Where does your Apex Legends rank actually sit?
Ranked lobbies lie to you about where you stand. You spend your evenings against people matched to your own level, so everyone looks about as good as you and the badge on your banner starts to feel ordinary. Pick your tier and the calculator will place it against everyone who played ranked this season, which is a very different crowd from the one you've been queuing into. This calculator on Find The Norm uses a fixed estimate of Apex Legends tier shares, checked below against apexlegendsstatus.com Season 29 Split 2 data, to rank your tier against the ranked player base.
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What rank is average in Apex Legends?
Platinum II is the average rank in Apex Legends, because apexlegendsstatus.com's Season 29 Split 2 figures put the median tracked player there, with Diamond the biggest tier at 35.1%, Platinum at 25.6% and Gold at 16.9%, so a Gold player sits between the 19th and 36th percentile. The curve leans towards the top and falls away at the Master line, which only 3.0% of tracked players crossed. Plenty of Gold players picture themselves in the middle of the queue, and on these figures they're a full tier below it.
Respawn has rebuilt ranked several times, and each rebuild moved the centre of the curve. Season 13 compressed the distribution hard, leaving the median tracked player in Silver IV and about 1% in Diamond or higher. Then Season 17 swapped Ranked Points for Ladder Points and a hidden matchmaking rating, which left 35% of tracked players in Master, and Season 20 brought RP back with more weight on eliminations, and every one of those changes altered what a given tier badge means in raw skill. A Platinum from Season 13 and a Platinum from Season 29 sit at very different percentiles, so treat the figures here as a snapshot of one split rather than a permanent scale. The Tekken 8 rank distribution runs the same exercise for a one-on-one game.
Master is where a rank starts to carry weight, since Diamond now covers the 62nd to 97th percentile of tracked players and only Master and Predator sit above it, while Platinum runs from the 36th to the 62nd. Climbing from Gold to Diamond takes a real step up in both aim and decision-making, and Diamond IV and III alone hold a quarter of tracked players, which is where most climbs stall. Plenty of Gold players assume they're mid-table. On these figures a Gold player is below the middle and a Platinum player is around it, and the gap between that guess and the data is the reason this calculator exists. The Rocket League rank distribution makes a useful comparison for anyone who plays both.
How rare is Apex Predator?
Apex Predator is the only tier with a hard cap, so only the top 750 players by RP on each platform hold the badge at any moment, and apexlegendsstatus.com's Season 29 Split 2 chart put them at 0.46% of the 675,751 players it tracked, a share that runs high because the site sees every Predator but only some of the players below them. The count of Predators never grows with the game, which makes it one of the tightest top-tier caps in any big competitive title. If the player base doubles, Predator gets twice as hard to hold as a share of it.
Masters, the tier below, is a fixed RP threshold rather than a competitive cap. Every split since Season 24 has put between 1.6% and 5.0% of tracked players in it, so it's rare but reachable through skill and hours without needing to out-climb 749 other people. Diamond I, the division just under the Masters line, held 3.5% of tracked players in Season 29 Split 2 and covers roughly the top 3 to 6%, the realistic ceiling for a very good player who isn't treating the game as a job.
Platform changes the picture. Mouse and keyboard give PC players a precision edge, so the same RP threshold is a harder fight on PC than on console, though cross-platform matchmaking has blurred that line in recent seasons. The most widely quoted community source, apexlegendsstatus.com, publishes platform-specific Predator thresholds and distribution snapshots that refresh every ranked split. For another hero shooter's ladder, the Marvel Rivals rank distribution runs the same comparison.
Apex Legends rank distribution, Season 29 Split 2
| Rank | % of Players | Share at or above this rank |
|---|---|---|
| Rookie | 1.0% | 100% |
| Bronze | 6.9% | 99.0% |
| Silver | 11.4% | 92.1% |
| Gold | 16.9% | 80.7% |
| Platinum | 25.6% | 63.8% |
| Diamond | 35.1% | 38.1% |
| Master | 2.5% | 3.0% |
| Predator | 0.46% | 0.46% |
Source: apexlegendsstatus.com, Season 29 Split 2, 675,751 tracked ranked players. The calculator above still runs on an older set of tier shares that we can't match to any apexlegendsstatus.com split, so it will place Platinum and Diamond players lower than this table does.
