Today the Dota 2 development team brings you the public leaderboards. These tables show the players with the highest singles rating (MMR) from the four geographic divisions:

  • America
  • Europe and Africa
  • China
  • Southeast Asia

We have prepared a FAQ with some details. (We may change the requirements in the future. But the most up-to-date information will always be on the leaderboards page.)

Q. Who can get on the leaderboard?
The player must meet all of the following conditions:

  • At least 300 matches found in all-time matchmaking (unranked or ranked matches with live opponents)
  • At least 100 solo ranked games all time
  • At least 15 solo ranked games in the same division in the last 21 days
  • Completed official player information

Q. How do I know what division I'm in?
You are in the division you played in large quantity single ranked games in the last 21 days (in case of a tie, we use the division in which the last match was played).

Q. Does a match count in light of the latest requirements if someone leaves the game, timed out to reconnect due to network problems, etc.?
Yes, games after which the rating has changed are counted. If the game ended for any other reason, it does not count.

Q. How can I provide you with my official information?
If your solo ranking is high enough for the leaderboard and you meet the other requirements, but have not provided your official information, we will send you an in-game notification, after which this information can be submitted.

Q. Which server regions belong to which divisions?

  • America: West and East USA, South America
  • Europe: Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, South Africa
  • China: Perfect World Telecom, Perfect World Unicom
  • Southeast Asia: South Korea, SE Asia, Australia

Q. When are the leaderboards updated?
Daily at 22:00 GMT.

Q. Where can I view the overall leaderboard?
Matchmaking Rating (MMR) is different for each division, and it doesn't make sense to compare the MMR of divisions yet.

Q. I'm already on the table, but I want to change my official information. Not too late?
We have opened the official information settings for everyone to give all players one last opportunity to edit their information. After you enter new information, these settings will be closed for editing for a certain period of time, and you will not be able to change anything! Please note that there may be a delay of up to one day between updating your information in settings and appearing on the leaderboard.


There are 16 players in the main event, 4 from each region: Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific and China. Four from each region are determined by regional playoffs. There are 72 players in the regional playoffs, 64

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There are 16 players in the main event, 4 from each region: Americas, Europe, Asia Pacific and China. Four from each region are determined by regional playoffs. There are 72 players in the regional playoffs, 64 top-ranked players this season and 8 contenders who made it through the qualifiers.

Regional playoffs are divided into 2 stages. The first is a seven-round Swiss system qualification, the top 8 advance. The second is 2 GSL-groups, the winners of which get the right to participate in the championship final. All matches are played up to 3 wins in Conquest format with 1 ban.

The championship final is divided into group and playoff stages. Group - 4 GSL groups of 4 players, 2 from each group advance to the playoffs. Playoffs - relegation bracket, 4 best get a ticket to the World Cup. All matches are played up to 3 wins with 1 ban in Conquest format.

What is the guarantee?
Guaranteed replacement of the account in case of marriage. We have a minimum percentage of marriage. If a problem occurs, we replace the account with an equivalent one. Unlike other stores, we do not require proof of your innocence (these are hidden conditions that some sellers have).
Also in favor of the guarantee: the site is 4 years old, billing for accepting payments, a licensed script for automated sales - Digiseller.

Linked accounts?
No. All accounts on the site without bindings - everything can be changed. The kit includes login and password from Steam and login, password from mail. In steam mobile phone is not connected.

I don't have a SIM number to play MMR.
Starting May 4, 2017, accounts without a mobile phone number will not be allowed to play ranked games.
A mobile number is an individual thing, and if you don't have it, then it's not a problem. We found a service that allows you to bind a virtual number, the cost is only 3 rubles - onlinesim.ru/sms-receive

What is this MMR for?
MMR in Dota 2 serves as a criterion for selecting players of the same rating as you. Most players play in the 2800-4000 MMR range (solo rating). The higher the rating, the stronger the opponents, you get more real experience, higher mutual understanding in the game and mutual assistance.

How important is winrate and number of games in Dota2?
The winrate indicator (percentage of wins) and the number of games do not play a video when selecting matches. In ranked games, these parameters are not taken into account.

What is KDA?
KDA - the coefficient of utility in the game, affects the calculation of your MMR rating until it is assigned to an account. It is calculated as follows: (K + A) / D, where K is the number of kills in the game, D is the number of deaths, A is the number of assists. For example, finished the match, made 8 kills, 4 times in the tavern, participated in the killing of 12 enemy heroes - your KDA = (8 + 12) / 4 = 5 which is good.

How to make an account with a high MMR yourself?
You need to play about 100-150 games with a high KDA and successfully play 10 calibration games. As a result, you will receive 3500-3700 MMR.
Example: if you played the first games before calibration and match the game level of 3000MMR and win all 10 calibration games with a KDA coefficient of 10, then after calibration you will have an account with 3500 MMR.

