World Championship

Overview

Teams Timeline

Champion Stats

Overview

Event	Date & Finals Venue	Prize Pool	Winner	Runner-Up	Score	MVP
Season 1 World Championship	2011-06-18 — 2011-06-20 DreamHack, Jönköping	$ 99,500	Fnatic	against All authority	2 - 1	Shushei
Season 2 World Championship	2012-10-04 — 2012-10-13 Galen Center, Los Angeles	$ 2,000,000	Taipei Assassins	Azubu Frost	3 - 1	not officially assigned
Season 3 World Championship	2013-09-15 — 2013-10-04 Staples Center, Los Angeles	$ 2,050,000	SK Telecom T1	Royal Club	3 - 0	not officially assigned
2014 World Championship	2014-09-18 - 2014-10-19 World Cup Stadium, Seoul	$ 2,130,000	Samsung White	Star Horn Royal Club	3 - 1	Mata
2015 World Championship	2015-10-01 — 2015-10-31 Mercedes-Benz-Arena, Berlin	$ 2,130,000	SK Telecom T1	KOO Tigers	3 - 1	MaRin
2016 World Championship	2016-09-29 — 2016-10-29 Staples Center, Los Angeles	$ 5,070,000	SK Telecom T1	Samsung Galaxy	3 - 2	Faker
2017 World Championship	2017-09-23 — 2017-11-04 Bird's Nest, Beijing	$ 4,596,591	Samsung Galaxy	SK Telecom T1	3 - 0	Ruler
2018 World Championship	2018-10-01 — 2018-11-03 Munhak Stadium, Incheon	$ 6,450,000	Invictus Gaming	Fnatic	3 - 0	Ning
2019 Season World Championship	2019-10-02 — 2019-11-10 AccorHotels Arena, Paris

Organizations By Appearances

Organizations with at least four appearances are listed.

Org	#	Team	#	2011 (S1)	2012 (S2)	2013 (S3)	2014 (S4)	2015 (S5)	2016 (S6)	2017 (S7)	2018 (S8)	2019 (S9)
	7	NA C9	7			0050085 - 8	0050085 - 8	0090119 - 11	0050085 - 8	0050085 - 8	0030043 - 4
	7	EU FNC	7	0010001		0030043 - 4	01201312 - 13	0030043 - 4		0050085 - 8	0020002
	7	NA TSM	7	0030003	0050085 - 8	01101211 - 12	0050085 - 8	01401614 - 16	0090129 - 12	0090129 - 12
	6	CN RYL	1			0020002
		CN SH Royal	1				0020002
		CN RNG	4						0050085 - 8	0030043 - 4	0050085 - 8
	5	NA CLG	3	0050005				01201312 - 13	0090129 - 12
		NA CLG Prime	1		0090109 - 10
		EU CLG EU	1		0030043 - 4
	5	CN EDG	5				0050085 - 8	0050085 - 8	0050085 - 8	01201312 - 13	0050085 - 8
	5	LMS ahq	5				0090119 - 11	0050085 - 8	0090129 - 12	01201312 - 13
	5	KR SSW	2			0090119 - 11	0010001
		KR SSB	1				0030043 - 4
		KR SSG	2						0020002	0010001
	5	KR SKT	5			0010001		0010001	0010001	0020002
	4	LMS FW	4					0050085 - 8	01301613 - 16	01301613 - 16	0090129 - 12
	4	EU G2	4						01301613 - 16	0090119 - 11	0030043 - 4
	4	SEA TPA	2		0010001		01401614 - 16
		SEA SAJ	1		0090109 - 10
		SEA BKT	1					01401614 - 16
	4	CN iG	4		0050085 - 8			01401614 - 16			0010001

Garena is included because in addition to running the GPL, they own several teams - a full list can be found here.

Organizations By Prize Amount

Organizations with at least $ 200,000 won are listed.

