The integration marks another step in GRID’s partnership with Riot Games, using official match data to build an elite fan-facing product for League of Legends esports fans.
A community favourite on LoL Esports with more than 1.7M players having engaged with Crystal Ball and Pick ‘Ems during the recent MSI, Crystal Ball challenges fans to predict how players and teams will perform across a range of in-game stats, earning points for correct predictions as the tournament progresses.
GRID, as the official esports data platform, powered the new ‘Stats Tracking’ hub inside Riot’s League of Legends Esports Crystal Ball prediction game. Launched for the 2026 Mid-Season Invitational, the integration embeds official match data and stats visualizations directly into the fan experience through the game client enabling seamless tournament tracking.
In addition to delivering features such as leaderboard widgets, Crystal Ball Recap Components and Stat Spotlights, GRID’s Stats Feed API also supplies the data behind every Crystal Ball question, including KDA, win rates, Elder Dragons slayed, damage per game, objectives completed, and the most first bloods.
Because GRID’s data comes directly from the game servers, every Crystal Ball statistic is powered by verifiable, fast data straight from the source, giving fans a reliable and accurate way to track their predictions throughout the tournament.
“At Riot, esports fans have always been at the center of what we do. Crystal Ball is a great example of what’s possible when you listen to the community and apply official data where fans are already engaged. The same data that has been used across integrity, broadcast innovation and more, is now enhancing the experience for LoL fans in real time.” – Doug Watson, Head of Business Strategy for Global Esports at Riot Games.
About Riot Games
Riot Games was founded in 2006 to develop, publish, and support the most player-focused games in the world. In 2009, Riot released its debut title, League of Legends, to worldwide acclaim. League has gone on to be the most-played PC game in the world and a key driver of the explosive growth of esports. With League in its second decade, Riot is continuing to evolve the game while delivering new experiences to players with Teamfight Tactics, Legends of Runeterra, VALORANT, League of Legends: Wild Rift, Riot Forge, and multiple work-in-progress titles. Riot is also expanding the world of Runeterra through multimedia projects across music, comic books, board games, and Arcane, its Emmy-winning animated series. Founded by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill, Riot is headquartered in Los Angeles, California, and has 4,500+ Rioters in 20+ offices worldwide.
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About GRID
GRID is the official esports data platform, holding exclusive live data rights with the game publishers and tournament organisers behind the world’s biggest esports titles. GRID distributes live data to rights holders, media platforms, fan experiences and technology partners with products including live data feeds, video streaming and fan-facing widgets, all built on a single source of truth from the game server.
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