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Canyon League of Legends

Gen.G Jungle
South Korea · Jungle for Gen.G

Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu is Gen.G's jungler and the Worlds 2020 champion and finals MVP. He plays on the Logitech G Pro Gaming Mouse with a Logitech G512 keyboard; his client DPI and slider values have never been published.

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What are Canyon's League of Legends settings in 2026?

Canyon plays on a Logitech G Pro Gaming Mouse with a Logitech G512 keyboard and an ASUS TUF VG259QM monitor, at 1920×1080, for Gen.G. His client DPI and slider values have not been published in any setting sheet or event setup, so this profile leaves them blank rather than estimating.

Mouse Logitech G Pro Gaming Mouse
Keyboard Logitech G512
Monitor ASUS TUF VG259QM
Mouse DPI not published
In-client sliders not published
Role Jungle (Gen.G)
1920×1080
Resolution
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Career snapshot

Professional matches only
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World Championship
2020 with DAMWON Gaming — plus the finals MVP
2
MSI titles
2024 and 2025 with Gen.G
67.3%
Worlds win rate
Across seven editions from 2019 to 2025
486
LCK wins
Sixth on the league's all-time list

Canyon has been the consensus best jungler in the world for most of the past seven years. He won Worlds 2020 with DAMWON Gaming as the finals MVP, then spent three more seasons at the organisation before joining Gen.G in 2024 — where the trophies kept coming, including MSI in both 2024 and 2025, the 2025 Esports World Cup and the 2026 LCK season.

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Video & display settings

Display
Resolution1920×1080
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Full gear list

Mouse
Logitech G Pro Gaming Mouse
Monitor
ASUS TUF VG259QM
Keyboard
Logitech G512
Headset
ASTRO A50
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Career timeline

→ today
2021
The year that could have been a Grand Slam
DAMWON KIA won both LCK splits and reached the Worlds final again, losing 2-3 to EDward Gaming. Canyon also took his first LCK regular-season MVP award that spring.
2022-2023
The long fade at DK
DK's results declined as the roster changed around him. He stayed through both seasons, collecting a second regular-season MVP in 2022 Spring, but the organisation stopped contending internationally.
2024-2026
Gen.G, and the titles return
He signed with Gen.G for 2024 and has won MSI 2024, MSI 2025, the 2025 Esports World Cup, LCK 2025 and LCK 2026 with them — while forming one of the most decorated rosters in LCK history alongside Chovy, Ruler and Kiin.
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Trophy cabinet

13 first-place finishes tracked
Tournament victories
EventYearTeamResult
Rift Rivals 2019 (LCK vs LPL vs LMS)2019DAMWON GamingChampion
LCK Summer 20202020DAMWON GamingChampion
Season 10 World Championship2020DAMWON GamingChampion (Finals MVP)
KeSPA Cup 20202020DAMWON GamingChampion
LCK Spring 20212021DAMWON KIAChampion (regular-season MVP)
LCK Summer 20212021DAMWON KIAChampion
Mid-Season Invitational 20242024Gen.GChampion
LCK Spring 20242024Gen.GChampion
Mid-Season Invitational 20252025Gen.GChampion
Esports World Cup 2025 (LoL)2025Gen.GChampion
LCK 2025 (Season Final)2025Gen.GChampion
LCK Cup 20262026Gen.GChampion
LCK 2026 (Season Final)2026Gen.GChampion
Deep runs and runner-up finishes
EventResultNote
Season 9 World ChampionshipQuarterfinalLost 1-3 to G2
Season 11 World ChampionshipRunner-up2-3 to EDward Gaming
Mid-Season Invitational 2021Runner-upLost to RNG
Season 12 World ChampionshipQuarterfinalWith DWG KIA
Season 14 World ChampionshipSemifinalWith Gen.G
Season 15 World ChampionshipSemifinalLost to KT Rolster
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Individual awards & rankings

