How many Players reach Legend in Hearthstone? [Update: May 2023]
Thanks to an update in the Hearthstone Leaderboard, we can finally see the total amount of Legend Players, officially confirmed by Blizzard.
This post also includes unofficial Data from 2020 to compare the numbers.
» April 2023
Compared to the previous month, we got 33% more Legend players.
Standard went from 44.4k to 59.7k (+34%)
Wild went from 13.4k to 14.1k (+5%)
Classic went from 22.8k to 34.1k (+50%).
Interesting fact: The number of Legend players for Classic in Wild went from 10k to 20k in April, making it the second biggest, just behind Stanard in Europe.
Standard
NA: 20124
EU: 23353
Asia: 16265
Wild
NA: 5074
EU: 6328
Asia: 2757
Classic
NA: 7536
EU: 5670
Asia: 20894
» March 2023
Legend numbers stayed the same this month; only 1% fewer players reached Legend.
For Standard, the only mode that got more Legend players was Asia (+0.3% in total).
For Wild, only the EU got more Legend players (-2.5% in total).
For Classic, tho, Asia got 58% more Legend players; as always, it might be related to bots (-3.4% in total).
Standard
NA: 15265
EU: 17902
Asia: 11255
Wild
NA: 4977
EU: 6109
Asia: 2313
Classic
NA: 6618
EU: 5749
Asia: 10430
» February 2023
While the mini-set launched on February 14, 2023, it didn’t help with the number of Players reaching Legend in Standard & Wild. In total, almost the same amount reached Legend (81.6k compared to 81.4k)
Standard had 9% fewer players reach Legend (44.3k compared to 48.4k)
Wild had 13% fewer players get Legend (13.8k compared to 15.8k)
And Classic did its one thing and had 37% more players become Legend (23.5k compared to 17.1k) – Bots might have influenced that numbers.
Standard
NA: 15395
EU: 18719
Asia: 10186
Wild
NA: 5441
EU: 5927
Asia: 2384
Classic
NA: 7544
EU: 9415
Asia: 6618
» January 2023
While it seemed to me that fewer players reached Legend in January, this is not the case.
In total, 3922 more players reached Legend (81.5k compared to 77.5k in the previous month).
Standard had 10% fewer players reach Legend (48.4k compared to 53.2k)
Wild had 13% more players who got Legend (15.8k compared to 13.9k)
Classic had 65% more players going to Legend (17k compared to 10k) – tho we have to add that Classic has a big problem with Bots, so I am unsure how vital their numbers are.
Standard
CN: -/-
NA: 16942
EU: 21340
Asia: 10129
Wild
CN: -/-
NA: 6377
EU: 7045
Asia: 2464
Classic
CN: -/-
NA: 5336
EU: 8024
Asia: 3791
» December 2022
In December 2022, the new Expansion March of the Lich King launched, leading to many more players reaching Legend.
In total, 66% more players reached Legend (77526 compared to 46569 in November).
But what’s most interesting: While Wild only saw a 35% increase and Standard 62%, Classic got almost three times as many Legend players and, therefore, continues to be the mode that grows the fastest.
Standard
CN: -/-
NA: 18327
EU: 23894
Asia: 11005
Wild
CN: -/-
NA: 5350
EU: 6428
Asia: 2180
Classic
CN: -/-
NA: 4372
EU: 4003
Asia: 1967
» November 2022
Compared to October (not including CN), Standard saw a 6% decrease in Legend Players, while Wild only saw a 1.5% decrease.
Surprisingly Classic saw an increase of 41% in Legend Players, which is insane (2450 reached Legend in October and 3463 in November).
Standard
CN: -/-
NA: 10260
EU: 15820
Asia: 6745
Wild
CN: -/-
NA: 3568
EU: 5203
Asia: 1510
Classic
CN: -/-
NA: 1721
EU: 1151
Asia: 591
» October 2022
Compared to October 2020, we saw a 9% increase in Players reaching Legend in Standard and almost no difference in Wild when excluding CN.