The MMR rating depends on: by 70-80% from the first games (up to level 20) and by 20-30% from 10 calibration games, after which your rating is displayed. Accordingly, you need to spend about 14-20 days on a seasoned, high-quality wagering of all matches.

Max Solo MMR which can be obtained immediately after calibration, is limited for today by a figure in ~3500 . The remaining points are obtained by victories and an average of 25 points.

Important: Don't be fooled! If your personal solo rating is currently in the range of 2000-2500, then You will not be able to make an account > 3500 mmr. No need to waste time.

The next moment is to learn and really match more high level only possible with time. This can be achieved much faster by playing party matchmaking in the company of more experienced players or by playing alone on an account with a higher solo MMR.

Who would not say anything, but in 90% of cases, the solo rating now really reflects the level of the game.
The one who calls his teammates "crayfish" (who, by the way, play at the same level) - just forgot how others play, they are 1000 points lower in the rating.
The reverse is also true: try to play 3-4 games now at +800 rating from yours, and you will clearly begin to feel useless, weak in the team, and you will have no one to blame.

How team games affectsolo rating?
Team ranked games only affect party MMR, not solo MMR

What's the difference between a solo MMR of 4500 and 4800?
The difference is quite significant, in fact 300 points for a good player, whose win rate is 55% - that's about 110-120 ranked games.
However, starting from 4800-, real experience players greatly increases, and it becomes more difficult to increase your rating - you have to "sweat" a lot. In other words, the difference is significantly more noticeable with the growth of MMR.

My rating is now 3200-3600 - what will I see when playing, for example, 4500 MMR?
Compared to a rating of 3500, players at 4500 are much more adequate - supports really support, do not take creeps in the lane from carries, immediately buy wards, kur, will give from the first minutes if there is an invis-hero in the enemy team and "do not touch your mother" . However, eccentrics can still come across, but in a much smaller number than on.

Where do we get accounts from?
Most of you play DotA for your own pleasure and do it for free.
A small part of people play very well and also for fun, for the sake of victory.
Among them, there are those who think and come to the conclusion, since they already spend a lot of time in the game, why not receive a small reward?
In a month, one such player creates 3-5 accounts from scratch, we help them to reliably find a buyer for an account to play with strong doters.

It took 10 months for Amer "Miracle-" Al-Barkawi to go up from 8000 to 9000 MMR in rating table. The next height (10k MMR) turned out to be much more difficult to conquer: in May, reaching Miracle- it will be a year old, and the player has not gone half way to a new record. Team Member Team Liquid did not rise above ~9400 MMR, and now it has only 9179 points at all. However, at the moment it is still the highest rating among all regions: other owners of 9k are in no hurry to break records.

Today, however, the community was excited by the news: a new hero has been added to the ladder! someone mallljK from Vietnam took the first line of the table in the "SE Asia" division with 10000 MMR! It is not clear where the record holder who appeared and unknown to anyone was suspected of deception. The guesses were confirmed: mallljK dishonestly, using "dummy" accounts, became the leader of the world table. Valve has not yet taken any action to “disqualify” him from there.

This once again shows how imperfect the current system of ranked matchmaking is. However, Valve is not sitting idle and working to improve it. This is evidenced by a recent experiment: the developers of new rules for selecting matches. However, after a few days Valve changes, returning the system to its previous state.

Finally, we once again provide a list of esportsmen whose rating exceeds or has ever exceeded 9000 points. The twentieth member of this list a few days ago was Abed Azel "abed" Yusop from the team Team Onyx.

Thousands of forum posts, hundreds of memes and countless nervous breakdowns. Dreams, sweat, sometimes even tears. The MMR rating indicator is the most burning topic in. Every day, millions of players around the world go out of their way to raise their solo rating to the desired level. While some manage to successfully climb the stairs and make their way into world table leaders, others stagnate in one place and complain about the poor system for selecting allies. Everything you need to know about MMR - from the lips of professional players.

Minimum professional threshold

“Any professional player should have at least 7K MMR, and above 8K MMR really doesn’t really matter,” says Team Empire hard lane player Andriy “Ghostik” Kadyk. Indeed, on the modern Dota scene, most players have a single rating of over 7 thousand. Even in the leaderboard of the European division, the last line, the 200th position, is indicated by 7200 points. However, there are professionals whose rating is below the 7K MMR threshold, and this does not at all prevent them from achieving success in team performances. Suffice it to recall the “tweet” of former TnC Pro Team player Jimmy “DeMoN” Ho before the game with OG at The International 2016. Then the Filipinos left the double champions of the major with nothing, demonstrating that having 9K MMR does not guarantee victory.

