Calculate your gaming win rate and performance metrics
Win rate is the percentage of games you've won out of your total games played. It's one of the most important metrics in competitive gaming, used across MOBAs, FPS games, battle royales, and strategy games to measure player performance and skill level.
The formula is simple: Win Rate = (Wins ÷ Total Games) × 100. A 50% win rate means you're winning exactly half your games, which is considered average in most competitive games with skill-based matchmaking.
| Win Rate | Rating | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 70%+ | Elite | Professional level, top 1% of players, potential smurf account |
| 60-69% | Excellent | High skill level, top 5-10%, climbing ranks quickly |
| 55-59% | Very Good | Above average, steady rank progression |
| 50-54% | Good | Slightly above average, maintaining or slowly climbing rank |
| 45-49% | Average | Normal performance, rank stays relatively stable |
| <45% | Below Average | Room for improvement, may lose rank |
Games with skill-based matchmaking (SBMM) naturally push most players toward a 50% win rate by matching you against similarly skilled opponents. Maintaining above 55% in SBMM games indicates you're improving faster than the system can adjust.
Win rates vary significantly by mode. Team-based games (5v5 MOBAs) tend toward 50% due to balanced matchmaking, while battle royales naturally have lower win rates (1-5%) due to having 20-100 players per match.
Win rate becomes more meaningful with larger sample sizes. A 70% win rate over 10 games could be luck, but over 100+ games indicates genuine skill. Most competitive players track win rates over seasons or hundreds of matches.
In games like League of Legends or Overwatch, certain roles or characters may have higher win rates due to meta shifts, personal playstyle fit, or team composition synergy. Tracking win rates by role helps identify your strengths.
Avoid high-risk plays that lead to feast-or-famine results. Consistent, solid gameplay wins more games than occasional spectacular plays followed by throws.
Review replays or VODs of your losses to identify patterns. Are you dying to the same strategy? Is your positioning weak? Targeted improvement beats grinding games.
Deep knowledge of 2-3 characters beats surface-level knowledge of 20. One-tricks often maintain 55%+ win rates through matchup mastery and mechanical consistency.
Larger player pools during peak times lead to better matchmaking quality. Off-hours games often have wider skill gaps, making win rates more volatile.
Record: 127 Wins, 115 Losses, 0 Draws
Total Games: 127 + 115 = 242 games
Win Rate: (127 ÷ 242) × 100 = 52.48%
Win/Loss Ratio: 127 ÷ 115 = 1.10
Rating: Good - Climbing slowly but steadily
To reach 55% win rate, this player needs approximately 15 consecutive wins without losses. To reach 60%, they would need 48 consecutive wins.