Doran (Choi Hyeon-joon)

Doran
Doran
Background Information
Name	Choi Hyeon-joon (최현준)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	July 22, 2000 (age 25)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠T1
Contract Expires	2026-11-16
Role	; Top Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	KR: 어리고싶다#KR1; CN: DoranPyosikDUO; EUW: HLE TOP#1234 ; NA: TOPTOPTOP#1234
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Choi "Doran" Hyeon-joon (Hangul: 최현준) is a League of Legends esports player, currently top laner for T1.

There is a disambiguation page associated with the name Doran. Two other players share this ID.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Seoul	Aug 20172017-08-19	Aug 20172017-08-20	1d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Seoul	Aug 20182018-08-18	Dec 20182018-12-18	4mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Griffin	≈Dec 2018≈2018-12-??	Nov 20192019-11-25^[1]	≈11mo 6d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DRX	Dec 20192019-12-04^[5]	Nov 20202020-11-16^[4]	11mo 12d ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Rolster	Nov 20202020-11-24^[8]	Nov 20212021-11-17^[7]	1yr 23d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G	Nov 20212021-11-23^[11]	Nov 20232023-11-20^[9]	2yr 27d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hanwha Life	Nov 20232023-11-24^[14]	Nov 20242024-11-19^[12]	1yr 25d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1	Nov 20242024-11-19^[16]	Present	1yr 2mo ej

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Seoul	Aug 20172017-08-19	Aug 20172017-08-20	1d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Seoul	Aug 20182018-08-18	Dec 20182018-12-18	4mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Griffin	≈Dec 2018≈2018-12-??	May 20192019-05-28^[18]	≈5mo 9d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Griffin	May 20192019-05-28^[18]	Nov 20192019-11-25^[1]	5mo 28d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DragonX	Dec 20192019-12-04^[5]	Jun 20202020-06-07^[19]	6mo 3d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DRX	Jun 20202020-06-07^[19]	Nov 20202020-11-16^[4]	5mo 9d ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Rolster	Nov 20202020-11-24^[8]	Nov 20212021-11-17^[7]	1yr 23d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G	Nov 20212021-11-23^[11]	Nov 20232023-11-20^[9]	2yr 27d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hanwha Life	Nov 20232023-11-24^[14]	Nov 20242024-11-19^[12]	1yr 25d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1	Nov 20242024-11-19^[16]	Present	1yr 2mo ej

News

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

KR	⁠⁠KSL	August 19, Roster of KeG 2017 is formed. Doran, Chaeng, Han, Moo, and Life join. e
KR	⁠⁠KSL	August 20, Doran, Han, Moo, and Life leave. e

KR	⁠⁠KSL	August 18, Roster for KeG 2018 is formed. 최현준, 최엘림, 배호영, 이민형, 하민욱, and 김영민 (Head Coach) join. e
KR	⁠⁠KSL	December 18, Doran, Ellim, Plex, Gumayusi, and POP leave. e
KR	⁠⁠GRF	December (approx.), Doran and Plex join as trainees. e

KR	⁠⁠GRF	May 28, Doran moves to starting roster.^[18] e
KR	⁠⁠GRF	July 30, Doran's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[20] e
KR	⁠⁠GRF	November 14, Doran is suspended for 1 game due to toxic behavior in ranked matches.^[21] e
KR	⁠⁠GRF	November 25, STILL8 announce that they will revise existing contracts to "remove unfair clauses" or allow players to become free agents. Doran, Chovy, and Lehends leave.^[1]^[2]^[3] e
KR	⁠⁠DRX	December 4, Doran joins.^[5]^[6] e
KR	⁠⁠DRX	December 5, Doran, Chovy, Deft, and Keria's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[22] e

KR	⁠⁠DRX	June 7, ⁠⁠DragonX renames to ⁠⁠DRX.^[19] e
KR	⁠⁠DRX	November 16, Doran, Chovy, Deft, and Keria leave.^[4] e
KR	⁠⁠KT	November 24, Doran joins.^[8] e
KR	⁠⁠KT	November 26, Doran's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[23] e

KR	⁠⁠KT	November 17, Doran leaves.^[7] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN	November 23, Doran joins.^[11] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN	November 24, Doran, Peanut, Chovy, and Lehends' contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.^[24] e

KR	⁠⁠GEN	November 21, Doran's contract is extended.^[25] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN	November 22, Doran and Delight's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023. Peyz's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024.^[26] e

KR	⁠⁠GEN	November 20, Doran, Peanut, Chovy, Delight, Museong, Score (Head Coach), and Mafa (Coach) leave.^[9]^[10] e
KR	⁠⁠HLE	November 24, Doran and Peanut join.^[14]^[15] Doran's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024. Peanut and Delight's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025.^[27] e

