Faker

South Korean League of Legends player (born 1996)

  • Audience2.1M
  • Fame81.6
  • Momentum9.5
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2.1M youtube followers
  • Audience2.1M
  • Fame81.6
  • Momentum9.5
  • South Korea rank#5
  • Gamers rank#1
  • Wikipedia154.1K
Born 1996 · age 30South Korea
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  • Biggest on YouTube
    2.1M
    @@t1_faker
  • Wikipedia
    24 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in South Korea
    #5
    Gamers
  • Age
    30
    Born 1996
  • Known for
    Total Reality
    1997
Summary
Updated 2026-08-14

He's been called the Michael Jordan of esports, and the numbers almost make it literal: six World Championship titles, ten domestic crowns, a decade of dominance in League of Legends that turned a teenage solo queue prodigy into the face of competitive gaming itself.

Biography

About

Lee Sang-hyeok grew up in Seoul's Gangseo District, crushing solo queue matches until SKT signed him at 17 in 2013. He won a world title in his debut year. What followed was a four-year reign—five more domestic championships, back-to-back Worlds in 2015 and 2016, two MSI trophies—that made T1 the first team to win multiple world titles and the first to repeat. From 2018 to 2022 he added four LCK titles but went dry internationally, the gap long enough that people started whispering about decline. Then he won Worlds in 2023, 2024, and 2025, the first three-peat in the game's history, anchoring…

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Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Stable
81.6
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum9.5
Historical28.0
Now attention9.1
Source confidence90.0
Completeness90.0
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