Best Mid Lane Laners - Lane Phase Stats

Patch 26.20Updated Oct 11

97 Mid Lane champions ranked by how they do against their lane opponent at 15 minutes on patch 26.20, from 19,383 ranked games. Irelia wins lane hardest at +949 gold ahead on average and is ahead in 68% of games. Annie turns a gold lead into a win most often (70%), while Aurelion Sol recovers from a deficit best (46%).

MetaBot lane read - Mid Lane, patch 26.20

Irelia is the Mid Lane lane bully of patch 26.20: +949 gold, +21.4 CS and +358 XP ahead of the enemy laner at 15 minutes on average, and ahead in 68% of games. Across the role, 27% of champions with a full sample hold a statistically clear gold lead at 15.

Winning lane and winning the game are different skills. Annie converts a gold lead into a win 70% of the time, the best in the role, while Aurelion Sol wins 46% of the games it starts behind, the strongest comeback profile. Irelia takes the most solo kills before 15 (1.84 per game) and Irelia draws first blood in 22% of games.

These numbers come from 19,383 ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North American server, patch 26.20, Gold–Platinum. A champion needs 30 games with a 15-minute snapshot before any lane number is shown and 200 games before it can headline this page. The MetaBot desktop app splits the same table into Iron–Silver, Gold–Platinum and Emerald+ brackets and adds a lane map of gold lead against scaling.

Top 3 Mid Lane laners

Irelia

Gold @15+949Lane WR68.3%

Naafiri

Gold @15+569Lane WR63.7%

Zed

Gold @15+408Lane WR61.5%

Rank	Champion	Profile	Gold @15	CS @15	XP @15	Lane WR	Win Ahead	Win Behind	Solo Kills	First Blood	Scaling	Win Rate	Pick Share	Games
1	Irelia	Lane bully	+949	+21.4	+358	68.3%	58.3%	31.5%	1.84	22.0%	−12.0	49.4%	1.4%	528
2	Naafiri	Lane bully	+569	+9.9	+99	63.7%	64.7%	37.9%	1.27	14.4%	−1.7	54.9%	0.7%	264
3	Zed	Lane bully	+408	−0.9	+168	61.5%	57.0%	36.1%	1.19	7.9%	−1.5	48.8%	3.2%	1,235
4	Diana	Lane bully	+383	−1.2	+172	61.9%	59.7%	34.1%	1.45	15.1%	−6.5	49.6%	1.8%	695
5	Mel	Lane bully	+310	+12.9	+163	58.9%	55.5%	32.7%	1.09	9.7%	−2.5	46.4%	1.9%	733
6	Fizz	Lane bully	+296	−3.8	−35	59.1%	60.6%	44.3%	1.44	13.8%	−4.6	53.9%	3.1%	1,208
7	Locke	Lane bully	+269	−6.9	−120	55.7%	57.1%	35.5%	1.19	14.1%	−7.1	47.3%	2.9%	1,128
8	Yasuo	Lane bully	+222	+9.3	+89	55.1%	64.0%	39.7%	1.07	12.8%	0.0	53.1%	5.5%	2,112
9	Talon	Balanced	+174	−2.5	−111	49.8%	51.8%	37.2%	1.30	21.5%	+1.0	45.9%	0.6%	233
10	Ekko	Lane bully	+146	−4.5	+79	55.7%	63.9%	35.4%	1.10	13.7%	−1.8	51.4%	2.9%	1,122
11	Akshan	Lane bully	+145	−5.3	−299	53.2%	58.9%	41.4%	0.93	12.4%	+7.8	51.0%	1.3%	492
12	Pantheon	Balanced	+134	−5.4	−96	53.8%	57.5%	39.4%	1.22	19.7%	−1.8	49.2%	0.6%	238
13	Qiyana	Balanced	+125	−3.3	−14	54.1%	51.4%	33.5%	1.47	16.0%	+6.3	43.5%	1.2%	474
14	LeBlanc	Lane bully	+121	−2.1	+138	55.8%	60.0%	38.6%	1.34	16.3%	−2.1	51.0%	2.1%	802
15	Twisted Fate	Lane bully	+118	−9.3	−251	53.2%	59.3%	36.5%	0.41	5.0%	+2.9	48.2%	1.6%	620

