T1 and G2 Esports are the only two teams to have attended every MSI since 2022

Wasif Ahmed Published 22/06/2026

T1 and G2 Esports are the only two teams to have played in every League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational (MSI) since 2022. With four back-to-back participations, Bilibili Gaming trails just behind but none of them have claimed any title during that period.

Looking at the full MSI history though, T1 and G2 have participated twice as often as any other team.

T1 and G2 have attended more Mid-Season Invitationals than any other team

Beyond just those last five years, these two teams are the ones expected to participate in MSI. Including MSI 2026, T1 will have attended nine MSIs, missing only 2018 and 2021 among held events. G2 follows them at eight (including MSI 2026). G2 missed the same two events plus 2015, as they didn’t play in a tier 1 league at the time.

No other team has played in more than four MSIs. The ones who reached four are Flash Wolves, Royal Never Give Up, Bilibili Gaming, Team Liquid, DetonatioN Focus Me, PSG Talon, and GAM Esports. Most of these aren’t from the top four regions, meaning facing lesser competition in order to qualify.

Obviously, MSI participation doesn’t mean anything when it comes to the tournament itself, only that these teams consistently top their region. Before 2023, a team had to win their regional Spring Split in order to qualify for MSI.

Since then, being the runner-up also works. T1, BLG, and G2 would have missed a few more events otherwise.

When it comes to performance during the tournament, T1 hasn’t won since 2017, G2 has only got their famous 2019 run, and BLG has yet to make it past second place. By comparison, RNG won three out of their four Mid-Season Invitationals.

These are stats to keep in mind during the League of Legends MSI 2026 Pick’Ems as well.

G2 Esports and T1 have attended every MSI in the past five years. Image credit: Colin Young-Wolff / Riot Games

T1 and G2 are on a five-year MSI streak

In more recent history, T1 and G2 have attended each of the past five Mid-Season Invitationals. On one hand, this stat is in part just a fancy number that doesn’t have that much relevance. However, the one thing it attests of is the organizations’ consistency and particularly roster consistency.

DFM lost their streak due to changes in qualifiers, PSG was on the verge of disbanding, FW fell off after many roster changes, and Gen.G couldn’t clutch a game 5 against T1. When it only takes one thing to go wrong once against strong competition, those streaks are easy to lose.

During those years though, T1 and G2 mostly only made small, incremental roster changes. Naturally, they also always kept their respective star players this entire time. Thanks to this, they don’t go through the problem of needing one full year for the new squad to gel or having a roster land wrong.

That being said, Gen.G falling short in 2026 and failing to attend MSI in favor of Hanwha Life Esports and T1 wasn’t on anybody’s bingo cards at the start of the year. Due to this, MSI 2026 contains none of the winners of the past five years.

Currently, the event doesn’t have a clear favorite in part because of that. No defending champion is in, and the team that last won an international was from the LPL, while Korea is always the safe region to bet on.

Featured image credit: Liu YiCun / Riot Games

Wasif Ahmed

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Wasif Ahmed is the Lead Esports Editor for WIN.gg. He has been covering esports for nearly eight years, although his gaming journey started much earlier, when he was just four years old and was introduced to Road Rash on a dusty PC. Hit him up on X to talk about esports, why partnership models are the best fit for esports games, or if Halo 7 has finally been announced.

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