T1’s 20-year-old ADC Kim “Peyz” Su-hwan has done it again. During T1’s series against Nongshim Red Force in the LCK on May 13, he notched his 13th Pentakill in Tier 1 competitive League of Legends, a number no player in the game’s professional history has ever reached.
The Record, Explained
A Pentakill in competitive LoL means eliminating all five members of the opposing team by yourself. Getting one at the professional level is rare. Getting 13 of them, in the highest tier of competition, is a different category entirely.
The three-way race at the top of the Tier 1 Pentakill leaderboard now looks like this:
- Peyz (T1) – 13
- GALA (JD Gaming) – 12
- Ruler (Gen.G) – 12
This is not the first time Peyz has held the outright lead. In December 2025, he moved to 12 Pentakills and briefly took top spot. In January 2026, GALA matched him and the two sat level. Peyz has now pulled ahead again, this time by a margin that will not be easy to close quickly.
Why This Achievement Stands Out
Records are more meaningful when you consider who is setting them. Peyz is 20 years old. He debuted with Gen.G at 17 and immediately became the youngest botlaner to win an LCK title, a feat that earned him a spot in the group of players known as “Royal Roaders” — a term reserved for competitors who win a major title in their debut split.
The pentakill record is just one of several he holds. Peyz also has the most kills in a single LCK split, with 234 across a regular season. He holds the record for the most kills in a single match at an international LoL event, sitting at 28. That record was set during his time with Gen.G, the same organisation where he won MSI 2024 and earned four LCK All-Pro Team nominations before eventually being benched and moving to JD Gaming in the LPL for 2025.
At JDG, despite the team failing to qualify for any international events, Peyz was voted into the LPL All-Pro Team twice. He kept performing regardless of the team around him. T1 clearly noticed.
From Gen.G to JDG to T1
The career arc tells you a lot about what kind of player Peyz is. Gen.G debuted him as a 17-year-old and he immediately became one of the best ADCs in the LCK. After the team moved on from him following their Worlds 2024 semi-final exit, he headed to China rather than sit on the bench somewhere. He came back from the LPL having only improved, and T1 signed him on a contract through 2028 to replace Worlds 2025 MVP Gumayusi.
That is not a small ask. Gumayusi was one of the best ADCs in T1’s six-championship run. Peyz has not looked out of place for a single week.
Where T1 Stands in the LCK Right Now
The record is a good story. The table is a more complicated one. T1 currently sit 4th in the LCK with a 9-4 record heading into the back end of Week 7. Only two LCK slots are available for Road to MSI, and HLE, Gen.G, and KT Rolster are all sitting above them right now.
T1 are not in danger of missing playoffs altogether. Road to MSI is a different question. Finishing outside the top two would mean dropping into the lower bracket of qualification and fighting for a spot through the gauntlet, which is not where a team with Faker, Keria, and Peyz wants to be.
The next few weeks will decide whether this T1 roster shows up as an MSI frontrunner or has to earn it the hard way. Peyz’s record-breaking form at least signals that his half of the map will not be the problem.
