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2017 Events by the Numbers

Riot·12/20/2017, 12:59:57 AM·1 votes·50,908 views
2017
LOL ESPORTS
EVENTS BY THE NUMBERS
2017 IN LOL ESPORTS WAS A ROLLERCOASTER YEAR OF UNIQUE EVENTS, SIGNIFICANT STEPS FORWARD IN LEAGUES ACROSS THE WORLD, AND ABOVE ALL MINDBLOWING FEATS OF MASTERY FROM PROS ON THE COMPETITIVE STAGE. LET’S TAKE A LOOK BACK AT SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS.
FOR MORE ON THIS YEAR IN LOL ESPORTS, CLICK HERE TO READ A MESSAGE FROM THE RIOT ESPORTS LEADERSHIP TEAM.
545+ PROS
109 TEAMS
13 LEAGUES
31
PENTAKILLS WORLDWIDE DURING SEASON
BLOODIEST GAME
79
KILLS
SPY VS VIT
SUMMER WEEK 10 GAME 2
LONGEST GAME
1:20:01
LMS VS LPL
ALL-STAR FINALS
SHORTEST GAME
16:52
FB VS CLK
TCL SUMMER WEEK 5 GAME 2
HIGHEST DAMAGE PER MINUTE IN A SINGLE GAME
1781
SNEAKY ON CAITLYN
WORLDS GAME 1 VS WE
MOST PICKED CHAMPION
VARUS
1274x
MOST BANNED CHAMPION
LEBLANC
1834x
THREE-TIME FIFA WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR
MEETS THREE-TIME LOL WORLD CHAMPIONS
13
REGIONAL LEAGUES
COMPETING IN A SINGLE TOURNAMENT
FOR THE FIRST TIME
364MM
UNIQUE VIEWERS
OVER THE COURSE OF MSI
5
TOURNAMENTS HELD IN BERLIN, SANTIAGO, MOSCOW, HO CHI MINH CITY, AND KAOHSIUNG
8.3MM+
PEAK CONCURRENT VIEWERS
200MM
DAILY UNIQUE IMPRESSIONS OVER ALL 5 EVENTS
GRAINS OF SALT:
COUNTLESS
144 / 28
COMPETING PROS /
NATIONALITIES REPRESENTED
0
CORRECT PICK'EMS
(OUT OF OVER 13MM SUBMITTED)
264,965
MINIONS KILLED
80MM+
UNIQUE VIEWERS
FOR THE SKT-RNG SEMIFINAL
1.2B+
HOURS VIEWED OVERALL
OVER THE COURSE OF WORLDS
$2,696,970
FAN CONTRIBUTION TO
THE PRIZE POOL
(OF $4,946,970 TOTAL)
57.6MM
UNIQUE VIEWERS FOR FINALS
18
COSPLAYERS FROM
5 COUNTRIES JAMMING TO
SILVER SCRAPES DURING
LEAGUE LIVE
ONE ANCIENT MONUMENT LIT
UP FOR LEAGUE OF LEGENDS
ONE DRAGON TAKEOVER
YEAR-LONG GRUDGE: SETTLED
1 BACK-TO-BACK 1v1 TOURNAMENT CHAMPION
40
COMPETING ALL-STARS
18
NUMBER OF LCK MINIONS THAT DESTROYED
THE LPL NEXUS IN SEMIFINALS GAME 2

27 Comments

Buento Box12/20/2017, 1:59:25 AM6 votes

Only Trophy UZI will win is one that doesn't matter HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

SEALengr12/20/2017, 6:50:19 PM6 votes

Amazing breakdown, great review! cant wait for 2018Yasuo

N7 Sarge12/21/2017, 4:39:42 PM4 votes

GRAINS OF SALT: COUNTLESS

you could have tried :P

ImSIeepy12/22/2017, 5:04:39 PM3 votes

LOL @ 13 Million Pick'Ems. 0 Correct

Splovacodo1/4/2018, 2:53:06 AM3 votes

Where are the TCS stats riot?

Hi I am Ezreal1/9/2018, 8:15:15 PM2 votes

Roit if you can see, there are way more than 31 pentakills happened in the year. Check it here! https://lol.gamepedia.com/List_of_Pentakills/2017

ReichKaiser12/25/2017, 1:33:05 AM2 votes

Well, im confused, what the hell is MM ? Million ends in a N not an M...... And why are the concurrent viewers of the semifinal not the final shown ?

III BAKURYU III 12/22/2017, 1:56:10 AM2 votes

When you realize Fnatic had 1 more loss than the other three NA teams combined and Fnatic advanced out of groups and only 1 NA team did.

4W SANCTUS12/21/2017, 6:43:42 AM1 votes

Wait does Caitlyn have brown hair again? :OOO

Redtailedboa1/3/2018, 10:11:17 PM1 votes

Love the analytics! Anyone know who had the #2 DPM (single game) behind Sneaky this year?

III BAKURYU III 12/20/2017, 6:16:20 AM1 votes

Not working for me " Oops. How'd this hole get in our site"?

octokill1/4/2018, 7:57:58 PM1 votes

PLEASE RITO: Stop using MM for millions... B for billions is barely tolerable