The San Francisco Shock are an American esports team founded in 2017 that compete in the Overwatch League (OWL). The Shock began playing competitive Overwatch in the 2018 season.
All signed players during all OWL seasons (including the playoffs) are included, even if they did not make an appearance.
Handle | Name | Role | Country | Seasons | Ref. |
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ANS | Seonchang Lee | Damage | South Korea | 2020, 2021 | [1] [2] [3] [4] |
Architect | Minho Park | Damage | South Korea | 2018–2020 | [5] [6] |
babybay | Andrej Francisty | Damage | United States | 2018–2019 | [7] [8] |
ChoiHyoBin | Hyobin Choi | Tank | South Korea | 2018–2021 | [9] [10] |
Danteh | Dante Cruz | Damage | United States | 2018 | [7] [11] |
dhaK | Daniel Martínez Paz | Support | Spain | 2018 | [7] [12] |
FDGod | Brice Monsçavoir | Support | France | 2021 | [13] [4] |
FiNN | Sejin Oh | Support | South Korea | 2022–present | [14] |
Glister | Gilseong Lim | Damage | South Korea | 2021 | [15] [4] |
iddqd | André Dahlström | Damage | Sweden | 2018 | [7] [12] |
kilo | Jinwoo Jung | Damage | South Korea | 2022–present | [14] |
moth | Grant Espe | Support | United States | 2018–2020 | [5] [16] |
Nevix | Andreas Karlsson | Tank | Sweden | 2018–2019 | [17] [18] |
nero | Charlie Zwarg | Damage | United States | 2021 | [19] [4] |
nomy | David Ramirez | Tank | Mexico | 2018 | [7] [12] |
Proper | Donghyun Kim | Damage | South Korea | 2022–present | [14] |
Rascal | Dongjun Kim | Damage | South Korea | 2019–2020 | [20] [21] |
s9mm | Samuel Santos | Damage | United States | 2022–present | [22] |
sinatraa | Jay Won | Damage | United States | 2018–2020 | [7] [23] |
sleepy | Nikola Andrews | Support | United States | 2018–2019 | [7] [24] |
smurf | Myeonghwan Yoo | Tank | South Korea | 2019–2021 | [11] [4] |
Striker | Namju Gwon | Damage | South Korea | 2019–2021 | [25] [26] |
super | Matthew DeLisi | Tank | United States | 2018–2021 | [7] [27] |
Ta1yo | Sean Taiyo Henderson | Damage | Japan | 2020–2021 | [28] [4] |
Twilight | Juseok Lee | Support | South Korea | 2020–2021 | [6] [4] |
Viol2t | Minki Park | Support | South Korea | 2019–present | [29] |
The San Francisco Shock are an American professional Overwatch esports team based in San Francisco, California. The Shock compete in the Overwatch League (OWL) as a member of the league's West region. Founded in 2017, the San Francisco Shock is one of the twelve founding members of the OWL and is one of three professional Overwatch teams in California. The team is owned by Andy Miller, co-owner of the Sacramento Kings and NRG Esports. The Shock have won three midseason tournament titles, qualified for three season playoffs, and won back-to-back OWL Grand Finals, making them one of the most accomplished franchises in OWL history.
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