We’ve pulled together our list of the best Rocket League goals of all time. From game winning shots, to clever mechanics and some nail biting clutch moments, our list contains the clutchiest goals ever scored.
At its heart, Rocket League is a relatively simple game, car football. However, having the ability to perform incredible aerial plays and freestyle-esque shots adds another element to the game. The combination has opened up a new esport where fans can see the best of the best playing at the top of their game.
With an ever growing skill ceiling, professional players are able to produce insane mechanical plays and score some of Rocket League’s best goals.
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SquishyMuffinz and his teammates burst onto the scene in 2017 with an upset win at Dreamhack Atlanta. This was the first LAN win of many for the trio, who were later signed by Cloud9 just before the start of RLCS Season 4. They went on to win the regional championship, thus qualifying for Worlds as NA’s #1 seed.
Squishy had made a name for himself with his innovative mechanical plays, including never before seen moves from off the ceiling. But it wasn’t until the World Championship where he was able to finally pull one off successfully. Taking the ball up the wall and off the ceiling, Squishy was able to fake it under the first defender and by saving his flip he was able to hit it over the second. Nothing like this had ever been seen before in pro play, and to score it on LAN in the losers final shows how Squishy is one of the best Rocket League players of all time.
Throughout his career Deevo has been known for his clutch, unexpected double taps (earning himself the title: “the double tap king”), and this one at the Season 5 World Championship was by far the most impressive. In an intense round one match against NRG, Deevo produced one of the most insane plays that we have ever seen. By hitting the ball up into the corner of the ceiling, landing on the backboard and flipping into the ball as it drops down he stunned the defense and showed everyone he was still one of the best in the game after failing to qualify for the previous World Championships.
It is crazy to think that this goal was scored 6 years ago, as the level of ingenuity on display from Deevo in this clip is something that would still hold up in the modern game.
It just goes to show how far ahead of the competition Deevo was during this time.
NRG jstn is regarded by many as one of the best Rocket League players of all time, and it fits well that he is the owner of the most iconic and arguably best Rocket League goal of all time.
After dropping to the lower bracket with a defeat to NRG in the upper semis of the RLCS Season 5 World Championships, the reigning champions Team Dignitas had fought their way back to the grand final only to face NRG once more. With the whole of North America behind them, NRG found themselves down by one goal in game 7 with only four seconds left. It would take a miracle to come back and force an overtime, but one chance for jstn is all they needed.
A perfect 50/50 from Fireburner created an opportunity for NRG, and despite it being a tight angle, the rookie redirected the ball down into the goal past the defense and the crowd erupted.
Even though Dignitas went on to win the overtime and lift the trophy for the second season in a row, this is still remembered as the most hype moment in the history of the esport.
After two years of dominance for the Team Dignitas dynasty, they were looking to secure their third RLCS World Championship in a row in Season 6. Cloud9 were knocked down into lower round 1 after a defeat to “We Dem Girlz”, however they managed to make it through to the grand final after what is regarded as the greatest lower bracket run of all time. The trio brought a new highly mechanical playstyle to the event which was dominating top contenders, and this was North America’s chance to finally topple the European Giants.
With his second entry on this list, Cloud9’s Squishy showed us again how he was a pioneer for advanced mechanics in the early stages of the game. Flip resets had only just started to be used in pro play, with Squishy being one of the best at performing them. On series point to force the bracket reset in the grand final, Squishy managed to perform one of the most clutch flip resets to put the ball over two Dignitas defenders and almost scored.
Although he needed Torment to put it over the line it is still considered one of the best Rocket League goals of all time, with them going on to win the series and became World Championship against all odds.
With the unfortunate news that there will be no International LAN World Championship in RLCS Season 9 due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, it meant that the Regional Championships had a lot more importance for the professional players in Season 9. Dignitas and Vitality were the two clear favorites at the top of Europe, and there didn’t seem to be much separating them as they advanced to the grand final.
