Issue No. 1 · August 2026
Esports
Competitive gaming: League of Legends, Valorant, CS, Dota and beyond.
The Most Famous Esports Players in the World
Every sector list opens at its No. 1. Sector tags are broad, so the journal prints lists, not sector titles.
| Rank | Name | Score | Live |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Magnus Carlsen  celebrityAlive | 21.5 | iFANN → |
| 2 |  Faker  celebrityAlive | 9.0 | iFANN → |
| 3 |  Ding Liren  celebrityAlive | 8.3 | iFANN → |
| 4 |  R Praggnanandhaa  celebrityAlive | 8.1 | iFANN → |
| 5 |  Mikhail Botvinnik  celebrity | 7.4 | iFANN → |
| 6 |  Daniel Negreanu  celebrityAlive | 6.6 | iFANN → |
| 7 |  Divya Deshmukh celebrityAlive | 6.3 | iFANN → |
| 8 |  Hou Yifan celebrityAlive | 5.9 | iFANN → |
| 9 |  Ruslan Ponomariov  celebrityAlive | 5.3 | iFANN → |
| 10 |  Wei Yi celebrityAlive | 4.9 | iFANN → |
The Most Famous Esports Players in the World (Alive)
| Rank | Name | Score | Live |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen celebrity | 21.5 | iFANN → |
| 2 | Faker celebrity | 9.0 | iFANN → |
| 3 | Ding Liren celebrity | 8.3 | iFANN → |
| 4 | R Praggnanandhaa celebrity | 8.1 | iFANN → |
| 5 | Daniel Negreanu celebrity | 6.6 | iFANN → |
| 6 | Divya Deshmukh celebrity | 6.3 | iFANN → |
| 7 | Hou Yifan celebrity | 5.9 | iFANN → |
| 8 | Ruslan Ponomariov celebrity | 5.3 | iFANN → |
| 9 | Wei Yi celebrity | 4.9 | iFANN → |
| 10 |  Richárd Rapport celebrity | 4.4 | iFANN → |
No. 1 in Esports, month by month
Everyone and alive, for every recorded month
- August 2026Magnus CarlsenAliveMagnus Carlsenv5.62
- July 2026Ding LirenAliveDing Lirenv5.27