We have had many organizations come through the competitive Rocket League landscape since the inception of the RLCS in 2016. As the esports industry moves towards franchised leagues, it is about time we celebrate the longevity of our organizations, and the highs and lows that have come along with them. Below are images that reflect matches from Major tournaments and RLCS events.
NRG stands proudly at the top as RLCS’ longest standing organizationNote I only included international Majors, so the matches from Renegades and Chiefs Esports do not include Oceanic tournamentsHere we consider full calendar years for orgs, similar to following a season in professional American sports. Splitting into seasons or half years made the sample size of matches too small per franchise. Minimum 10 matches played. Turbopolsa was a player on 5 of these franchise years.exceL had the worst year of any franchise in Rocket League history, so they are included here despite the threshold. We will take a look at Mousesports, Rogue, and compLexity’s 2019 runs below.This shows that even the worst teams aren’t as bad as you think. Even the worst team by match win % won over 40% of individual games. This shows the importance of longer series. The trendline shows that for every match win percentage point increased, teams’ game win percentage only increases by 0.54%.
Not-So-Good Years
Rogue’s 2019 squad was the only team in history to play 40 matches or more in a year and finish with a losing record.Greazymeister, Mognus, and Flakes had a promising run through September, and then it all fell apart.The only thing sadder than compLexity’s 2019 was mousesports’ 2019
Elite Squads
It is impossible to talk about the best teams in Rocket League history without mentioning Kaydop, Turbopolsa, and ViolentPanda. From seasons 4-6, this team stood atop the Rocket League world with their eyes on the prize.
Note this is cumulative win percentage. The more time that passes the harder it is to accumulate percentage points.Top 2 at 8 Majors and won 3. Note than RLCS Summer Series is technically a minor, but included RLCS caliber teams.
Over in North America, the Big 3 organizations of NRG, C9, and G2 have been dominating the rest of their region since 2017. That is until recently.
The Big 3 looks more like a Big 2. NRG is starting to break away from the others.NRG had the 16th, 12th, 9th, and 5th best years of all time.NRG’s 2019 was a wonder to behold. Everyone cried when they finally won the World Championship.
That’s all of the graphs I made. Here’s to four more years (of Rocket League)!
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