Semifinals, by the numbers: 13 stats from Worlds 2022

This Saturday at 5 p.m. PDT, LCK second seed and tournament favorite T1 will face off against LCK fourth seed and heavy underdog DRX in the all-Korean 2022 Worlds Final at Chase Center in San Francisco, California.

Before that matchup closes out the tournament as this year's last "League of Legends" series, here are 13 compelling stats from the Semifinal Round of the 2022 League of Legends World Championship Knockout Stage.

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Combined games Yuumi and Aatrox were picked: The champion with the highest pick/ban of Worlds 2022, Aatrox, was sidelined for all eight games of Semifinals, and so was Quarterfinals favorite Yuumi. Bot lane champs Caitlyn and Lucian also attained 100% pick/ban percentage, with the two each being picked and banner in Semis.

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Games played for all 20 Semifinals players: Every team in Semis played four games, and with no substitutions made, all 20 players played four games, too. Last year was the same, except with five games.

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Varus's KDA over five games: JD Gaming midlaner Zeng "Yagao" Qi gave Taliyah the best one-and-done KDA of Semifinals — 15 — with a 3/1/12 performance in Game 1 against T1, but Varus's sustained 26/4/25 KDA was the highest of champs with more than one game played.

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JDG 369's total deaths: Regarded as the best toplaner in the world, JD Gaming's Bai "369" Jia-Hao died 20 times across four games against T1, the most deaths of all Semifinals players. DRX midlaner Kim "Zeka" Geon-woo had the fewest deaths with four.

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T1 Gumayusi's total kills: Superstar T1 botlaner Lee "Gumayusi" Min-hyeong led all Semifinals players with 31 kills, nearly twice as many as second place, which was jointly held by T1 jungler Mun "Oner" Hyeon-ju, T1 toplaner Choi "Zeus" Woo-je, and JD Gaming's botlaner Wang "Hope" Jie and jungler Seo "Kanavi" Jin-hyeok, who each had 16 kills. Gumayusi also notched 9.9 CS per minute, the highest of any player.

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GEN Ruler's damage percentage: 2017 Worlds Final MVP and Gen.G botlaner Park "Ruler" Jae-hyuk tried his hardest to carry the top Korean seed to victory, securing the highest kill-share (46.4%), lowest death-share (10.9%) and highest damage percentage (37%) of all 2022 Worlds Semifinals players.

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T1 Faker's kill participation percentage: Legendary T1 midlaner Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok was the only player in Semifinals with a kill participation percentage lower than 50%. DRX support Cho "BeryL" Geon-hee had the highest percentage, participating in 82.6% of his team's 46 kills.

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T1 Keria's total assists: Along with a 9.7 KDA, the best of Semifinals, T1 support Ryu "Keria" Min-seok logged more assists than any other player.

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Percentage of games Viego was picked: The Ruined King was the most played champion of Semifinals with six picks. He also had the most kills, deaths and assists of any champion, recording a 27/14/42 scoreline.

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T1's total kills: The three-time world champion T1 had more kills than any other Semifinals team, over twice as many as Gen.G's 28 kills.

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DRX Zeka's gold lead at 10 minutes vs. GEN Chovy: The best performing midlaner at Worlds 2022, Zeka consistently outplayed superstar Gen.G midlaner Jeong "Chovy" Ji-hoon, and he did it on four different champions. Zeka's 58k series combined gold was 4.4k higher than Chovy's 53.6k.

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Combined average damage per minute between T1's Gumayusi, Faker and Zeus: The three players with the highest average damage per minute were T1's botlaner Gumayusi with 916, midlaner Faker with 619 and toplaner Zeus with 604. Their combined average would be good for second place.

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DRX Deft's XP lead at 10 minutes in Game 1 vs. GEN Ruler: Legendary botlaner Kim "Deft" Hyuk-kyu lost Game 1 against Gen.G despite finding a massive experience lead on a Miss Fortune pick intended to snowball.

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Statistics from Strafe Esports, Oracle's Elixir and Leaguepedia. Featured image by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games.