Apex Legends pick rates: Most popular Legends in Season 19

Calum Patterson
Pick rate in Apex Legends

With Apex Legends Season 19 being well underway, here’s the latest pick rate data so you can see who is dominating the battlefield. Here are the best characters by popularity this season according to pick rates.

This information is invaluable for players of all experience levels in Apex Legends, offering guidance when you’re looking to switch up your character roster.

Thankfully, there’s an easy way to see what Legends are being played the most in the game thanks to pick rate information. These numbers are pulled from a database of 25 million players, so while it doesn’t include the entire player base for the battle royale, it’s still a big sample size.

With Season 19 almost over, pick rates have moved around again so we’ve got the updated pick rates for every Legend below.

It’s important to keep in mind that the newest Legend, Conduit, will have inflated stats for a while due to being the newest character available in the game.


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An image of Wraith from Apex Legends
Pathfinder, Octane, and Wraith are always near the top of the charts.

Apex Legends Pick Rates in Season 19

Here are all of the current pick rates for each Legend as of January 19, 2024. Make sure to check back weekly as we’ll keep you updated as the percentages change and various pick rates continue to move up and down.

Character Pick Rate
#1 Octane 9.6%
#2 Pathfinder 8.7%
#3 Conduit 8.2%
#4 Horizon 8.2%
#5 Wraith 8.1%
#6 Bangalore 7.6%
#7 Bloodhound 5.6%
#8 Fuse 4.8%
#9 Lifeline 4.6%
#10 Revenant 4.5%
#11 Loba 4.1%
#12 Valkyrie 2.8%
#13 Wattson 2.7%
#14 Mirage 2.5%
#15 Ash 2.4%
#16 Caustic 2.1%
#17 Catalyst 2.1%
#18 Mad Maggie 2.1%
#19 Vantage 1.8%
#20 Rampart 1.7%
#22 Ballistic 1.4%
#23 Crypto 1.3%
#24 Gibraltar 1.3%
#25 Newcastle 1%
#26 Seer 0.6%

Pick rate data via ApexLegendsStatus.

The most used Legends in Apex Legends Season 19

The new Legend Conduit has been a hugely popular pick in Season 19, sticking around in the top spots well after her introduction.

Octane and Pathfinder continue to sit up high, with Wraith pushed to 5th behind Horizon.

Seer is now sitting at the very bottom of the rankings, following the nerfs to his kit in Season 18 which has left him the least popular Legend in the current meta.

Most played Apex Legends characters

As previously stated, a higher pick rate doesn’t always equal a more effective Legend, but the current build of the game has seen the same few characters occupy the top spots for a while now.

While Season 19 has only recently kicked off, we’ve got a rundown of the most popular recent characters over the past few months below:

Horizon

Horizon Apex Legends
Horizon now returns to the top five most-played characters

While Horizon has dropped down a bit at the beginning of Season 19, she was comfortably placed in the top four most-played characters for the majority of Season 18.

Horizon’s tactical ability — Gravity Lift — allows for both the player and their team to scale heights quickly and is arguably one of the most valuable abilities for a well-organized team.

Wraith

Wraith Nemesis AR Apex Legends

Wraith was the face of the game back at launch, and it’s easy to see why. Her abilities have yet to be replaced or challenged, even by Ash, with her portal allowing for smooth and strategic rotations. Alongside her phase, you can take more risks and still retreat with your life intact.

She has had some tinkering done, like the removal of the Low Profile attributes back in Season 9, but she remains as deadly as ever in the current state of the game.

Pathfinder

Pathfinder OG skin Apex Legends

Pathfinder has slowly managed to reclaim his spot as the top mobility-based Legend in Apex Legends. Ever since Season 5, Respawn has continued to adjust Pathfinder’s abilities while also giving other Recons Legends like Bloodhound, Seer, Crypto, and Valkyrie his original ability to scan for upcoming ring locations.

Starting in Season 16, his speed on ziplines was doubled, and he can place his ultimate twice as far, which undoubtedly gave him another boost to his pick rate.

Additionally, while the friendly robot can no longer interact with Survey Beacons as he is now classified as a Skirmisher, he can instead see inside of incoming Care Packages to shorten his Ultimate’s cooldown.

Octane

Apex Legends Octane Tactical
Octane is often the second most popular Legend.

Octane often finds himself in the top spot of the most picked Apex Legends characters. He is a consistently high-picked Legend in Apex despite the nerfs he’s received since the game’s release. His easy-to-use and highly effective abilities make for great solo play but also mean that he fits right in with team-based matches.


So, there you have it — the most-played Legends and their pick rates in Apex Legends Season 19. For more tips and tricks, make sure to check out our guides below:

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About The Author

Calum is Dexerto's Managing Editor, based in Scotland. Joining Dexerto in 2017, Calum has years of experience covering esports, gaming and online entertainment, and now leads the team to deliver the best coverage in these areas. An expert on all things Twitch and gaming influencers, he's also an expert in popular shooters like Apex Legends, CS2 and Call of Duty. You can contact Calum at calum.patterson@dexerto.com.