• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 16:34
CEST 22:34
KST 05:34
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Maestros of the Game: Week 1/Play-in Preview12[ASL20] Ro24 Preview Pt2: Take-Off7[ASL20] Ro24 Preview Pt1: Runway132v2 & SC: Evo Complete: Weekend Double Feature4Team Liquid Map Contest #21 - Presented by Monster Energy13
Community News
LiuLi Cup - September 2025 Tournaments2Weekly Cups (August 25-31): Clem's Last Straw?39Weekly Cups (Aug 18-24): herO dethrones MaxPax6Maestros of The Game—$20k event w/ live finals in Paris53Weekly Cups (Aug 11-17): MaxPax triples again!15
StarCraft 2
General
Production Quality - Maestros of the Game Vs RSL 2 Geoff 'iNcontroL' Robinson has passed away #1: Maru - Greatest Players of All Time Heaven's Balance Suggestions (roast me) Maestros of the Game: Week 1/Play-in Preview
Tourneys
RSL: Revival, a new crowdfunded tournament series Chzzk MurlocKing SC1 vs SC2 Cup Sea Duckling Open (Global, Bronze-Diamond) Maestros of The Game—$20k event w/ live finals in Paris LiuLi Cup - September 2025 Tournaments
Strategy
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 489 Bannable Offense Mutation # 488 What Goes Around Mutation # 487 Think Fast Mutation # 486 Watch the Skies
Brood War
General
ASL20 General Discussion BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ BW General Discussion Victoria gamers Pros React To: herO's Baffling Game
Tourneys
[IPSL] ISPL Season 1 Winter Qualis and Info! [Megathread] Daily Proleagues Is there English video for group selection for ASL Small VOD Thread 2.0
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Muta micro map competition Fighting Spirit mining rates [G] Mineral Boosting
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread General RTS Discussion Thread Nintendo Switch Thread Path of Exile Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
The Games Industry And ATVI US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread European Politico-economics QA Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
The Happy Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece Anime Discussion Thread Movie Discussion! [\m/] Heavy Metal Thread
Sports
MLB/Baseball 2023 2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread High temperatures on bridge(s)
TL Community
The Automated Ban List TeamLiquid Team Shirt On Sale
Blogs
Collective Intelligence: Tea…
TrAiDoS
A very expensive lesson on ma…
Garnet
hello world
radishsoup
Lemme tell you a thing o…
JoinTheRain
RTS Design in Hypercoven
a11
Evil Gacha Games and the…
ffswowsucks
INDEPENDIENTE LA CTM
XenOsky
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1359 users

Your Top 10 Players of All Time for Each Race?

Forum Index > BW General
Post a Reply
1 2 3 Next All
StuDToSs
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
116 Posts
September 28 2020 18:19 GMT
#1
I was just wondering what your all-time top 10 players for each races would look like based on your personal criteria.

I'm especially interested to hear from very old school fans from way back who'd seen pro players like YellOw in their prime who can shed some light to newer fans on how great of a player he was.

Protoss:
1. Bisu
2. Stork
3. Nal_rA
4. Jangbi
5. Reach
6. GARIMTO
7. Anytime
8. Kingdom
9. Kal
10. Grrrr...

Terran:
1. Flash
2. NaDa
3. BoxeR
4. iloveoov
5. Fantasy
6. XellOs
7. Midas
8. Iris
9. Mind
10. ForGG

Zerg:
1. Jaedong
2. sAviOr
3. July
4. ChoJJa
5. YellOw
6. GoRush
7. Calm
8. EffOrt
9. Luxury
10. ZerO

My criteria weighed in Starleague playoff appearances, individual peaks, career longevity, and their significance as a player (ex. Boxer was the face of, not only BW, but e-sports in general in Korea for a very long time).
Burned Toast *
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
Canada2040 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-09-28 18:41:38
September 28 2020 18:41 GMT
#2
Where's the love for (T)UpMaGiC ? And (Z)Shine ?

I appreciate that you mentionned (P)Nal_rA and my beloved (Z)July though.
TvT matchup is sometimes worse than jailtime
Timebon3s
Profile Joined May 2018
Norway702 Posts
September 28 2020 18:50 GMT
#3
What about Effort?
Best zerg of all time imo.
prosatan
Profile Joined September 2009
Romania8228 Posts
September 28 2020 19:34 GMT
#4
OK ! LET'S DO THIS !!!