16	Lissandra	Balanced	+85	+5.2	+156	53.4%	64.6%	41.0%	0.88	6.9%	−3.8	53.4%	1.8%	680
17	Ziggs	Balanced	+83	+2.4	+127	53.6%	63.4%	39.2%	0.66	7.1%	−4.3	51.9%	0.6%	212
18	Malzahar	Balanced	+19	+13.8	+122	51.2%	58.0%	37.8%	0.54	2.5%	−1.2	48.1%	3.9%	1,502
19	Vex	Balanced	+13	−0.1	+59	50.8%	63.6%	37.2%	1.12	11.2%	−0.6	50.5%	2.0%	774
20	Zoe	Balanced	+12	−0.4	+47	51.6%	58.8%	40.2%	1.17	16.5%	+2.7	49.8%	1.4%	526
21	Anivia	Balanced	+5	+0.8	+281	48.9%	58.0%	37.0%	0.82	11.0%	−5.4	47.0%	0.9%	362
22	Hwei	Stabilizer	−10	+4.7	+181	49.0%	60.5%	42.4%	0.79	4.8%	+5.5	51.4%	1.7%	642
23	Syndra	Balanced	−11	+7.1	+35	49.3%	60.1%	40.2%	0.73	4.5%	+2.0	50.0%	3.0%	1,171
24	Katarina	Balanced	−24	−12.5	−126	48.8%	65.7%	36.3%	1.17	9.2%	+3.2	50.9%	2.5%	960
25	Lux	Balanced	−36	+2.1	+100	49.1%	62.4%	39.1%	0.90	7.9%	−3.3	50.5%	2.8%	1,069
26	Sylas	Balanced	−59	−10.8	−3	48.8%	62.6%	37.8%	1.51	20.0%	−6.3	50.0%	2.4%	930
27	Yone	Balanced	−60	+2.5	+6	48.1%	63.6%	37.5%	1.10	9.8%	−0.6	49.8%	5.5%	2,137
28	Akali	Balanced	−64	−4.4	−63	50.5%	60.5%	36.1%	1.16	9.4%	+1.6	48.3%	3.0%	1,165
29	Xerath	Balanced	−70	−1.7	+209	47.1%	63.4%	40.4%	0.72	4.4%	0.0	51.1%	2.3%	871
30	Viktor	Balanced	−77	+6.9	+202	47.7%	63.8%	39.3%	0.71	5.9%	−4.0	51.0%	3.4%	1,334
31	Aurora	Balanced	−82	−1.3	+90	47.3%	61.7%	34.5%	0.83	8.1%	+3.3	47.1%	1.3%	493
32	Malphite	Stabilizer	−147	−5.7	+166	51.0%	62.1%	48.5%	1.03	5.4%	−8.0	54.9%	0.5%	204
33	Swain	Snowballer	−159	+0.2	−22	47.9%	67.5%	34.3%	0.81	6.7%	−10.3	51.1%	0.7%	270
34	Ahri	Scaler	−179	−2.6	−40	45.4%	60.7%	40.4%	0.78	7.0%	+3.8	49.6%	4.6%	1,785
35	Orianna	Balanced	−215	+5.8	−17	44.0%	56.0%	33.8%	0.73	7.0%	+0.6	44.1%	1.3%	485
36	Vladimir	Balanced	−241	+3.0	+72	45.7%	64.3%	40.8%	0.82	4.3%	−0.9	51.7%	1.7%	650
37	Annie	Scaler	−326	−3.7	−127	41.1%	69.8%	39.0%	0.90	8.9%	+2.9	51.5%	1.1%	425
38	Brand	Balanced	−337	−2.4	−209	38.8%	60.7%	40.8%	0.81	6.5%	0.0	48.4%	0.7%	277
39	Galio	Balanced	−387	−8.4	−204	40.6%	60.5%	40.8%	0.54	7.4%	+0.6	48.6%	2.0%	760
40	Veigar	Scaler	−398	−4.0	−189	39.0%	66.3%	42.4%	0.47	3.1%	+6.9	51.9%	3.3%	1,274
41	Azir	Scaler	−423	+0.6	−169	37.7%	67.9%	34.6%	0.61	2.3%	+7.1	46.9%	0.8%	303
42	Kassadin	Scaler	−433	−9.5	−339	36.8%	66.4%	38.7%	0.69	5.3%	+7.8	48.6%	0.8%	319
43	Ryze	Scaler	−535	−3.5	−276	34.0%	63.4%	42.4%	0.48	4.8%	+6.3	50.1%	0.9%	335
44	Aurelion Sol	Scaler	−733	−9.0	−669	28.6%	67.6%	45.9%	0.45	5.5%	+19.9	52.2%	1.4%	527
45	Tryndamere	Lane bully	+596	+8.6	+220	63.6%	64.7%	48.7%	1.22	18.7%	+5.0	58.9%	0.3%	107Low sample
46	Sett	Balanced	+569	−1.3	+202	60.0%	—	—	1.59	13.5%	—	54.1%	0.1%	37Low sample
47	Caitlyn	Lane bully	+499	+14.8	−22	61.2%	60.0%	—	0.92	16.3%	—	53.1%	0.1%	49Low sample
48	Yorick	Balanced	+436	+7.5	+322	54.3%	—	—	0.90	2.0%	—	49.0%	0.1%	49Low sample
49	Riven	Lane bully	+413	−0.8	+113	57.6%	69.4%	44.4%	1.03	9.1%	−18.2	56.8%	0.2%	88Low sample
50	Varus	Balanced	+412	+6.2	+176	56.4%	—	—	1.59	7.7%	—	51.3%	0.1%	39Low sample

