EPTTop 10 players of Q2 2026 by ranking points:
1.
herO - 3,490 points2.
Clem - 1,832 points3.
MaxPax - 1,766 points4.
Solar - 1,575 points5.
Serral - 1,565 points6.
Maru - 1,402 points7.
Cure - 1,400 points8.
Rogue - 1,381 points9. Lemon - 1,337 points
10. SHIN - 1,277 points
herO was clearly ahead of everyone else. He won GSL Season 1, GSL Season 2 and RSL Revival Season 5 during the quarter and gained almost twice as many ranking points as Clem in second place. He is also back at #1 in the July world ranking.
Some other things I found interesting:
- Clem passed 400 competitive tournaments (with a prizepool of 500$ and above) and still finished second for the quarter.
- MaxPax reached his 50th tournament win, which only a handful of players have done.
- Serral only played four tournaments during the quarter and won all of them.
- Lemon is the surprise in the top 10. Most of his points came from the SC2 Weekly Open Tournament series in China, and he also reached a new career peak at #22 in the July ranking.
Biggest risers among players who are now in the top 200:
- 乐正绫 (China): #484 → #166 (+318 ranks)
- smile (China) : #401 → #84 (+317 ranks)
- Perceive (South-Korea): #423 → #129 (+294 ranks)
- 秦心sama (China): #349 → #84 (+265 ranks)
- universe (South-Korea): climbed 229 ranks to #146 after returning to the ranking this year
New career peaks in the July ranking:
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Lambo – #14-
Percival – #20- Lemon – #22
- Silky – #39
- SCV – #50
- JoliwaLoves – #51
- Maplez – #65
- 键盘超人 – #66
- 宅肥 – #68
- DarkUnnamed – #72
- HHH – #80
- smile / 秦心sama – #84
- 小八 – #93
- psz – #95
One thing that stands out is how much the Chinese weekly tournament scene affected the lower half of the top 100 and top 200. Several players reached new peaks or made huge jumps mostly through consistent activity there.
Full write-up with player links and ranking context: Blogpost