KR	⁠⁠HLE	November 19, Viper's contract is extended through 2025. Doran leaves.^[12]^[13] e
KR	⁠⁠T1	November 19, Doran joins. Zeus leaves.^[16]^[17] e

KR	⁠⁠T1	January 17, Doran, Gumayusi, and Tom (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025. Oner, Keria, and Mata (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2026.^[28] e
KR	⁠⁠T1	November 17, Doran's contract is extended through 2026. Gumayusi leaves.^[29]^[30] e

KR

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⁠T1

January 11,
Doran and Tom (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2026.
Peyz's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2028.^[31]

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Biography

Trivia

Nicknamed "The Krug Lord" by the viewers after dying to Krugs against KT in LCK 2025 Road to MSI.
Received a pet Krug during MSI 2025.
His ID Doran comes from his solo queue ID (돌잔치때도란잡음).
Reached 1000 LCK kills on August 3rd, 2023
- Was the 26th player to reach 1000 kills in the LCK, after Faker, PraY, Bang, Score, Kuro, Smeb, Ambition, Sangyoon, Deft, Teddy, Ruler, Bdd, Ghost, Peanut, Chovy, Fly, ShowMaker, Kiin, Aiming, Rascal, deokdam, Canyon, Cuzz, Viper and Gumayusi
- The fourth top laner (after Smeb, Kiin and Rascal) to reach 1000 kills in the LCK
Reached 1500 LCK kills on August 7th, 2025
- Was the 18th player to reach 1500 kills in the LCK.
- The second top laner after Kiin to reach 1500 kills in the LCK.
Reached 300 wins in LCK on March 21st, 2024, becoming the 17th player to do so.
Reached 400 wins in LCK on September 18, 2025, becoming the 12th player to do so.
Reached 500 games in LCK on July 25, 2024, becoming the 18th player to do so.
- Was the third top laner to reach 500 games in the LCK.
Reached 600 games in LCK on August 27, 2025, becoming the 15th player to do so.
Reached 3000 assists in the LCK on May 02, 2025.
- Was the 20th player to reach 3000 assists in the LCK.

Individual Awards

LCK 2nd All-Pro Team x4 (Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024, LCK 2025)
LCK 3rd All-Pro Team x3 (Spring 2020, Spring 2023, Spring 2024)

Tournament Results

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Doran (Choi Hyeon-joon) Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-12-14	1	KeSPA Cup 2025	3 : 2⁠⁠HLE	⁠⁠T1	Doran, Oner, Faker, Peyz, Keria, kkOma, Mata, Tom
2025-11-09	1	Worlds 2025	3 : 2⁠⁠KT	⁠⁠T1	Doran, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, kkOma, Tom, Mata
2025-09-21	4	LCK 2025 Season Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠GEN	⁠⁠T1	Doran, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, kkOma, Mata, Tom
2025-08-31	3	LCK 2025 Rounds 3-5 - Legend Group	20 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠T1	Doran, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, kkOma, Mata, Tom
2025-07-20	3	Esports World Cup 2025	2 : 0⁠⁠G2	⁠⁠T1	Doran, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, kkOma, Mata, Tom
2025-07-12	2	MSI 2025	2 : 3⁠⁠GEN	⁠⁠T1	Doran, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, kkOma, Mata, Tom
2025-06-15	2	LCK 2025 Road to MSI	3 : 0⁠⁠HLE	⁠⁠T1	Doran, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, kkOma, Mata, Tom
2025-06-04	3	LCK 2025 Rounds 1-2	11 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠T1	Doran, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Smash, Keria, kkOma, Mata, Tom
2025-02-13	5 - 6	LCK Cup 2025	2 : 3⁠⁠HLE	⁠⁠T1	Doran, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Smash, Keria, kkOma, Mata, Tom
2024-10-18	5 - 8	Worlds 2024	1 : 3⁠⁠BLG	⁠⁠HLE	Doran, Peanut, Zeka, Viper, Delight, DanDy, Mowgli

Doran (Choi Hyeon-joon) Showmatch Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2026-01-09	3 - 4	LCK 2026 Season Opening	0 : 1⁠⁠MID	⁠⁠TOP	Kingen, DuDu, Doran, Kiin, Zeus
2025-12-27	1	2025 T1 Red Bull PC Bang TAKE OVER - Take VS Over	1 : 0⁠⁠OVER	⁠⁠TAKE	Oner, 이자반, Doran, Peyz, GBM
2025-12-27	1	2025 T1 Red Bull PC Bang TAKE OVER - TAKE OVER	1 : 0⁠⁠ONER	⁠⁠DORA	Lude, 기리보이혁갓, Doran, 원 윤, Oukong
2025-12-21	2	VPBank Presents 2025 - T1 in Vietnam The Promise Fulfilled	1 : 2⁠⁠VIE	⁠⁠T1	Keria, Peyz, Doran, Oner, Faker

