Peyz Is Now the All-Time Pentakill King, and He’s Only 20

There’s a stat in League of Legends that takes most pros a full career to chase, and Kim “Peyz” Su-hwan has just rewritten it before turning 21. The T1 bot laner now holds the all-time pentakill record in professional League, sitting at 14 career pentakills after breaking his own mark against Kiwoom DRX. For context, a pentakill means wiping all five enemies yourself in a single play. Pulling it off once at the top level is rare enough to make a highlight reel. Peyz has done it fourteen times.

He broke the record on the first map of T1’s series against KRX. T1 then closed it out 2-1 to secure their place at Road to MSI. It was a fitting way to log the milestone, with individual brilliance feeding straight into a result that mattered.

Climbing past the legends

For most of the past year this was a three-way race. Peyz, Gen.G’s Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk, and JD Gaming’s Chen “GALA” Wei all traded the top spot, each hovering around 12. Peyz first nudged ahead in December 2025 with his 12th. GALA matched him in January. Then Peyz pulled clear with his 13th against Nongshim RedForce before extending the lead to 14. Ruler, GALA, and Turkish veteran Anıl “HolyPhoenix” Işık are now all stuck on 12, looking up.

What makes the gap so striking is how he got there. Peyz has logged at least two pentakills with every team he has played for: nine with Gen.G, two with JD Gaming, and now several under the T1 banner. That kind of consistency across three rosters is not luck.

The all-time pentakill leaderboard

Peyz now sits clear at the top of the all-time list. The chase pack is stacked with familiar names. That alone shows just how hard the record is to claim:

Rank	Player	Pentakills
1	Peyz (T1)	14
2	Ruler (Gen.G)	12
2	GALA (JD Gaming)	12
2	HolyPhoenix (Istanbul Wildcats)	12
5	Celebrity (retired, VCS)	11
6	Doublelift (retired)	10
6	Ice	10
6	Rekkles	10

The list is dominated by AD carries, which makes sense given the role’s job of cleaning up teamfights. The highest-placed non-ADC is Rasmus “Caps” Winther with seven. That’s a reminder of how rare it is for a mid laner to grab all five kills. Peyz also has range on the field. At 20, he has years ahead to keep extending the lead, while most of the names below him are veterans or already retired.

The champion behind the pentakills

Peyz hasn’t relied on one pocket pick to build his tally. His record-breaking 13th came on Ashe, his eighth different champion to land a pentakill. His 2024 MSI finals penta came on Kalista. That spread matters. It shows he creates these moments through positioning and teamfight reads rather than abusing a single broken champion.

Across all of League history, Kai’Sa is by far the most pentakill-friendly champion with over 200 to her name, ahead of Jinx and Zeri. Peyz’s Kai’Sa has produced its share. But the variety in his champion pool is what separates him from players who farmed pentas on one meta carry. GALA, by contrast, got more than half of his nine pentakills on Kai’Sa alone.

The T1 chapter

Peyz arrived at T1 for 2026 with serious pressure on his shoulders, stepping into the bot lane after Gumayusi’s departure. Taking over a starting role on the team that has won the last three World Championships is about as scrutinised as it gets in Korean esports. The pentakill record gives him an early signature moment in T1 colours.

After the Nongshim game, Faker was even asked whether T1 deliberately funnels pentakills toward Peyz. He brushed the idea off and pointed to Peyz’s positioning and consistency in teamfights instead. Coming from the most decorated player in the game, that’s a meaningful nod.

With the support meta about to shift in LoL Patch 26.11, bot lane dynamics could change again heading into the summer. T1’s win over Nongshim helped secure their spot at Road to MSI, where Peyz will get an international stage to extend his record. For a 20-year-old already rewriting the record books, that just means more chances to push a lead that’s looking harder to catch by the week.