Checked against Ubisoft's own posts on November 2, 2026, during Year 11 Season 3 (Operation Split Fire).
- Game
- Rainbow Six Siege (Siege X)
- Ranked version
- Ranked 3.0, live since Year 11 Season 2 (June 2, 2026)
- Current season
- Year 11 Season 3, Operation Split Fire (since September 1, 2026)
- Access
- Elite or Ultimate Edition (or a copy bought and played before June 10, 2025), Clearance Level 50, 10 Attackers and 10 Defenders unlocked, 2-Step verification
- Platforms
- PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One (PC and console ranks are separate)
- Source
- Ubisoft: Ranked 3.0 Update, Ubisoft Help, Operation Split Fire and mid-season update posts
The line that sums up Ranked 3.0 is Ubisoft's own: "your skill is your rank." Under Ranked 2.0, the badge you saw and the number the matchmaker used were two different things: a hidden skill rating picked your opponents and only decided how fast your visible rank moved. Ranked 3.0 deleted the hidden number. It's the second rebuild in four years: Ranked 2.0 arrived in December 2022, and Ranked 3.0 replaced it on June 2, 2026.
How many ranks are there in R6 Ranked 3.0?
There are 40 ranks: eight tiers, each split into five divisions that run from V (lowest) to I (highest). Champion only got its five divisions with Ranked 3.0; before that it was a single rank. Ubisoft's Ranked 3.0 announcement says the featured leaderboard now lives at Champion I, which makes Champion I the highest rank on the ladder.
The shares in the table come from the last rank distribution Ubisoft published, for Year 10 Season 4 (players with 10 or more matches), in its Y11S1 Designer's Notes. That was still Ranked 2.0, and the tier totals are our sums of Ubisoft's per-division bars.
| Tier | Divisions | Who you can queue with | PC share (Y10S4) | Console share (Y10S4) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | V to I | Within 3 tiers | 26.9% | 24.5% |
| Bronze | V to I | Within 3 tiers | 29.6% | 28.4% |
| Silver | V to I | Within 3 tiers | 18.2% | 18.2% |
| Gold | V to I | Within 3 tiers | 11.0% | 11.7% |
| Platinum | V to I | Within 3 tiers | 7.0% | 7.9% |
| Emerald | V to I | Within 3 tiers | 5.0% | 6.3% |
| Diamond | V to I | Within 2 tiers | 2.0% | 2.5% |
| Champion | V to I (since Ranked 3.0) | Within 2 tiers | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| Legend Division | Separate solo-queue playlist above Champion | Solo queue only | Not published | Not published |
Bronze, not Gold, is the most common tier on both platforms, and Gold already put a PC player in roughly the top quarter. Emerald is the newest tier: Ubisoft added it between Platinum and Diamond with Ranked 2.0 in Year 7 Season 4, Operation Solar Raid, in December 2022. Its Ranked 2.0 explainer said the point was "to soften the steep progression" in the upper part of the ladder.
What is Ranked 3.0, and what changed?
Ranked 3.0 is the current version of Siege's competitive playlist, launched with Year 11 Season 2, Operation System Override, on June 2, 2026. Ubisoft detailed it in a Ranked 3.0 Update post on May 17, 2026.
The headline change is that hidden MMR is gone. Matchmaking now uses your Rank Points, squad size, and the time and location you queue from. Ranked 3.0 also brings back two things Ranked 2.0 had removed: placement matches and squad restrictions. Copper to Emerald players can queue with teammates up to three tiers away, because Ubisoft's "3 full Ranks" counts whole rank names (Gold, Platinum, Emerald), not divisions; Diamond and Champion players are limited to two tiers. Champion gained five divisions, and a new Competitive Rewards track pays out across the season.
The map ban changed too. It now shows five maps: three from the Pro League pool and two from the seasonal pool, with a showcased map taking one Pro slot when a new map is featured (Calypso Casino in System Override).
Ubisoft adjusted the system within weeks. In its Community Checkpoint recap from late June 2026, the team said it had added minimum Rank Point gains "to prevent progression from feeling stalled" and made RP gains and losses more consistent between players in the same match. It also confirmed that KDA plays no part in rank progression; the system is built to reward winning as a team.
Ubisoft posted its own Ranked 3.0 explainer, just under six minutes long, on the day the overhaul went live.
How do you unlock ranked in Siege X?
- Own the Elite or Ultimate Edition of the game
- Reach Clearance Level 50
- Have an active internet connection
- Have at least 10 Attackers and 10 Defenders unlocked
- Turn on 2-Step verification for your Ubisoft account
- On PC, add a phone number to your Ubisoft account
- On console, link your Ubisoft account and keep an active online subscription
Ranked has never been part of Free Access: when Siege X launched on June 10, 2025, Ubisoft's launch post said "Ranked, Siege Cup, and additional Operators and cosmetics, require payment to unlock." Ubisoft's Discover Siege FAQ adds the exception: players who bought and played the game before that date keep access to every existing mode without paying again. Free players still get Unranked, which plays like Ranked (same rounds, timers and pick and ban, per Ubisoft's Siege roadmap) without the rank, and unlocks at Clearance Level 20.
