Use the variable names and descriptions below to interpret downloaded match data files. Older match data files may not include some of the variables below. Data file structure is subject to change.
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| Variable | Description |
| gameid | Game identifier from Riot’s server. Unique for each server/league, but may not be unique across different servers/leagues. |
| url | Match history link |
| league | League |
| split | Time period covered, denoted by year and suffixes (1 spring, 2 summer, po playoffs, r regionals, w worlds) |
| week | Within-split week and day (“week within season,” decimal, “day within week”), or playoff round. T: tiebreaker, QF: quarterfinals, SF: semifinals, F: finals, 3P: third-place, R#: round#, RR: round robin, G: group stage, PI: play-in stage, PI-KO: play-in knockout stage.
For best-of-1 events, this reflects week only, with day number stored in the “game” field. |
| game | Game number within the series. T tiebreaker. |
| date | Calendar date/time game was created. Stored in Excel time format. |
| patchno | Patch number, stored numerically. Note that single-digit patches are preceded by a zero (e.g. patch 6.01). Patch 6.1 = patch 6.10. |
| playerid | Player/team identifier, for differentiating map side and position. |
| side | Map side. |
| position | Player position. |
| player | Player name. |
| team | Team name. |
| champion | Champion name. |
| ban1 | Team’s first ban. |
| ban2 | Team’s second ban. |
| ban3 | Team’s third ban. |
| ban4 | Team’s fourth ban. |
| ban5 | Team’s fifth ban. |
| gamelength | Game length, in minutes. (Seconds measured in hundredths of a minute.) |
| result | Game result (1 win, 0 loss). |
| k | Total kills. |
| d | Total deaths. |
| a | Total assists. |
| teamkills | Total kills by team. |
| teamdeaths | Total deaths by team. |
| doubles | Double kills. |
| triples | Triple kills. |
| quadras | Quadra kills. |
| pentas | Pentakills. |
| fb | First blood kill (1 yes, 0 no). |
| fbassist | First blood assist (1 yes, 0 no). |
| fbvictim | First blood victim (1 yes, 0 no). |
| fbtime | First blood time, in minutes. (Seconds measured in hundredths of a minute.) |
| kpm | Kills per minute (individuals and teams reported separately). |
| okpm | Opponent kills per minute (for players, reflects opponent in same position). |
| ckpm | Combined kills per minute (own kills and opponent kills combined). |
| fd | First dragon of game killed (1 yes, 0 no). |
| fdtime | First dragon time, in minutes. (Seconds measured in hundredths of a minute.) |
| teamdragkills | Total dragons killed by team. |
| oppdragkills | Total dragons killed by opposing team. |
| elementals | Total elemental drakes killed by team. |
| oppelementals | Total elemental drakes killed by opposing team. |
| firedrakes | Total infernal drakes killed by team. |
| waterdrakes | Total ocean drakes killed by team. |
| earthdrakes | Total mountain drakes killed by team. |
| airdrakes | Total cloud drakes killed by team. |
| elders | Total elder dragons killed by team. |
| oppelders | Total elder dragons killed by opposing team. |
| herald | Rift herald taken (1 yes, 0 opponent took it, blank herald not killed). |
| heraldtime | Herald kill time, in minutes. (Seconds measured in hundredths of a minute.) For spring 2016, reflects the first herald of the game. |
| ft | First tower of game killed (1 yes, 0 no). |
| fttime | First tower kill time, in minutes. (Seconds measured in hundredths of a minute.) |
| firstmidouter | First team to kill mid lane outer tower (1 yes, 0 no). |
| firsttothreetowers | First team to kill three towers (1 yes, 0 no). |
| teamtowerkills | Total towers killed by team. |
| opptowerkills | Total towers killed by opposing team. |
| fbaron | First baron of game killed (1 yes, 0 no). |
| fbarontime | First baron time, in minutes. (Seconds measured in hundredths of a minute.) |
| teambaronkills | Total barons killed by team. |
| oppbaronkills | Total barons killed by opposing team. |
| dmgtochamps | Total damage dealt to champions. |
| dmgtochampsperminute | Total damage dealt to champions per minute. |
| dmgshare | Share of team’s total damage dealt to champions. |
| earnedgoldshare | Share of team’s total gold, with starting gold and inherent gold generation removed. |
| wards | Total wards placed (of all types). |
| wpm | Wards placed per minute (or all types). |
| wardshare | Share of team’s total wards placed (of all types). |
| wardkills | Total wards cleared/killed (of all types). |
| wcpm | Total wards cleared/killed per minute (of all types). |
| visionwards | Vision/control wards placed. |
| visionwardbuys | Vision/control wards purchased. |
| visiblewardclearrate | Percent of opposing team’s visible wards cleared. Includes vision/control and blue trinket wards. Reported for teams only. |
| invisiblewardclearrate | Percent of opposing team’s invisible wards cleared. Includes wards from yellow trinket and sightstone items. Reported for teams only. |
| totalgold | Total gold earned from all sources. |
| earnedgpm | Earned gold per minute, with starting gold and inherent gold generation removed. |
| goldspent | Total gold spent. |
| gspd | Gold spent percentage difference. For more information, see http://oracleselixir.com/2015/07/measuring-the-margins-gold-spent-percentage-difference/. |
| minionkills | Lane minions killed. |
| monsterkills | Neutral monsters killed. |
| monsterkillsownjungle | Neutral monsters killed in own team’s jungle. |
| monsterkillsenemyjungle | Neutral monsters killed in opposing team’s jungle. |
| cspm | Creep score per minute. All creep score variables include minions and monsters, and do not include wards, champion-generated minions, or other units counted as CS in-game. |
| cssharepost15 | Percentage of team’s total creep score post-15-minutes. |
| csat10 | Creep score at 10:00. |
| oppcsat10 | Opponent’s creep score at 10:00. |
| csdat10 | Creep score difference at 10:00. |
| goldat10 | Total gold earned at 10:00. |
| oppgoldat10 | Opponent’s total gold earned at 10:00. |
| gdat10 | Gold difference at 10:00. |
| goldat15 | Total gold earned at 15:00. |
| oppgoldat15 | Opponent’s total gold earned at 15:00. |
| gdat15 | Gold difference at 15:00. |
| xpat10 | Experience earned at 10:00. |
| oppxpat10 | Opponent’s experience earned at 10:00. |
| xpdat10 | Experience difference at 10:00. |