why do i only have 23 brawlers

You only have 23 brawlers right now because of a limited-time event mode where most brawlers are temporarily disabled, leaving just a small curated pool to pick from.

What’s going on

• In the current Brawl Stars event, only a specific set of around 23 brawlers is available to play, often focused on a theme like assassins or certain roles.

• Other brawlers are not deleted from your account; they are just unavailable in this special mode or queue during the event period.

Why your count shows 23

• In some menus (like certain ranked/event selections), the game temporarily shows only the brawlers that are allowed in that mode, which makes it look like you “only” have 23.

• Community posts and short clips from January 2026 are full of people asking the same thing (“why do I have 14/23 brawlers” / “23 BRAWLERS ONLY??”), confirming this is an intentional event setting, not a bug with just your account.

What you can do

• Check another mode (like normal matchmaking or non-event modes) and see if your full brawler roster is visible there.

• Keep an eye on the in-game news/event description; it will usually state that only a subset of brawlers is enabled for the duration of the event.

In short, your brawlers aren’t gone; the game is just temporarily locking most of them for a special event, which is why you only see 23 right now.

TL;DR: You only see 23 brawlers because of a time-limited event/mode that restricts the available brawlers; your others should return once you switch modes or when the event ends.

Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.