Category profile
- Dominance
- 86
- Peak
- 92
- Longevity
- 84
- Honours
- 86
- Statistics
- 92
Career timeline · Trophies per season
| Season | Trophies per season | Share of career |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 55 | |
| 2014 | 63 | |
| 2015 | 71 | |
| 2016 | 80 | |
| 2017 | 88 | |
| 2018 | 96 | |
| 2019 | 93 | |
| 2020 | 90 | |
| 2021 | 87 | |
| 2022 | 84 | |
| 2023 | 81 | |
| 2024 | 78 | |
| 2025 | 75 | |
| 2026 | 72 |
Data sources
- Valve Major records
- Riot Games esports archive
- Liquipedia tournament results
Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method
Why Lu "Maybe" Yao ranks #25 in Esports
Lu "Maybe" Yao ranks 25th among Esports athletes on GOAT Rank and 3311th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.7 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 86, Peak 92, Longevity 84, Honours 86, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Esports reference universe of 326 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.
The record covers 2013–present with 14 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 2018, which sets the Peak component at 92. Peak is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes the international finals 2, major titles 4, the international top-four finishes 3, seasons played 11.
Immediately ahead sits Kim "PraY" Jong-in on 87.8, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Ludwig "zai" Wåhlberg on 87.7. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.
Lu "Maybe" Yao GOAT Score explained
- Dominance86/100 · weight 25%
- Measures how far Maybe stood above the field while competing. Scored 86/100 against the full Esports cohort.
- Peak92/100 · weight 20%
- Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 2018. Scored 92/100.
- Longevity84/100 · weight 20%
- Rewards staying at that level over time: 13 years of competition and 14 recorded seasons. Scored 84/100.
- Honours86/100 · weight 20%
- Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 86/100.
- Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
- Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.
Top Maybe comparisons
Lu "Maybe" Yao — frequently asked
- Is Lu "Maybe" Yao the GOAT?
- Not on the current data. Lu "Maybe" Yao ranks 25th in Esports with a GOAT Score of 87.7, behind Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok on 97.5.
- What is Lu "Maybe" Yao's GOAT Score?
- 87.7 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 86 (25%), Peak 92 (20%), Longevity 84 (20%), Honours 86 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
- Where does Lu "Maybe" Yao rank all time?
- 3311th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 25th within Esports.
- Lu "Maybe" Yao vs Kim "PraY" Jong-in: who ranks higher?
- Kim "PraY" Jong-in, on 87.8 against Lu "Maybe" Yao's 87.7 — a margin of 0.1 points.