All League of Legends Worlds winners over the years

The League of Legends World Championship, aka Worlds, is one of the most important events in the calendar year of esports, and the winner of each season can be found below.

The tournament has seen different formats throughout the years and started out as a smaller event with only a few teams in attendance. Now, Worlds is considered one of the crown jewel events of the esports calendar, drawing millions of viewers every year. It currently holds the record for most viewed esports event of all time, and 2024’s championship may just top it.

The tournament is arguably how Riot Games launched itself into the giant that it is today, thanks to the event selling out stadiums and drawing mainstream media attention wherever it is held.

Traditionally, the event has been dominated by South Korean teams and players, but China has risen in recent years with a few titles of its own. And, if Knight can beat Faker, he’ll be the first non-Korean mid laner to win the tournament in over a decade.

North America and other small regions have yet to earn a world title, while Europe claimed the first trophy, all the way back in 2011.

In addition to bragging rights and a hefty payout, the winners of the Worlds events also get the honor of being immortalized in-game with their own commemorative Worlds Skins.

League of Legends Worlds winners by year

Year	Team	Roster
2011	Fnatic	xPeke, Cyanide, Shushei, LamiaZealot, Mellisan
2012	Taipei Assassins	Stanley, lilballz, Toyz, Bebe, MiSTakE
2013	SK Telecom T1 K	Impact, Bengi, Faker, Piglet, PoohManDu
2014	Samsung White	Looper, Dandy, PawN, imp, Mata
2015	SK Telecom T1	MaRin, Bengi, Faker, Easyhoon, Bang, Wolf
2016	SK Telecom T1	Duke, Bengi, Blank, Faker, Bang, Wolf
2017	Samsung Galaxy	CuVee, Ambition, Haru, Crown, Ruler, CoreJJ
2018	Invictus Gaming	Duke, TheShy, Ning, Rookie, JakeyLove, Baolan
2019	FunPlus Phoenix	GimGoon, Tian, Doinb, Lwx, Crisp
2020	DAMWON	Nuguri, Canyon, ShowMaker, Ghost, BeryL
2021	Edward Gaming	Flandre, JieJie, Scout, Viper, Meiko
2022	DRX	Kingen, Pyosik, Zeka, Deft, BeryL
2023	T1	Zeus, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria
2024	T1	Zeus, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria

League of Legends Worlds winners by number of trophies

While the World Championship has been around for almost a decade, the number of players who are repeat winners is small and only includes an elite few, mostly from the same team. The only exception is Lee “Duke” Ho-seong, who won world titles with two different organizations.

Number of World titles	Players
5	Faker
3	Bengi
2	Bang, Wolf, Duke, BeryL, Gumayusi, Keria, Oner, Zeus
1	Impact, xPeke, Cyanide, Shushei, LamiaZealot, Mellisan, Stanley, lilballz, Toyz, Bebe, MiSTakE, Piglet, PoohManDu, Looper, Dandy, PawN, imp, Mata, MaRin, Easyhoon, CuVee, Ambition, Haru, Crown, Ruler, TheShy, Ning, Rookie, JakeyLove, Baolan, GimGoon, Tian, Doinb, Lwx, Crisp, Nuguri, Canyon, ShowMaker, Ghost, Flandre, JieJie, Scout, Viper, Meiko, Kingen, Pyosik, Zeka, Deft, CoreJJ

League of Legends Worlds winners by country

The tournament has largely been dominated by South Korea. Even the three Chinese teams that have won the trophy, Invictus Gaming, FunPlus Phoenix and EDward Gaming, all had Korean talent on their rosters. Worth noting is that, without 2011 winners Fnatic, only four countries would make this list.

Country	Players
South Korea	Impact, Bengi, Faker, Piglet, PoohManDu, Looper, Dandy, PawN, imp, Mata, MaRin, Easyhoon, Bang, Wolf, Duke, Blank, CuVee, Ambition, Haru, Crown, Ruler, TheShy, Rookie, GimGoon, Doinb, Nuguri, Canyon, ShowMaker, Ghost, BeryL, Scout, Viper, Kingen, Pyosik, Zeka, Deft, CoreJJ, Zeus, Gumayusi, Oner, Keria
China	Flandre, JieJie, Meiko, Tian, Lwx, Crisp, Ning, JakeyLove, Baolan
Taiwan	Stanley, lilballz, Bebe, MiSTakE
Hong Kong	Toyz
Germany	LamiaZealot, Mellisan
Poland	Shushei
Finland	Cyanide
Spain	xPeke

This article will continue to be updated as more League of Legends World Championship winners are crowned. You can find the full list of MSI winners here.