Oner Confirms He’s Staying With T1 For Years to Are available Main Contract Extension

T1 is essentially the most dominant League of Legends workforce within the historical past of the sport. And, whereas Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok is an enormous a part of that legacy, Mun “Oner” Hyeon-jun has bought three world championship titles to his title alongside him.

Not solely that, however T1 seemingly would have by no means made it to Worlds 2025 with out Oner massively stepping it up on the finish of the season to assist them qualify. He arguably ought to have earned Worlds MVP flowers only for making certain the Korean behemoth’s qualification to the occasion.

And, fortuitously for followers who need to see him elevate much more trophies with T1, Oner has re-signed with the group by means of 2028.

Whereas he might nonetheless choose to go away the workforce or be benched earlier than the contract ends as a result of poor efficiency, we’ll seemingly see Oner representing T1 on the rift for years to come back.

T1 LoL Secures Oner Till 2028

Shedding Choi “Zeus” Woo-je in 2024 and Lee “Gumayusi” Min-hyeong departing after their win in 2025 had been each enormous blows for the T1 fandom. Even when the org has been capable of finding apt replacements for each gamers in Doran and Peyz, a substantial a part of what makes fashionable T1’s legacy so nice is the gamers who constructed it.

That ZOFGK 2023-2024 roster was a magical time for followers, one which noticed T1’s most extraordinary highs marked by essentially the most seen occasions within the historical past of esports. And in contrast to different rosters that make modifications yearly, the workforce that caught collectively by means of thick and skinny made the storyline that significantly better.

T1 is aiming to create the subsequent ZOFGK dynasty, a workforce that may keep collectively and construct a brand new 5-man squad that makes an enduring mark on LoL esports. They usually’ve confirmed that Oner’s going to be part of that.

Except for Oner, the opposite large participant T1 seemingly desires to retain for so long as they will is Ryu “Keria” Min-seok, somebody who’s been a key a part of their success as one of the vital revolutionary and mechanically gifted assist gamers in League of Legends historical past.

Nonetheless, as of now, Keria’s set to depart or re-negotiate his contract with the workforce on the finish of 2026. It’s but unclear if T1’s aiming to safe Keria for the subsequent few years to maintain him alongside the mid/jungle core that’s earned a lot success for them.

Faker, in the meantime, is staying with T1 till 2030. He was given one of many longest contract extensions in esports historical past earlier this yr, rivaled solely by Tekken professional Jeon “JEonDDing” Sang Hyun, who was re-signed by Vitality by means of 2030.