I have completed the August update of the E-Rankings StarCraft 2 World Ranking. This month’s changes are unusually large because the results from the Esports World Cup 2025 have now dropped out of the 12-month calculation.

herO remains world #1 with 11,280 ranking points. He is the only player above 10,000 points and now leads his nearest challenger by 2,924.

The new top ten:

1. herO - 11,280 points (-)
2. Clem - 8,356 (+2)
3. Classic - 6,367 (-1)
4. Reynor - 5,312 (+1)
5. Serral - 5,040 (-2)
6. MaxPax - 4,980 (+3)
7. Solar - 4,811 (-1)
8. Maru - 4,116 (-)
9. trigger - 3,665 (+1)
10. ByuN - 3,583 (+2)

Clem is probably the most interesting story of the update. Besides climbing from fourth to second, he has passed Dark for fourth place in the all-time standings:

1. Serral - 135,386 career points
2. Maru - 108,202
3. Solar - 94,386
4. Clem - 94,374
5. Dark - 93,942

Clem is now only 12 points behind Solar.

Serral loses more points than any other top player because his 2025 EWC victory has expired. However, he reached his 107th tracked tournament final in July, moving past Zest into fourth place for total final appearances. He has won 74 of those finals and needs one more title to draw level with Solar for second place in tournament wins.

Further down the ranking, two young Russian players make the largest gains. Shameless climbs from #24 to a career-high #17, while 17-year-old GgMaChine rises from #32 to #25. GgMaChine is the fifth-youngest player ever in our database to reach the top 25.

The complete update, including the biggest monthly gainers and all players reaching new career highs, is here: https://blog.e-rankings.com/starcraft-2-world-ranking-clem-climbs-to-2/

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