Who is better, Faker or knight?
Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok leads with a GOAT score of 97.5 against 84.2 for Zhuo "knight" Ding — a gap of 13.3 points on GOAT Rank's weighted model.
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Faker vs knight
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Quick answer
GOAT Rank currently ranks Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok above Zhuo "knight" Ding: 97.5 vs 84.2. Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok leads on Longevity, Honours, Dominance.
How the GOAT Score is calculated →GOAT verdictgoatrank.world
FakerWinner
97.5Faker wins: Dominance, Peak, Longevity, Honours, Statistics
knight
84.2knight wins: no category outright
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Verdict
Weighted GOAT score
🇰🇷 Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok
97.5
Faker leads in 5 of 5 weighted categories.
1. Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok
2. Zhuo "knight" Ding
Category breakdown
Season form · Form index per season
Career timeline · Form index per season
Cumulative output season by season — the shape of each career against the other.
GOAT pace tracker
Through age 21 · Form index per season
1. 🇰🇷 Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok14 trophies
5 seasons by age 21 · 2.8 per season
Setting the pace at age 21
No verified birth date for knight — shown in the pro-debut view instead.
Every career is cut at the season the athlete turned 21, so a rookie today is measured against exactly what a legend had banked by the same birthday.
| Metric | FakerActive · T1 (SK Telecom T1) | knightActive |
|---|---|---|
| World Championships | 5 | — |
| MSI titles | 2 | — |
| Domestic league titles | 10 | — |
| Career KDA | 5.1 | — |
| Pro seasons | 12 | — |
| Career prize money (M$) | 1.6 | — |
| Mid-Season Invitational titles | — | 1 |
| LPL titles | — | 3 |
| LPL MVP awards | — | 2 |
| World Championship appearances | — | 5 |
| Professional seasons | — | 9 |
| Dominance w25% | 98 | 82 |
| Peak w20% | 97 | 92 |
| Longevity w20% | 99 | 80 |
| Honours w20% | 99 | 82 |
| Statistics w15% | 93 | 86 |
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GOAT Rank · the data
Faker97.5
knight84.2
FAQ
Where does knight beat Faker?
knight does not lead any of the five categories; Faker is ahead or level on all of them.
How is the Faker vs knight score calculated?
Both are scored on peak, dominance, honours, statistics, longevity within their sport. Faker: 97.5, knight: 84.2.
What do you think?
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