The Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) Masters Series is one of India’s biggest eSports events.

The BGMI Masters Series was launched by NODWIN Gaming in collaboration with Star Sports in 2022.

As many as 24 teams competed in the inaugural edition of the BGMS hosted offline in Delhi NCR.

Blind eSports, Chemin Esports, Enigma Gaming, FS Esports, Global Esports, R ESPORTS, 7Sea Esports, GodLike Esports, Hyderabad Hydras, OREsports, Marcos Gaming, Orangutan, Hydra, Rivalry Esports, Revenant Esports, Nigma Galaxy, Skylightz Gaming, Team Enigma Forever, Team SouL, 8Bit, Team XO, TSM, TEAM iNSANE and TeamXspark participated in the BGMI Masters Series Season 1.

The BGMS Season 1 offered a total prize of a whopping INR 1.5 crore. 

Global Esports later emerged as inaugural BGMI Masters Series champions after they pipped GodLike Esports and Orangutan.

The winner bagged a cash prize of INR 26.60 lakh while the runner-up received INR 15 lakh. The third-placed claimed a cash prize of INR 10.55 lakh.

After a successful first season, the second season of BGMS also featured 24 teams and offered a prize pool of INR 2.1 crore, which was one of the largest prize pools for a non-publisher competition. 

BGMI Masters Series Season 2 witnessed a total of seven rounds, culminating with the grand finals after a little over three weeks of fierce competition.

Gladiators Esports later won the second edition of the Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) Masters Series after they edged Orangutan and Velocity Gaming to clinch the coveted BGMS title.

With their maiden BGMS title, Gladiators Esports received a cash prize of INR 1 crore. On the other hand, Orangutan bagged INR 35 lakh while third-placed Velocity Gaming collected a cash prize of INR 12.50 lakh.

Team SouL won Season 3 in 2024. The Manya-led side finished the three-day Grand Finals (9-11 August) on 123 points from 12 matches, two ahead of Entity Gaming, with Team Tamilas third. SouL took INR 55 lakh from an INR 1 crore prize pool.

K9 Esports won Season 4 in 2025, their biggest title to date, and collected INR 60 lakh. Sinewy Esports, who came through the Challenger Series, finished second and defending champions Team SouL third. The Grand Finals ran from 12 to 14 September 2025.

Nebula Esports are the current champions after winning Season 5 in 2026. The Aadi-led side scored 210 points with four chicken dinners across 18 matches of the Grand Finals (4-6 September 2026) and won INR 40 lakh. Gladiators Esports (189) were second and iQOO Orangutan (187) third.

BGMS winners list: Know all the Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI) Masters Series champions

Year

Season

Winner

Second

Third 

2022

Season 1

Global Esports

GodLike Esports

Orangutan

2023

Season 2

Gladiators Esports

Orangutan

Velocity Gaming

2024

Season 3

Team SouL

Entity Gaming

Team Tamilas

2025

Season 4

K9 Esports

Sinewy Esports

Team SouL

2026

Season 5

Nebula Esports

Gladiators Esports

Orangutan

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