Blood of Kittens attempts to provide continuous coverage of ITC events, in posts showcasing the Top 3 Warhammer 40k 9th edition army lists from the largest events. This particular post chronicles the largest events of January 2021.

9th edition is a land of changes, so with every new month comes new codexes, FAQs, and rules. Whenever you look at an army list keep in mind how quickly the game can change. In other words, a legal army today may become illegal tomorrow, along with events using special rules and/or restrictions.  

January 2021 saw Australia take the lead with a lot of events, after a December 2020 where everyone went into a deep covid freeze and no large events were eligible.

Hobart GT: Top 3

Lance Glover 1st Place Hobart GT 2021 – Space Wolves

5-0 Scores: 80/84/95/83/95

Mariusz Rybak 2nd Place Hobart GT 2021 – Space Marines – Raven Guard

4-1 Scores: 100/100/50/83/100

Charlie Williams 3rd Place Hobart GT 2021 – Space Wolves

4-1 Scores: 90/93/93/22/96

Aaron Cook 1st Place Wizards GT 2021 – Adeptus Custodes

5-0 Scores: 87/86/92/88/90

Dan Sammons 2nd Place Wizards GT 2021 – Orks

4-1 Scores: 98/99/100/57/80

Ben Cherwien 3rd Place Wizards GT 2021 – Space Marines – Black Templars

4-1 Scores: 95/89/96/39/94

New Years Brawl GT Placings: Top 3

Colin McDade 1st Place New Years Brawl GT 2020 – Harlequins

5-0 Scores: 75/91/81/97/73

Kavin Hogue 2nd Place New Years Brawl GT 2020 – Necrons

4-1 Scores: 99/93/80/100/70

Seth Piper 3rd Place New Years Brawl GT 2020 – Necrons

4-1 Scores: 99/97/53/100/82

Here is also the current list leaders by faction for the 9th edition so far!

 Updated as of 02-02-21

Below is the current breakdown of winning lists based on faction. The list combines all the top Warhammer 40k lists for 9th edition ITC events only, taking only the top three from each Major or GT event. Lists with multiple factions (SOUP) will be counted for each faction included in each army list.

• 24 Space Marine
  • 5 Ultramarines
  • 3 Black Templars
  • 0 Iron Hands
  • 4 White Scars
  • 2 Raven Guard
  • 3 Imperial Fists
  • 7 Salamanders
• 14 Harlequins
• 12 Chaos Daemons
• 9 Orks
• 9 Space Wolves
• 7 Adeptus Mechanicus
• 6 Adeptus Custodes
• 5 Necrons
• 5 Craftworlds
• 5 Genestealer Cults
• 4 Chaos Space Marines
• 4 Death Guard
• 4 Tyranids
• 3 Dark Angels
• 3 Drukari
• 3 Grey Knights
• 3 Blood Angels
• 3 Sisters of Battle
• 2 Imperial Knights
• 2 Ynnari
• 1 Astra Militarum
• 1 Thousand Sons
• 1 Imperial Agents / Unaligned
• 0 T’au Empire
• 0 Chaos Knights
• 0 Deathwatch

To see every list by Faction, check out the 9th edition compendium linked below.

9th Edition Top Army List Compendium