ZERG

1) JAEDONG
2) Effort
3) Savior
4) Zero
5) July
6) Luxury
7) Soulkey
8) Chojja
9) GoRush
10)Kwanro

PROTOSS

1) Bisu (Best PvZ of all time)
2) Stork
3) Jangbi (Best PvT of all time)
4) Best
5) Rain
6) Nal_rA
7) Reach
8) Kal
9) Free
10)Snow

TERRAN

1) Flash
2) Nada
3) Boxer
4) Fantasy
5) iloveoov
6) Xellos
7) Light
8) Sea
9) Mind
10) Midas
Lee JaeDong Fighting! The only church that illuminates is the one that burns.
iFU.pauline
Profile Joined September 2009
France1587 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-09-28 19:41:55
September 28 2020 19:39 GMT
#5
10 players for each race is a lot to ask so I will just make a list of players I did enjoy watching the most regardless their achievement, skill or whatever.

Protoss:
no one

Terran:
Boxer
[joypop]zodiac
NTT
NaDa

Zerg:
hdv.zarma.npg
[z-zone]byun
H.O.T-Forever
BratTsunami
sAviOr
Jaedong
EffOrt (winner)
No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere, I see Heaven's glories shine, And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear
EndingLife
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States1594 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-09-28 21:17:34
September 28 2020 20:17 GMT
#6
No love for V-Gundam or IntoTheRain?
theaGOny
Profile Joined August 2019
10 Posts
September 28 2020 21:25 GMT
#7
wow pauline going really oldschool, i like it
LfunkGG
Profile Joined February 2019
78 Posts
September 28 2020 21:42 GMT
#8
nada
blackman
anytime
EndingLife
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States1594 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-09-28 21:52:56
September 28 2020 21:52 GMT
#9
I'll do a top 5 favorite for each race. 10 is a lot!

Protoss:

Bisu
Jangbi
Stork
Mini
Sky (Yeah...I know)

Terran:

Flash
Nada
Boxer
Xellos
Fantasy

Zerg:

Jaedong
Yellow
July
Effort
Larva

ne4aJIb
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Russian Federation3209 Posts
September 28 2020 22:16 GMT
#10
After Flash wins ASL, it will be

Terran: Flash
Protoss: Flash
Zerg: Flash
Bisu,Best,Stork,Jangbi and Flash, Fantasy, Leta, Light and Jaedong, Hydra, Zero, Soulkey assemble in ACE now!
Ikirouta
Profile Blog Joined November 2017
Finland727 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-09-28 23:12:42
September 28 2020 23:10 GMT
#11
ZERG
1. Jaedong, best Z of all time.

2. July (don't need to say much imo)

3. Effort, a beast, but I rate him lesser than July.

4. Yellow, oh yellow, if only you could be #2 on this list.

5. Savior, only rating him #5 because you know what he did. Boo.

6. ZerO, consistent during the golden years, beast nowadays.

7. GoRush, I'd love to rate him higher but I just can't, I loved him back in the day though.

8. Chojja, mr consistency, mr ultralisk. A beast, wish he stuck around for a bit longer though.

9. H.O.T-Forever, the guy who I looked up to when I started playing, surprised nobody put him on his list but I might be a little bit biased.

10. Shark, one of my MBCboys and the inventor of muta micro, very underrated imo but def in my top 10!

TERRAN
1. FlaSh, probably don't need to explain this one, do I?

2. NaDa, the genius, I also respect his careers longevity.

3. Boxer, close between him and NaDa imo.

4. iloveoov, the old man with the builds, I rate him above Fantasy cause I think he perfected more stuff and had more impact on Terran as a whole.

5. Fantasy, I think this is the right spot for him, best of the non-bonjwas.

6. Xellos, might be the old guy in me talking but he was a beast for sure.

7. Light, the 2nd best modern terran, I think he will win stuff this and next year. Sadly he rose to the top a bit too late.

8. Goodfriend, oldschool beast, very underrated imo, sadly never won a starleague but finished very consistently.

9. Mind, sadly never became as good as people hyped him up to be, but still a beast at his prime.

10. Sea, not the brightest star but in my mind definitely belongs in the top 10 of terrans.

PROTOSS
1. Bisu, nuff said.

2. Stork, I don't think I need to explain this either.

3. JangBi, wish he didn't quit, a beast, we need a toss like him today.

4. Pusan, my true love. My favourite Neo king. I love everything about his play, but the biggest thing for me is his consistency and the longevity of his career. He was never a top player but he was consistent for his team in Proleague. He plays a style that I love, abuse the map. Capable of taking games off of the big names with well planned out builds, but never being the top star or center of attention. One of the original macro tosses and just a great player. Marry me.

5. Kingdom, bring me some tea boys, the micro god. Very underrated. I remember watching Kingdom vods years later and being astonished, better than most modern tosses in my book.

6. Anytime, one of the Neo kings. A beast at his peak. I tried stealing so many builds from him but I was too noob.

7. Nal_rA, I had a hard time evaluating Nal_rA but I couldn't place him higher nor lower than this, so here is. The dreamer, a legend.

