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. 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 | Jan. 6, 2025 |
| 15 (one) | Jan. 8, 2025 | Dec, 9, 2025 |
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. In 2025, though, the structure of a season will be refreshed, with each divided into three Acts.
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.
Season overhaul in 2025
At the beginning of 2025, seasons will be completely overhauled. Most importantly, each year will have three seasons instead of just one, each divided into two acts. Each season will have a theme that will influence most of the events in the League at a specific time. Riot released the details on Nov. 26 with the arrival of the Dev Update for 2025.
“Now we want to take that immersion further with our new seasons… Each [season] is going to be around eight patches long, where we’re going to follow champions around different regions of Runeterra. Each one is going to have its own theme, but we’re going to have an overarching narrative that connects them throughout 2025. And each season’s theme will be the anchor for most of the content going into the game as well,” the devs said.
If you’re a fan of events like Lunar New Year, don’t worry. They will still make it to the game and aren’t forgotten by Riot. However, a new landing page, quests, battle pass, and more will be focused on the current season.
Published: Jan 3, 2025 07:40 am