What Is a Good Vision Score in LoL? Benchmarks by Role (Per Minute)

Most players treat vision as "the support's problem." But dodging ganks, reaching objectives first, and pushing side lanes safely all depend on every role's vision.

Here's how vision score works, what a good number looks like at each role, and the timing rules that separate wards-placed-anywhere from wards-that-actually-mattered.

Quick answer: good vision score by role

Vision score grows with game length, so the fairest way to read it is per minute (vision score ÷ game length in minutes).

The table shows per-minute targets and what they translate to in 20, 30, and 40-minute games. These are practical targets for roughly Gold-to-Platinum play, not official statistics.

At any role, repeatedly landing under 0.5 per minute means you are barely participating in vision. For how vision fits alongside CS/min, kill participation, and deaths at each rank, see stat targets by rank.

How does vision score work?

Vision score is built up roughly from the items below. Riot doesn't publish the exact internal weights, so treat this as "what makes it go up" rather than a formula.

• How long your placed wards kept providing vision

• Enemy wards destroyed (credit for denying their vision)

• Control ward uptime

The key insight: placing wards isn't enough. Four stealth wards that all get cleared within a minute give you nearly nothing.

One control ward near drake pit that survives for several minutes is worth a lot. In other words, vision score measures how much vision survived, not how many wards you dropped.

Why read it per minute?

A 40-minute slog inflates the total even with average warding. A 20-minute stomp makes good warding look small.

If you compare raw totals across games, you'll mistake game length for improvement or decline. Divide by game minutes before comparing.

Support

30-minute benchmarks:

• Under 40: rough — wards are dying instantly or you didn't place them

• 40–60: solid Gold

• 60–80: Plat-and-above behavior

• 80+: high even at high elo

Support target per game: 5+ control wards bought, 8+ enemy wards killed. Hitting both numbers naturally pushes vision score above 60.

Jungle

Standard range is 35–50 in a 30-minute game. Three habits get you there: ward the entrance to the lane you're ganking, control-ward objectives 90 seconds early, kill the wards in the enemy jungle on the way through.

The single highest-impact ward is the one before a gank. Walking into a lane without enemy jungle vision makes it far more likely you die to the counter-gank or watch the enemy escape.

Solo lanes (top, mid)

Most laners ignore vision; they shouldn't. Solo lane target is 20–35 in a 30-minute game.

Mid in particular sits in the middle of the map and has a vision responsibility on the river. Targets:

• 6–10 stealth wards in side rivers

• At least 1 control ward (around tower-dive windows)

• 3–5 enemy wards killed

ADC

ADC is the role most likely to ward zero times in a game. Target: 20–30 in a 30-minute game.

Where it counts:

• Bot lane brushes when the enemy jungler is near

• Drake-pit control ward (don't leave that to support alone)

• A control ward at your own feet before late-game fights

Why is my vision score low even though I ward?

• Wards in spots that get swept instantly: the most common ward spots are also the first ones enemies clear, so the vision doesn't last.

• Sitting on trinket charges: every second you walk around with a full trinket is score you never earn.

• No control wards: they tend to survive longer, so skipping them costs a lot.

• Never clearing enemy wards: denying vision counts too. From mid game, consider swapping to Oracle Lens (sweeper).

Three timing rules for placing wards

• 90 seconds before an objective: control wards go in early. 30 seconds before drake is too late — the fight has already started.

• Just before recall: drop wards in the brushes around your lane before backing. You return safely.

• When enemy jungler is unknown: ward the river before extending. Always.

Diagnosing vision from your match data

The vision block in LoL2LLM's JSON export has four fields: score (vision score), wards_placed, wards_killed, and ctrl_bought (control wards bought).

Reading the four together tells you far more than the score alone.

Field definitions are in every JSON field explained, and reading vision next to the other stats is covered in how to read LoL match stats. For terms like "vision score" and "control ward," see the glossary.

Prompt to ask the AI

The JSON has enough vision data for solid self-review:

Compared to per-minute expectations for my role, which of placement, denial (wards killed), or control wards was the biggest gap this game?