MVP awards
  • Worlds 2020 Finals MVP — DAMWON Gaming
  • LCK Spring 2021 regular-season MVP — DAMWON KIA
  • LCK Spring 2022 regular-season MVP — DWG KIA
  • 2020 LCK Summer First All-Pro Team — DAMWON Gaming
  • TGA 2020 Best Esports Athlete nominee — DAMWON Gaming
Records
  • First jungler in LCK history to score a pentakill — July 2020 on Nidalee — the play that earned him his Worlds skin
  • 67.3% Worlds win rate across seven editions — 101 games from 2019 to 2025, with a 5.24 career KDA
  • 88.9% Worlds win rate on Lee Sin — 16 wins in 18 games across his Worlds career
  • Two-time LCK regular-season MVP — 2021 Spring and 2022 Spring — the only jungler to hold both in that span
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Career statistics

Official professional matches only
MetricValueWhat it means
World Championships12020, DAMWON Gaming 3-1 Suning — plus finals MVP
MSI titles22024 and 2025 with Gen.G
Esports World Cup12025 with Gen.G
LCK titles52020 Summer, 2021 Spring, 2021 Summer, 2025 and 2026
Worlds appearances72019 to 2025 — 101 games played
LCK wins486Sixth all-time, inside a Gen.G roster holding four of the top ten

The stat that makes the argument: over seven Worlds appearances he has a 67.3% win rate and a 5.24 career KDA, with an 88.9% win rate on Lee Sin and 84.6% on Graves across 31 games. Those are numbers no other jungler of the era has matched.

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How Canyon plays

Canyon plays jungle the way an AD carry plays bot lane — as a primary threat rather than an enabler. His defining trait is pathing that repeatedly puts him one step ahead of the enemy jungler, and the willingness to invade a camp he is not supposed to contest. The DWG teams of 2020 and 2021 were built on that: mid and jungle pressure that collapsed the map before the enemy could set up. The criticism he has faced is the inverse of the same quality — in teams that needed a stabilising presence, his aggression occasionally reads as a mistake.

Signature — Nidalee
The champion he won a pentakill on to become the first LCK jungler ever to do so. It is also the basis of his Worlds 2020 championship skin — DWG Nidalee.
Signature — Lee Sin
His Worlds record on Lee Sin is 16-2 across 18 games, an 88.9% win rate that no other jungler at his level has matched. It is the champion through which his pathing advantage is most visible.
Signature — Graves
The carry-jungle pick he uses when the draft needs a second damage source. 11-2 across 13 Worlds games.
Invade-first pathing
He consistently contests camps he has no right to contest and wins the trade because he arrives first. The habit creates the tempo advantages DWG and Gen.G both built their early game on.
The carry-jungle question
LCK analysts have repeatedly noted that Canyon's value is highest in drafts that give him a carry, and lowest in metas where jungle has to be a pure support. It is the one framework under which his numbers dip.
“I think I was able to grow because I was greedy about what I wanted to learn.”
— Canyon, Gen.G jungler
On his approach to developing as a player
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How Canyon compares

The jungle comparison at Worlds 2026 runs through Canyon, Kanavi and Oner — the carry-jungle archetype, the LPL-style aggressor and the championship stabiliser.

PlayerTeamStyleDPISenseDPIMouse
CanyonGen.GCarry jungle · invade-first———Logitech G Pro Gaming Mouse
KanaviHanwha LifeLPL-style aggressive carry———Razer DeathAdder V4 Pro White
OnerT1Championship stabiliser———Logitech G Pro Wireless
JosedeodoTeam LiquidResource-efficient rotational————

Canyon has the strongest Worlds record of the group, but Oner has three world titles to his one — a reminder that jungle value depends heavily on how the surrounding roster is built.

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How to play like Canyon

Canyon's public advice is about learning greed in the productive sense — being hungry for the specific things that make a jungler better.

