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. The remainder comes from how close the eventual winner came to losing, how many times the lead genuinely turned over, kill pace, 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
- 7.9/10 — Team Yandex vs Team Liquid — The International 2026, 54 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, Relentless pace, Mega creeps on the map, Comeback
- 7.6/10 — LGD Gaming vs Nigma Galaxy — The International 2026, 63 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, Relentless pace, Comeback, Base under siege
- 7.5/10 — OG vs Nigma Galaxy — The International 2026, 74 minutes. In doubt to the end, Relentless pace, Base under siege
- 7.4/10 — Team Yandex vs Nigma Galaxy — The International 2026, 75 minutes. Relentless pace, Comeback, In doubt to the end
- 7.3/10 — Team Spirit vs Nigma Galaxy — The International 2026, 61 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, Relentless pace, In doubt to the end, Base under siege
- 7.0/10 — TEAM VISION vs Team Falcons — The International 2026, 95 minutes. In doubt to the end, Relentless pace, Comeback
- 6.9/10 — LGD Gaming vs Team Resilience — The International 2026, 76 minutes. Relentless pace, In doubt to the end, Comeback
- 6.8/10 — GamerLegion vs Aurora Gaming — The International 2026, 73 minutes. In doubt to the end, Relentless pace
- 6.8/10 — TEAM VISION vs Team Spirit — The International 2026, 64 minutes. Relentless pace, In doubt to the end, Comeback
- 6.6/10 — LGD Gaming vs Team Resilience — The International 2026, 71 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, Relentless pace, In doubt to the end, Comeback
- 6.3/10 — Nigma Galaxy vs Team Spirit — The International 2026, 59 minutes. Relentless pace, In doubt to the end, Comeback
- 6.3/10 — TEAM VISION vs Team Spirit — The International 2026, 64 minutes. In doubt to the end, Relentless pace
- 6.0/10 — LGD Gaming vs Team Yandex — The International 2026, 68 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, In doubt to the end, Relentless pace
- 6.0/10 — Team Yandex vs Iron Wing — The International 2026, 54 minutes. Relentless pace, Comeback
- 5.8/10 — Team Falcons vs Nigma Galaxy — The International 2026, 60 minutes. In doubt to the end, Relentless pace
- 5.8/10 — Iron Wing vs Team Falcons — The International 2026, 68 minutes. Relentless pace, Comeback, Base under siege
- 5.8/10 — Team Liquid vs Vici Gaming — The International 2026, 60 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, Relentless pace, In doubt to the end
- 5.7/10 — GamerLegion vs Team Falcons — The International 2026, 64 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, Relentless pace, In doubt to the end
- 5.5/10 — Vici Gaming vs HULIGANI — The International 2026, 54 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, Comeback, In doubt to the end
- 5.5/10 — GamerLegion vs Vici Gaming — The International 2026, 63 minutes. Comeback, Relentless pace
- 5.4/10 — TEAM VISION vs Team Resilience — The International 2026, 48 minutes. Relentless pace, Comeback
- 5.3/10 — TEAM VISION vs BoomBoys — The International 2026, 51 minutes. Comeback
- 5.2/10 — Xtreme Gaming vs Team Spirit — The International 2026, 48 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, Relentless pace
- 5.2/10 — Team Spirit vs Iron Wing — The International 2026, 62 minutes. Relentless pace, In doubt to the end
- 5.2/10 — Team Falcons vs LGD Gaming — The International 2026, 41 minutes. Lead traded repeatedly, Relentless pace, Comeback