Best of The International 2026
The most watchable games of The International 2026, ranked best first. Every Tier 1 professional Dota 2 game is scored on how good it was to watch, on a 0-10 scale, from its full post-game net-worth graph. The largest share of the score comes from how long the game stayed genuinely in doubt, weighted towards the later minutes: a game still undecided at minute 50 counts for far more than one close at minute 10, but a game earns nothing just for running long. The remainder comes from how close the eventual winner came to losing once the laning stage was over, how many times the lead genuinely turned over, the biggest late swing, how many kills both teams were getting (a one-sided kill fest is not action), and how far the winner's own base fell before they held. A net-worth lead is always judged against what that lead is worth at that point in the game, so a 15,000 gold deficit at minute 20 and the same deficit at minute 60 are not treated as the same event.
This page lists no winners and no scores. It is designed to be read before watching. Every game links to a Twitch VOD timestamped to the start of that game.
Highest-rated games
- 8.5/10 — Team Yandex vs Team Liquid — The International 2026, 54 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, Divine Rapier bought, Mega creeps on the map, Relentless pace, Comeback
- 7.0/10 — LGD Gaming vs Nigma Galaxy — The International 2026, 63 minutes. Relentless pace, Aegis stolen, Comeback, Base under siege
- 6.9/10 — Team Spirit vs Nigma Galaxy — The International 2026, 61 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, Divine Rapier bought, In doubt to the end, Base under siege
- 6.5/10 — TEAM VISION vs Team Spirit — The International 2026, 64 minutes. Relentless pace, Divine Rapier bought, In doubt to the end, Comeback
- 6.5/10 — Nigma Galaxy vs Team Spirit — The International 2026, 59 minutes. Relentless pace, In doubt to the end, Comeback
- 6.4/10 — TEAM VISION vs Team Resilience — The International 2026, 48 minutes. Relentless pace, Comeback
- 6.3/10 — Team Yandex vs Nigma Galaxy — The International 2026, 75 minutes. Comeback, Aegis stolen
- 6.3/10 — Aurora Gaming vs Team Spirit — The International 2026, 44 minutes. In doubt to the end
- 6.3/10 — OG vs Nigma Galaxy — The International 2026, 74 minutes. Base under siege, Divine Rapier bought
- 6.2/10 — Team Spirit vs Aurora Gaming — The International 2026, 42 minutes. Relentless pace, In doubt to the end
- 6.2/10 — Team Falcons vs LGD Gaming — The International 2026, 41 minutes. In doubt to the end, Comeback
- 6.1/10 — Vici Gaming vs HULIGANI — The International 2026, 54 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, In doubt to the end, Comeback
- 6.1/10 — Team Falcons vs Nigma Galaxy — The International 2026, 60 minutes. In doubt to the end
- 6.1/10 — Xtreme Gaming vs Team Spirit — The International 2026, 48 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, In doubt to the end
- 6.0/10 — Team Yandex vs Iron Wing — The International 2026, 54 minutes. Comeback
- 6.0/10 — BoomBoys vs Aurora Gaming — The International 2026, 42 minutes. In doubt to the end, Comeback
- 6.0/10 — Team Liquid vs Iron Wing — The International 2026, 47 minutes. In doubt to the end, Comeback
- 5.9/10 — Aurora Gaming vs BoomBoys — The International 2026, 37 minutes. Comeback
- 5.8/10 — TEAM VISION vs Team Spirit — The International 2026, 64 minutes. In doubt to the end
- 5.7/10 — Team Spirit vs TEAM VISION — The International 2026, 46 minutes. In doubt to the end
- 5.7/10 — TEAM VISION vs BoomBoys — The International 2026, 51 minutes. In doubt to the end, Divine Rapier bought, Comeback
- 5.7/10 — Team Falcons vs BoomBoys — The International 2026, 39 minutes. In doubt to the end, Comeback
- 5.6/10 — Team Falcons vs TEAM VISION — The International 2026, 45 minutes
- 5.5/10 — LGD Gaming vs Nigma Galaxy — The International 2026, 50 minutes. In doubt to the end
- 5.5/10 — Team Liquid vs Team Yandex — The International 2026, 40 minutes