How many games to your target rank?
Gold 340% progress
Platinum 3target
The maths 5 divisions Γ 100% β the 40% you have = 460% of rank progress.
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Gold 3 β Platinum 3 Β· Damage Β· our estimate from the start of Gold 3
Rank rules from Blizzard's patch notes (a division is one progress bar; your rank updates after every match), applied to the gains and win rate you type β real games swing around the average. The booster estimate is our checkout engine's for this exact climb: our boosters' pace by tier, from about 4 divisions a day in Bronze to about 0.6 in Champion. Boosting conflicts with Blizzard's End User License Agreement β read the Risk Disclosure before you order.
How rank progress works in Overwatch
Overwatch has nine Competitive tiers of five divisions β Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Emerald (added on 11 August 2026), Diamond, Master, Grandmaster and Champion, 5 the lowest division and 1 the highest. That is 45 steps from Bronze 5 to Champion 1; the Top 500 Challenger leaderboard sits above Champion and is not a division. Each division is one progress bar: fill it and you move up.
Since Season 9 (13 February 2024) your rank updates after every match β the old "five wins or fifteen losses" update is gone β and modifiers on the result screen explain each change: win or loss streaks, how unstable your rank is and how favourable the match was. Blizzard says your visible rank and hidden matchmaking rating have been linked since then, so a rank that runs ahead of your rating gains less per win. Blizzard has never published a fixed amount per win, which is why the calculator asks for your numbers: expected progress per game = win rate Γ gain β loss rate Γ loss, and the games are the progress you need divided by it.
Things that move your gains: a Wide group shrinks every change (16 April 2024); Pressure shows at the far ends of the ladder β very high ranks like Champion gain less and lose more, very low ranks the reverse (14 May 2024); and Winning Trend, Losing Trend, Calibration and MMR Decay, whose effects Blizzard reduced at higher ranks (15 October 2024). Drop below 0% and Demotion Protection keeps you in your division for one match β lose that one too and you fall to the division below.
Games per division by win rate
Two illustrative cases from 0% in a division (100% to climb): even gains and losses, and gains bigger than losses β the picture when your hidden rating sits above your rank. Your own numbers will differ.
| Win rate | +25% / β25%: a game | Games a division | +30% / β20%: a game | Games a division |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 45% | β2.5% | β | +2.5% | 40 |
| 50% | 0.0% | β | +5.0% | 20 |
| 52% | +1.0% | 100 | +6.0% | 17 |
| 55% | +2.5% | 40 | +7.5% | 14 |
| 58% | +4.0% | 25 | +9.0% | 12 |
| 60% | +5.0% | 20 | +10.0% | 10 |
| 65% | +7.5% | 14 | +12.5% | 8 |
β β at that win rate the losses take as much progress as the wins bring, so the rank doesn't move on average.
The ladder and our boosters' pace
Five divisions a tier. The pace is ours β the divisions a day our boosters average in each tier, the same figures checkout uses for the delivery estimate. It is not a Blizzard number.
| Tier | Divisions | Our pace | The whole tier |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze |
Bronze 5 β Bronze 1 | 4 a day | about 30 hours |
 Silver |
Silver 5 β Silver 1 | 4 a day | about 30 hours |
| Gold |
Gold 5 β Gold 1 | 3.5 a day | about 34 hours |
| Platinum |
Platinum 5 β Platinum 1 | 3.5 a day | about 34 hours |
 Emerald |
Emerald 5 β Emerald 1 | 3 a day | 1β2 days |
 Diamond |
Diamond 5 β Diamond 1 | 2.5 a day | about 2 days |
 Master |
Master 5 β Master 1 | 1.5 a day | 3β4 days |
 Grandmaster |
Grandmaster 5 β Grandmaster 1 | 1 a day | about 5 days |
 Champion |
Champion 5 β Champion 1 | 0.6 a day | 8β9 days |
- Blizzard β Overwatch 2 patch notes, Season 9 β rank updates after every match, Competitive Points and the progression meter, the Champion rank (13 February 2024)
- Blizzard β Patch notes, Season 10 β Narrow and Wide groups, the Wide modifier, Demotion Protection (16 April 2024)
- Blizzard β Patch notes β Grandmaster and Champion narrow groups, the Pressure modifier (14 May 2024)
- Blizzard β Patch notes β Open Queue's shared matchmaking pool; trend, calibration and decay effects reduced at high ranks (15 and 29 October 2024)
- Blizzard β Patch notes, Reign of Talon Season 1 β rank and MMR, Legacy Competitive Points, Crimson Wolf weapons (10 February 2026)
- Blizzard β Patch notes, Season 4 β the Emerald rank between Platinum and Diamond (11 August 2026)
- Booster estimates and prices: our live checkout engine, the same pace and price tables as checkout.
- Checked 2 November 2026.
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Common questions
How many wins does it take to rank up in Overwatch?
Blizzard publishes no per-win number. Each division is one progress bar and your rank updates after every match, so it depends on the progress your wins and losses move. At an illustrative +25% a win, four straight wins fill a division; over a normal mix it takes longer β at a 55% win rate with +25% / β25% you average +2.5% a game, about 40 games a division, and at +30% / β20% it is about 14. Read your own gains on the post-match rank screen and type them into the calculator.
How does demotion work in Overwatch?
When a loss would take your progress below 0%, Demotion Protection kicks in and you stay in your division. If you lose the next match too, you drop to the division below; win it and you stay. Since May 2024 the protection shows inside the progress bar.
Why do I lose more progress than I gain?
Usually because your visible rank sits above your hidden matchmaking rating β Blizzard says the two have been linked since Season 9, and a rank ahead of your rating gains less. The Pressure modifier also shrinks gains at the very top of the ladder, and a Wide group cuts every change. Winning more pulls the two back together.
How long does an Overwatch rank boost take?
Our boosters' pace, by the tier each division starts in: about 4 divisions a day in Bronze and Silver, 3.5 in Gold and Platinum, 3 in Emerald, 2.5 in Diamond, 1.5 in Master, 1 in Grandmaster and about 0.6 in Champion. The calculator adds it up for your exact climb with the same engine as checkout; Express completion is about 40% quicker.
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