8. Reach, manlots, so handsome, so gosu. I'd marry him in a heartbeat.

9. GARIMTO, the real OG.

10. Free, the 4th best dragon at his peak imo, the missing 2 would be #11 and #12.
Pusan fan #1, bad sair/reaver enthuisiast. twitch.tv/ikirouta
FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10184 Posts
September 28 2020 23:27 GMT
#12
Imo, not gonna count the post-Kespa era.

Terran's top 5 I think are fairly undisputable being FlaSh, NaDa, Boxer, oov, and Fantasy. Ordering is debatable between oov and Boxer.
6-10 would probably be something like Iris, Xellos, Goodfriend, Midas, Casy/Forgg.
Sea is great for Proleague, but his awful individual league results are a stain on his legacy.

Zerg's top 6 will be Jaedong, savior, July, Effort, Yellow, Chojja
Followed by GGplay, GoRush, Calm, Hot-Forever.
Calm's ACE rating in proleague is surprisingly good.

Protoss top 4 should be undisputed, Bisu, Stork, Jangbi, NalRa.
5-10 might be Garimto, Reach, Anytime, Kingdom, Pusan, Grrr/Kal. Not sure how to judge Grr's OSL win tbh.

Writer#1 KT and FlaSh Fanboy || Woo Jung Ho Never Forget || Teamliquid Political Decision Desk
TL+ Member
StuDToSs
Profile Blog Joined April 2009
116 Posts
September 29 2020 00:03 GMT
#13
On September 29 2020 08:27 FlaShFTW wrote:
Imo, not gonna count the post-Kespa era.

Terran's top 5 I think are fairly undisputable being FlaSh, NaDa, Boxer, oov, and Fantasy. Ordering is debatable between oov and Boxer.
6-10 would probably be something like Iris, Xellos, Goodfriend, Midas, Casy/Forgg.
Sea is great for Proleague, but his awful individual league results are a stain on his legacy.

Zerg's top 6 will be Jaedong, savior, July, Effort, Yellow, Chojja
Followed by GGplay, GoRush, Calm, Hot-Forever.
Calm's ACE rating in proleague is surprisingly good.

Protoss top 4 should be undisputed, Bisu, Stork, Jangbi, NalRa.
5-10 might be Garimto, Reach, Anytime, Kingdom, Pusan, Grrr/Kal. Not sure how to judge Grr's OSL win tbh.



The reason why I gave more weight to Grrr's OSL run is because he was one of the first Royal Roaders as well as the only foreigner to have won a Starleague. You could downplay his Starleague win by saying that it was during the infancy of BW where players were much "worse".
Anc13nt
Profile Blog Joined October 2017
1557 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-09-29 04:37:51
September 29 2020 04:25 GMT
#14
I think in terms of achievements, the top 10 for each race is generally pretty clear. i think in terms of post-2007 peak skill level (I chose this period because I consider it personally to be the period when the meta looked fairly modern) though I can do a top 10 list just to add some variety to the thread while still being somewhat pertinent. I want to stress my list is not ranking by talent. I think in terms of raw talent, people like Nada or July could be in top 10, for example.

Top 10 in terms of peak skill level:
1. Flash
2. Jaedong
3. Bisu
4. Fantasy
5. Stork
6. Jangbi
7. Last
8. Effort
9. Rain
10. Queen

iFU.pauline
Profile Joined September 2009
France1587 Posts
September 29 2020 06:34 GMT
#15
On September 29 2020 05:17 EndingLife wrote:
No love for V-Gundam or IntoTheRain?


V-Gundam was a name I completely forgot, it is true that his endless 2 fact push vs protoss was very entertaining to watch and deserves a spot in top 10 terran just for that.
No coward soul is mine, No trembler in the world's storm-troubled sphere, I see Heaven's glories shine, And Faith shines equal arming me from Fear
kidcrash
Profile Joined September 2009
United States620 Posts
September 29 2020 06:50 GMT
#16
My list with putting more weight towards kespa era matches:

1.Flash
2.NaDa
3.iloveoov
4.Boxer
5.Fantasy
6.ForGG
7.Xellos
8.Iris
9.Sea
10.Light

1.Jaedong
2.EffOrt
3.SaViOr
4.July
5.GoRush
6.ChoJJa
7.YellOw
8.Zero
9.Soulkey
10.Calm

1.Bisu
2.Stork
3.JangBi
4.BeSt
5.Kal
6.Nal_rA
7.Reach
8.GARIMTO
9.Anytime
10.free
asel
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Germany1599 Posts
September 29 2020 17:18 GMT
#17
Would be fun to have a kor and a foreigner list. The list is less about achievements and more about my Personal fanboyism.