Org	Prize money	Team	Prize money	2011 (S1)	2012 (S2)	2013 (S3)	2014 (S4)	2015 (S5)	2016 (S6)	2017 (S7)	2018 (S8)
	4,695,841 $	SKT	4,695,841 $			1,000,000 $		1,000,000 $	2,028,000 $	667,841 $
	3,810,614 $	SSW	1,045,000 $			45,000 $	1,000,000 $
		SSB	150,000 $				150,000 $
		SSG	2,615,614 $						760,500 $	1,855,114 $
	2,518,750 $	iG	2,518,750 $		75,000 $			25,000 $			2,418,750 $
	1,453,629 $	FNC	1,453,629 $	50,000 $		150,000 $	35,000 $	150,000 $		197,879 $	870,750 $
	1,307,088 $	RYL	250,000 $			250,000 $
		SH Royal	250,000 $				250,000 $
		RNG	807,088 $						202,800 $	346,288 $	258,000 $
	1,100,000 $	TPA	1,025,000 $		1,000,000 $		25,000 $
		SAJ	50,000 $		50,000 $
		BKT	25,000 $					25,000 $
	1,047,179 $	C9	1,047,179 $			75,000 $	75,000 $	45,000 $	202,800 $	197,879 $	451,500 $
	697,371 $	EDG	697,371 $				75,000 $	75,000 $	202,800 $	86,571 $	258,000 $
	630,250 $	KOO	250,000 $					250,000 $
		ROX	380,250 $						380,250 $
	626,182 $	G2	626,182 $						63,375 $	111,307 $	451,500 $
	440,382 $	TSM	440,382 $	10,000 $	75,000 $	30,000 $	75,000 $	25,000 $	114,075 $	111,307 $
	425,250 $	H2k	425,250 $					45,000 $	380,250 $
	421,288 $	WE	421,288 $		75,000 $					346,288 $
	352,575 $	CLG Prime	202,575 $	3,500 $	50,000 $			35,000 $	114,075 $
		CLG EU	150,000 $		150,000 $
	345,337 $	FW	345,337 $					75,000 $	63,375 $	61,837 $	145,125 $
	333,000 $	KT	333,000 $					75,000 $			258,000 $
	320,646 $	ahq	320,646 $				45,000 $	75,000 $	114,075 $	86,571 $
	300,000 $	NJBS	225,000 $		75,000 $	150,000 $
		NJWS	75,000 $				75,000 $
	258,000 $	AF	258,000 $								258,000 $
	250,000 $	AZF	250,000 $		250,000 $
	225,000 $	OMG	225,000 $			75,000 $	150,000 $
	202,800 $	ANX	202,800 $						202,800 $

Garena is included because in addition to running the GPL, they own several teams - a full list can be found here.

Players By Appearances

Players with at least four appearances are listed.

Player	Position	Number of Participations	2011 (S1)	2012 (S2)	2013 (S3)	2014 (S4)	2015 (S5)	2016 (S6)	2017 (S7)	2018 (S8)
ClearLove	Jungle	6		WE		EDG	EDG	EDG	EDG	EDG
Doublelift	ADC/Support	6	Epik	CLG			CLG	TSM	TSM	TL
Sneaky	ADC	6			C9	C9	C9	C9	C9	C9
sOAZ	Top	6	aAa		FNC	FNC	OG		FNC	FNC
Dyrus	Top	5	Epik	TSM	TSM	TSM	TSM
Maple	Mid	5			GAB		FW	FW	FW	FW
PraY	ADC	5		NJ SWD	NJBS		KOO	ROX	LZ
SwordArt	Support	5			GAB		FW	FW	FW	FW
Uzi	ADC	5			RYL	SH Royal		RNG	RNG	RNG
Xmithie	Jungle	5			V		CLG	CLG	IMT	TL
YellOwStaR	ADC/Support	5	aAa	SK	FNC	FNC	FNC
Bjergsen	Mid	4				TSM	TSM	TSM	TSM
Deft	ADC	4				SSB	EDG	EDG		KT
Diamondprox	Jungle	4		M5	Gambit				GMB	GMB
Faker	Mid	4			SKT		SKT	SKT	SKT
GorillA	Support	4				NJWS	KOO	ROX	LZ
Impact	Top	4			SKT			C9	C9	TL
Jensen	Mid	4					C9	C9	C9	C9
Karsa	Jungle	4					FW	FW	FW	RNG
Mata	Support	4			SSO	SSW		RNG		KT
Meiko	Support	4					EDG	EDG	EDG	EDG
mithy	Support	4			LD		OG	G2	G2
Rekkles	ADC	4				FNC	FNC		FNC	FNC
Svenskeren	Mid	4				SK		TSM	TSM	C9
westdoor	Mid	4				ahq	ahq	ahq	ahq
xPeke	Mid/Top	4	FNC		FNC	FNC	OG