Media

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2025

August 16, GRF Doran on Tarzan's Solo Queue: "It seems that we do similarly, but he’s the only one that gets really high." with Viion on Inven Global
e
December 29, [KeSPA Cup] DRX Doran: "I don’t know how other teams are, but here, it’s really fun and noisy." with Viion on Inven Global
e

January 21, Doran talks about the expectations 2020 DragonX, and how the LCK team will meet them [Korean] with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
February 13, DRX Doran on potential role swap: "I only know how to play top lane, so if I play any other lanes, the team will be doomed." with Quest on Inven Global
e
March 1, DRX Doran: "If Chovy ever says he wants to play top lane, I don’t want to give him my spot unless he pushes me out by being better." with Viion on Inven Global
e
April 1, DRX Doran wants to face TheShy, a matchup that didn't happen in 2019 worlds with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
April 1, DRX Deft: "When I heard that I was the POG, I changed into our uniform. I can’t play wearing nothing... I have sweat pants on." with Lasso and Viion on Inven Global
e
April 2, DRX Doran: "I want to give myself a 10 (out of 10). I've showed everything I got today." with Haao and Quest on Inven Global
e
April 4, DRX Chovy: "It wasn’t my penta, so I just quickly destroyed the Nexus." with Haao and Quest on Inven Global
e
July 2, DRX Doran: "I thought my performance today was the worst... but cvMax told me that I did really well." with Viion on Inven Global
e
July 5, DRX Chovy on his insane CS: "The secret is to sneak into the enemy raptor camp to steal them. " with Quest on Inven Global
e
July 7, DRX Doran has a message to Damwon Canyon & Nuguri: "Please go easy on us" [Korean] with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
July 11, DRX Doran: "DWG is a team that can definitely beat us, but funnily enough, luck's always on our side." with Lasso, Irro, and Quest on Inven Global
e
July 25, DRX Chovy on facing DWG: "I don’t think any special strategy will work against ShowMaker. I just need to do my best to win with my own ability." with Viion on Inven Global
e
August 8, DRX Doran: "I hope Nuguri saw me play from the waiting room and thought that I played well." with Viion on Inven Global
e
August 12, DRX Doran: The players are good individually, but we are not aligned as a team with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
October 5, [Worlds 2020] DRX Doran on TES: "Although we lost, I don’t think they’re undefeatable." with Viion on Inven Global
e
October 7, DRX Doran on JDG’s Kanavi: ‘He’s got an ego out of this world and we’re going to bring him down’ with Joseph Asuncion on ONE Esports
e

February 14, KT Doran on self-criticism, wanting to become the best top laner in the LCK with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e

September 1, GEN Doran VISITS LoL Park "I'm looking forward to visiting NA!" with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e

January 2, Ranking the 5 best League of Legends top laners of 2022 by John Popko on Inven Global
e
January 9, GEN Doran: “My goal is to become a top laner that can give more options to my team.” with Viion on Inven Global
e

February 2, Doran "I really fit into T1's aggressive playstyle!" with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
July 3, Doran reveals the MSI TOPLANERS he wants to face by Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
July 4, T1 Gumayusi on facing CFO's bot lane: "I give them a 9/10 rating...I was on high alert for Doggo." (Press Conference) by Various Press on YouTube
e
October 16, T1 Doran: "I know some doubted me, but I always had faith I was the best toplaner in the world" with Armand Luque on Sheep Esports
e

