We have witnessed over three weeks of pure and unadulterated LPL action, and the leaderboard is starting to look more standardized nowadays. Who are the best performers of the season so far? Who are the ones that lack work?

Lean where your favorite teams have placed in our Week 3 recap below!

Results (Source: League of Legends Esports Wiki / LPL 2020 Summer Season)

Top Esports stand true to their namesake, standing at first place with an undefeated 4-0 series score and 8 games won. They only dropped a single game when Oh My God managed to take a win in Game 1, but they had over 45 minutes just for that single win. It shows how this team is truly powerful, with their victory in the Mid-Season Cup victory bringing up talks of a third LPL-won World Championship.

Following TES is the dark horse of Spring that also lived to its namesake: Victory Five (3-1 series won/lost, 7-4 games won/lost). With huge credit to ppgod’s amazing support plays, it is fine to say that they are quite a consistent team who can show up. Their current run is quite the lucky draft too, matching the lower echelon of teams from Spring Season for over three weeks. Once the later weeks come and they start matching against the top teams, we’ll find out if their resolve can pass the test.

Sitting in third place are Invictus Gaming and Royal Never Give Up (both teams have 3-1 series won/lost, 6-3 games won/lost). While iG is the one of the top teams in the LPL, they’re not in the spotlight anymore after their downfall in the Spring Playoffs – which then carried over into the inaugural Mid-Season Cup where they finished with a 0-3 record.

In contrast to that, RNG is plowing through the competition with their new AD carry in Betty. He has proven himself to be a proper successor to Uzi, and his numbers and the team statistics show how RNG might even potentially take iG’s place at the higher rankings.

In fifth place, we have LGD Gaming (3-1 series won/lost, 6-4 games won/lost) whose winning bet is on their AD carry, Kramer. He’s one of the top marksmen in the LPL, but falls short to the likes of JackeyLove as seen in their bout during Day 6. Outside of that, the team has a pretty solid foundation seeing that they fought closely against Top Esports in that same series.

In sixth place, Team WE (3-2 series won/lost, 8-5 games won/lost) is also a solid team but has some faults in their team synergy. Jiumeng is leading the charge for the team, with everyone else rallying behind them. Some improvements could still be made in their team regardless of the results they have, especially in the mid lane with the prospective Shanks.

In seventh place, FunPlus Phoenix (2-1 series won/lost, 5-3 games won/lost) stands at quite the weird position. They lost to LNG Esports, and almost lost to Team WE, both on a Game 3 scenario. They are in a rough spot, but not at the worst case scenario just yet. They only have a few series in their run now, so we may have to look on to the future for better analysis.

To wrap up the top 8 teams, we have Suning (3-3 series won/lost, 7-7 series won/lost) at 8^th place with the most average statistics. Individually, the players are above average, and they have an absolute shot at making to playoffs. The issue is that they are outclassed by every other team in the upper rankings, so If they can refine their team playstyle, they can go far.

The first in the lower half of the rankings are eStar (2-2 series won/lost, 6-4 games won/lost) in 9^th place. Just like in the Spring Playoffs, they’re the same coin flip team as usual. Add the fact that Wei mistakenly took Ignite instead of Smite against Bilibili Gaming, it shows the lack of alertness that was not present in the Spring Season.

EDward Gaming (2-2 series won/lost, 6-5 games won/lost) follows in 10^th place. Meiko and Scout are doing their best, but the team has yet to make any significant strides together. They can take a game from the better teams, but they never manage to take a series out of a game 3 scenario against them.

LNG Esports (2-2 series won/lost, 4-5 games won/lost) are another coin flip team at 11^th place. While they beat RNG and FPX 2-0, they got toppled by Suning and eStar. It’s hard to measure their strength with these results, so it’s best to gauge them later on down the road.

JD Gaming (1-2 series won/lost, 3-4 games won/lost) are in a bad position at 12^th place, especially considering that they’re the Spring Champions. They lost to TES and RNG who are also at the upper rankings, however, so their current score is not a true reflection of their strength. They’re still one of the top four LPL teams, no doubt.

Vici Gaming (1-2 series won/lost, 2-4 games won/lost), who are 13^th place, are a team that was projected to be one of the better ones with kkOma as Head Coach, yet their standing doesn’t show this. They only won against Bilibili Gaming, while losing to RNG and Team WE. It could be that they’re still getting used to their new head coach; after all, kkOma was T1’s Head Coach last season, and was one of their longstanding coaches in the team’s history.

Bilibili Gaming (1-3 series won/lost, 3-7 games won/lost) at 14^th place is one of the lackluster teams so far this season. We aren’t sure if benching Meteor for l3est16 in the jungle is the wisest decision, because the academy rookie has yet to outshine the former in any statistic.

Oh My God (1-4 series won/lost, 4-8 games won/lost) have risen to 15^th place from their losing streak and took a clean series against Dominus on Day 6. While their earlier matchups were chaotic, they lost to Victory Five, which speaks how different these teams were compared to Spring. H4cker is a jungler that makes things work on average, but not much can be said for the rest.

Rogue Warriors (0-3 series won/lost, 0-6 games won/lost) sit at 16^th place with the unluckiest start. They matched Top Esports in Week 2, Invictus Gaming in Day 3, and the rising star Suning at Day 7. While the odds weren’t great for the first few weeks, the main issue lies in the team itself. They don’t have a sturdy and consistent set of players, so their games are always a toss-up.

Dominus Esports (0-4 series won/lost, 0-8 games won/lost) now have taken OMG’s spot at 17^th place, and they weren’t even matching against the Spring Season’s best teams. They even lost to Oh My God, giving them their first win of the tournament. Things are looking bleak for Dominus, and they might need a better coach to lead the team because no amount of academy imports can fix the lack of team synergy.