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Apex Legends players often need to know what the pick rates or the most played characters are in the battle royale game currently are. Learning which characters are popular can help them counter the meta pick and shift the game’s flow in their favor. On the other hand, using unpopular characters can also mix things up and subverts enemies’ expectations, breaking their meta strategies. Continue reading below for the latest pick rates or currently most played characters in Apex Legends.
Apex Legends: Overall Legend Pick Rates and Most Played
The data from this article is obtained from Apexlegendsstatus.com, which lists up-to-date pick rates among all the game modes. The site fetches the information straight from the game’s API so there should be minimal room for errors.
According to the website, Pathfinder once again become the most played character with an 11.1% pick rate. Along with Octane and Wraith, the trio has always been fan favorite thanks to their tools and Legend design. Meanwhile, Ballistic, the new character added in Season 17 managed to seat in ninth place with 4.5%.
Legend Name | Pick Rate |
Pathfinder | 11.1% |
Octane | 10.1% |
Wraith | 9.4% |
Bangalore | 7.1% |
Horizon | 6.5% |
Bloodhound | 6.5% |
Lifeline | 5.6% |
Loba | 5.5% |
Ballistic | 4.5% |
Valkyrie | 4% |
Fuse | 3.3% |
Ash | 2.8% |
Mad Maggie | 2.8% |
Mirage | 2.7% |
Catalyst | 2.6% |
Caustic | 2.1% |
Seer | 2.1% |
Wattson | 2% |
Vantage | 1.9% |
Revenant | 1.7% |
Rampart | 1.5% |
Gibraltar | 1.5% |
Crypto | 1.4% |
Newcastle | 1.2% |
Apex Legends: Top Players Win Rates and Most Played Characters
As a contrast, we can also take a peek at the pick rates of 100 top players in the Battle Royale mode. The data below is obtained from ranked games played by the top #100 Apex Predators in Battle Royale for all platforms. This means the win rate is calculated from the best players on PC (both players on Steam and EA App or Origin) as well as PlayStation and Xbox consoles.
In the table below, we can see that Pathfinder, Horizon, and Bangalore still dominate in the top five spots. However, Horizon has a higher pick rate in competitive Apex Legends matches compared to Pathfinder. Despite Horizon’s pick rate though, Pathfinder, Loba, and Bangalore won more games in ranked matches.
Legend Name | Pick Rate | Win Rate | Total Games Played |
Horizon | 19.4% | 62.6% | 287,435 games |
Pathfinder | 17% | 65% | 252,649 games |
Loba | 11.5% | 68.7% | 170,881 games |
Bangalore | 10.5% | 63.1% | 155,301 games |
Bloodhound | 6.2% | 63.5% | 92,337 games |
Wraith | 5.9% | 60.7% | 87,695 games |
Ballistic | 3.9% | 60.8% | 57,662 games |
Octane | 3.5% | 59.7 | 52,310 games |
Lifeline | 3.2% | 66.2% | 47,695 games |
Mad Maggie | 3.1% | 59.8% | 45,415 games |
Valkyrie | 3% | 71.3% | 44,551 games |
Seer | 2.4% | 61.2% | 35,331 games |
Catalyst | 2% | 63.8% | 30,071 games |
Vantage | 1.1% | 60.9% | 16,630 games |
Mirage | 1.1% | 65.9% | 16,192 games |
Ash | 0.9% | 59.5% | 12,765 games |
Caustic | 0.8% | 64.2% | 12,483 games |
Newcastle | 0.7% | 62% | 11,956 games |
Gibraltar | 0.7% | 60.3% | 10,030 games |
Wattson | 0.7% | 61% | 9,835 games |
Crypto | 0.6% | 66.7% | 9,151 games |
Fuse | 0.6% | 54.8% | 8,886 games |
Revenant | 0.6% | 73% | 8,477 games |
Rampart | 0.5% | 60.8% | 8,058 games |
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Apex Legends is available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.