Top 20 Players

Official top 20 players before tournament.

(Starting in 2018, the time of publishing changed to after the Play-In)

2014
Place	Role	Player
1	Mid	Dade
2	Mid	Cool
3	Support	Mata
4	ADC	NaMei
5	ADC	Uzi
6	Mid	Froggen
7	Jungle	Dandy
8	ADC	Rekkles
9	Jungle	Loveling
10	Mid	Bjergsen
11	ADC	Deft
12	Jungle	Spirit
13	Top	Save
14	Support	Yellowstar
15	ADC	Imp
16	Mid	XiaoWeiXiao
17	Top	Gogoing
18	Jungle	Watch
19	ADC	Sneaky
20	Jungle	Clearlove

2015
Place	Role	Player
1	Mid	Faker
2	ADC	Imp
3	Jungle	Kakao
4	Mid	GODV
5	Mid	Rookie
6	Support	Pyl
7	ADC	Deft
8	Support	Yellowstar
9	Mid	Pawn
10	Jungle	Clearlove
11	Mid	Westdoor
12	Top	MaRin
13	Top	Huni
14	Top	Ssumday
15	Mid	Bjergsen
16	Top	Ziv
17	Support	Piccaboo
18	Support	Aphromoo
19	ADC	Bang
20	ADC	Doublelift

2016
Place	Role	Player
1	Top	Smeb
2	Mid	Faker
3	ADC	Deft
4	Jungle	Clearlove
5	Jungle	Peanut
6	ADC	Bang
7	Support	Gorilla
8	Mid	Bjergsen
9	ADC	Pray
10	Top	Duke
11	ADC	Uzi
12	Support	Meiko
13	Top	Looper
14	Jungle	Trick
15	Support	Mata
16	ADC	Zven
17	Support	Mithy
18	ADC	Doublelift
19	Mid	Crown
20	Jungle	Karsa

2017
Place	Role	Player
1	Mid	Faker
2	ADC	Pray
3	Support	Gorilla
4	Top	Khan
5	Mid	Xiaohu
6	Mid	Bdd
7	Support	Wolf
8	Top	Cuvee
9	Support	Meiko
10	Mid	Bjergsen
11	ADC	Mystic
12	ADC	Bang
13	Mid	Crown
14	ADC	Uzi
15	Jungle	Ambition
16	ADC	Zven
17	Support	SwordArt
18	Jungle	Condi
19	Mid	Scout
20	ADC	Doublelift

2018
Place	Role	Player
1	ADC	Uzi
2	Mid	Rookie
3	Jungle	Score
4	Top	Kiin
5	ADC	Ruler
6	Top	Smeb
7	Support	SwordArt
8	Support	Ming
9	Mid	Caps
10	Top	CuVee
11	Jungle	Karsa
12	ADC	Deft
13	Support	Mata
14	Top	TheShy
15	Mid	Maple
16	Mid	Kuro
17	Mid	Xiaohu
18	Mid	Scout
19	Mid	Ucal
20	ADC	Doublelift

Players with Multiple Nominations

• Ordered by number of nominations.
• Ordered by highest average place for players with the same number of nominations.

