Why are ALGS outright odds so long?

Because many teams share each lobby. A team at 9.0 implies an 11% chance; with 40 teams the average is 2.5%, so 9.0 already rates that team well above the field.

What is the best bet type for Apex beginners?

Head-to-head markets: you only need one team to finish above another, which is easier to judge than an outright.

Where can I compare Apex bookmakers?

Our Apex Legends betting page ranks the bookmakers that cover ALGS. Betting is 18+ and depends on your country's rules.

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ALGS betting: Apex Legends Global Series odds, format and champions

The Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) is the competitive circuit run by EA and Respawn. Each year has regional Pro Leagues, split playoffs and a Championship. The Year 5 Championship was played in Sapporo on 15–18 January 2026 and won by Oblivion, the first unsigned team to win an ALGS Championship. In Year 6, Unlimit won the event held at the 2026 Esports World Cup.

Apex is a battle royale: many teams play several matches and the points table decides the winner. That changes how you read the odds, which this page explains with worked numbers, next to every ALGS champion.

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Year 5 champion: Oblivion Sapporo, Jan 2026
Year 6 so far: Unlimit Esports World Cup 2026
ALGS Open 2025: Team Falcons New Orleans, $1M
Regions: 5 NA, EMEA, APAC N/S, SA
Prize pool: $5M Years 2 and 3

Wikipedia: Apex Legends Global Series (history, list of winners).

Short answer

How do you bet on the ALGS?

ALGS markets are battle royale markets: the outright winner of an event, top-3 or top-5 finish, head-to-head between two teams on the final standings and sometimes kill totals. Many teams share each lobby: with 40 teams in a playoff the average chance is 2.5%, so a 10–15% chance already marks a strong favourite and prices below 5.0 on one team deserve suspicion.

Year 5 Champs Sapporo 15–18 Jan 2026

ALGS Open 2025 160 teams double elimination

Midseason Playoffs 2025 $2M Esports World Cup, Riyadh

Regions 5 NA, EMEA, APAC N/S, SA

Recent events

ALGS Year 5 and Year 6 results

Four big ALGS events, four different winners. Team Falcons, VK Gaming, Oblivion and Unlimit have each won one since May 2025.

Event	When	Where	Winner
ALGS Open (Year 5, Split 1)	1–4 May 2025	New Orleans	Team Falcons
Midseason Playoffs (Esports World Cup)	2025	Riyadh	VK Gaming
Year 5 Championship	15–18 Jan 2026	Sapporo	Oblivion
Year 6, Split 1 (Esports World Cup)	2026	Riyadh	Unlimit

Wikipedia: Apex Legends Global Series (history, list of winners).

Bet types

Three ways to bet on the ALGS

Outright winner

Pick the team that tops the final points table.

So what: long odds and a wide margin; a single early elimination in the last match can cost a title.

Top-N finish

Pick a team to finish in the top 3 or top 5.

So what: more ways to win than an outright, at shorter odds.

Head-to-head

Pick which of two teams ends higher in the standings.

So what: the closest thing to a match bet; judge consistency, not peak games.

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What a ALGS Championship outright market looks like

Example odds, not live prices. The sum of the implied probabilities shows the bookmaker's margin.

Team	Example odds	Implied	Fair odds
Team Falcons	9.00	11.1%	9.72
Oblivion	13.00	7.7%	14.04
Unlimit	13.00	7.7%	14.04
GoNext	15.00	6.7%	16.20
DarkZero	17.00	5.9%	18.36
Any other team	1.45	69.0%	1.57
Sum		108.0%	margin 7.4%

Reading an outright market

Add up 1 ÷ odds for every runner. Here the sum is 108.0%, so the book keeps about 7.4% of outright stakes on average.

What it means: outrights suit a strong view on one team. The names show how the table works; they are not predictions. A team at 9.0 implies 11%. With 40 teams in a split playoff the average is 2.5%.

Example odds set by esportranker. Not live, not a forecast.

Past winners

Every ALGS Championship winner

Four Championships, four different winners. Year 1 (2020–21) crowned five regional champions instead of one because of COVID-19.

Year	City	Champion
2026	Sapporo	Oblivion
2025	Sapporo	GoNext
2023		TSM
2022		DarkZero

Wikipedia: Apex Legends Global Series (history, list of winners). The Year 4 Championship was held in 2025, Year 5 in January 2026.

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