51	Gangplank	Lane bully	+381	+3.8	+164	62.8%	57.9%	37.8%	0.90	9.8%	−8.2	50.0%	0.3%	122Low sample
52	Renekton	Balanced	+357	+4.1	+52	59.1%	—	—	1.36	18.2%	—	47.7%	0.1%	44Low sample
53	Lee Sin	Balanced	+322	−4.4	−17	52.8%	—	—	1.64	25.0%	—	44.4%	0.1%	36Low sample
54	Heimerdinger	Lane bully	+300	+12.3	+342	57.7%	67.1%	51.7%	0.83	4.8%	−2.5	59.9%	0.4%	147Low sample
55	Jhin	Balanced	+292	+9.7	+105	55.2%	56.3%	—	1.20	24.6%	—	50.8%	0.2%	61Low sample
56	Jayce	Balanced	+254	+6.4	−141	59.6%	60.7%	39.5%	1.11	14.9%	−0.6	52.1%	0.2%	94Low sample
57	Tristana	Balanced	+199	+2.5	−212	54.5%	55.2%	35.7%	0.94	12.0%	+17.9	46.4%	0.3%	125Low sample
58	Vel'Koz	Balanced	+158	+4.1	+428	53.3%	62.5%	40.7%	1.19	5.6%	−3.3	52.6%	0.5%	196Low sample
59	Corki	Balanced	+136	+3.5	−94	41.9%	—	—	0.91	7.0%	—	39.5%	0.1%	43Low sample
60	Garen	Balanced	+134	+2.7	+208	51.1%	53.5%	32.4%	1.05	12.0%	−9.6	43.7%	0.4%	142Low sample
61	Miss Fortune	Balanced	+113	+3.1	−78	56.0%	—	—	0.86	10.0%	—	46.0%	0.1%	50Low sample
62	Mordekaiser	Balanced	+84	−5.5	+232	57.8%	45.9%	—	1.45	9.4%	—	35.9%	0.2%	64Low sample
63	Lucian	Balanced	+60	+10.8	−93	50.0%	50.0%	30.6%	1.18	12.3%	—	41.1%	0.2%	73Low sample
64	Ezreal	Balanced	+52	+2.7	+1	51.2%	57.1%	38.3%	1.15	14.5%	−2.7	47.6%	0.3%	124Low sample
65	Briar	Stabilizer	+38	−18.0	−432	53.0%	65.9%	56.4%	1.67	18.8%	−11.9	61.2%	0.2%	85Low sample
66	Xin Zhao	Balanced	+36	−6.5	−241	48.6%	—	—	1.43	10.8%	—	48.6%	0.1%	37Low sample
67	Kog'Maw	Stabilizer	+24	+8.6	+142	53.8%	61.9%	52.8%	0.78	6.3%	—	57.0%	0.2%	79Low sample
68	Wukong	Balanced	+6	−5.9	+69	53.3%	—	—	1.19	12.9%	—	35.5%	0.1%	31Low sample
69	Kled	Balanced	+3	−11.0	−193	53.1%	—	—	1.30	24.2%	—	51.5%	0.1%	33Low sample
70	Neeko	Stabilizer	−6	−6.1	−25	43.9%	63.9%	45.7%	1.23	17.1%	—	53.7%	0.2%	82Low sample
71	Kai'Sa	Stabilizer	−14	−2.4	−377	45.8%	45.5%	41.0%	0.77	9.5%	—	43.2%	0.2%	74Low sample
72	Sion	Balanced	−19	+7.8	−151	51.2%	50.0%	37.3%	0.48	3.2%	−17.9	44.0%	0.3%	125Low sample
73	Morgana	Balanced	−39	−0.5	+260	48.1%	58.7%	36.8%	0.90	6.0%	+7.0	47.4%	0.3%	133Low sample
74	Kennen	Balanced	−62	−7.5	+187	51.1%	60.9%	38.6%	1.17	10.9%	−2.0	51.1%	0.2%	92Low sample
75	Karma	Balanced	−68	−4.0	+179	50.0%	—	—	0.89	13.0%	—	63.0%	0.1%	54Low sample
76	Singed	Balanced	−81	+2.4	−471	47.7%	—	—	0.58	20.0%	—	62.2%	0.1%	45Low sample
77	Twitch	Stabilizer	−100	−11.5	−367	44.3%	—	47.1%	1.13	12.9%	—	53.2%	0.2%	62Low sample
78	Gwen	Stabilizer	−103	−8.0	−199	41.6%	67.6%	45.1%	0.68	5.5%	+28.2	53.8%	0.2%	91Low sample
79	Gragas	Stabilizer	−121	−6.8	+150	42.7%	68.2%	47.5%	1.01	9.6%	−8.6	55.8%	0.3%	104Low sample
80	Cho'Gath	Stabilizer	−155	−2.1	−62	48.8%	58.8%	41.7%	0.95	9.6%	+1.2	50.0%	0.4%	166Low sample
81	Nasus	Snowballer	−157	−3.8	+16	50.0%	64.4%	34.5%	0.71	3.4%	−4.0	49.2%	0.5%	177Low sample
82	Volibear	Balanced	−165	−3.3	−342	44.7%	60.3%	31.0%	1.27	13.6%	−1.8	44.8%	0.4%	154Low sample
83	Cassiopeia	Balanced	−268	+1.4	−140	41.1%	67.9%	33.3%	0.87	9.9%	−0.6	47.9%	0.5%	192Low sample
84	Viego	Balanced	−289	−13.9	−462	41.9%	—	—	0.87	19.4%	—	64.5%	0.1%	31Low sample
85	Quinn	Stabilizer	−298	−11.4	−678	38.8%	—	46.3%	0.69	19.4%	—	44.8%	0.2%	67Low sample

