Nobody in League of Legends history has won more than Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok, and no team has won more than T1. Here are the main Worlds records, what they're built on, and what the finals themselves tell you about how the tournament is decided. For every champion and final score in one table, see our LoL Worlds winners by year.
The headline records
| Record | Holder | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Most Worlds titles (team) | T1 | 6: 2013, 2015, 2016, 2023, 2024, 2025[1][3] |
| Most Worlds titles (player) | Faker | 6, with the same six years[2] |
| Most Finals MVPs | Faker | 2: 2016 and 2024[2] |
| Consecutive titles (team) | T1 | 3: 2023, 2024, 2025[3] |
| Consecutive titles (player) | Faker | 3, the first player to do it[2] |
T1 played under the name SK Telecom T1 for the first three titles. The 2025 title also made Faker the first player to win six.[2]
Faker's eight finals
Faker has been in the final almost every time T1 has. Using the final scores in our winners table:
| Year | Result | Score | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Won | 3–0 | Royal Club |
| 2015 | Won | 3–1 | KOO Tigers |
| 2016 | Won | 3–2 | Samsung Galaxy |
| 2017 | Lost | 0–3 | Samsung Galaxy |
| 2022 | Lost | 2–3 | DRX |
| 2023 | Won | 3–0 | Weibo Gaming |
| 2024 | Won | 3–2 | Bilibili Gaming |
| 2025 | Won | 3–2 | KT Rolster |
That is eight finals, six wins and two losses. The 2017 loss was Faker's first Worlds final defeat.[2] The 2022 loss, a 3–2 against DRX, came against a team that had started its run in the Play-In stage. Two of his three titles after 2016 (2024 and 2025) were won in a deciding fifth game.
Faker was named Finals MVP in 2016 and 2024, ten years apart.[2][3] In 2023 the award went to Zeus and in 2025 to Gumayusi, which shows how much of the three-peat was a team effort.
T1's three-peat
T1 won in Seoul in 2023 (3–0 against Weibo Gaming), in London in 2024 (3–2 against Bilibili Gaming) and in Chengdu in 2025 (3–2 against KT Rolster in a Korean "Telecom Derby").[3] It is the first three-peat in Worlds history.
The core of that run stayed together: the 2024 final lineup of Zeus, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi and Keria was the same group that T1 retained from its 2023 title.[4] For 2025, Doran took over the top lane from Zeus, so Faker, Oner, Gumayusi and Keria are the four players who were in all three finals.
What the finals scores tell you
Of the 15 finals played from 2011 to 2025:
- 5 were sweeps (3–0): 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2023.
- 4 ended 3–1: 2012, 2014, 2015 and 2020.
- 5 went the distance at 3–2: 2016, 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2025.
- The first final, in 2011, was a best-of-three won 2–1 by Fnatic.
Three of the last four finals went to a fifth game, and the series has been closer in recent years than during the 2017 to 2019 period, when three straight finals were sweeps. That is useful context if you are betting on a Worlds final: a 3–0 is not the default outcome, and map handicaps and series betting explains how to price it.
Records by region
South Korea's LCK has won 10 Worlds titles, China's LPL 3, Europe 1 (Fnatic, 2011) and Taiwan 1 (Taipei Assassins, 2012).[1] The LPL's titles are 2018 (Invictus Gaming), 2019 (FunPlus Phoenix) and 2021 (Edward Gaming).
What's next
T1 are back at Worlds 2026 chasing a fourth straight title. See the LoL Worlds 2026 guide for the schedule and odds, and our Worlds 2026 power rankings for where they stand.
Sources
- League of Legends World Championship — Wikipedia ↩
- Faker (gamer) — Wikipedia ↩
- T1 (esports) — Wikipedia ↩
- 2024 League of Legends World Championship final — Wikipedia ↩
