Deadlock Season 2 leaderboard: 35 players worldwide, MikaelS back on top of Europe
Five and a half days into Season 2, the leaderboard holds 35 players worldwide: 20 in Europe, none in Oceania. Those we identified have played 70 to 97 ranked matches, 13 to 18 a day. Yet 801 players already have the 50 matches Valve asks for, and we cannot explain the gap.
On November 9, the Season 2 leaderboard held a single name (our measurement of the rank reset). On November 11 at 9 am UTC, five and a half days after the season opened, it holds 35 worldwide.
35 players, 20 of them in Europe
- Europe: 20 players. MikaelS is first, ahead of Mufasa and whirr;
- North America: 12 players. TOE SNIFFER is first, ahead of Immajeanyus and TinoMochacinno;
- Asia: 2 players, Endless John(SB) and Cirst;
- South America: 1 player, twitch.tv/paninidl;
- Oceania: none.
None of the fifteen names from the Season 1 final podiums is on it yet.
MikaelS takes back the spot lost on the last evening
On November 5, four hours before Season 1 ended, MikaelS was first in Europe. Valve then reworked how leaderboards are ordered, and MikaelS finished the season in 29th place (the Season 1 honor roll). That name is back on top. The account carrying it in public matches has played 77 ranked matches since November 6 and won 48. It is the only Eternus among the listed players we could identify.
Thirteen to eighteen matches a day
We found 29 of the 35 listed players in public matches. Since the season opened, they have played between 70 and 97 ranked matches, 80 for the median player. That is 13 to 18 matches a day, or seven to ten hours of play daily at 33 minutes a match, queue times not included.
The leaderboard follows rank order, but getting on it is first a matter of volume: Europe’s 20th is Phantom 1, North America’s 12th is Oracle 6. Conversely, 54 players have already climbed back to Eternus, when nobody started the season there, and only one of them is among the listed players we identified.
801 players have their 50 matches, 35 are listed
Valve’s rule fits in one sentence: play at least 50 ranked matches in the season, within the last 30 days. In public matches, 801 players have passed that mark, out of 303,249 who have played ranked since November 6. The leaderboard lists only 35.
We cannot explain the gap. Among the players with 50 matches who are missing from the leaderboard, 402 are Phantom or higher, the same level as those on it. And the lowest total among the listed players we identified is 70 matches, not 50. Three explanations are possible, with no evidence for any of them: a leaderboard updated with a delay, a condition Valve’s notes do not mention, or a public leaderboard that is still incomplete.
The leaderboard should grow fast: 526 more players have between 45 and 49 matches. We will take stock again once all five regions have filled up. Our Leaderboard page tracks Season 2 live.
Method
- Leaderboard: Valve’s public leaderboard, read through deadlock-api.com on November 11 at 9:05 am UTC;
- matches: public ranked matches from deadlock-api.com since November 6, midnight UTC, each match counted once;
- identification: the leaderboard gives names, not accounts. We tie a listed player to an account when only one of the accounts carrying that name has played 50 ranked matches. 6 of the 35 listed players could not be identified;
- ranks: displayed rank at the start of each player’s last ranked match;
- limit: public matches may be incomplete, so match counts are minimums.
Sources. Valve’s public leaderboard and public ranked matches via deadlock-api.com (pulled November 11, 2026); Valve’s “Ranked - Beta Season 2” notes (November 5, 2026); our archive of the Season 1 leaderboard.