The breakthrough yearThe year he turned 17, he debuted in the LCK as the mid laner for SK Telecom T1 2. In his first match he beat CJ Entus Blaze, the inaugural champion, 2-0 and began to draw praise. In August of that year he won his first domestic title at Champions Summer, and his October win at the Season 3 World Championship made his name known to fans in Korea and abroad.
In 2015, the year he turned 19, he won both LCK Spring and Summer and a second World Championship. In 2016, he won LCK Spring and then a third World Championship title with the tournament MVP award.
In 2017, he won MSI but lost the World Championship final 0-3 to Samsung Galaxy. In 2018, he played for the national team at the Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games demonstration event and won a silver medal.
In 2019, he again won both LCK Spring and Summer. In 2020, he renewed with T1 for three years and received a share of the team as a part owner, and he won the LCK Spring final, which was played without spectators.
In 2022, he won LCK Spring with an unbeaten regular season but lost the World Championship final 2-3 to DRX. In 2023, he received an Asian Games gold medal in Hangzhou and won a fourth World Championship at the Gocheok Sky Dome.
In 2024, he became the first inductee into the Hall of Legends and won a fifth World Championship. In 2025, he played his 1,000th LCK game and renewed through 2029. In November, his team won a third straight tournament, giving him a sixth title.
In 2026, the year he turned 30, he became the first esports player to receive the first-class sports medal. His team did not win MSI or the LCK playoffs that year, and he was named to the Asian Games national team.
Faker (born May 7, 1996) debuted in the LCK on Apr 6, 2013, the year he turned 17, with SK Telecom T1 2, and became known when he won the Season 3 World Championship on Oct 5, 2013. In 2025, the year he turned 29, he won his sixth World Championship.
Ages are by calendar year (the year minus the birth year), birthdays aside.