KOR

Zerg
1. Julyzerg
2. Savior (RIP)
3. Yarnc
4. hyvaa
5. Kwanro
6. Calm
7. Crazyhydra
8. Effort
9. Zero

Protoss
1. Daezang
2. Anytime
3. Reach
4 Flying
5. Bisu
6. Much
7. Free
8. Nal_rA
9. Violet
10. Chalrenge

TERRAN

1. Flash
2. Really
3. UpMagiC
4. NaDa
5. Iloveoov
6. Mind
7. Leta
8. ForGG
9. Boxer
10. Skyhigh


FOREIGNER

Zerg
1. Mondragon
2. F91
3. MidiaN
4. SEn
5. Ret
6. Eonzerg
7. Notforu
8. DinOt

Protoss
1. Testie (He mostly played p)
2. FiSheYe
3. Draco
4. GeNtLeMaN
5. HeXeR
6. AiR
7. Lx

Terran
1. Advokate
2. Fenris
3. Cope
4. Skew
5. Assem
6. Strelok
7. Super
8. ChinaTTTT
9. Hbq
10. Brat_OK
eSTRO for life | #3 Sea.Really fan! | GGoliath! | aeterna societas honoris | cbta~ | Flash makes Terran look like Toss | aka RevaL
Timebon3s
Profile Joined May 2018
Norway702 Posts
September 29 2020 18:11 GMT
#18
What about [GG99]Slayer? He even won a tournament in Korea!
Essbee
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada2371 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-10-01 23:08:16
September 29 2020 22:24 GMT
#19
Almost purely based on talent... and just going top 6...

Terran
Flash
Boxer
Nada
Fantasy
iloveoov
midas

Zerg
savior
Jaedong
JulyZerg
effort
Yellow
chojja

Protoss
Jangbi
Rain
Nal_rA
Stork
Bisu
Anytime
KungKras
Profile Joined August 2008
Sweden484 Posts
September 29 2020 23:14 GMT
#20
On September 29 2020 03:41 Burned Toast wrote:
Where's the love for (T)UpMaGiC ? And (Z)Shine ?

I appreciate that you mentionned (P)Nal_rA and my beloved (Z)July though.


July deserves to be mentioned just for rocking that awesome cape of his during some of the tournaments,
"When life gives me lemons, I go look for oranges"
1 2 3 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
[BSL 2025] Weekly
18:00
#13
LiquipediaDiscussion
Maestros of the Game
17:00
Group Stage - Group C
ComeBackTV 1239
CranKy Ducklings540
IndyStarCraft 315
BRAT_OK 156
CosmosSc2 91
Rex80
EnkiAlexander 74
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
IndyStarCraft 315
BRAT_OK 156
CosmosSc2 91
Rex 80
ForJumy 9
StarCraft: Brood War
sSak 146
LaStScan 132
Dewaltoss 101
sas.Sziky 34
IntoTheRainbow 10
Noble 7
Dota 2
The International62383
Fuzer 258
420jenkins239
League of Legends
JimRising 386
Counter-Strike
Fnx 1232
Stewie2K498
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor207
Other Games
Grubby3677
summit1g2671
FrodaN2200
fl0m1157
ToD426
KnowMe276
Hui .176
Sick75
Organizations
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 18 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• printf 77
• musti20045 44
• Adnapsc2 6
• Kozan
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• sooper7s
• intothetv
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
StarCraft: Brood War
• FirePhoenix4
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• masondota2806
League of Legends
• Doublelift4452
Other Games
• imaqtpie834
• tFFMrPink 20
Upcoming Events
OSC
1h 26m
davetesta4
RSL Revival
13h 26m
Cure vs Bunny
Creator vs Zoun
Maestros of the Game
20h 26m
Maru vs Lambo
herO vs ShoWTimE
BSL Team Wars
22h 26m
Team Hawk vs Team Sziky
Sparkling Tuna Cup
1d 13h
Monday Night Weeklies
1d 19h
The PondCast
4 days
Online Event
5 days
BSL Team Wars
5 days
Team Bonyth vs Team Dewalt
BSL Team Wars
5 days
[ Show More ]
Maestros of the Game
6 days
Cosmonarchy
6 days
Bonyth vs Dewalt
[BSL 2025] Weekly
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2025-09-02
SEL Season 2 Championship
HCC Europe

Ongoing

Copa Latinoamericana 4
BSL 20 Team Wars
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 3
BSL 21 Qualifiers
ASL Season 20
CSL 2025 AUTUMN (S18)
LASL Season 20
RSL Revival: Season 2
Maestros of the Game
Chzzk MurlocKing SC1 vs SC2 Cup #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1

Upcoming

2025 Chongqing Offline CUP
BSL Polish World Championship 2025: Warsaw LAN
BSL Season 21
BSL 21 Team A
EC S1
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025
IEM Chengdu 2025
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
MESA Nomadic Masters Fall
CS Asia Championships 2025
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.