One of the biggest spectacles in esports, the League of Legends World Championship finals are already accustomed to popularity and huge numbers in their broadcasts. But what many don’t know is that, in all the viewing records, T1 was involved in the final.
The South Korean team, which has already won the World Championship five times, has starred in the list of most-watched finals of the competition on several occasions. This is not an opinion or anything like that, but a fact. The probably biggest League of Legends team in the world is a success when it comes to viewership.
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Is T1 the biggest protagonist in League of Legends?
T1’s sense of protagonism is unquestionable. Faker’s team has accumulated record-breaking achievements and many trophies. In addition, the story of the greatest League of Legends player in the world and T1 is a narrative success. But apart from all that, the South Korean team’s audience hegemony can be proven with numbers, as in the 5 most-watched matches in the history of the League of Legends World Championship, T1 appears in all of them, check it out:
T1 and BLG (LoL World Championship Grand Final 2024): 6,941,610 viewers
T1 and WBG (LoL World Championship Grand Final 2023): 6,402,760 viewers
T1 and DRX (LoL World Championship Grand Final 2022): 5,147,701 viewers
T1 and Gen.G (LoL World Championship Semifinals 2024): 4,977,721 viewers
T1 and JDG (LoL World Championship Semifinals 2023): 4,308,901 viewers
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In addition to the completely consolidated ranking in League of Legends, T1 also broke impressive records in the esports in general. Of the five most-watched events in gaming history, four had the presence of T1:
Worlds 2024 – T1 vs. BLG (Grand Finals): 6,941,610 viewers
Worlds 2023 – T1 vs. Weibo (Grand Finals): 6,402,760 viewers
Free Fire World Series 2021 Singapore: 5,415,990 viewers
Worlds 2024 – T1 vs. Gen.G (Semifinals 2): 4,977,721 viewers
Worlds 2022 – T1 vs. DRX (Grand Finals): 5,147,701 viewers
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T1 is the only League of Legends team to win Worlds five times
With the title over BLG recently, Faker’s team reached another major milestone: the fact that it is the only League of Legends organization to have won Worlds on five different occasions. The team’s legendary mid laner was the MVP and also achieved the feat of reaching 500 kills at Worlds.