MMR value in a team game

“Most of the young guys think that MMR matters, and in many ways they play for the sake of raising it. However, in reality, MMR in team game matters very little,” says one of the most titled players in Dota 2, Danil “Dendi” Ishutin. For a long time mid laner Natus Vincere was criticized for low solo ratings, but in just two weeks, with a lot of desire and enough time, he managed to rise from 7.3K to 8K, proving his case to the community.

“On the other hand, what MMR stands for is the number of games played; time spent on; human effort. Because raising MMR is not so easy. It all depends on the number of games, just how much you play. And here we can already say that MMR affects, because you play a lot, so you will do certain things automatically. You will have more space to make game decisions. Thus, you will be different from the player who is lower than you in terms of MMR. But the team Dota is different.”

Secret of success

One of the strongest matchmaking players Amer "Miracle-" al-Barkawi, who was the first in the world to reach the mark of 9 thousand points in a single rating, shares the opinion of Dendi: succeed. Simply put, play a lot and you will be successful. I came to this point when I was stuck at 6.2K and have played significantly more matches since then." It turns out that the MMR indicator of players is not decisive in team competitions, but nevertheless it remains almost the only way for budding players from the public to declare themselves to the whole world. In turn, Miracle- recognizes that players with high rating contribute to the development of the Dota scene: “I think MMR is a good indicator. In the end, yes, they are just numbers, but they matter. Because if you are a high MMR player, your individual skills are good and you have a lot of experience. And you can bring it to competitive Dota.

History of Excalibur

Professional teams began to pay attention to players from the leaderboard in 2014. Back then, Fnatic's European roster was in need of a replacement and turned its attention to one of the European singles leaderboards, Steve "Excalibur" Yeh. Together with him, the team successfully performed at ESL One Frankfurt, and many pabers took this as a call to action. Omar "w33" Olivy, the world's first 8K MMR summiter, admitted that this story gave him back the inspiration to race for the division leaderboard in the singles rankings: "The story of Xcalibur is my motivation, I will do whatever it takes, to play in a top team. The Romanian player kept his promise and already has behind him victories at The Shanghai Major, the vice-championship of The International 2016, the ESL One Genting 2017 trophy and other awards. Many of the players who are now fighting in international tournaments and are fan idols came from matchmaking, inspired by the history of Excalibur.

Size matters

In early February, Malaysian Team Secret player Jen "MidOne" Yek Nai became the first player from South-East Asia, which reached 9K MMR. By the way, he was the first in the race for 8 thousand points of a single rating in his division. Top positions on the leaderboard gave him a chance to make a name for himself on the professional stage, and he did well. Jen is now openly proud of her hard work and despises those who claim that MMR is just numbers.

“Only those who have not achieved high results speak about the uselessness of MMR for a professional player. Those who have 8000 or 9000 rating rarely say they don't need it, because they have spent a lot of time and effort to climb up the rating table. On the other hand, if you have 9000, then in the game the opponents will be more afraid and, perhaps, ban some heroes specifically against you. This does not always decide the outcome of the match, but in some cases it can be a decisive factor in choosing heroes. I think that MMR is an indicator of a player's willpower. No matter how easy or hard it is for you to win in singles, without willpower, you will never reach the 9K mark!”

Calm, only calm

Everyone who often spends time playing Dota knows how difficult it is sometimes to restrain one's emotions when overly negative personalities appear in the team. Many people think that chance favors high ranked players, but this is not true. They also deal with this everyday phenomenon. When such personalities act as an obstacle to raising the rating, it is worth heeding the advice from Amer "Miracle-" al-Barkawi: “You need to talk a lot with allies and try not to become discouraged. Don't pour out your anger. Try your best and you will succeed. If they don't let up, then I just ignore them. If such people play for me, then, in my opinion, the task of the rest of the team is to play very well, since it is very difficult to win with teammates on tilt. The best solution- talk to them, remove this negativity, otherwise it will be very difficult.

Rating for money or money for rating

Where MMR is, it's always interesting there. The International 2014 Newbee champion Chen "Hao" Zhihao once revealed that he loaned his account to the owner of the organization for a while. Upon his return, it turned out that the singles rating had fallen by 120 points. To apologize for the damage, he gave the player a brand new iPhone 7. A very good deal.

The Southeast Asia region has always lagged behind its competitors in average single rankings. Ronald "Rhom" Robins, owner of Mineski, the largest Philippine esports organization, announced at the beginning of last year that he would pay $300 monthly scholarships to five Filipino players whose rating would be above 7,000 points. The result was not long in coming, and after a couple of months, about two dozen Filipinos showed off on the leaderboard.

One day, the popular Reddit forum reported that Eric "747" Dong was offering cash reward your opponents to conquer the top in 8K MMR. Whether there was a bribe or not is a secondary matter, since the other day the American reached 9 thousand points in a single rating and now leads the leaderboard in America. The player both defended his reputation and received an invitation to compLexity.