Arena point < onlyinclude > < / onlyinclude > Earning arena points . While you can be on one team of each type , at the end of each week you ' ll only gain points from the team that earned the most points that week . However , note that given equal rating , 5v5 teams earn more points per week than 3v3 ( 88 % ) , which earn more than 2v2 ( 76 % ) . To clarify with an example : Results at the end of the week : So , you ' d gain 344 points that week . Note : in the example we provided above the 1500 refers to the team ' s rating . The number of points an active player gets from a team is derived from the rating value plotted on a logistic curve . " The transformation from your Team Rating to Arena Points starts off as a linear function , but once you go beyond a certain rating threshold , the function becomes logarithmic . This means that you will see a significant payoff increase once your Team Rating goes beyond a certain point , but the high - end spectrum of the ratings will eventually notice a decrease in how much bang they get for their buck . " You can stockpile a maximum of 10 , 000 Arena Points ( since S5 , before that is was 5k ) . Also , one of the points we were trying to illustrate above is that active players on that 5v5 team will gain 344 points each . This is the case regardless of whether there are 10 total active players on that team ( the max possible ) , or merely 5 active players ( the practical min ) . Blizzard doesn ' t want to " split " points among active players , as that would encourage you to not have alternates on the team , and they don ' t want to pressure you to minmax the system by always having the min number of players for a team . Bear in mind that the arena point return for your team ' s rating isn ' t linear . That being said , Blizzard is deliberately trying to encourage the most competitive players to participate in the 5v5 battles , as they feel considerably more comfortable with the potential class balance in this environment . 2v2 has far more potential for certain class combinations to be heavily favored , and as such Blizzard is being conservative about how strongly they reward the smaller format sizes . Your team only needs to fight 10 battles per week to be eligible for points . You can fight more if you so choose . However , due to the way the rating system works ( and the way points are derived from rating ) , teams with high ratings are ( in theory ) increasingly likely to play only the minimum required number of battles . Formulae . On 26 September 2007 , the formulae used to calculate Arena Points were changed , as outlined on the official site about WoW arenas . Penalties : As of Season 6 and later , the arena system was changed so that new teams start with a rating of 0 rather than 1500 . Consequently , the formula was changed so that all teams below 1500 rating will earn points as if they were a 1500 rated team . Arena Point Calculators . Several arena point calculator s have been created by members of the WoW Community . Arena point reset in Wrath of the Lich King . On November 19th , Wryxian ( of the official EU forums ) announced that arena points for players will be reset at level 71 and they will be removed from level 70 arena teams , " Players who level past 70 will have their Arena points reset to 0 and be removed from all Arena teams in the level - 70 bracket . " on Wikipedia .