Caps (gamer)

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Caps
Caps 2025.jpg
Caps with G2 Esports in 2025
Current team
Team G2 Esports
RoleMid laner
Game League of Legends
League LEC
Personal information
NameRasmus Borregaard Winther [1]
Nickname(s)Claps, Craps, [2] Baby Faker, [3] King of Europe, [4] Demon Killer [5]
Born (1999-11-17) 17 November 1999 (age 26) [1]
Nationality Danish
Career information
Playing career2015–present
Team history
2015Enigma Esports
2016Inspire eSports
2016E-corp Gaming
2016mousesports
2016 Nerv
2016 Dark Passage
2017–2018 Fnatic
2019–present G2 Esports
Career highlights and awards
  • MSI champion (2019)
    • MSI Finals MVP
  • 2× Rift Rivals champion (2018, 2019)
  • 18× LEC champion
    • 7× LEC Finals MVP
    • LEC Season MVP
    • 3× LEC Split MVP
    • 11× LEC 1st All-Pro Team
  • TCL champion
    • TCL Finals MVP
  • 2× World Championship Finalist (2018, 2019)

Rasmus Borregaard Winther (born 17 November 1999), better known by his in-game name Caps, is a Danish professional League of Legends player for G2 Esports. Widely regarded as the greatest Western League of Legends player of all time, he has spent most of his career with G2, where he has become the team's franchise player. [6] [7] [8] [9]

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Caps has won one MSI title, 18 LEC titles, two Rift Rivals titles and one TCL title. He is one of the few players to reach consecutive World Championship finals (2018 and 2019), though he lost both.

On 18 August 2026, he was inducted into the Hall of Legends, joining Faker and Uzi as the third inductee. [10] [11]

Career

2018 season

During the 2018 EU LCS Season, Caps was part of team Fnatic. In both the Spring and Summer Splits. He secured a spot on the 1st All-Pro Team. He earned the title of most valuable player (MVP) in the Summer Split that same year.

Caps' performance during the semifinals assisted Fnatic in achieving an uncontested win against competitor Cloud9, [12] but the team subsequently lost 3–0 to their group rival Invictus Gaming in the World Championship final.

2019 season

Before the start of the 2019 season, Caps left Fnatic to join rival European esports organization G2 Esports. As Caps again achieved the title of MVP of the split, he became the first player ever to win back-to-back MVP titles on two different teams, in combination with his 2018 EU LCS Summer Split MVP achievement.

At the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational, G2 Esports defeated Team Liquid 3–0 in the final, and Caps was rewarded the MVP 2019 MVP title.

In the League of Legends European Summer Split 2019 the past MSI 2019 champions returned to participate in the Summer split. Caps, as a member of G2, beat his previous team Fnatic 3–2 in a best-of-five match. In the 2019 League of Legends Worlds Championship, tournament, the team reached the finals but was defeated 3–0, with Caps' efforts rendered ineffective. His participation made Caps the first European player to ever play in, and lose, two Worlds Championship Finals in a row.

2020 season

In the pre-season between 2019 and 2020, Caps switched his designation from 'mid lane' to 'bot lane'. Once again, Caps, as a member of G2, took first place in the regular season. G2 reached the finals and won against Fnatic 3–0. After this success, Caps decided to swap back to the mid lane position again, ahead of the LEC 2020 Summer Split. [13]

In the LEC 2020 Summer Split, Caps and G2 Esports, again earned the LEC Champion title and qualify for Worlds 2020.

2021 season

At the end of 2021, Caps extended his contract with G2 through 2025.

2023 season

Caps won the 2023 LEC Winter Split, which had recently changed its competitive format.

Legacy

On August 16, 2026, Riot announced Caps as the third entry into the League of Legends' Hall of Legends, reflecting the substantial impact Caps has had on the e-sports scene. In this announcement, particular emphasis was placed on Caps' contribution to the European region's ability to compete with other regions at international tournaments.

He was officially inducted in a private ceremony at the Riot Games Arena in Berlin, Germany on August 18, 2026. A documentary on his career was released on September 10, 2026.

Seasons overview

YearTeamDomesticRegionalInternational
LeagueSplit Rift Rivals First Stand Mid-Season Invitational World Championship
VersusWinterSpringSummerSeason Finals
2016Nerv EU CS N/aN/a—6thN/aN/aN/a—
Dark Passage TCL—N/a1st
2017 Fnatic EU LCS N/a3rd3rd2ndDid not qualify5th–8th
2018 EU LCS 1st1st1st3rd–4th2nd
2019 G2 Esports LEC 1st1st1st1st2nd
2020 LEC 1st1stN/aNone held [a] 3rd–4th
2021 LEC 3rd4thDid not qualifyDid not qualify
2022 LEC 1st2nd3rd–4th11th–14th
2023 LEC 1st4th1st1st5th–6th9th–11th
2024 LEC 1st1st1st1st4th9th–11th
2025 LEC 2nd2nd1stN/aDid not qualify7th–8th5th–8th
2026 LEC 1stN/a1st1st2nd4th

Awards and honors

International
Regional
LEC
TCL
Halls of Fame

Notes

  1. ↑ Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [14]

References

  1. 1 2 "Rasmus 'caPs' Borregaard Winther" (in Danish). Red Bull . Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  2. ↑ Erzberger, Tyler (8 November 2019). "Claps or Craps? The alter egos of a League of Legends star". ESPN. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  3. ↑ Tierney, Paul (2 November 2019). "Caps is Quite Possibly the Best Player in the World". Red Bull . Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  4. ↑ Luque, Armand (16 August 2026). "Caps, the Rise of the European King". Sheep Esports. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  5. ↑ Marchoude, Ilyas (16 August 2026). ""Baby Faker" Caps Joins Faker in the Hall of Legends — The Eternal Midlane Rivalry". Sheep Esports. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "World title or not, Caps and Perkz still the best Western duo in League of Legends". ESPN. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  7. ↑ "Caps Becomes First Western Pro for Hall of Legends". lolesports.com. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  8. ↑ RFT.GG, ReM (2 June 2026). "The Greatest LoL Players of All Time". rft.gg. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  9. ↑ Xu, Davide (16 August 2026). "Caps Becomes First Western Player Inducted Into LoL Esports Hall of Legends 2026 - Hotspawn" . Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Caps Becomes First Western Pro for Hall of Legends". lolesports.com. 16 August 2026. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
  11. ↑ Enriquez, X. C. (16 August 2026). "Caps is the third Hall of Legends inductee after Faker, Uzi". Esports.gg. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
  12. ↑ "fnatic trounces cloud9 3-0". espn.com. 5 February 2020.
  13. ↑ Fabian 'GrabbZ' Lohmann [@G2GrabbZ] (6 May 2020). "We were very close to sending Wunder to botlane but we decided to run it back with our 2019 roster for summer/worlds having the two best western mids and ads in the same team sure gives some headaches 🤡" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021– via Twitter.
  14. ↑ Rand, Emily (23 April 2020). "Riot cancels Mid-Season Invitational, announces changes to worlds". ESPN . Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  15. ↑ LEC [@LEC] (6 September 2020). "The @Kia_Motors MVP of #LEC Summer 2020: @G2Caps! https://t.co/mAcEGcVNRi" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2021– via Twitter.

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