100 Worlds Games and 1,022 Assists: At 24, T1 Support Keria Overtakes Faker for the All-Time League of Legends Record
The all-time record books of the League of Legends World Championship officially have a new leader in Texas. During T1's Round 3 Swiss Stage victory over CTBC Flying Oyster (CFO) at Worlds 2026, South Korean support Ryu "Keria" Min-seok pulled off a historic double milestone: at just 24 years old, he logged the 100th Worlds game of his career while pushing his tournament tally to 1,022 assists. Moving two assists clear of his own captain and mid-lane legend Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (1,020 assists), the T1 playmaker now stands alone atop the all-time Worlds assists leaderboard.
From Crossing 1,000 Assists Against LOS to a Back-and-Forth Chase With Faker
Since the Main Event kicked off at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, the race for the all-time assist crown has turned into a friendly tug-of-war inside the three-time defending world champion roster. Right from Round 1 of the Swiss Stage against Brazilian squad LOS, Keria joined ultra-exclusive company by becoming only the second player in League of Legends history to reach 1,000 career assists at Worlds, entering a club that Faker had occupied entirely on his own.
The gap between the two T1 stars narrowed to a razor's edge on Day 2. Heading into their 1-0 bracket showdown against Dplus KIA, Faker held the all-time lead with 1,008 Worlds assists, just a single assist ahead of Keria's 1,007. Despite T1's loss to Dplus KIA in the second round of the Swiss Stage, Keria recorded 5 assists compared to Faker's 4, leaving the two teammates locked in a dead heat atop the all-time Worlds standings at 1,012 assists apiece.
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100th Career Worlds Game and a Clutch Rakan Masterclass Against CTBC Flying Oyster (1,022 to 1,020)
The tiebreaker arrived in Round 3 against LCP champions CTBC Flying Oyster. Celebrating his 100th career appearance at the World Championship, Keria locked in his signature Rakan for a tense, high-tempo clash. Tested early by an aggressive bot-lane tower dive initiated by Taiwanese jungler Shad0w, T1 traded away Peyz's Jhin before Keria punished the overextension to pick up a crucial double kill under his turret. Pressured through the mid-game as Doggo's Kai'Sa built a gold lead exceeding 2,000 past the 20-minute mark, the Korean title holders leaned on their support's engage instincts to flip the map.
In the 24th minute, Keria found a lightning-fast initiation in the mid lane on Rakan, chained instantly with the ultimates from Doran's Ambessa and Faker's Galio. That decisive engage deleted Doggo's Kai'Sa before he could react, handing Baron Nashor to T1 and setting up a clinical close in 27 minutes and 27 seconds (14 kills to 6, and 56,708 gold to 50,539 for an advantage of roughly 6,200 gold). By the time the Nexus fell, the post-game scoreboard confirmed the changing of the guard:
- Ryu "Keria" Min-seok (Rakan): 2/0/10 (85.7% kill participation, zero deaths), advancing to 1,022 career Worlds assists (new all-time record).
- Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok (Galio): 2/1/8 (71.4% kill participation), bringing his career total to 1,020 Worlds assists (2nd all-time).
- Kim "Peyz" Su-hwan (Jhin): 3/1/8 (22,341 champion damage), backed by Oner on Vi (4/1/5) and Doran on Ambessa (3/3/6).
10.22 Assists Per Game and an Unprecedented LCK + Worlds Statistical Sweep in 2026
Beyond the raw total, the pace behind Keria's climb is staggering. While Faker built his statistical fortress across more than a decade of international play starting with his first title in 2013, his teammate born in October 2002 racked up 1,022 assists in exactly 100 Worlds games, translating to a remarkable average of 10.22 assists per map on the global stage. Since debuting at Worlds in 2020 with DRX (quarterfinalist) and joining T1 ahead of 2021 (semifinalist in 2021, finalist in 2022, and three-peat World Champion in 2023, 2024, and 2025), Keria has never missed the top four at Worlds in a T1 jersey.
Claiming the international record also completes a rare statistical double within a single calendar year. Earlier in the 2026 season, Keria had already overtaken Faker for the all-time LCK assists record, surpassing 6,191 domestic assists in just 1,009 games played,more than 600 fewer matches than Faker's 1,692 LCK appearances. Now sitting at 2-1 in the Swiss Stage, Keria and Faker will continue trading the all-time lead in real time during Round 4's Best-of-3 Fearless Draft qualification series against Movistar KOI, with a direct ticket to the quarterfinals on the line.
My Take
Watching Keria pass Faker on an all-time career leaderboard at just 24 years old is the ultimate testament to how thoroughly he has redefined the support role over the past six seasons. Yes, supports naturally rack up more assists than mid laners, but averaging 10.22 assists per map across 100 World Championship games is an absurd statistical outlier. Whether he is breaking open a tournament meta with ranged marksman supports like he did in 2023 or flipping a losing mid-game state against CTBC Flying Oyster with a single 24th-minute Rakan engage, Keria remains T1's primary creative engine. Best of all, every teamfight against Movistar KOI in Round 4 is now going to feature the support and his captain trading the world record back and forth live on stage.
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