Player	Position	Number of Nominations	2014 (S4)		2015 (S5)		2016 (S6)		2017 (S7)		2018 (S8)
Uzi	ADC	4	SH Royal	5			RNG	11	RNG	14	RNG	1
Deft	ADC	4	SSB	11	EDG	7	EDG	3			KT	12
Bjergsen	Mid	4	TSM	10	TSM	15	TSM	8	TSM	10
Doublelift	ADC	4			CLG	20	CLG	18	TSM	20	TL	20
Faker	Mid	3			SKT	1	SKT	2	SKT	1
Mata	Support	3	SSW	3			RNG	15			KT	13
ClearLove	Jungle	3	EDG	20	EDG	10	EDG	4
Bang	ADC	3			SKT	19	SKT	6	SKT	12
Rookie	Mid	2			iG	5					iG	2
Smeb	Top	2					ROX	1			KT	6
Gorilla	Support	2					ROX	7	LZ	3
PraY	ADC	2					ROX	9	LZ	2
Imp	ADC	2	SSW	15	LGD	2
CuVee	Top	2							SSG	8	GEN	10
Meiko	Support	2					EDG	12	EDG	9
Xiaohu	Mid	2							RNG	5	RNG	17
YellOwStaR	Support	2	FNC	14	FNC	8
SwordArt	Support	2							FW	17	FW	7
Karsa	Jungle	2					FW	20			RNG	11
Crown	Mid	2					SSG	19	SSG	13
Zven	ADC	2					G2	16	G2	16
Scout	Mid	2							EDG	19	EDG	18

Players By World Championship Wins

No.	Win(s)	Player	Team
1	3	Bengi	(2013, 2015, 2016)
1	3	Faker	(2013, 2015, 2016)
3	2	Bang	(2015, 2016)
3	2	Duke	(2016) (2018)
3	2	Wolf	(2015, 2016)

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No.	Win(s)	Player	Team
6	1	Ambition	(2017)
6	1	Baolan	(2018)
6	1	BeBe	(2012)
6	1	Blank	(2016)
6	1	CoreJJ	(2017)
6	1	Crown	(2017)
6	1	Cuvee	(2017)
6	1	Cyanide	(2011)
6	1	DanDy	(2014)
6	1	Easyhoon	(2015)
6	1	Haru	(2017)
6	1	imp	(2014)
6	1	Impact	(2013)
6	1	JackeyLove	(2018)
6	1	LamiaZealot	(2011)
6	1	Lilballz	(2012)
6	1	Looper	(2014)
6	1	MaRin	(2015)
6	1	Mata	(2014)
6	1	Mellisan	(2011)
6	1	MiSTakE	(2012)
6	1	Ning	(2018)
6	1	PawN	(2014)
6	1	Piglet	(2013)
6	1	PoohManDu	(2013)
6	1	Rookie	(2018)
6	1	Ruler	(2017)
6	1	Shushei	(2011)
6	1	Stanley	(2012)
6	1	TheShy	(2018)
6	1	Toyz	(2012)
6	1	xPeke	(2011)

Nations By Appearances

Subs only included if they played at least 1 game. As always, we use country of birth of the player.

