Best Middle champions

Tier list for the Middle lane in patch 26.20 based on ranked solo matches. Click any champion to open their detailed lane guide with matchups, builds, and runes.

Last Updated October 19, 2026

Patch 26.20

Matches analyzed 160 000

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Vladimir

Tier: S+
Win rate: 52.25%
Pick rate: 3.95%
Ban rate: 5.86%
Games: 6 285

Weak against

Viktor46.36%

Yone47.19%

Zed47.77%

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Yone

Tier: S+
Win rate: 51.27%
Pick rate: 9.12%
Ban rate: 15.26%
Games: 14 526

Weak against

Vex44.13%

Zoe44.55%

Katarina47.94%

Veigar

Tier: S
Win rate: 51.42%
Pick rate: 4.16%
Ban rate: 1.82%
Games: 6 624

Weak against

Anivia38.55%

Locke44.08%

Ekko44.31%

Fizz

Tier: S
Win rate: 51.3%
Pick rate: 5.38%
Ban rate: 8.03%
Games: 8 567

Weak against

Ahri46.92%

LeBlanc46.52%

Zed48.60%

Ekko

Tier: S
Win rate: 51.37%
Pick rate: 4.45%
Ban rate: 2.23%
Games: 7 093

Weak against

Yone46.27%

Yasuo46.50%

Sylas47.76%

Xerath

Tier: A
Win rate: 51.39%
Pick rate: 4.17%
Ban rate: 9.69%
Games: 6 632

Weak against

Yone46.13%

Ekko43.48%

LeBlanc45.86%

Ahri

Tier: A
Win rate: 51.06%
Pick rate: 8.98%
Ban rate: 2.92%
Games: 14 295

Weak against

Zoe44.86%

Vladimir45.72%

Lux47.00%

Vex

Tier: A
Win rate: 51.42%
Pick rate: 3.37%
Ban rate: 4.22%
Games: 5 362

Weak against

Vladimir39.58%

Ahri43.39%

Syndra44.64%

Lux

Tier: A
Win rate: 51.1%
Pick rate: 4.55%
Ban rate: 6.73%
Games: 7 243

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Weak against

Hwei41.61%

Xerath43.61%

Fizz46.95%

Kassadin

Tier: A
Win rate: 51.27%
Pick rate: 2.48%
Ban rate: 2.2%
Games: 3 948

Weak against

Yone40.63%

Akshan37.74%

Ahri47.80%

Zoe

Tier: A
Win rate: 51.14%
Pick rate: 2.88%
Ban rate: 3.72%
Games: 4 578

Weak against

Locke34.27%

Akshan33.93%

Qiyana37.68%

LeBlanc

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.86%
Pick rate: 5.14%
Ban rate: 15.73%
Games: 8 189

Weak against

Vex43.39%

Malzahar43.51%

Twisted Fate42.65%

Viktor

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.51%
Pick rate: 8.4%
Ban rate: 12.18%
Games: 13 376

Weak against

LeBlanc43.11%

Xerath44.49%

Akali46.35%

Diana

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.74%
Pick rate: 3.32%
Ban rate: 3.6%
Games: 5 284

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Weak against

Locke45.37%

Yasuo46.25%

Sylas45.50%

Twisted Fate

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.54%
Pick rate: 4.78%
Ban rate: 1.18%
Games: 7 610

Weak against

Veigar40.58%

Irelia40.82%

Qiyana40.82%

Hwei

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.62%
Pick rate: 3.48%
Ban rate: 2.22%
Games: 5 543

Weak against

Ekko38.76%

Yasuo42.06%

Ahri46.22%

Lissandra

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.36%
Pick rate: 5.19%
Ban rate: 4.06%
Games: 8 269

Weak against

Xerath41.35%

Viktor45.05%

Aurora40.95%

Katarina

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.23%
Pick rate: 6.54%
Ban rate: 10.84%
Games: 10 416