Free Access still covers Quick Match and Unranked without buying anything, so you can reach the level requirement before paying for an edition.
How do Rank Points work in Rainbow Six Siege ranked?
You gain or lose Rank Points (RP) after every match, and Ubisoft names two inputs: the result and the rank balance between the two teams. Beating a stronger team pays more, beating a weaker one pays less, and losing to a lower-ranked team costs more. Team balance is calculated squad by squad, and a squad with a big rank gap is weighted toward its higher-ranked player. The post-match report shows your exact RP change.
The Demotion Shield survived the overhaul. If a loss would drop you a division, you stay at 0 RP instead, but only if you started that match above 0 RP. Lose again from 0 and you go down.
Ubisoft's Ranked 3.0 posts don't publish fixed RP values or per-division thresholds. Under Ranked 2.0, each division took 100 RP to clear, per Ubisoft's Ranked 2.0 explainer. For Season 3, PCGamesN reported from creative director Joshua Mills' reveal at the Esports World Cup that a standard win after placements is worth 30 RP instead of 25, a baseline that still moves with opponent strength. Ubisoft hasn't confirmed that figure in its written notes.
Separate from RP, every ranked match feeds the Competitive Rewards track: 2 points for a win, 1 for a loss, a reward every 10 points, and the seasonal headgear at 150. Rank-based rewards follow the highest rank you reached that season, even if you drop afterwards.
How do placement matches and season resets work?
Every season starts with a rank reset and five placement matches. Ubisoft Help calls it a soft reset: your new rank depends on the previous season and on those first five matches. Placements give boosted RP so returning players get back to their level faster, and squad restrictions don't apply during them, so you can queue with anyone.
Two limits matter at the top. You can't place directly into Champion; Ubisoft says it has to be earned "through consistent performance over time." And the reset is not a wipe to Copper V, which is how Ranked 2.0 worked. For Season 3, PCGamesN reported, from the Esports World Cup reveal, a soft reset of 300 RP for most players with top Champions placed back in Emerald III; Ubisoft hasn't confirmed either figure in writing.
Ubisoft admitted placements in Ranked 3.0's first season "didn't feel impactful enough for many players" and planned to give them more weight. Your rank also isn't shared across platforms: per Ubisoft Help, PC and console matchmaking keep separate ranks, and console players with crossplay on join the PC ranked pool with a separate PC rank.
What is Legend Division, and who can play it?
Legend Division is a solo-queue ranked playlist above Champion, with its own regional leaderboard. It opened for the first time with the Operation Split Fire mid-season update on October 15, 2026, and Ubisoft says it will open with every mid-season update and reset with each season. The Season 3 run lasts until December 1.
Ubisoft's entry requirements:
- Champion rank this season
- Platinum or higher last season
- Clearance Level 200 or more
- Reputation Standing level three or higher
- 2-Step verification through an authenticator app
- On PC, Secure Boot (Ubisoft Help also lists TPM 2.0 and Memory Integrity under the R6 ShieldGuard Secure Platform)
Matches use the Pro League map pool. Every Legend player gets a profile banner showing their standing, and the top 100 in each region get a charm the following season that displays their final position, which they keep only while they stay in the top 100. Anyone can browse the regional leaderboards, eligible or not.
Which maps are in the ranked pool right now?
There are 15, set by the Season 3 mid-season update on October 15, 2026. The nine Pro League maps are Border, Bank, Chalet, Clubhouse, Villa, Fortress, Kafe, Lair and Nighthaven; the other six are Oregon, Coastline, Consulate, Kanal, Outback and Casino. Ubisoft says Operation Split Fire is the last season on the current rotation system.
What we don't know yet
- When Year 11 Season 4, and the next ranked reset, starts. The Season 3 Legend Division run ends December 1, but Ubisoft hadn't announced the Season 4 date when we checked.
- How the ranked map system that replaces the current rotation will work.
Questions and answers
Is Rainbow Six Siege ranked free?
What level do you need to play ranked in Siege?
What is the highest rank in Rainbow Six Siege?
When did Ranked 3.0 come out?
When was Emerald rank added to R6?
Sources
- Ubisoft: Ranked 3.0 Update
- Ubisoft: Operation System Override (Y11S2)
- Ubisoft: Operation Split Fire (Y11S3)
- Ubisoft News: Operation Split Fire mid-season update, Legend Division arrives
- Ubisoft: Community Checkpoint recap, Ranked 3.0 early adjustments
- Ubisoft Help: Competitive modes requirements for Rainbow Six Siege
- Ubisoft Help: Information about Rank in Rainbow Six Siege
- Ubisoft News: Rainbow Six Siege X launches today, Free Access now available
- Ubisoft: Discover Siege (Free Access FAQ)
- Ubisoft: Rainbow Six Siege roadmap
- Ubisoft: Y11S1 Designer's Notes (Y10S4 rank distribution)
- Ubisoft: Y7S4 Ranked 2.0 Update
- Ubisoft: Operation Solar Raid (Y7S4)
- PCGamesN: Rainbow Six Siege Season 3 adds drone racing, and an operator "to break the shield meta wide open"
