KRAFTON says the 2026 PUBG Global Series is entering its final stretch, with PGS 10, PGS 11 and the Circuit Final, PGS 12, set to close out the season and determine the last PGS Points standings for PUBG Global Championship 2026. The top eight teams in the final standings will qualify for PGC 2026.
The developer describes Circuit 4 as the final step of a season-long points race that began with PGS 1 and now has only three tournaments left. Once PGS 12 ends, the full 2026 PGS Points table will be locked in, and the teams that make the championship will also know where they start in the PGC bracket.
240 points are still available
KRAFTON says there are 240 PGS Points still on the table across Circuit 4. PGS 10 and PGS 11 each award 60 points to first place, while PGS 12 doubles the values from the earlier events and gives the winner 120 points. Second place in PGS 12 receives 96 points, and the doubled distribution continues through the rest of the field.
That means a single team can still collect a maximum of 240 points in Circuit 4 by winning all three tournaments. The current gaps around the cutoff are small enough that the standings can still shift in both directions, especially with double points reserved for the final event.
KRAFTON says the final standings will matter in two ways. The top eight teams in the season-long PGS Points race will qualify for PGC 2026, and their placement will also affect where they begin at the championship. First place in PGS Points advances straight to the PGC 2026 Grand Finals. Second place starts at Survival Stage Day 1. Third through eighth enter through the Qualifying Stage.
The company also notes that teams already inside the qualification zone are still playing for seeding. A higher finish in the final PGS Points standings means a later and more favorable starting point at PGC 2026.
After three circuits and nine PGS events, Virtus.pro leads the standings with 261 points. Made in Thailand is second with 224, 17Gaming is third with 223, and T1 sits fourth with 208.
At the cutoff, Petrichor Road holds eighth place with 152 points. Falcons are seventh on 154, just two points ahead, while Gen.G Esports are ninth on 145, seven points behind the qualification line. KRAFTON says those margins leave the race open heading into the last three events.
How Circuit 4 is structured
PGS 12 serves as the Circuit Final. KRAFTON says the top eight teams in the Circuit 4 PGS Points standings will move directly into the Grand Finals based on the points earned through PGS 10 and PGS 11. The other 16 teams will have to go through the Survival Stage for the remaining Grand Finals places.
That puts extra weight on the first two tournaments of the circuit, since their results shape both the season-long standings and the seeding for the final event. PGS 10 and PGS 11 are not just point opportunities; they also decide which teams enter PGS 12 from the strongest positions.
KRAFTON lists the Circuit 4 schedule as follows:
- PGS 10 Group Stage: October 14
- PGS 10 Winners Stage: October 15
- PGS 10 Survival Stage: October 16
- PGS 10 Final Stage: October 17–18
- PGS 11 Winners Stage: October 22
- PGS 11 Survival Stage: October 23
- PGS 11 Final Stage: October 24–25
- PGS 12 Survival Stage: October 29
- PGS 12 Grand Finals: October 30–November 1
The company says Circuit 4 runs from October 14 to November 1 and marks the conclusion of the 2026 season-long PGS Points race spanning PGS 1 through PGS 12. With the final circuit in motion, the last championship spots remain undecided.
PGS 10 groups and a replacement team
KRAFTON also confirmed the Group Stage line-up for PGS 10. The 24 teams were divided into Groups A, B and C through a snake seeding format based on the final results of PGS 9. PGS 9 winner Gen.G Esports was placed in Group A, runner-up T1 in Group B and third-place Falcons in Group C, with the rest of the field placed by alternating direction through the standings.
The full groups are:
- Group A: Gen.G Esports, Made in Thailand, Virtus.pro, TEAM LIQUID, DN SOOPers, Sharper Esports, Team Vitality, Natus Vincere
- Group B: T1, Alpha Gaming, Team Flash, eArena, Petrichor Road, FULL SENSE, TYLOO, JD Gaming
- Group C: Falcons, Geekay Esports, Anyone’s Legend, 17Gaming, FOUR ANGRY MEN, Twisted Minds, 09(Team Nemesis at PGS 9), Godlike
The update dated October 12 adds that GAM The Expendables withdrew from PGS Circuit 4. Team Flash was selected as the replacement team based on its placement in PVS Phase 1, in line with the existing qualification criteria. KRAFTON says it will provide further updates if the tournament changes again.
The announcement closes by pointing back to the numbers that still matter: 240 points, three remaining tournaments and eight qualification spots. KRAFTON says the final competition of the 2026 PUBG Global Series is approaching, and the race to PGC 2026 is still wide open.
240 points left and the cutoff is still this tight… PGS 12 doubling the points is going to cause chaos at the end. Falcons vs Petrichor vs Gen.G all still alive too.
i lost a 1v1 for top 8 once
double points always make stupid swings
yeah but only for the final event
first place straight to grand finals is huge. that reward for the season-long leader makes the whole points race feel less fake than some formats.
leaderboards pay rent
PGS 12 deciding everything with double points feels kinda bad. one hot run there can erase months of work, and that is not really a pure season race.
i get it but the first two events still matter for seeding. if you bomb pgs 10 and 11, the last one does not save you that easily.
nah, seeding does matter but the points swing is still the big story. if a team is sitting near 8th and gets a 120 point win, the whole table flips and everyone starts doing calculator cosplay. the format rewards clutch, sure, but it also means one lobby set can outweigh a lot of steady play. that’s fine for drama, less fine if you wanted consistency to be king.
Gen.G at 145 and just seven behind the line is the part i keep looking at. with three events left, that is still very live if they get one strong finals run.
seven points is still a gap though
7 points is nothing in a game where one late circle can hand out a free top 3. Gen.G just need one clean game and suddenly everyone is sweating the cutoff, especially with PGS 12 doubling the bag. Still, if they keep griefing mid table, yeah, they’re cooked.
one bad rotate and it’s gone lol
that’s why i said live, not safe
The replacement team detail is interesting too. Team Flash getting in after GAM The Expendables withdrew keeps the group count intact, but it also means the final circuit already has a late shake-up before a single shot is fired. In PUBG terms that can matter a lot, because even one roster or seeding change can shift who gets the safer path through survival stage. Not huge on paper, but these little swaps can snowball.
seen a whole lobby flip on one bridge crash
bridge crashes are always coin flip yes
Those top eight qualifying straight from the season standings is the bit i like most. It gives the whole PGS year some meaning instead of treating every event like it exists in a vacuum.
means more money for the same teams tho. if you start first, you get rewarded twice and everyone else still has to claw through survival.
and you’d rather punish the teams that earned it?