Faker’s net worth in 2025

Faker’s net worth in 2025 is $10 million. This is according to Celebrity Net Worth.

Born on May 7, 1996, in Seoul, South Korea, Faker dropped out of high school to pursue his gaming career. Faker’s decision to focus on his passion for esports will lead to one of the most storied careers in esports history, one that he continues to write today.

Choosing his career over education proved to be fruitful for him, as he became one of the highest-earning esports athletes in the world. Still, he wishes to continue his education after retiring from esports, according to a 2015 interview with ESPN.

Faker’s tournament earnings: $1.4 million (estimate)

Over his seven-year career so far as a professional gamer, Esports Earnings estimates a total of $1,257,615.87 in tournament winnings for Faker. Most of his winnings come from his cut from their three Worlds championships. He took home approximately $800,000 from the $4,000,000 his team won from 2013-2016.

Across T1’s four Worlds championships, analysts and fans recognized Faker to be the driving force for their team’s success. Only he and his teammate Bae “Bengi” Seong-woong won the championship three times with T1, up until Faker won his fourth championship in 2023.

This makes the two of them the only players to ever have won the championship thrice. However, unlike his teammate who still plays competitively under T1, Bengi has since retired from professional play.

Faker’s career earnings make him the highest-earning Korean esports athlete as well as the highest-earning LoL athlete in history. Compared to other game titles, however, Faker is only ranked 67th. He trails behind his peers in Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and Fortnite.

The rise and fall of the T1 Dynasty

Faker’s arrival in the scene ushered a new era in LoL history. Within just the first year of his debut match, Faker already helped his team win Worlds.

Faker has an impressive Worlds Grand Finals record. Of the four times he played under T1 in the Worlds Grand Finals, they managed to win three times. Their win-loss record in the Grand Finals was 9-3 between 2013-2016. During this time, T1’s dominance was undisputed, with many considering the team to be a dynasty in the LoL circuit. They were simply untouchable.

Samsung Galaxy later tarnished this record in the Worlds 2017 Grand Finals. Already showing a shaky performance in the matches leading up to the Grand Finals, T1 looked like a wounded beast, showing signs for the first time that T1 was no longer the invincible team that they once were.

Samsung Galaxy swept T1 that year, scoring 3-0 over the former champions, toppling the T1 Dynasty.

While the team’s unbeatable aura has since been dispelled, Faker was still feared the LoL Champions Korea (LCK), the Korean LoL circuit. Fans and analysts alike still regard him as one of the best players to ever play LoL, giving him the moniker “Unkillable Demon King.”

While Faker continued to thrive, his team has yet to recover. The team goes on to miss Worlds in the next season. They made a small comeback in 2019, finishing fourth in Worlds. However, the team has fallen the lowest in their whole career in 2020. This year, T1 failed to qualify to Worlds for the second time in three years. The T1 Dynasty has fallen.

Faker’s T1 contract: $3.3 million (estimate)

On top of his tournament earnings, Faker is rumored to get a large sum from his salary as well. In 2017, Naver Sports reported on a rumor that while many other teams offered Faker large sums, Faker chose to stay with T1 for a $2.5 million three-year deal, the longest contract allowed in the league’s rules.

In 2020, Faker again re-signed with T1, locking him with the team until 2022. This deal was eventually renewed for another 3 years until 2025, although figures on his salary have not been revealed, affecting our evaluation of Faker’s net worth in 2023.

The star player’s involvement with the team goes further than just being an athlete with the team. When he renewed his contract with T1, Faker also became part-owner of T1.

“I am honored to become a part owner of T1 and look forward to working with the leadership team beyond my playing career,” shared Faker in a press release.

This indicates that even after his future retirement (which, as of 2023, Faker says he has no plans on doing), Faker will still play a huge role in T1’s organization.

The Frugal King

Many are surprised that in spite of Faker’s deep pockets, the “Unkillable Demon King” actually leads a very frugal lifestyle. He once revealed on Korean talk show Radio Star that he only spends less than $200 a year.

While figures are not publicly available, Faker most likely earns more than $200 every time he goes live on the streaming platform Twitch, where he has more than 3.9 million followers.

His fans also noticed that Faker doesn’t have a very varied wardrobe. He often plays matches in a white t-shirt under his team uniform, leading to fans calling him “White T-shirt collector.” Fellow LCK player Kim “PraY” Jong-in revealed in 2017 to Game is Hard a hilarious rumor that Faker owns no other clothes than his team’s clothing and white t-shirts.

In an interview with Naver, Faker shared an explanation for this behavior, saying:

“I don’t care about my clothes, if clothes have patterns or colors, it’s confusing which one’s clothes are (in the gaming house). I just put on a white shirt spontaneously, but I recently realized all of the white shirts look like mine, so it is easy to find. That’s why I’m wearing a white T-shirt every day.”

Faker’s simple and down-to-earth personality enhances the respect that his peers and fans have for him. Inside and outside of the arena, many in the esports industry admire Faker. And thanks to his frugality, whatever he’s worth now may only just continue to grow in the coming years.

2021 Run

Sadly, Faker’s run in 2021 was cut short even if T1 performed so much better compared to last year. T1 failed to win an LCK title this year but still managed to reach Worlds. However, a Finals comeback wasn’t going to happen, as T1 was defeated by regional rival and defending champions DAMWON Gaming.

On the other hand, DAMWON Gaming is on its way to replicating T1’s previous success. If they end up beating EDward Gaming in the Worlds 2021 Finals, it will only be the second time a team would win the Worlds title two times in a row.

Worlds 2022 comeback

However, in 2022, the Demon King re-emerged and challenged every team in the LCK and in the World. SKT T1 became dominant again in the 2022 season, winning the Spring Split and going second in the Summer. Many thought that SKT.T1 will win another championship off the back of Faker.

However, it was not meant to be, and the team would lose to DRX in the 2022 World Championships in a heavily-contested 5-game series, taking home $333 thousand.

Winning Worlds for his teammates in 2023

The Demon King became the God King when he became the first and only League of Legends pro to win four Worlds Championships, leading his squad to gold. After cleanly sweeping Weibo Gaming 3:0 in the Grand Finals, Faker proved that his 2022 return was not a fluke and that he has really returned to reclaim his seat at the head of the table.

With a very convincing finish to a rock-solid 2023 campaign, T1 won over $600,000 in prize winnings, further adding to Faker’s net worth in 2025.

In 2024, Faker added to his legacy when Riot Games made him their inaugural entry into their Hall of Legends. He also became the first LCK player to 600 wins, 3,000 kills, 5,000 assists, 100 wins in World Championships, and 500 kills on Worlds stage. Faker also won his fifth Worlds title and second MVP in World Championship.

Nevertheless, did Faker’s net worth in 2025 surprise you?