G2 Extend Hans Sama's Contract Until 2028

This Friday, G2 Esports have officially announced the contract extension of Steven "Hans Sama" Liv until 2028, tying down their French superstar ADC for two more seasons under the Samurai banner.

Since joining G2 in 2023, Hans Sama has been instrumental in cementing the organization's dominance over the European scene. The Frenchman has built an impressive trophy cabinet across his three years with the team, racking up titles including the 2023 LEC Winter, Summer, and Season Finals, followed by a historic clean sweep of the 2024 LEC season with four consecutive titles, before adding the 2025 LEC Summer to his collection. He has now extended that run into 2026 with both the LEC Versus and the LEC Spring trophies — bringing his personal title count at G2 to double digits.

The timing of the announcement raises a few eyebrows. Hans Sama becomes the second G2 player to commit to the club until 2028, following jungler Rudy "SkewMond" Semaan's own extension earlier in the season. More notably, the news drops less than a month after Karmine Corp announced the long-term extension of their star ADC Caliste — also until 2028 — a player who had been heavily linked to G2 throughout the rumor mill.

This new deal also reshapes the picture of G2's roster stability heading into the next competitive cycle. Caps was already extended through 2027 last year, and with SkewMond and Hans Sama now locked in until 2028, only Labrov and BrokenBlade remain with contracts expiring at the end of this season — a clear signal of the organization's intent to preserve the core of its winning project. The team's General Manager, Romain, said it publicly once again after the Spring final:

G2 players are the best at their roles in Europe, and 2025 didn't change my mind

The extension comes at a high point for the Samurai. Fresh off their second trophy of the year, G2 will now represent the LEC as the region's first seed at the upcoming Mid-Season Invitational, where Hans Sama and his teammates will look to build on their strong First Stand performance and carry that momentum into another international event. The French ADC himself recently confirmed in an interview that this current G2 roster is the strongest he has ever played with throughout his career — a telling endorsement from a veteran who has worn the jerseys of Misfits, Rogue, Team Liquid, and now two different G2 iterations.