The Greatest LoL Players of All Time

Greatness in League of Legends resists a clean formula. A World title is the loudest claim a player can stake — but it has never been the whole story, and naming the ten greatest is where the agreement ends. This list weighs three things: international pedigree, longevity, and the mark a player left on how the game is played...

10 - Kim "Canyon" Geon-bu

Two MSIs, one World Championship and a Finals MVP to go with it. Canyon won 2020 with DAMWON as the most mechanically gifted jungler of his generation, the carry-jungle archetype taken to its ceiling. No player has ever dominated the role with that kind of margin.

9 - Cho "Mata" Se-hyeong

One World Championship — and the shotcaller who turned support into a headline role. Mata broke in as a Royal Roader, winning his debut split with MVP Ozone in 2013, then claimed the 2014 Worlds title with Samsung White and got MVP from the support seat — a feat almost no one in the position has matched. He won titles in both the LCK and the LPL. The finest shotcaller the role has produced.

8 - Kang "TheShy" Seung-lok

One World Championship and a position rewritten. TheShy anchored IG's 2018 title as the purest carry top laner the game had seen — high risk, higher reward, always playing for the solokill. He turned the top lane from an island into a win condition and made it appointment viewing.

7 - Lee "Gumayusi" Min-hyeong

Three World Championships. Gumayusi claimed the 2025 Finals MVP — the first AD carry to take the award since Ruler in 2017. Beside Keria, he formed one of the most iconic bot-lane duos the game has produced, explosive in lane and lethal when it mattered.

6 - Bae "Bengi" Seong-woong

Three World Championships and the blueprint for the modern jungle. Bengi built the role beside Faker in the foundational SKT dynasty. For years he and Faker formed the best mid-jungle pairing in the world. A clear inspiration for all the next generation of players.

5 - Mun "Oner" Hyeon-jun

Three World Championships and the most complete jungler of his generation. Oner anchored the second T1 dynasty across the 2023–2025 three-peat — with a champion pool that knows no limits. Hard carries, tanks, engage tools, enabler picks: he plays the lot at the top level, bending his role to whatever the win demands.

4 - Jian "Uzi" Zi-Hao

No Worlds title — and ranked above three-time champions anyway. That is the whole argument. He's the best chinese player that ever played the game. Uzi reached the final twice and won the 2018 MSI with RNG, spending the better part of a decade as the standard every AD carry was measured against. The trophy he never lifted doesn't shrink the shadow he cast. He was also the second Hall of Legends inductee, the year after Faker.

3 - Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk

One World Championship, won by dismantling Faker. Ruler took 2017 with Samsung Galaxy as a teenager — a 3-0 sweep of SKT in the final — then spent a decade as the most reliable big-stage AD carry alive. Peak, longevity, and the scalp to prove it.

2 - Ryu "Keria" Min-seok

Three World Championships. Keria was the breakout difference-maker on the 2023–2025 three-peat, the player who turned the support role into a primary win condition and created metas all by himself. He surpassed the standard Mata set — and he is still in his prime. The best support in the world since 2022.

1 - Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok

No debate. Faker has six World Championships — 2013, 2015, 2016, 2023, 2024, and 2025 — and a three-peat no one else has touched. The Unkillable Demon King debuted at 17 and is signed through 2029. Every other player on this list competes in the era he defined.

Honorable Mentions

Kim "Deft" Hyuk-kyu

2022 World Champion and one of the sport's great longevity story, a decade from debut to trophy.

Heo "ShowMaker" Su

2020 World Champion and the heir apparent to Faker, with a mechanical ceiling few mids have matched.

Rasmus "Caps" Winther

The Western GOAT, two Worlds finals, one MSI title and a wall of LEC silverware, the closest the West has ever come.

Jeong "Chovy" Ji-hoon

The most consistent mid laner of his generation, 2 MSI titles but still chasing the one trophy that would settle the debate.

Cho "BeryL" Geon-hee

The only player to win two World Championships without Faker, lifting the cup with two different teams. The off-meta savant who turned Heimerdinger support into a Worlds power pick.