If we include CN, we see a 32% increase for Standard and a 16% decrease in Wild.
Standard
CN: ~50000
NA: 10407
EU: 16533
Asia: 7810
Wild
CN: ~30000
NA: 3599
EU: 5240
Asia: 1591
Classic
CN: -/-
NA: 1121
EU: 913
Asia: 416
» November 2020
The month is over, and new numbers for how many players reached Legend got collected.
For Wild, we saw an increase of 28% players compared to October. For Standard, we saw an increase of 51%
In total, 41% more players reached Legend in November compared to October.
Standard
CN: 51002
NA: 13498
EU: 23307
Asia: 9690
Wild
CN: 49400
NA: 3838
EU: 6971
Asia: 1816
» October 2020
For Wild, we saw a decrease of 11% players compared to September. For Standard, we saw a decrease of 35%
In total, 26% fewer players reached Legend in October compared to September.
Standard
CN: 32296
NA: 9628
EU: 15652
Asia: 6729
Wild
CN: 37987
NA: 3205
EU: 5840
Asia: 1371
» September 2020
For Wild, we saw an increase of 23% of players compared to August. For Standard, we saw a decrease of 33%
In total, 30% less players reached Legend in September compared to August.
Standard
CN: 48821
NA: 14982
EU: 24160
Asia: 10555
Wild
CN: 43324
NA: 3549
EU: 6197
Asia: 1553
» August 2020
Since a new expansion just got released, the players that have reached Legend increased a lot.
For Wild, we saw an increase of 19% of players compared to July. For Standard, we saw a rise of 56%.
Standard
CN: 75458
NA: 22179
EU: 34293
Asia: 14368
Wild
CN: 57100
NA: 4610
EU: 7652
Asia: 1902
» July 2020
For Wild, we saw an increase of 7% of players compared to June. For Standard, we saw a 4% decrease.
Standard
CN: 54948
NA: 11904
EU: 19451
Asia: 7201
Wild
CN: 48517
NA: 3671
EU: 6346
Asia: 1349
» June 2020
For Wild, we saw 17-22% fewer players reaching Legend, in Standard Numbers are between 34-44% fewer players reaching Legend.
Standard
CN: 61591
NA: 11610
EU: 21700
Asia: 7861
Wild
CN: 46388
NA: 2805
EU: 5175
Asia: 1296
» May 2020
Up to 35% fewer players reached Legend in Standard and up to 30% in Wild compared to April.
Standard
CN: 93552
NA: 20016
EU: 38978
Asia: 12270
Wild
CN: 59751
NA: 3477
EU: 6257
Asia: 1630
» April 2020
The new Ladder System just launched, and the Legend numbers exploded.
We got almost ten times the number of players reaching Legend as before.
Standard
CN: 118247
NA: 30971
EU: 60366
Asia: 18776
Wild
CN: 84809
NA: 4531
EU: 8769
Asia: 2252
» March 2020
27% to 50% more players reached Legend in Wild compared to February.
Standard
CN: 13449
NA: 3470
EU: 6515
Wild
CN: 27433
NA: 639
EU: 1133
Asia: 364
» Feburary 2020
In the CN Region, 26% to 35% of players reached Legend more compared to January, other regions stagnated.
Standard
CN: 13563
Wild
CN: 18342
NA: 448
EU: 756
Asia: 286
» January 2020
Standard
CN: 10735
Wild
CN: 13590
NA: 470
EU: 750
Asia: 279
» Sources
- January 2020 (HS_Soda)
- February 2020 (Glormagic)
- March 2020 (Glormagic)
- April 2020 (Glormagic)
- May 2020 (Glormagic)
- June 2020 – November 2020 (LindlarHS)
- October 2022 (Official PlayHearthstone Website for EU, NA & Asia + glormagic for CN)
- November 2022 (Official PlayHearthstone Website for EU, NA & Asia)
- December 2022 (Official PlayHearthstone Website for EU, NA & Asia)
