How a lot cash has Lee Min Hyeong made in his esports profession?

There are lots of outstanding names within the League of Legends esports scene, and Lee Min Hyeon, higher generally known as Gumayusi, is likely one of the largest. He’s additionally the one elevating probably the most eyebrows and drawing probably the most eyes with latest information in T1.

Regardless of his title being on the lips of just about everybody after League of Legends Worlds 2025, Gumayusi isn’t one of many highest-paid figures in LoL, not to mention all of esports. We’re going to be taking a better take a look at one of many largest stars in League of Legends, his wage, event earnings, and the place else he earns his cash. 

Gumayusi is a former member of the T1 aspect that received League of Legends Worlds 2025, being the MVP for the finals of the grand occasion. He’s a three-time world champion, regardless of solely being 23 years previous as of writing, and is taken into account among the best ADC gamers in LoL.

Following the 2025 version of LoL Worlds, Gumayusi left T1, changed by newcomer Peyz, breaking apart the legendary OFGK quartet, seeking a brand new problem, and is at the moment a free agent. He ends his seven years at T1 as an ideal of the staff, with substantial prize cash to his title.

Gumayusi’s web value will not be publicly disclosed, with our estimation being primarily based on his whole event earnings throughout 33 tournaments and 355 matches.

In accordance with esports earnings, Gumayusi has earned a mighty $601,721 from his event winnings, a formidable quantity contemplating his age.

Whereas a big chunk of Gumaysui’s earnings comes from his event winnings, he has many income streams on high of that, very similar to different skilled League of Legends gamers. Though it’s unattainable to get a precise whole for Gumaysui’s revenue, there are various areas that have to be thought of which have contributed since 2018.

As of writing, Gumayusi has simply left T1 initially of the LCK offseason, though his wage from T1 would have had a substantial contribution to his earnings. Whereas he doesn’t partially personal the staff, like Faker, who advantages from the general T1 web value, Gumayusi would have additionally benefited from T1’s sponsorships. These embody Redbull, Spotify, and Mercedes-Benz.

It’s assumed that when Gumayusi joins a brand new staff, that staff’s sponsorships will likely be built-in into his private ones.

Regardless of having a Twitch channel, Gumayusi hasn’t been lively in 4 years. As an alternative, he streams on SOOP, a Korean streaming platform, and uploads pretty often on his YouTube channel, which has over 300,000 subscribers. 

He additionally has over 900,000 followers on Instagram, whereas his canine, Doongi, has amassed over 100,000 followers on their Instagram account.

Whereas the quantity paid out from his streaming channels and social media accounts isn’t disclosed, he’s probably paid 1000’s of {dollars} a month.

Gumayusi was born in Korea on February 6, 2002, and has had many names over time, from Finale to Catan. He finally settled on Gumayusi, a reputation he made when he performed MapleStory, which was big with younger Korean avid gamers.

Plainly esports was in Gumayusi’s blood, since his older brother is likely one of the best Starcraft 2 gamers of all time, INnoVation. He’s additionally a distant relative of former teammate and T1 star, Faker, though Gumayusi nonetheless needed to earn his approach onto this legendary staff.

He got here to prominence as a member of the Seoul newbie staff that received the 2018 KeG Championship, and later upset Hanwha Life Esports within the KeSPA Cup. After the KeSPA Cup had ended, Gumayusi joined T1 as a trainee that very same 12 months, then solely an adolescent.

Gumayusi made his skilled debut within the 2020 Regional Finals, though his profession might have ended earlier than it acquired began, when he was in ninth grade. He was given an ultimatum by his father, who acknowledged that, if he needed to go professional, he needed to attain Challenger rank in a month, or give up LoL without end. Fortunately, he handed his father’s take a look at, and the remaining is historical past.

Gumayusi was a part of the T1 aspect that achieved the three-peat at LoL Worlds, being the primary ever staff to take action. From a private perspective, he grew to become the finals MVP, one thing he acknowledged he was stunned by however glad to have, since his high, mid, and jungle had all had the award beforehand, which he talked about in a post-Worlds stream.

Whereas this was the top of his profession, Gumayusi has had a declare as one of the best ADC on this planet in years prior. His particular person awards embody:

As a part of a staff (both T1, the South Korea nationwide staff, or KeG Seoul), he received the next trophies:

Regardless of being among the best LoL gamers in his function, and one of the best within the LCK twice over, Gumaysui stays out of the highest 20, being the twenty first highest earner by way of prize cash. He’s under former teammates Oner, who’s quantity 20, Keria, at quantity 16, and, after all, Faker, at number one.

At simply over $600,000, he doesn’t fairly have the large earnings of high gamers from different esports, like Fortnite star Bugha, who’s sitting on $3.78 million. Whereas League of Legends is a large esport, the character of getting groups and big infrastructure behind these groups, implies that when prize cash is cut up, LoL gamers solely get a portion of the prize.

Nonetheless, with a lot of Gumayusi’s earnings being stored non-public, together with his sponsorships, cash constituted of streaming, and so forth, it’s unattainable to match him to others outdoors the realm of League of Legends. He is likely one of the massive names in esports proper now, and whereas he can’t profit from T1 esports web value, like Faker, his new staff will probably ship massive baggage of money his solution to entice him.

At solely 23, and venturing out for brand new challenges, it appears that evidently Gumayusi’s rise will solely proceed. Whereas he has amassed a superb treasure trove of prize cash earnings, and Gumayusi’s web value is unattainable to calculate with out extra public info, it’s affordable to assume that that is solely the beginning of what the 2025 Worlds remaining MVP will obtain.

New groups will likely be chomping on the bit to signal Gumayusi after his T1 departure, and whereas we don’t know his wage numbers together with his former staff, his new one will probably go greater. The world is at Gumayusi’s ft, and it will likely be an thrilling watch to see the place he goes subsequent.