The start of every ranked season in League of Legends comes with hope. It may finally be the season where you break into the next 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 dates can be as crucial as actually ranking up, especially if you’re running out of time.
When did League’s season 13 end?
The final season of 2023 ran a bit longer than the previous ones. Instead of November, which was the month that classicly marks the end of the season in Riot’s MOBA and then starts the preseason, season 13 ended on Jan. 10. The developers have specified a few valid reasons why they made such a decision.
Why was season 13 extended?
On one of its dev blogs, Riot reiterated the reasoning behind several of its big changes to ranked play during 2023. One example is the decision to have the competitive season split in two. To further aid this decision, Riot extended season 13 to encompass November and December. In doing so, it hopes to make season 14 feel “fuller” too. The 2024 season was also adjusted because it’s been divided into three splits instead of two.
All League 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, when we can get our hands on all those heard-earned ranked rewards.
We’ve put together a list of every season’s start and end dates for you:
| 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 | TBD |
What happens at the end of every League season?
At the end of each competitive season, which typically runs across a calendar year, every League player who participated in ranked queues across the season will be rewarded for their efforts with various skins and other cosmetics.
This includes loading screen borders that last the duration of the next season and other reminders of how highly (or lowly, in some cases) you placed. You also get Victorious skins if you hit Gold or higher. Rewards are distributed based on the highest rank you achieved throughout the season, so don’t feel scared to fall a little to learn more lessons in your League climb. Finally, your rank will reset at the end of every year.
