Stats by rankWards placed
Wards placed per game by rank in League of Legends
A typical Gold support places 0.87 wards a minute, about 26 in a 30-minute game. Laners place around nine.
Top wards placed by rank
| Rank | Typical | Top 25% | In wins | In losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Iron | 0.27 | 0.35+ | 0.28 | 0.26 |
 Bronze | 0.30 | 0.36+ | 0.30 | 0.28 |
 Silver | 0.31 | 0.36+ | 0.30 | 0.29 |
 Gold | 0.32 | 0.37+ | 0.31 | 0.30 |
 Platinum | 0.32 | 0.37+ | 0.32 | 0.31 |
 Emerald | 0.32 | 0.37+ | 0.32 | 0.30 |
 Diamond | 0.32 | 0.37+ | 0.32 | 0.30 |
 Master+ | 0.34 | 0.38+ | 0.33 | 0.32 |
Jungle wards placed by rank
| Rank | Typical | Top 25% | In wins | In losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron | 0.25 | 0.34+ | 0.26 | 0.23 |
| Bronze | 0.26 | 0.36+ | 0.27 | 0.25 |
| Silver | 0.27 | 0.36+ | 0.24 | 0.26 |
| Gold | 0.23 | 0.34+ | 0.23 | 0.23 |
| Platinum | 0.18 | 0.31+ | 0.20 | 0.20 |
| Emerald | 0.16 | 0.29+ | 0.19 | 0.19 |
| Diamond | 0.15 | 0.28+ | 0.19 | 0.18 |
| Master+ | 0.16 | 0.28+ | 0.20 | 0.20 |
Mid wards placed by rank
| Rank | Typical | Top 25% | In wins | In losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron | 0.28 | 0.35+ | 0.28 | 0.26 |
| Bronze | 0.31 | 0.38+ | 0.32 | 0.30 |
| Silver | 0.32 | 0.39+ | 0.32 | 0.30 |
| Gold | 0.34 | 0.40+ | 0.33 | 0.31 |
| Platinum | 0.33 | 0.39+ | 0.32 | 0.31 |
| Emerald | 0.33 | 0.39+ | 0.32 | 0.31 |
| Diamond | 0.32 | 0.38+ | 0.31 | 0.30 |
| Master+ | 0.31 | 0.37+ | 0.30 | 0.29 |
ADC wards placed by rank
| Rank | Typical | Top 25% | In wins | In losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron | 0.29 | 0.35+ | 0.30 | 0.27 |
| Bronze | 0.32 | 0.37+ | 0.31 | 0.28 |
| Silver | 0.31 | 0.36+ | 0.31 | 0.29 |
| Gold | 0.30 | 0.35+ | 0.29 | 0.27 |
| Platinum | 0.30 | 0.36+ | 0.30 | 0.29 |
| Emerald | 0.30 | 0.35+ | 0.30 | 0.28 |
| Diamond | 0.29 | 0.34+ | 0.29 | 0.28 |
| Master+ | 0.30 | 0.35+ | 0.31 | 0.29 |
Support wards placed by rank
| Rank | Typical | Top 25% | In wins | In losses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iron | 0.63 | 0.79+ | 0.66 | 0.58 |
| Bronze | 0.70 | 0.87+ | 0.75 | 0.68 |
| Silver | 0.72 | 0.89+ | 0.78 | 0.70 |
| Gold | 0.87 | 1.03+ | 0.88 | 0.84 |
| Platinum | 0.93 | 1.11+ | 0.96 | 0.92 |
| Emerald | 0.98 | 1.16+ | 1.01 | 0.96 |
| Diamond | 0.97 | 1.16+ | 1.00 | 0.96 |
| Master+ | 1.16 | 1.39+ | 1.23 | 1.14 |
What stands out
- Support warding nearly doubles from Iron (0.63 a minute) to Master+ (1.16).
- Junglers place fewer wards the higher they go, 0.25 a minute in Iron against 0.16 in Master+.
- Laners hold steady at about 0.32 a minute at every rank.
- Warding barely differs between wins and losses for anyone.
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Questions
How many wards should a support place?
A Gold support places about 26 in 30 minutes. The top quarter in Gold place 31 or more.
Does this count control wards?
Yes, every ward placed counts, control wards included. The control wards page has those on their own.
Should laners ward more?
Laners at every rank sit near 10 a game, so a laner placing 15 is ahead of nearly everyone.
Built from 63,189 player-games in 6,319 ranked solo matches played since December 2025 (patches 25.24 to 26.20), mostly on North America servers. A match counts at the rank of the player whose history it came from. Remakes and early surrenders are left out. Games behind each rank: Iron 1,930, Bronze 1,880, Silver 1,880, Gold 2,420, Platinum 8,680, Emerald 32,955, Diamond 10,290, Master+ 3,150. "Typical" is the middle player, except deaths and control wards, which use the average. Updated October 2026.