in many regions depending on the time of the day and the player population.

Predators will currently only play Predators when possible, but considering the percentage of players at this rank, this is very very rarely achievable.

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