Ranked Years, Seasons, and End-of-Season Rewards

Years

League of Legends has annual Ranked years divided into three seasons to help you track your Ranked journey and regularly reward your efforts.

The first season starts in January, second begins in April, and the third in August. Your climb continues uninterrupted between seasons, but resets when a new year begins. Just note that you'll likely start a new year at just about a full tier below your final rank the previous year, though results may vary depending on your performance in your placement games.

Also note that the highest you can begin a new year is at Emerald I. If you wanna climb higher, you gotta earn it!

While proving yourself on the Ranked ladder is its own reward, you'll also be granted prizes along the way—especially at the end of each season!

Regalia

Ranked Regalia—the visual representation of the ranks you earn throughout a year—comes in two flavors: Crests and loading screen borders.

Crests display your current rank and appear on your profile, the loading screen, and as an optional border to your Summoner icon in the pre-game lobby. 

Loading screen borders display your current rank for the queue you're in (in normals, this is your highest Summoner's Rift rank). You'll also be able to click players in the loading screen to see more information about their ranked status and champion mastery.

Victorious Skins

Starting with Season One of 2025, you can earn Victorious skins each season just by winning 15 Ranked games. These wins can happen in Solo/Duo, Flex, or a combination of the two. You need to be at least Honor Level 3 to receive rewards. Being honorable makes you Victorious!

This makes it possible for any player to get a Victorious skin! Just remember: your Victorious skin chromas will be based on your final rank for that season, so there's always a good reason to test your limits and see just how high you can go!

Honor Rewards

You'll get some rewards just for reaching honor level 3 or higher, but the exclusive Three Honors skinline will only grace those whose exceptional sportsmanship has brought them to honor Level 5 by the end of the season

End of Season Info

As the end of each season approaches, you can learn what you stand to win on both the League of Legends website and in our End of Season articles. This information usually drops about a month before the end of each season, so stay on the lookout!

Seasons

Each ranked year is divided into three seasons. Your ranked progress persists across all the seasons of a year, but each season has its own thematic and events, so it's always a new reason to queue up.

Transfers and Ranked Placement/Rewards

Ranked standing is unique on each server, so you'll need to play a new set of placement games after transferring. Your placement is also based on your current MMR (which transfers with you) relative to the MMR of everyone on that server, which means you may end up in a different tier or division than your original server.

Additionally, your old rank on your original server will be lost. If you decide to switch back after the 90-day server-transfer cooldown, you'll have to start the process from the beginning, placement matches and all.

For more information on what does or does not come with you between servers, refer to our guide on account transfers.

Other Ranked Resources

Have questions about other aspects of Ranked? Find the answers in our Ranked FAQ!