I was bored so I decided to research some stats on the player demographics for next year. Players not on the starting roster are not included in here. Also I have no idea what's going on in China cause most of these teams are playing with more than 5 players or have new players not in VLR (AG having 8 active players is absurd btw).
Americas
Total: 59 (missing 1 Clown9)
Returning VCT '24 players: 43
switched VCT teams: 11 (heat, mazino, demon1, nataNk, nzr, aspas, n4rrate, bang, jawgemo, icy, yay)
Returning VCT '23 players: 1 (dgzin)
VCT Rookies: 15 (zander, v1c, mitch, raafa, adverso, v1nny, xenom, cortezia, mada, verno, gobera, zap, pryze, lz, silentzz)
Imports: 2 EMEA (nataNk, johnqt)
VLR Flags: 23 USA, 19 Brazil, 6 Chile, 5 Canada, 1 Argentina, 1 Cambodia, 1 France, 1 Germany, 1 Morocco, 1 Russia
EMEA
Total: 59 (missing 1 Apeks)
Returning VCT '24 players: 38
switched VCT teams: 16 (Jamppi, crashies, kaajak, runneR, tomaszy, saadhak, Elite, SUYGETSU, marteen, hiro, soulcas, patitek?, kamo, derke, Less, Zyppan)
Returning VCT '23 players: 4 (soulcas, kamyk, MOLSI, Avova)
VCT Rookies: 17 (socialblEE, PROFEK, chiwa, lewn, kaajak, xeus, westside, Avez, Ruxic, koalanoob, flyuh, Filu, RobbieBK, Minny, Click, florescent, hype)
Imports: 5 Americas (crashies, saadhak, koalanoob, flyuh, less)
GC Alumni: 1 (florescent)
VLR Flags: 12 Turkey, 9 Poland, 7 Russia, 3 Lithuania, 3 UK, 2 Czech Republic, 2 Finland, 2 International, 2 Netherlands, 2 Sweden, 2 USA, 1 Denmark, 1 Egypt, 1 England, 1 Estonia, 1 France, 1 Germany, 1 Macedonia, 1 Portugal, 1 Ukraine, 1 Argentina, 1 Brazil, 1 Canada, 1 Vietnam
Pacific
Total: 60
Returning VCT '24 players: 32
switched VCT teams: 3 (Foxy9 from DRX to GenG, Meteor from GenG to T1, Buzz from DRX to T1)
Returning VCT '23 players: 1 (Sylvan)
VCT Rookies: 27 (Art, Jinboong, Akame, gyen, Athan, freeing, HYUNMIN, yoman, patrickWHO, UdoTan, Kr1stal, kellyS, Papi, Kushy, CLZ, SyouTa, Xdll, Persia, Francis, maragaret, Dambi, Ivy, dos9, Famouz, Shiro, NcSlasher, BerserX)
Imports: 4 EMEA (Kr1stal, something, Jemkin, dos9); 1 Americas (Governor)
VLR Flags: 26 Korea, 9 Indonesia, 8 Japan, 8 Phillipines, 3 Thailand, 1 Malaysia, 1 Singapore, 3 Russia, 1 Kazakhstan
China
Imports: 7 Pacific (DeLb, nephh, Autumn, stew, SWERL, Rb, Juicy); 2 EMEA (vookashu, Rarga)
Interesting facts:
- There are 6 players that are returning to VCT after playing in the '23 season but not the '24 season: dgzin (FUR '23, Hero Base '24, LOUD '25); soulcas (TL '23, Apeks '24, KOI '25); kamyk (FNC '23, Joblife '24, TL '25); MOLSI (VIT '23, Apeks '24, Apeks '25); Avova (TH '23, Apeks '24, Apeks '25); and Sylvan (GenG '23, TOP Esports '24, T1 '25).
- In the three original leagues, the number of imports from Americas and EMEA are tied at 6 with Pacific at 0. However if you include the CN region, then there are 8 imports from EMEA, 7 imports from Pacific, and 6 imports from Americas total.
- 75% of CN teams have a player import. EDG, Trace, and Tyloo are currently the only three CN teams without one. (funny how it's two of the top CN teams and one of the bottom ones)
- Continuing on the topic of imports, EMEA contains the most Americas imports, Pacific contains the most EMEA imports, and CN contains the most Pacific imports.
- Almost 91% (29/32) of returning Pacific VCT '24 players are staying on the same team. This is the highest percentage out of these three regions with Americas following at around 75% (32/43) and EMEA trailing at around 58% (22/38). However, Pacific is also the region with the most number of rookies at 27 (even if BOOM hadn't replaced Bleed and they kept all 5 of their players, Pacific would still have the most).
- 4 rookies have previously attended international events (not counting Ascension or GC): mitch with C9 at Champs 2021, adverso with LEV at Masters Copenhagen and Champs 2022, and BerserX and Famouz with BOOM at Champs 2022.
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