Doublelift — LoL Streamer Profile & Stats

Doublelift — real name Yiliang “Peter” Peng — is an American League of Legends streamer and the most decorated champion in North American LCS history, with 8 league titles, more than any other player. After retiring twice, he returned to competitive play in January 2025 at the head of his own team, Near Airport, while his Twitch channel has grown to 1.89 million followers. Browse more creators like him in our streamer directory and the League of Legends streamer archive.

Who Is Doublelift?

Born on 19 July 1993 in Mission Viejo, California, Doublelift broke into professional League of Legends at its very first world event — DreamHack Summer 2011, the Riot Season 1 Championship — and spent the next decade as the North American scene’s defining AD Carry. Wikipedia describes him today as a content creator, streamer, semi-professional and former professional player who is “widely considered to be one of the greatest North American LCS players of all time”, with 1 Split MVP, 5 All-Pro First Teams and 1 All-Pro Third Team across 18 splits. He is famous as a fierce competitor and trash-talker — his 2013 All-Star declaration that “Everyone else is trash” remains one of esports’ most-quoted lines.

The Most Decorated Champion in NA LCS History

No player has won more North American LCS titles than Doublelift’s eight. The run started in August 2015, when he helped Counter Logic Gaming win the organisation’s first-ever LCS split playoff title. After moving to TSM he beat Cloud9 3–1 for the 2016 Summer crown, and his 2017 loan to Team Liquid — one of the most-discussed trades in LCS history — produced another trophy. His golden era came with Team Liquid in 2018–2019: four straight split titles, a long-awaited NA LCS MVP award for the 2018 Summer split, and the moment he passed Xmithie to become the league’s all-time championship leader. One final miracle lower-bracket run with TSM in 2020 sealed title number eight before his first retirement that November.

Career Timeline: CLG, TSM, Team Liquid & 100 Thieves

Doublelift’s career is effectively a history of the NA LCS itself. After early stints with Epik Gamer and Team Curse, his CLG era (2012–2015) ended with that breakthrough 2015 title — and a release just weeks later. His first TSM spell (2016–2017) delivered a championship and a high-profile spring hiatus in which he streamed full-time, foreshadowing his second career. Team Liquid (2017–2020) turned him into the league’s record champion, including MSI 2019’s famous semifinal upset of reigning world champions Invictus Gaming. A 2020 trade back to TSM added trophy number eight, and after retiring in November 2020 he became a full-time TSM streamer before leaving the organisation in late 2021. A December 2022 comeback with 100 Thieves for the 2023 season closed the loop on his LCS playing days, followed by a second retirement in December 2023.

The Near Airport Comeback (2025–)

In January 2025 Doublelift announced yet another return — this time on his own terms, founding a team later known as Near Airport (a joke about North America’s international performances) to enter the North American Challengers League qualifiers. The squad qualified for Split 1 without dropping a single game, and Wikipedia notes the project has been compared to Los Ratones — the streamer-founded super-team led by British creator Caedrel — for its blend of content and competition. For a 32-year-old icon most fans had written off as retired, it is one of the great second acts in League of Legends.

Streaming on Twitch & YouTube

Doublelift’s Twitch channel — created on 3 February 2013 — now counts 1,889,452 followers (as of September 2026) and 47 videos, with a bio that greets fans as “you beautiful gigachads”. His YouTube channel (@doublelift) adds another 731K subscribers across roughly 1.8K uploads of highlights, breakdowns and pro-season commentary. Where most ex-pros fade into variety content, Doublelift’s streams stay rooted in high-level League of Legends — now spiced with the owner-player perspective on Near Airport’s Challengers League matches.

How Doublelift Compares to Other LoL Streamers

Within League of Legends streaming, Doublelift occupies a unique slot: the record-champion turned owner-player. His 1.89 million Twitch followers put him among the biggest English-language LoL channels on the platform, in the company of personalities like Tyler1 and Spain’s Ibai, while his analyst-turned-team-founder trajectory mirrors what Caedrel has built in Europe with Los Ratones. Explore the full scene in our League of Legends streamer archive and the United States streamer archive.

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