LGT 2026: Warhammer 40,000 Results, Podium and Awards
What a weekend, and what a way to celebrate ten years of the London Grand Tournament. Thank you to everyone who brought an army, travelled with friends, met new opponents and helped make LGT 2026 happen.
Our results round-up celebrates the Warhammer 40,000 main event: the podium, the bracket and faction winners, the painters, and the players recognised for making the weekend better for the people across the table. Please join us in congratulating them.
Your LGT 2026 champion: Jean-Loup Genin
Congratulations to Jean-Loup Genin, winner of Best General in the LGT 2026 Warhammer 40,000 main event. Taking the title at the London Grand Tournament is a moment to savour, and Jean-Loup takes the top spot on this year’s podium.
Jack Tite finishes as first runner-up, with Alex Nicolic completing the podium as second runner-up. A huge congratulations to all three on their achievements at our season finale.
Best General: Jean-Loup Genin
1st Runner Up: Jack Tite
2nd Runner Up: Alex Nicolic
The Unconquerables: five wins from five
Going 5–0 at the London Grand Tournament is an achievement worth celebrating in its own right. BCP records 32 players who won all of their first five rounds. Alongside Jean-Loup Genin, Jack Tite and Alex Nicolic on the podium, the following 29 players earned their place among our LGT 2026 Unconquerables.
This recognition is for a perfect record through the first five rounds. Several players went on to compete in additional knockout rounds, so their final event records include those later games.
Jack Murphy — Dark Angels
Marco Santopadre — Grey Knights
Adam Tubby — Adeptus Custodes
Will B — Dark Angels
Samuel Smith — Chaos Space Marines
Matt Bell — Necrons
Thomas Hume — T’au Empire
Kyle Grundy — T’au Empire
Edward Diamond — Adeptus Custodes
Ares Lüthi — Orks
Dom Ridley — Imperial Knights
Samuel Martin — Adeptus Mechanicus
Patryk Adamczyk — Tyranids
Brett Smith — T’au Empire
Christopher Irvine — Dark Angels
Simon Quinn — Orks
Jordan Penning — Grey Knights
Liam VSL — Chaos Space Marines
Antoine – Zorro Blond — T’au Empire
Feliks Bartkiewicz — Deathwatch
Luke Honeywill — Leagues of Votann
Tom Durrands — Orks
Nicola Dusan Zanelli — Adeptus Custodes
Mark Crombleholme — Necrons
Tim Lowes — Aeldari
Scott McCutcheon — Space Marines (Astartes)
Andy Quas-Cohen — Necrons
Kobe Walters — Orks
Ross Tully — T’au Empire
Five rounds, five wins: congratulations to every one of you. Whether your run ended there or carried on into the knockout stages, you gave yourselves a weekend to be proud of.
Success throughout the field
Every player arrives at LGT with their own goals. Our bracket awards give more players a moment in the spotlight and recognise achievement beyond the overall podium. Congratulations to our Best General winners in each of the following brackets.
4 wins bracket: Alex Fowler
3 wins bracket: Chris Cho
2 wins bracket: Robert Latchford
1 win bracket: Chong Liu
Painting awards: the work behind the armies
An LGT army represents hours of work long before the first dice are rolled. These awards celebrate the painting side of the hobby, from a whole force brought together on the tabletop to the detail in a single miniature.
Andrew Treadgold takes Best Painted Army, with Wade Elgee the runner-up and Byron Mcleish the second runner-up. Congratulations to all three.
Cameron Giles wins Best Painted Single Mini for Lucius the Eternal, while Nick Watkins takes Best Painted Unit for The Swords of Calth. Well done to both, and thank you to everyone who gave us a reason to stop and admire their work over the weekend.
Best Painted Army: Andrew Treadgold
Best Painted Army — Runner Up: Wade Elgee
Best Painted Army — 2nd Runner Up: Byron Mcleish
Best Painted Single Mini: Cameron Giles — Lucius the Eternal
Best Painted Unit: Nick Watkins — The Swords of Calth
Sportsmanship and the people across the table
Congratulations to Andy Moore, our Most Sporting Player. The opponents who make a game welcoming, fair and enjoyable are a huge part of why people come back to events. This is an award we are always proud to celebrate.
Our Wooden Spoon goes to Rachael Dando. Thank you, Rachael, for being part of LGT 2026, and thank you to everyone who kept playing, learning and enjoying the weekend whatever their results.
Best in Faction
From Adepta Sororitas to World Eaters, our faction awards recognise 28 players for their achievements in the LGT main event. Please put your digital hands together for this year’s winners.
Adepta Sororitas: Kian Tan
Adeptus Custodes: Raphaël Jaffré
Adeptus Mechanicus: Innes Wilson
Aeldari: Adam Gill
Astra Militarum: Florian Sauter
Black Templars: Stephen Box
Blood Angels: Jack Watkins
Chaos Daemons: Byron 🔥🎲 Sidhu
Chaos Knights: Sokol Berisha
Chaos Space Marines: Euan Bedford-Cooper
Dark Angels: Alex Fowler
Death Guard: Dale Watts
Deathwatch: Guy Miscampbell
Drukhari: Tim Waters
Emperor's Children: Luke Townsend
Genestealer Cults: Simon Warren
Grey Knights: Max DeBarr
Imperial Agents: Arin Lavery
Imperial Knights: Peter Maxwell
Leagues of Votann: Greg Chamberlain
Necrons: Andy Quas-Cohen
Orks: Tom Godfrey
Space Marines (Astartes): Rafael Harbinson
Space Wolves: Mark Owen
T'au Empire: Tony Barrett
Thousand Sons: Alexandre Sacco
Tyranids: John Watson
World Eaters: Aat Niehot
A special mention goes to Alex Fowler, who takes both the four-win bracket award and Best in Faction for Dark Angels. Congratulations, Alex.
Thank you for ten years of LGT
The names above are our 40k main-event award winners, but the weekend belongs to everyone who helped make it happen. Thank you to the players across all our game systems, the judges, organisers, crew, partners and volunteers, and everyone who came along to support friends and enjoy the hobby.
Whether this was your first LGT or you have been with us for years, thank you for being part of our tenth anniversary. The games matter, and so do the friendships, the armies and the time we get to spend together.
The season finale, and your next event
LGT also brought the UKTC 2025/26 season to a close. You can read our separate season awards article to celebrate the players and teams whose results across the year earned them national, regional and faction honours.
Already thinking about your next weekend of Warhammer? Join us at the Coventry Super-Major on 23–25 October 2026 at Sports Connexion Leisure Club. Bring your clubmates, put what you learned at LGT into practice and get your new season underway.
Congratulations again to all our winners. See you at the supers!
The UKTC & LGT crew
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