The Play-In stage of the Mid-Season Invitational 2025 has concluded, resulting in a ranking of the best players based on average KDA. The top three are representatives of the Chinese team Bilibili Gaming, showcasing stability and high performance.

The best player by KDA was BLG's marksman Zhao “Elk” Jiahao, with a 9.02 KDA. He averaged 6.33 kills and 7.17 assists per death, demonstrating confident execution across all six maps. His teammates Zhou “knight” Ding and Chen “Bin” Zebin also made it to the top three, securing second and third places respectively.

Despite BLG's dominance on the leaderboard, representatives from MKOIs, Anyone’s Legend, FURIA, and GAM Esports also made it into the top ten — even though not all of them advanced to the main stage of the tournament.

Top 10 Players by KDA in the Play-In Stage of MSI 2025:

1. Elk (BLG) — 9.02 KDA | 6.33 / 1.50 / 7.17 | 6 maps
2. knight (BLG) — 6.87 KDA | 6.17 / 2.17 / 8.67 | 6 maps
3. Bin (BLG) — 8.92 KDA | 4.33 / 1.33 / 7.50 | 6 maps
4. Ayu (FURIA) — 3.88 KDA | 4.10 / 2.60 / 4.90 | 10 maps  
5. Artemis (GAM) — 3.41 KDA | 3.85 / 2.77 / 5.54 | 13 maps  
6. Beichuan (BLG) — 6.29 KDA | 3.83 / 2.17 / 9.83 | 6 maps   
7. Tatu (FURIA) — 3.56 KDA | 3.50 / 2.70 / 6.30 | 10 maps  
8. SkewMond (G2) — 4.34 KDA | 3.38 / 2.00 / 5.31 | 13 maps  
9. Levi (GAM) — 3.14 KDA | 3.31 / 3.08 / 6.31 | 13 maps  
10. Tutsz (FURIA) — 2.52 KDA | 2.50 / 3.30 / 5.80 | 10 maps

The Mid-Season Invitational 2025 takes place from June 27 to July 12 in Canada, with a prize pool of $2,000,000. You can follow the news, schedule, and results of the tournament via this link.