86	Dr. Mundo	Balanced	−308	+2.3	−81	40.6%	—	—	0.41	0.0%	—	40.6%	0.1%	32Low sample
87	Teemo	Scaler	−312	−6.5	−220	38.8%	68.9%	42.3%	0.84	9.3%	+2.0	52.5%	0.3%	118Low sample
88	Shen	Balanced	−351	−20.3	−147	34.4%	—	—	0.88	9.4%	—	34.4%	0.1%	32Low sample
89	Ambessa	Balanced	−362	−5.9	−204	38.1%	—	—	1.16	4.7%	—	58.1%	0.1%	43Low sample
90	Seraphine	Balanced	−379	−7.5	−199	38.7%	—	—	0.74	12.9%	—	61.3%	0.1%	31Low sample
91	Taliyah	Scaler	−410	−2.7	−322	36.9%	63.1%	35.1%	0.69	6.1%	+4.5	45.3%	0.5%	179Low sample
92	Smolder	Scaler	−510	−2.3	−408	35.4%	62.2%	37.8%	0.36	3.1%	+6.5	46.5%	0.3%	129Low sample
93	Udyr	Balanced	−553	−6.5	−691	45.2%	—	—	0.77	16.1%	—	51.6%	0.1%	31Low sample
94	Zyra	Stabilizer	−643	−10.2	−449	33.3%	—	42.1%	0.65	5.3%	—	47.4%	0.1%	57Low sample
95	Zilean	Stabilizer	−849	−13.4	+73	24.5%	—	43.2%	0.34	0.0%	—	48.0%	0.1%	50Low sample
96	Kayle	Scaler	−965	−9.1	−500	21.1%	—	39.4%	0.43	8.6%	+28.5	44.1%	0.2%	93Low sample
97	Ashe	Balanced	−1,032	−16.9	−529	21.1%	—	23.3%	0.35	2.5%	—	35.0%	0.1%	40Low sample
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MetaBot Desktop

Every lane, split by rank, live in the app

The desktop Lane Phase tab adds the Iron–Silver, Gold–Platinum and Emerald+ brackets, a lane map of gold lead against scaling, and a per-champion breakdown of how leads turn into wins.

