With Worlds 2025 fast approaching and no clear favorite in sight, it’s the perfect time to look back at the players who defined previous tournaments. From Mata’s iconic leadership to Faker’s record-breaking brilliance, here’s every MVP ever awarded at Worlds, year by year.
The first three editions of Worlds had no official MVP, and since 2017 the title has only been handed out for the grand final — the Finals MVP, but for this list we’ll count it as it replaced the regular MVP award.
Worlds MVP year by year
- 2011: No MVP award given
- 2012: No MVP award given
- 2013: No MVP award given
- 2014: Cho “Mata” Se-hyeong (Samsung White)
- 2015: Jang “MaRin” Gyeong-hwan (SK Telecom T1)
- 2016: Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (SK Telecom T1)
- 2017: Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk (Samsung Galaxy)
- 2018: Gao “Ning” Zhenning (Invictus Gaming)
- 2019: Gao “Tian” Tian-Liang (FunPlus Phoenix)
- 2020: Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu (DAMWON Gaming)
- 2021: Lee “Scout” Ye-chan (EDward Gaming)
- 2022: Hwang “Kingen” Seong-hoon (DRX)
- 2023: Choi “Zeus” Woo-je (T1)
- 2024: Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok (T1)
Worlds MVPs by role
MVP amount sorted by role we have a three way tie for 1st place:
- Top laner: 3 MVPs (MaRin, Kingen, and Zeus).
- Jungler: 3 MVPs (Ning, Tian, and Canyon).
- Mid laner: 3 MVPs (Faker x2 and Scout).
- Bot laner: 1 MVP (Ruler).
- Support: 1 MVP (Mata).
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