Contest the camp you shouldn't
His whole advantage comes from arriving at camps the enemy jungler assumed were theirs. Practice the invade timing, not the safe clear.
Learn one champion deeply as a carry
Nidalee and Graves exist in his pool because they let the jungler be a threat. Having one such pick available changes what your team can draft.
Path for the fight, not the camp
Jungle routes should be planned backwards from where the next objective fight happens, not forwards from which camp is up.
Add value where it is not asked for
He took over T1 games from the jungle rather than waiting for a teammate to create an opening — a habit worth building deliberately.
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Things worth knowing about Canyon

  • He is nicknamed 'the polar bear' in Chinese-speaking communities, and 'Bokboki' in Korean.
  • He became the first jungler in LCK history to score a pentakill, doing it on Nidalee in the 2020 Summer split.
  • His Worlds 2020 championship skin is Nidalee — a direct reference to that pentakill.
  • He joined DAMWON Gaming in September 2018 and was a starter within weeks, spending six years with the organisation before joining Gen.G.
  • His Worlds career spans seven editions and 101 games, with an 88.9% win rate on Lee Sin but only 33.3% on Jarvan IV across 18 and 6 games respectively.
  • Gen.G's 2026 roster has four players in the LCK's all-time top ten for wins — Canyon (486) sits alongside Chovy (545), Kiin (500+) and Ruler (473).
  • He was one of the six Korean players whose 2023 Asian Games gold brought military-service exemption, alongside Chovy, Faker, Zeus, Ruler and Keria.
  • Gen.G's 2026 LCK title was the sixth in the organisation's history — and every one of them has come with Chovy in mid, while Canyon has contributed to three.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why is Canyon called the best jungler in the world?Career

Because of a level of consistency no other jungler has matched. He has played seven Worlds editions from 2019 to 2025 at a 67.3% win rate and a 5.24 career KDA, and his Worlds champion pool includes an 88.9% win rate on Lee Sin and 84.6% on Graves across 31 games. He won Worlds 2020 with DAMWON Gaming and was named the finals MVP — the accolade that anchors the argument.

Why is Canyon nicknamed "the polar bear"?Career

It is his most common Chinese-community nickname (北极熊), alongside 'Bokboki' in Korean. The bear imagery fits how he plays: strong early pathing, heavy objective control, and a habit of walking into a fight he should not win. He also picked up 'Esports LeBron' and 'Uncle Kim' during his Gen.G years, reflecting a career long enough to have become the veteran of his own team.

What is Canyon's famous Nidalee record?Career

He was the first jungler in LCK history to score a pentakill, doing it on Nidalee late in the 2020 LCK Summer split. That performance is the reason Riot made Nidalee his Worlds 2020 championship skin (DWG Nidalee), and it remains the single play most associated with him — an aggressive, invade-heavy jungler winning a fight outright rather than enabling one.

Why did Canyon leave Dplus KIA?Career

He left after the 2023 season, ending a six-year run with the organisation he had joined as a rookie in September 2018. DAMWON/DK had won Worlds 2020 and three domestic titles together, but the roster had already changed around him and the team had stopped contending internationally. He joined Gen.G for 2024 and has won multiple titles there since, including MSI 2024, MSI 2025, the 2025 Esports World Cup and the 2026 LCK season.

How many LCK wins does Canyon have?Career

486 as of late 2026, which puts him sixth on the league's all-time wins list — inside a Gen.G roster that occupies four of the top ten spots alongside Chovy, Kiin and Ruler. He is also a two-time LCK regular-season MVP (2021 Spring, 2022 Spring).

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What mouse does Canyon use?Settings

Only partial gear data is available: a Logitech G Pro Gaming Mouse and a Logitech G512 keyboard are on record, plus an ASUS TUF VG259QM monitor. No client DPI or slider values have been published, so this page leaves them blank rather than estimating — the standing rule for every profile in the ProAiming player database.

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  • Career results, trophies and the official circuit rankings: aggregated from public tournament records through September 2026.
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