The teams were sent to Neo Tokyo after a close game 1 win for Dignitas. Another even game seemed to be heading to overtime until AztraL executed one of the best dribbling mechanical plays we have ever seen. A flip reset triple touch on zero seconds put his team comfortably 2-0 up and helped them to secure the win in one of the most influential series of his life.
As a Saudi Arabian team, Sandrock Gaming had been waiting years for their chance to prove themselves as one of the best Rocket League teams in the world. When RLCS 21-22 announced the inclusion of the MENA region, fans were intrigued to see how they would perform when put against the top teams of Europe and North America. After dominating all three regional events in the Fall Split, they had finally earned their spot at an international LAN event.
Sandrock had a tough first round matchup against G2 Esports at the Fall Major, NA’s #2 seed who were in good form after winning the last regional of the online split.
However Sandrock’s fast aggressive playstyle caught G2 off guard as they took the first two games. Game three was a close affair until a spark of brilliance from Ahmad secured the win at 0 seconds. This insanely fast, unsavable redirect was a statement goal to show that the MENA region should not be underestimated.
After coming painfully close at the RLCS 21-22 Winter Major, Moist had only one thing on their mind when it came to the London Spring Major: utter dominance.
An early defeat to Version1 however seemed to ruin these plans, but an unbelievable losers bracket run in front of their home crowd sent Moist to the Grand Finals to face an equally fierce Team Falcons.
After forcing the bracket reset Moist were one series away from their first Championship, and by this point momentum had taken over and they were dominating Team Falcons. On match point, Joyo takes the ball up to the ceiling past one, uses the flip to get it past the second and lands on the ball to put it past the third, an insane 1v3 to finish the series and become Major Champions.
After all that they had achieved in the RLCS 21-22 season, his teammates and fans were left shocked when Vatira announced his decision to leave team Moist Esports to join Karmine Corp in the off season. These events created a rivalry between the two teams in RLCS 22-23, a rivalry that was heavily dominated by Vatira and his teammates as they dominated Moist twice in online regional events leading up to the Fall Major.
This dominance seemed to continue when they got on LAN, with KC sweeping Moist 3-0 in the third round of Swiss. However when they met again on Championship Sunday, AztraL became a different beast. Amongst a multitude of highlight plays, one in particular stood out as one of the best Rocket League goals of all time. After going 2-1 down in the game, AztraL perfectly reads Joyo’s ceiling pinch and comes down off the ceiling to shoot it in the bottom corner.
This level of chemistry is unmatched.
In a match against FC Barcelona, Cloud9’s Squishy scored a sweet outside-inside double-tap. Intercepting a cross in mid-air, Squishy hit the ball against the wall to the side of the goal. This may sound like a missed shot but Squishy kept flying and hit the ball again after it bounced back off of the wall.
This time, the ball sailed over the two misplaced defenders and scored in the far corner of the goal.
Often the most eye-catching plays are singular moments of brilliance, although these moments are enabled by the rest of the team.
There are some truly great goals, however, that are the immediate product of great teamwork.
SadJunior and Jacob are known for making some insane teamplay goals, and they are featured in plenty “best rocket league goals” lists. In one such scenario with only seconds to go versus Revival, NRG tie the score with 11 seconds to go in an amazing pass and touch duo play.
The best is always down to personal opinion. Jstn’s goal, mentioned above, is considered one of the most iconic Rocket League goals. Your personal taste may vary, perhaps you prefer one of Squishy’s goals, or another goal entirely.
Well, the answer to this depends on quite what you mean by fastest. In RLCS the fastest goal was 166KPH and was an own goal by Scrub Killa. The fastest known goal in unmodified rocket league is 201KPH. The fastest goal in a mutated game is 540KPH which is the fastest that the ball can move in Rocket League.
The slowest you can possibly score a goal in Rocket League is 0KPH. This can only happen if the ball is going slower than 0.5KPH. The slowest goal in RLCS is 1KPH scored by EUnited vs Renegades. You can see it at the 1:17 Mark in this Youtube video.
As a team, Barrage holds the record for scoring 11 goals against Magnifico in RLCS. FairyPeak holds the record for the most individual goals scored in an RLCS game at 8.
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