Frequently asked questions
Around 750 per platform at any moment, with each platform counted separately, because Predator is a cap on players rather than a points threshold. In Season 29 Split 2, apexlegendsstatus.com's chart shows them as 0.46% of tracked players, a share that runs high because the site sees every Predator but only some of the players below. Every other tier can grow with the game, and Predator can't.
Gold is a respectable rank but a below-average one right now. In apexlegendsstatus.com's Season 29 Split 2 figures, Gold covers the 19th to 36th percentile of tracked players, because Platinum and Diamond hold 61% between them. Holding Gold takes steady survival awareness and competent fights, so it's no small thing. Just don't read it as the middle of the queue, which sits a full tier higher in Platinum II.
Platinum II, according to apexlegendsstatus.com's Season 29 Split 2 chart, the last full split before Season 30 began on 4 August 2026. About 48.7% of tracked players finished at Platinum III or lower. That's a long way from Season 13 in 2022, when the median tracked player sat in Silver IV, so a Gold badge in 2026 means something very different from a Gold badge in 2022.
About 38% of tracked players reached Diamond or above in Season 29 Split 2, split as 35.1% Diamond, 2.5% Master and 0.46% Predator. That's far more open than Season 13 in 2022, when about 1% got to Diamond. A fresh Diamond badge now sits around the 62nd percentile, which is good, and a long way from what Diamond meant in 2022. Source: apexlegendsstatus.com Season 29 Split 2 data.
Because Respawn keeps rebuilding the system. The Season 13 rework in 2022 pushed two thirds of tracked players into Rookie, Bronze and Silver. Season 17's Ladder Points system went the other way and left 35% of tracked players in Master, and Season 20 brought Ranked Points back. Each overhaul changes the scoring and entry costs, and the distribution reshapes itself around the new maths. Source: apexlegendsstatus.com split data and EA's Season 20 notes.
Each season has two ranked splits of about six weeks. Under the Season 20 rules every player started the season at 1 RP, and the mid-season split reset dropped everyone 6 divisions, a tier and a half. Early in a split the curve is bunched towards the lower ranks and by the last week it has spread out, which is why this page uses the finished Season 29 Split 2. Source: EA's Season 20 Breakout notes.
Respawn doesn't publish a regular rank distribution, and we couldn't find an official one for any recent season. Everyone leans on tracker sites such as apexlegendsstatus.com, which says plainly that it only charts players it knows about and isn't endorsed by EA or Respawn. Those samples are large, 675,751 players in Season 29 Split 2, but they aren't a census of every ranked player, so treat any figure on this page as a well-founded estimate.
Master, and a good way into it. In Season 29 Split 2, Master and Predator together held 3.0% of tracked players, so the Master line lands you around the 97th percentile and a fresh Master badge isn't top 1% yet. For that you need to be well up the Master ladder or closing on the Predator cutoff, which moves through the split as more players climb. Source: apexlegendsstatus.com Season 29 Split 2 data.
Diamond covered the 62nd to 97th percentile of tracked players in Season 29 Split 2, and Diamond I, the division next to Master, roughly the top 3 to 6%. The figure moves with every split reset, so check apexlegendsstatus.com for the current split. As a rough ladder for that split, Platinum started at the top 64%, Diamond at the top 38%, Master at the top 3% and Predator at the top 0.5%.
Yes, a lot. Season 13 in 2022 compressed the distribution, leaving about 1% of tracked players in Diamond or higher. Then Season 17 replaced Ranked Points with Ladder Points, which swelled Master to 35% of tracked players, and Season 20 in 2024 brought RP back, so Diamond in Season 13 and Diamond in Season 29 are different achievements. Current data comes from trackers such as apexlegendsstatus.com, so compare seasons with those system changes in mind.
- apexlegendsstatus.com. Apex Legends ranked distribution, Season 29 Split 2 and earlier splits, read September 2026. apexlegendsstatus.com.
- Tracker.GG. Apex Legends player tracker, an alternative source; none of the tier shares on this page come from it. apex.tracker.gg.
- Electronic Arts. Apex Legends: Breakout ranked update notes, February 2024.