League of Legends players with the most Worlds appearances

Sofia Guimarães

Sofia Guimarães

Here’s the list of players with the most Worlds appearances.

One of the most anticipated competitions of League of Legends is almost starting. After 13 years of Worlds, countless players have made their mark in competitive League of Legends. How many do you know? Let's find out!

Faker at Worlds 2023 (Image via Riot Games)
Faker at Worlds 2023 (Image via Riot Games)

10. Tian "Meiko" Ye

The support of Top Esports since December 2023 will now make his seventh appearance at Worlds. All of his previous appearance at the event were with the Chinese team EDward Gaming where he played for almost 10 years.

Meiko has seven appearances at Worlds (Image via Riot Games)
Meiko has seven appearances at Worlds (Image via Riot Games)

Also in tenth place with seven appearances is Carl Martin Erik "Rekkles" Larsson, the substitute support for T1. The Swedish support debuted in 2012 as a bot-laner, but changed to support in 2023 while playing for Fnatic. Later that year, he joined the T1 Esports Academy and is now part of the lineup for Worlds 2024.

Rekkles is making his seventh appearance at Worlds (Image via Riot Games)
Rekkles is making his seventh appearance at Worlds (Image via Riot Games)

Lee "Scout" Ye-chan, the mid-laner from LNG Esports, would be another player making his seventh appearance, but due to his travel restrictions, he will be unable to represent LNG Esports.

9. Rasmus "Caps" Borregaard Winther

Caps made his debut in 2015 and has been playing for European teams since then (except for 2016 when he played for three months for the Turkish team Dark Passage). Playing for G2 Esports since 2018, the Danish mid-laner now has seven appearances at Worlds.

Caps has seven appearances at Worlds now (Image via Riot Games)
Caps has seven appearances at Worlds now (Image via Riot Games)

8. Li "Xiaohu" Yuan-Hao

Mid-laner Xiaohu will make another appearance at Worlds with the qualification of Weibo Gaming, totaling eight participations. Previously known as "AngelBeats," the mid-laner debuted in 2014 and has been playing for Weibo Gaming since 2022.

Xiaohu has eight appearances at Worlds (Image via Riot Games)
Xiaohu has eight appearances at Worlds (Image via Riot Games)

7. Huang "Maple" Yi-Tang

Mid-laner Maple started his career in 2013. He has been through various leagues such as the League of Legends Master Series (LMS),  League of Legends Pro League (LPL), and  League Championship Series (LCS), but is currently playing for PSG Talon. Maple is now a player with eight appearances at Worlds.

Maple has eight appearances at Worlds (Image via Riot Games)
Maple has eight appearances at Worlds (Image via Riot Games)

6. Jeong "Impact" Eon-young

The top-laner of Team Liquid has another appearance at Worlds by qualifying from this year's event. Impact made his debut in 2012 in Korea, but has been playing in North America since 2015. He now has eight appearances in LoL Worlds.

Impact has eight appearances at Worlds (Image via Riot Game)
Impact has eight appearances at Worlds (Image via Riot Game)

5. Jo "CoreJJ" Yong-in

Alongside his teammate Impact, CoreJJ joins the players with eight appearances in the event by qualifying for Worlds 2024. The support won the Worlds 2017 with Samsung Galaxy, one year after his debut. He's been playing for Team Liquid since 2019.

CoreJJ is the support from Team Liquid (Image via Riot Games)
CoreJJ is the support from Team Liquid (Image via Riot Games)

4. Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen

The Danish mid-laner Jensen, previously known as Incarnati0n, has eight appearances at Worlds. Besides starting his career in European teams, he's been in North America since 2015 where he signed for Cloud9. He is now a player for Dignitas and has not qualified for Worlds 2024.

Jensen is playing for Dignitas (Image via Riot Games)
Jensen is playing for Dignitas (Image via Riot Games)

3. Yiliang "Peter" "Doublelift" Peng

Doublelift is a legend of League of Legends in North America. Making his debut in 2011, the bot-laner retired twice from the competitive scenario — in 2020 and 2023 — to be a full-time streamer. He ended his career with eight appearances in LoL Worlds.

Doublelift is now a streamer (Image via Riot Games)
Doublelift is now a streamer (Image via Riot Games)

2. Kim "Deft" Hyuk-kyu

After 11 years of competing, Deft didn't qualify for Worlds 2024 with his KT Rolster. He won the Worlds 2022 with DRX, going to Dplus KIA in the next year and changing to KT Rolster for season 2024. He has eight appearances at Worlds.

Deft won Worlds 2022 with DRX (Image via Riot Games)
Deft won Worlds 2022 with DRX (Image via Riot Games)

1. Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok

Debuting in 2013, Faker is the player with the most appearances at Worlds, adding one more with the T1's qualification for Worlds 2024. The mid-laner of T1 now has nine appearances in total.

Faker is the player with the most appearances at Worlds (Image via Riot Games)
Faker is the player with the most appearances at Worlds (Image via Riot Games)

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