Post-Match Interviews

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2019-08-16	LCK 2019 Summer	GRF vs JAG	Link
2019-08-18	LCK 2019 Summer	HLE vs GRF	Link
2019-12-31	KeSPA Cup 2019	DRX vs DWG	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2020-04-01	LCK 2020 Spring	SB vs DRX	Link
2020-04-02	LCK 2020 Spring	KT vs DRX	Link
2020-04-04	LCK 2020 Spring	DRX vs GEN	Link
2020-06-25	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs SB	Link
2020-07-02	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs DYN	Link
2020-07-05	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs SP	Link
2020-07-23	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs KT	Link
2020-07-25	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs GEN	Link
2020-08-08	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs SB	Link
2020-10-11	Worlds 2020 Main Event	FLY vs DRX	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-01-28	LCK 2021 Spring	DRX vs KT	Link
2021-02-06	LCK 2021 Spring	KT vs AF	Link
2021-02-19	LCK 2021 Spring	KT vs BRO	Link
2021-03-25	LCK 2021 Spring	KT vs NS	Link
2021-07-02	LCK 2021 Summer	BRO vs KT	Link
2021-07-10	LCK 2021 Summer	KT vs BRO	Link
2021-07-23	LCK 2021 Summer	HLE vs KT	Link
2021-08-06	LCK 2021 Summer	DRX vs KT	Link
2021-08-12	LCK 2021 Summer	LSB vs KT	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2022-01-16	LCK 2022 Spring	DK vs GEN	Link
2022-01-22	LCK 2022 Spring	GEN vs HLE	Link
2022-01-26	LCK 2022 Spring	GEN vs KDF	Link
2022-02-10	LCK 2022 Spring	LSB vs GEN	Link
2022-02-18	LCK 2022 Spring	GEN vs LSB	Link
2022-02-25	LCK 2022 Spring	GEN vs NS	Link
2022-06-24	LCK 2022 Summer	BRO vs GEN	Link
2022-07-22	LCK 2022 Summer	LSB vs GEN	Link
2022-07-28	LCK 2022 Summer	GEN vs DRX	Link
2022-08-10	LCK 2022 Summer	GEN vs BRO	Link
2022-08-13	LCK 2022 Summer	GEN vs KT	Link
2022-08-20	LCK 2022 Summer Playoffs	GEN vs LSB	Link
2022-08-28	LCK 2022 Summer Playoffs	GEN vs T1	Link
2022-10-17	Worlds 2022 Main Event	GEN vs RNG	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2023-02-03	LCK 2023 Spring	LSB vs GEN	Link
2023-02-09	LCK 2023 Spring	NS vs GEN	Link
2023-02-16	LCK 2023 Spring	KDF vs GEN	Link
2023-02-22	LCK 2023 Spring	NS vs GEN	Link
2023-03-16	LCK 2023 Spring	HLE vs GEN	Link
2023-03-18	LCK 2023 Spring	GEN vs DK	Link
2023-03-26	LCK 2023 Spring Playoffs	GEN vs HLE	Link
2023-04-08	LCK 2023 Spring Playoffs	GEN vs KT	Link
2023-04-09	LCK 2023 Spring Playoffs	T1 vs GEN	Link
2023-06-11	LCK 2023 Summer	GEN vs T1	Link
2023-06-22	LCK 2023 Summer	GEN vs DRX	Link
2023-07-06	LCK 2023 Summer	LSB vs GEN	Link
2023-07-08	LCK 2023 Summer	T1 vs GEN	Link
2023-07-14	LCK 2023 Summer	DRX vs GEN	Link
2023-08-11	LCK 2023 Summer Playoffs	GEN vs HLE	Link
2023-08-20	LCK 2023 Summer Playoffs	GEN vs T1	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2024-01-19	LCK 2024 Spring	HLE vs DRX	Link
2024-02-04	LCK 2024 Spring	NS vs HLE	Link
2024-03-23	LCK 2024 Spring	HLE vs DK	Link
2024-03-30	LCK 2024 Spring Playoffs	HLE vs KDF	Link
2024-04-04	LCK 2024 Spring Playoffs	T1 vs HLE	Link
2024-06-16	LCK 2024 Summer	HLE vs DRX	Link
2024-07-20	LCK 2024 Summer	T1 vs HLE	Link
2024-07-25	LCK 2024 Summer	KDF vs HLE	Link
2024-07-27	LCK 2024 Summer	HLE vs DK	Link
2024-08-02	LCK 2024 Summer	NS vs HLE	Link
2024-08-29	LCK 2024 Summer Playoffs	HLE vs T1	Link
2024-09-07	LCK 2024 Summer Playoffs	HLE vs T1	Link
2024-09-08	LCK 2024 Summer Playoffs	GEN vs HLE	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2025-05-10	LCK 2025 Rounds 1-2	DK vs T1	Link
2025-05-22	LCK 2025 Rounds 1-2	T1 vs BFX	Link
2025-06-14	LCK 2025 Road to MSI	T1 vs KT	Link
2025-06-15	LCK 2025 Road to MSI	HLE vs T1	Link
2025-07-06	MSI 2025	T1 vs BLG	Link
2025-08-15	LCK 2025 Rounds 3-5	HLE vs T1	Link
2025-08-22	LCK 2025 Rounds 3-5	NS vs T1	Link
2025-09-10	LCK 2025 Season Playoffs	T1 vs DK	Link
2025-11-02	Worlds 2025 Main Event	T1 vs TES	Link
2025-11-09	Worlds 2025 Main Event	T1 vs KT	Link