Nation	Number of Players	2011 (S1)	2012 (S2)	2013 (S3)	2014 (S4)	2015 (S5)	2016 (S6)	2017 (S7)	2018 (S8)	List of players
South Korea	167	-	10	15	18	28	29	33	34	Acorn (2), Ambition (3), Arrow, Athena, BaeMe, Bang (3), BDD, Ben, bengi (3), Blank (2), Cain (2), Candy, CloudTemplar, CoreJJ (3), Crash, Crown (3), CuVee (3), Cuzz, dade (2), Dara, DanDy (2), Deft (4), Duke (2), Easyhoon, Expect (2), Expession, Faker (4), Flame (2), Frozen, GBM, Ggoong, GorillA (4), Haru (2), Heart, Hojin, Huni (2), IgNar, imp (3), Impact (4), inSec, KaKAO, Khan, Kiin, Kramer (2), Kuro (3), Looper (3), Lustboy (2), MadLife, MaKNooN, MaRin, Mata (4), Moojin, Mowgli, Mystic, Nagne (2), Olleh (2), PawN (3), Peanut (2), Piccaboo, Piglet, PoohManDu, PraY (5), RapidStar, Rascal, Ray, Reignover, Riris, Road, Rookie (2), Ruler (3), Ryu (3), Save, Score (2), Scout (3), Shy, SnowFlower, Smeb (3), Spirit (2), SSONG, Ssumday (2), Steal, Stitch, TheShy, Trick (2), TusiN, Tussle, Ucal, viviD, Wadid, Watch (3), Wolf (3), Woong, Wraith, Zefa, Zero (2)
China	84	1	11	8	19	10	9	14	12	957, Baolan, bigpomelo, Biofrost (2), Caomei, Chaox (2), ClearLove (6), Cody Sun, Cloud, Cola, Condi, Cool (2), Corn, DaDa7, FZZF (2), GoDlike (2), GODV, Gogoing (2), Haro, iBoy (2), illuSioN, JackeyLove, jinjiao, Kid (2), kitties, Koro1 (3), Letme (2), LoveLin (2), Lucky, Meiko (4), Ming (2), Misaya, Mlxg (3), Mor, mouse (2), NaMei, Ning, NoName, PDD, Pyl, san (2), TBQ, Time, U, Uzi (5), Vasilii, Weixiao, Xiaohu (3), XiaoWeiXiao, XiaoXiao, Xiye, Zz1tai (2)
Taiwan	65	-	4	5	10	10	10	12	14	Achie, AN (3), baybay, bebe (2), Benny, Betty (2), Breeze, GarnetDevil, Gemini, GreenTea, Hanabi, Jay, K, Karsa (4), Koala, Kongyue, Liang, Lilballz, Maple (5), M1ssion, MiSTakE, MMD (2), Morning, Mountain (3), Albis (3), Naz, NL (3), PK, Prydz, Stanley, Steak (2), SwordArt (5), Uniboy, westdoor (4), Winds (2), Ziv (3)
United States	63	10	10	11	6	8	6	5	7	aphromoo (3), Balls (3), Blaber, Chauster (2), Contractz, Dan Dinh, Doublelift (6), Dyrus (5), Hai (3), Hauntzer (2), imaqtpie, IWillDominate, LemonNation (3), mancloud, Meteos (3), Patoy, Pobelter (4), Reginald (3), Rikara, Saintvicious, Salce, Scarra, Sneaky (6), Stixxay, Sycho Sid, TheRainMan, Voyboy, Westrice, Xpecial (3), Zuna, Zeyzal
Denmark	32	-	2	1	5	4	8	7	5	Bjergsen (4), Broxah (2), Caps (2), Froggen (2), Jensen (4), Jesiz (2), Kobbe, Santorin, Sencux, Svenskeren (4), Trashy, Wickd (2), Wunder (1), Zorozero, Zven (3)
Brazil	25	-	-	-	5	4	5	6	5	4LaN, Absolut, brTT, Brucer, Danagorn, dans, dyNquedo, Jockster, Kami, LEP, Marf, micaO, Minerva, Mylon, Ranger, RedBert, Revolta, Riyev, SirT, Titan, TinOwns, tockers, VVvert, Yang, Zantins
Vietnam	23	-	5	-	-	-	-	12	6	Archie (2), BigKoro (2), Junie, Levi, Meliodas, Naul (2), Nevan, NhocTy, NIXWATER, Noway, Optimus, Palette (2), QTV, Ren, Sya, Venus, Violet, XuHao, Zeros
Germany	19	8	3	1	5	1	-	1	-	Amazing (2), Candypanda (2), dexter1, Gilius, Kev1n (2), LamiaZealot, Mellisan, MoMa, nRated, Nyph (3), PowerOfEvil, Reyk, yellowpete, Zylor
Canada	18	4	3	2	1	2	2	1	3	Anda, Bigfatlp (2), Elementz, Empt2y, HotshotGG (2), Licorice, Smoothie (2), TheOddOne (3), WildTurtle (3), ZionSpartan (2)
France	18	4	1	2	2	5	1	2	2	Cabochard, Dioud, Hans Sama， Huhi, Linak, kujaa, loulex, sOAZ (6), YellOwStaR (5)