Rank brackets: Iron–Silver, Gold–Platinum, Emerald+
Lane map: gold lead at 15 against late-game scaling
Lead conversion and favored lanes for every champion

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Mid Lane lane archetypes on patch 26.20

Every champion gets one label from its own numbers: a lane bully holds a clear gold lead at 15, a scaler loses lane but wins late, a snowballer converts big leads far better than it recovers, and a stabilizer keeps winning from behind. Only champions with 200 or more games are listed.

Lane bully

Wins lane consistently and pressures the opponent early: a statistically clear gold lead at 15.

Irelia+949 gold at 15, ahead in 68% of lanes
Naafiri+569 gold at 15, ahead in 64% of lanes
Zed+408 gold at 15, ahead in 62% of lanes
Diana+383 gold at 15, ahead in 62% of lanes
Mel+310 gold at 15, ahead in 59% of lanes

Snowballer

Turns a big lead into a win far more often than it recovers from a deficit.

SwainWins 82% with a 1,000+ gold lead, 34% from behind

Scaler

Survives a rough lane and wins more the longer the game goes.

Aurelion Sol−733 gold at 15, win rate climbs +19.9 points into the late game
Kassadin−433 gold at 15, win rate climbs +7.8 points into the late game
Azir−423 gold at 15, win rate climbs +7.1 points into the late game
Veigar−398 gold at 15, win rate climbs +6.9 points into the late game
Ryze−535 gold at 15, win rate climbs +6.3 points into the late game

Stabilizer

Recovers from deficits often - a lost lane rarely means a lost game.

MalphiteWins 49% of games from behind (−147 gold at 15)
HweiWins 42% of games from behind (−10 gold at 15)

How to read these stats

The lane opponent is the enemy player in the same role. Every edge is this champion's number minus the opponent's at the 15:00 timeline frame - gold, CS (minions plus monsters) and XP - averaged across games and shown with a 95% confidence interval. A champion is only called "ahead" or "behind" when the whole interval sits on one side of zero; otherwise the edge is within the margin of error.

Lane win rate is the share of games with any gold lead at 15:00. Win rate when ahead and when behind split the same games by that lead, and every such rate carries a Wilson 95% interval; a champion needs 30 games in a band before the number is shown. The 1,000-gold bands isolate big leads and deficits.

Solo kills count unassisted kills on the lane opponent before 15:00; first blood is the share of games where this player took it. Scaling is the late-game win rate minus the early-game win rate, split at the population's average game length, and needs 40 games on each side. Champions under 200 games carry a Low sample tag and never headline the page.

Data: 19,383 ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North American server, patch 26.20, all ranks combined. The rank bands group games by the seeded player's tier: Iron–Silver, Gold–Platinum and Emerald and above. Remakes and non-ranked queues are excluded, and a lane only counts when exactly one player per team holds the role.

LoL Lane Phase FAQ - Mid Lane, patch 26.20

Which Mid Lane champion wins lane the most on patch 26.20?

Irelia has the biggest Mid Lane lane lead on patch 26.20: +949 gold and +21.4 CS ahead of the lane opponent at 15 minutes on average, ahead in 68% of games, over 528 ranked games.

What does "gold lead at 15" mean?

It is this champion's total gold minus the lane opponent's total gold at the 15-minute mark of the match timeline, averaged over every game where both players have a 15-minute snapshot. A positive number means the champion is usually ahead in lane; the confidence range on each page says whether that lead is statistically clear or within noise.

Does winning lane mean winning the game?

Not by itself. In Mid Lane, Annie turns a gold lead at 15 into a win 70% of the time, while Aurelion Sol still wins 46% of the games it starts behind. Compare the "win ahead" and "win behind" columns: a champion with a big gap between them lives and dies by its lane, one with a small gap can afford a rough laning phase.

Which Mid Lane champions are lane bullies right now?

On patch 26.20, 12 Mid Lane champions with a full sample hold a statistically clear gold lead at 15 minutes. The biggest: Irelia, Naafiri, Zed, Diana, Mel. A lane bully here means the whole 95% confidence range of the gold edge sits above zero, not just a positive average.

What is lane win rate?

The share of a champion's games in which it had any gold lead over the lane opponent at the 15-minute mark. It ignores the size of the lead, so it pairs with the gold edge: a champion with a high lane win rate but a small average edge wins lane often by a little, while a big edge with a middling lane win rate means occasional blowouts.

Where does this data come from?

From 19,383 ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North American server for patch 26.20, using Riot's match timelines for the 15-minute snapshot. All ranks are combined on this page; the MetaBot desktop app splits the same table into Iron–Silver, Gold–Platinum and Emerald+ brackets. Remakes and non-ranked queues are excluded, and a lane only counts when exactly one player per team holds the role.