Riot's Hall of Legends: Faker, Uzi, Caps and How a Pro Gets In

Most sports halls of fame hand out a plaque. League of Legends gives its legends their own in-game skins, a trophy and a share of the money those skins make. Since 2024, Riot Games has used its Hall of Legends to honour one great player a year, and the three names so far tell a story about the game's history: one from Korea, one from China and one from Europe.

The latest inductee, Denmark's Rasmus "Caps" Winther, was announced on August 16, 2026, becoming the first Western player in the Hall. Here is how the Hall works and why each inductee was chosen.

How a player gets in

The process has two stages. First, key Riot staff in each region nominate around 20 players, all of whom must have played at least five cumulative years in Tier 1 competition. Then an independent panel of 50 esports industry veterans from every region votes.

The criteria include international appearances, international and regional titles, role-specific statistics and a player's overall contribution to the sport. Each year, one player is inducted.

What inductees get is unusual. They receive an official Hall of Legends trophy at a ceremony, and Riot builds an in-game event around their career, with an event pass and themed cosmetics. A portion of the proceeds from those passes and bundles is shared with the inductee and the teams they played for.

2024: Faker, the obvious first

On May 22, 2024, Riot named Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok the Hall's inaugural inductee. A private ceremony followed on June 6 at The Shilla Seoul. No other choice was really possible: at the time Faker had four World Championships, and he has since added two more to reach six (2013, 2015, 2016, 2023, 2024, 2025), along with two MSI titles, an Esports World Cup and two Asian Games golds.

Induction did not slow him down: he won Worlds in each of the two years that followed.

2025: Uzi, China's people's champion

The second inductee, in 2025, was Jian "Uzi" Zihao, the Chinese ADC known as "Mad Dog". His Hall skins are Risen and Immortalized Legend Kai'Sa and Risen Legend Vayne.

Uzi's case rests on influence as much as titles. He reached the Worlds final in 2013 and 2014 with Royal Club and lost both, but won MSI 2018 with Royal Never Give Up and, the same summer, a gold medal in League of Legends at the 2018 Asian Games demonstration event, where China beat a Korean team that included Faker. He was also the first esports athlete to sign with Nike.

2026: Caps, the first from the West

On August 16, 2026, LoL Esports announced Caps as the third inductee and the first Western pro. His trophy ceremony was held in Berlin, home of the LEC, on August 18, and his in-game event started on September 10, with Risen and Immortalized Legend Tristana cosmetics.

Riot calls Caps the "most decorated player in European League of Legends history". He has been the LEC's leading figure since 2019 with G2 Esports, won MSI 2019, and reached the Worlds final twice: with Fnatic in 2018 and with G2 in 2019. Those two finals are the closest Europe has come to a second world title since Fnatic won the first Worlds in 2011.

Who could be next, and why it matters

Riot does not publish a shortlist, so any prediction is speculation. What the criteria make clear is the profile: at least five years at the top level, international titles, and a lasting effect on how the game is played or followed. Several long-serving world champions fit that description, and the five-year rule means today's stars will become eligible as their careers lengthen.

The Hall of Legends is more than a museum. By tying induction to in-game items and revenue sharing, Riot has turned honouring the past into a way of funding players and teams today, much as the Global Revenue Pool shares digital sales with all top-tier clubs. It also gives each region a hero: Korea's Faker, China's Uzi and Europe's Caps. For the full story of the first inductee, read our Faker profile, and for how digital sales now pay LCK teams, our LCK franchising explainer.