Weak against

Yasuo45.34%

Kassadin41.88%

Vladimir43.85%

Syndra

Tier: B
Win rate: 50.17%
Pick rate: 6.93%
Ban rate: 6.63%
Games: 11 040

Weak against

Kassadin37.40%

Katarina43.98%

Lux44.28%

Malzahar

Tier: C
Win rate: 49.94%
Pick rate: 5.98%
Ban rate: 11.06%
Games: 9 517

Weak against

Yone43.82%

Katarina43.95%

Fizz44.19%

Zed

Tier: C
Win rate: 49.78%
Pick rate: 8.44%
Ban rate: 23.93%
Games: 13 438

Weak against

Malphite42.36%

Katarina45.92%

Zoe44.28%

Locke

Tier: C
Win rate: 49.72%
Pick rate: 6.9%
Ban rate: 28.84%
Games: 10 980

Weak against

Talon40.77%

Akali46.00%

Yone46.38%

Yasuo

Tier: C
Win rate: 49.45%
Pick rate: 10%
Ban rate: 24.78%
Games: 15 924

Weak against

Yone44.31%

Vladimir45.39%

Vex45.95%

Aurora

Tier: C
Win rate: 49.55%
Pick rate: 2.49%
Ban rate: 1.35%
Games: 3 964

Weak against

Qiyana32.00%

Diana35.09%

Twisted Fate41.46%

Qiyana

Tier: C
Win rate: 49.37%
Pick rate: 2.68%
Ban rate: 13.64%
Games: 4 262

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Weak against

Katarina42.62%

Yasuo44.40%

LeBlanc43.31%

Akali

Tier: C
Win rate: 49.03%
Pick rate: 5.97%
Ban rate: 15.62%
Games: 9 505

Weak against

Galio41.80%

LeBlanc42.49%

Zed45.88%

Galio

Tier: C
Win rate: 48.84%
Pick rate: 4.05%
Ban rate: 1.84%
Games: 6 452

Weak against

Ahri42.35%

Hwei40.83%

Ekko43.67%

Irelia

Tier: D
Win rate: 48.65%
Pick rate: 2.82%
Ban rate: 11.6%
Games: 4 497

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Weak against

Yasuo41.15%

Fizz40.00%

Hwei39.77%

Anivia

Tier: D
Win rate: 47.94%
Pick rate: 2.12%
Ban rate: 2.13%
Games: 3 373

Weak against

Lissandra31.94%

Malzahar36.36%

Ahri40.96%

Sylas

Tier: D
Win rate: 47.37%
Pick rate: 6.97%
Ban rate: 16.76%
Games: 11 091

Weak against

Ahri43.17%

Yasuo43.49%

Kassadin39.29%

Orianna

Tier: D
Win rate: 46.87%
Pick rate: 2.79%
Ban rate: 0.4%
Games: 4 440

Weak against

Hwei39.45%

Yone42.11%

Ahri44.02%

Mel

Tier: D
Win rate: 44.99%
Pick rate: 2.87%
Ban rate: 13.32%
Games: 4 570

Weak against

Syndra38.04%

Twisted Fate38.78%

Ekko35.94%

Rare picks with few games

These champions have fewer than 100 games in Middle on this patch. That is too few for a tier and a reliable win rate, so they are listed without numbers.

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How the Middle tier list is built

Where the data comes from

The Middle tier list is built from real ranked solo queue matches. Players are sampled across regions and ranks, their recent games are read and filtered to the current patch, and every champion played in Middle is aggregated by win rate, pick rate, and ban rate.

How the ranking works

Each Middle champion is rated on two numbers. The win rate is its wins divided by games, and the pick rate is how often it is picked in Middle compared to all Middle games. Both numbers feed one score where win rate weighs the most and pick rate adds a little, and the letter depends on the champion's place in that score among all Middle champions, from S+ for the best to D for the weakest.

These Middle placements are a snapshot of the current patch and move with balance changes and sample size. A champion can still beat its tier in the right matchup or in skilled hands.

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