Gumayusi net worth: How much money has Lee Min Hyeong made in his esports career?

There are many prominent names in the League of Legends esports scene, and Lee Min Hyeon, better known as Gumayusi, is one of the biggest. He’s also the one raising the most eyebrows and drawing the most eyes with recent news in T1.

Despite his name being on the lips of almost everyone after League of Legends Worlds 2025, Gumayusi isn’t one of the highest-paid figures in LoL, let alone all of esports. We’re going to be taking a closer look at one of the biggest stars in League of Legends, his salary, tournament earnings, and where else he earns his money. 

Gumayusi is a former member of the T1 side that won League of Legends Worlds 2025, being the MVP for the finals of the grand event. He is a three-time world champion, despite only being 23 years old as of writing, and is considered one of the best ADC players in LoL.

Following the 2025 edition of LoL Worlds, Gumayusi left T1, replaced by newcomer Peyz, breaking up the legendary OFGK quartet, in search of a new challenge, and is currently a free agent. He ends his seven years at T1 as a great of the team, with substantial prize money to his name.

Gumayusi’s net worth is not publicly disclosed, with our estimation being based on his total tournament earnings across 33 tournaments and 355 matches.

According to esports earnings, Gumayusi has earned a mighty $601,721 from his tournament winnings, an impressive amount considering his age.

While a large chunk of Gumaysui’s earnings comes from his tournament winnings, he has many revenue streams on top of that, much like other professional League of Legends players. Although it’s impossible to get an exact total for Gumaysui’s income, there are many areas that need to be considered that have contributed since 2018.

As of writing, Gumayusi has just left T1 at the start of the LCK offseason, although his salary from T1 would have had a considerable contribution to his earnings. While he doesn’t partially own the team, like Faker, who benefits from the overall T1 net worth, Gumayusi would have also benefited from T1’s sponsorships. These include Redbull, Spotify, and Mercedes-Benz.

It is assumed that when Gumayusi joins a new team, that team’s sponsorships will be integrated into his personal ones.

Despite having a Twitch channel, Gumayusi hasn’t been active in four years. Instead, he streams on SOOP, a Korean streaming platform, and uploads fairly regularly on his YouTube channel, which has over 300,000 subscribers. 

He also has over 900,000 followers on Instagram, while his dog, Doongi, has amassed over 100,000 followers on their Instagram account.

While the amount paid out from his streaming channels and social media accounts isn’t disclosed, he is likely paid thousands of dollars a month.

Gumayusi was born in Korea on February 6, 2002, and has had many names over the years, from Finale to Catan. He eventually settled on Gumayusi, a name he made when he played MapleStory, which was huge with young Korean gamers.

It seems that esports was in Gumayusi’s blood, since his older brother is one of the greatest Starcraft 2 players of all time, INnoVation. He is also a distant relative of former teammate and T1 star, Faker, although Gumayusi still had to earn his way onto this legendary team.

He came to prominence as a member of the Seoul amateur team that won the 2018 KeG Championship, and later upset Hanwha Life Esports in the KeSPA Cup. After the KeSPA Cup had ended, Gumayusi joined T1 as a trainee that same year, then only a teenager.

Gumayusi made his professional debut in the 2020 Regional Finals, although his career could have ended before it got started, when he was in ninth grade. He was given an ultimatum by his father, who stated that, if he wanted to go pro, he had to reach Challenger rank in a month, or quit LoL forever. Thankfully, he passed his father’s test, and the rest is history.

Gumayusi was part of the T1 side that achieved the three-peat at LoL Worlds, being the first ever team to do so. From a personal perspective, he became the finals MVP, something he stated he was surprised by but glad to have, since his top, mid, and jungle had all had the award previously, which he talked about in a post-Worlds stream.

While this was the pinnacle of his career, Gumayusi has had a claim as the best ADC in the world in years prior. His individual awards include:

As part of a team (either T1, the South Korea national team, or KeG Seoul), he won the following trophies:

Despite being one of the best LoL players in his role, and the best in the LCK twice over, Gumaysui remains out of the top 20, being the 21st highest earner in terms of prize money. He is below former teammates Oner, who is number 20, Keria, at number 16, and, of course, Faker, at number 1.

At just over $600,000, he doesn’t quite have the massive earnings of top players from other esports, like Fortnite star Bugha, who is sitting on $3.78 million. While League of Legends is a massive esport, the nature of having teams and massive infrastructure behind those teams, means that when prize money is split, LoL players only get a portion of the prize.

Still, with much of Gumayusi’s earnings being kept private, including his sponsorships, money made from streaming, and so on, it is impossible to compare him to others outside the realm of League of Legends. He is one of the big names in esports right now, and while he can’t benefit from T1 esports net worth, like Faker, his new team will likely send big bags of cash his way to entice him.

At only 23, and venturing out for new challenges, it seems that Gumayusi’s rise will only continue. While he has amassed a fine treasure trove of prize money earnings, and Gumayusi’s net worth is impossible to calculate without more public information, it’s reasonable to think that this is only the start of what the 2025 Worlds final MVP will achieve.

New teams will be chomping at the bit to sign Gumayusi after his T1 departure, and while we don’t know his salary numbers with his former team, his new one will likely go bigger. The world is at Gumayusi’s feet, and it will be an exciting watch to see where he goes next.