The start of every ranked season in League of Legends comes with hope. It may finally be the season where you break into that next lofty rank, get lucky with the next Your Shop, or learn that perfect combo with your newest champion.
On top of those new beginnings, each new League year means 24 more game-changing patches—slightly fewer than in 2023. These balance updates keep the Riot Games MOBA fresh for veteran players and Summoner’s Rift newcomers alike and have become a boiled-in part of the game’s ecosystem as the competitive grind rolls on.
The same can be said for season finales. Knowing seasonal League dates can be as crucial as actually ranking up, especially if you’re running out of time.
All LoL season start and end dates
For the most part, the last dozen years have seen Riot stay quite punctual about when the seasons officially wrap up—and, more importantly for most League players, when we can get our hands on all those heard-earned ranked rewards.
We’ve compiled a list of every League season’s start and end dates.
| Season | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|
| One | July 13, 2010 | Aug. 23, 2011 |
| Two | Nov. 29, 2011 | Nov. 12, 2012 |
| Three | Feb. 1, 2013 | Nov. 11, 2013 |
| Four | Jan. 10, 2014 | Nov. 11, 2014 |
| Five | Jan. 21, 2015 | Nov. 11, 2015 |
| Six | Jan. 20, 2016 | Nov. 8, 2016 |
| Seven | Dec. 8, 2016 | Nov. 7, 2017 |
| Eight | Jan. 16, 2018 | Nov. 12, 2018 |
| Nine | Jan. 23, 2019 | Nov. 19, 2019 |
| 10 | Jan. 10, 2020 | Nov. 10, 2020 |
| 11 | Jan. 8, 2021 | Nov. 15, 2021 |
| 12 | Jan. 7, 2022 | Nov. 14, 2022 |
| 13 | Jan. 11, 2023 | Jan. 9, 2024 |
| 14 | Jan. 10, 2024 | December 2024 |
What happens at the end of every LoL season?
Every League player who participated in ranked queues across the season will be rewarded for their efforts with various skins and other cosmetics at the end of each competitive season, which typically runs across a calendar year.
These rewards include everything from loading screen borders that last the duration of the next season to other reminders of how highly (or lowly, in some cases) you placed, like icons. You also get Victorious skins by collecting tokens for placements (previously for reaching Gold). Rewards are distributed based on the highest rank you achieved through the season, so don’t feel scared to fall a little to learn more lessons in your competitive League climb.
Finally, your League rank will obviously also reset at the end of every year.
Way more seasons coming to LoL in 2025
Riot has huge plans to introduce “themed” seasons to League in a bid to reshuffle both the overarching game narrative and the gameplay. The biggest thing season-wise is the long-running MOBA will now be shifting from one season each calendar year to three.
“Our goal is for each season to feel distinct with different experiences, themes, and moments highlighted,” League studio head Andrei van Roon explained to fans in September.
The League devs have yet to confirm any official dates for the 2025 seasons. We’ll update this article when we learn more.
Published: Nov 19, 2024 10:20 am