Hibana and Ela are hugely popular Siege Operators

Brazil is hosting the Season 3 finals of the Rainbow Six Pro League this weekend, and before the action kicked off we were shown some interesting stats regarding global Operator usage for both attackers and defenders, to see who is most popular among them.

Regarding attackers, Hibana sits at 86.4% usage, significantly higher than second place Ash, at 65.1%. Thermite then comes in at third with 47.6%, closely followed by Thatcher at 46.5% and Buck at 41.1%.

On the defending side, its brand new Operator Ela who sits in the most popular position, introduced in Operation Blood Orchid and holding an impressive 78.4% rate. Smoke and Mira (another Operator that came along earlier this year) sit on 74.6% each, while Bandit has 57.3% and Jager has 50.8%.

Do any of these stats surprise you?