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Draft Myths, Measured
We measured what LoL fans argue about in draft — which side really wins, whether top lane is picked last, which teams ban a lane, and which bans go to waste. 1057 pro games, split by side.
Side win rate
Every number below is read against this baseline. Mixing sides cancels it out.
| Blue | 56.7% | Red | 43.3% | n=1057 |
Pick order by role
Team-internal order. Higher means picked later.
| Role | Avg order |
|---|---|
| top | 3.44 |
| jungle | 2.50 |
| mid | 3.11 |
| bot | 2.75 |
| support | 3.19 |
First-pick vs last-pick win rate
Side is held fixed. Without that, this flips into "top lane is worse when picked late".
| Role | Blue First pick | Blue Last pick | Red First pick | Red Last pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| top | 55.9% | 57.2% | 45.2% | 40.3% |
| jungle | 54.1% | 60.5% | 45.4% | 39.1% |
| mid | 58.8% | 56.3% | 46.1% | 42.8% |
| bot | 60.3% | 55.0% | 39.3% | 46.6% |
| support | 55.1% | 55.8% | 40.8% | 47.5% |
Team ban tendencies
Deviation from the league average share, by lane.
| Team | Lane | vs average |
|---|---|---|
| Fnatic | support | +13.2%p |
| Dplus KIA | jungle | +12.9%p |
| LYON | bot | -11.2%p |
| Team Vitality | mid | +10.9%p |
| BNK FearX | mid | +10.5%p |
| SK Gaming | top | +9.7%p |
| Kiwoom DRX | top | +9.0%p |
| Team WE | support | -8.8%p |
| Team Heretics | mid | +7.8%p |
| HANJIN BRION | support | +7.6%p |
| GIANTX | mid | +7.4%p |
| ThunderTalk Gaming | top | -6.8%p |
Wasted bans
Banned often, rarely picked when left open.
| Champion | Ban rate | Picked when open |
|---|---|---|
| Poppy | 30.6% | 5.9% |
| Vayne | 27.6% | 7.5% |
| Camille | 14.6% | 10.2% |
| Syndra | 11.4% | 12.2% |
| TwistedFate | 9.5% | 8.5% |
| Olaf | 9.5% | 11.1% |
| Locke | 8.7% | 4.0% |
| Yorick | 8.3% | 10.8% |
| Trundle | 7.9% | 10.0% |
| Ziggs | 7.6% | 10.3% |
| Sivir | 7.3% | 10.9% |
| Leblanc | 5.8% | 3.9% |
How to read this
- Side decides 13 points of win rate, so every table here is split by side. Combined numbers are meaningless.
- These are correlations, not causes — a stronger team may simply prefer a given order.
- We cannot separate "banned so it never got picked" from "nobody wanted it anyway".
- Measured over 1057 games across the tournaments we collect.