The incredible salary fund of the top 5 LCK and Faker
For the majority of Esports fans in general and fans of the top teams or legendary players like Faker in particular, a very interesting issue is the income level that the players can receive annually, as well as the salary fund of the teams. This not only shows the size of a team, but also proves the influence of the players compared to the rest of the team as well as the League of Legends village. Recently, Korean media has listed the salary fund of the top 5 teams of LCK, including T1, Gen.G, Kia Kia, Hanwha Life Esports and KT Rolster.
The salary fund of the top 5 strongest teams LCK is revealed
Accordingly, the highest salary fund belongs to HLE and T1. However, there was no exact figure for these two teams and the information from LCK also said that the salary fund of T1 and HLE fell by about 10 million USD (more than 245 billion VND). In particular, according to LCK sources, Faker's salary is the highest in the team and has fallen in about 5 million USD (more than 122 billion VND). The third team is Gen.G with a salary fund of 5.3 – 6 million USD and Canyon is the highest salary player. The 4th ranked is about 4.5 million USD and the lowest is KT only about 2.3 million USD.
HLE has invested quite a lot to get the Summer LCK Championship 2024
Along with HLE is T1
The audience lists the salary fund details of each team according to information from Korean media and T1 may even be higher than HLE
Thus, Faker alone, his salary is nearly as high as the entire salary fund of Gen.G and is twice as high as compared to KT. This can surprise many viewers but it is completely understandable when Faker's information has been somewhat revealed for a long time. Only thing, no one thinks top teams like KT, Gen.G or DK have such a low salary fund.
Faker's salary is nearly as high as Gen.G and higher than DK, KT
But it also causes many difficulties for top teams like T1 or HLE
High salary fund will force teams to have other forms to ensure collective profits. Except for revenue sources such as sponsors, merch or advertising contracts, livestream … the teams are also forced to have high achievements. T1, after winning the 2023 World Championship plus past achievements and influences of Faker, still controlled this. But some teams like HLE or even Gen.G will be difficult.
T1 World Championship 2023 and they have many sponsors as well as large revenue from the Visual face like Faker
Gen.G is required to win the 2024 World Championship and the same thing is for HLE when they have too expensive squads. Even Gen.G does not give Kiin or Canyon a long -term contract. Meanwhile, according to the community predictions, Peyz may still be under the contract of the rookie. Therefore, Gen.G can cut a large amount from the salary of the gunner born in 2005.
While teams like Gen.G are required to win the 2024 World Championship if they want to maintain the current squad
If there is no good achievement, plus the influence is not increased and thereby leading to the profit for the team, the top teams “full stars” like HLE or Gen.G will almost certainly be in danger. And then, the concept of “full -star squad” can completely disappear, even pull these teams back to the top under the rankings as they used to.