Philippines	15	5	-	6	-	1	1	1	1	dabe, Exo, gibo, iddo, Kaigu, Snoy, Tgee, vy, wormy, Xmithie (5), Yume
Russia	14	-	4	4	-	-	2	1	3	Alex Ich (2), Darien (2), Diamondprox (4), Genja (2), Likkrit, Lodik, Niksar, Smurf
Spain	10	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	-	Araneae, mithy (4), ocelote, xPeke (4)
Turkey	10	-	-	-	4	-	-	3	3	Crystal Meth, fabFabulous (2), HolyPhoenix, Japone, Naru, Padden, Stomaged, Thaldrin, Zeitnot
Hong Kong	9	-	1	2	-	1	2	3	-	AmazingJ (2), Avoidless, Godkwai, Kaiwing, Tabe, Toyz, Unified, Wh1t3zZ
Thailand	9	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	4	007x, G4 (2), Lloyd (2), Moss, Rich, Rockky, WarL0cK
Australia	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	BioPanther, Destiny, k1ng (2), Phantiks, Triple, UDYSOF
Singapore	7	5	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	Axion, Chawy (2), d4rkness, iNtrigueD, Radeon6870, Vech
Ukraine	7	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	2	aMiracle, Kira (3), PvPStejos (3)
Chile	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	Plugo (2), Slow (2), Tierwulf (2)
Japan	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	3	Ceros, Evi (2), Ramune, Yutapon, YutoriMoyasi
Poland	6	1	-	-	-	-	2	-	3	Jactroll, Jankos (2), Kikis, Shushei, Vander
Sweden	6	-	-	-	1	2	-	1	2	Hjarnan (2), Rekkles (4)
Argentina	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	2	Fix (2), Genthix, Nate, WhiteLotus
Lithuania	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	Alunir, DeadlyBrother, Inspirro, Mazzerin, Nbs
United Kingdom	5	-	1	-	1	1	-	2	-	Alphari, fredy122, KaSing, Maxlore, Snoopeh
Netherlands	4	-	-	1	2	1	-	-	-	Febiven, Shook, Tabzz (2)
Peru	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	3	Arce, Oddie, Renyu, SolidSnake
Armenia	3	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	Edward (3)
Belgium	3	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	Bwipo, Krepo, wewillfailer
Croatia	3	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	Perkz (3)
Finland	3	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	Cyanide (3)
Bulgaria	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	1	Bloodwater, Hylissang
Estonia	2	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	Puszu, Voidle
Malaysia	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	Shernfire (2)
Mexico	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	Jirall, Seiya
New Zealand	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	Chippys, Cupcake
Norway	2	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	Nukeduck, Touch
Romania	2	-	-	-	-	1	1	-	-	Odoamne (2)
Venezuela	2	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	Crumbzz, Relic
Colombia	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Cotopaco
Greece	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	FORG1VEN
Italy	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Jiizuke
Latvia	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	Blasting
Portugal	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	Attila
Slovenia	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	Mikyx
Uruguay	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	MANTARRAYA
Total	684	41	60	70	82	85	86	129	131