Some time ago, I spent time counting final appearances and gold medals in Premier Tournaments according to this page (Premier in Liquipedia) (not including Team League tournaments). The post was in a topic, but I post it here again so it's easier to find for someone wanting the stats.
So here we go! Starting with all the players above 10 final appearances :
ZERG: 93 V (35.77%) TERRAN: 88 V (33.85%) PROTOSS: 79 V (30.38%)
Legacy of the Void:
ZERG : 42 V (46.67%) TERRAN : 25 V (27.78%) PROTOSS : 23 V (25.56%)
Heart of the Swarm:
ZERG : 22 V (26.83%) TERRAN : 29 V (35.36%) PROTOSS : 31 V (37.80%)
Wings of Liberty:
ZERG : 29 V (32.95%) TERRAN : 34 V (38.64%) PROTOSS : 25 V (28.41%)
Finally, a recap of Gold medals sorted by countries :
ALL TIME:
Korea : 208 V (80%) Finland : 14 V (5.38%) USA : 9 V (3.46%) France : 7 V (2.69%) Poland, Sweden and Italy : 6 V (2.31%) Canada : 5 V (1.92%) Ukraine and Netherlands : 3 V (1.15%) Norway : 2 V (0.78%) Germany, Taiwan and Peru : 1 V (0.38%)
Legacy of the Void:
Korea : 64 V (71.11%) Finland : 13 V (14.44%) USA : 7 V (7.78%) Italy : 6 V (6.67%) Netherlands : 3 V (3.33%) Canada, Poland and France : 2 V (2.22%) Germany and Norway : 1 V (1.11%)
Heart of the Swarm:
Korea : 80 V (97.56%) Taiwan and France : 1 V (1.22%)
Wings of Liberty:
Korea : 64 V (72.73%) Sweden : 6 V (6.82%) Poland and France : 4 V (4.55%) Canada : 3 V (3.41%) USA and Ukraine : 2 V (2.27%) Norway, Finland and Peru : 1 V (1.14%)
Note 1: MorroW was playing Terran when he won a Premier and switched to Protoss way later. Note 2: Up-to-date since 2020 AfreecaTV GSL Super Tournament 2 (12/12/20)
Would love to see the full list of finalists appearance. Would also be cool to se Major tournament winners and online tournament medalists. Guys like Heromarine and Nerchio have won so many.
On November 30 2020 07:27 SmoKim wrote: Nice! Guess you can add + Show Spoiler +
Byun with 4 medals
Would love to see the full list of finalists appearance. Would also be cool to se Major tournament winners and online tournament medalists. Guys like Heromarine and Nerchio have won so many.
ASUS ROG is a Major.
Since regional qualifiers count as a Major you would see Neeb and Special top the chart with dozen of titles.
Byun, Zest, Gumiho and Solar are the korean kings of minor online tournaments.
6 Terrans have more Gold medals than the best Protoss. I love how nowadays a lot of whiners talk about how Zerg is to easy because we see so many good Zergs, but in history we ve seen by far the most succesfull Terrans. Indicating that over the entire time of SC2 Terran was the easiest to get to the top with. All that while Terrans for eternity say they Play the hardest race
On November 30 2020 11:37 WombaT wrote: We could really do with a tier above Premier, I suggest we call them ‘Super’ Tournaments, couldn’t see it being confusing at all.
It's true that not all Premier are equals. But a clear cut could be tricky, especially for tournaments with the same name but not at all the same difficulty (example : MLG before and after Koreans' attendance).
On November 30 2020 16:55 Serimek wrote: I'm lost : has a mod changed MC's number ? I wrote 16 appareances and 6 wins and it's 18 and 7 now...
I changed the number back.
Curiously in the Premier tab of Liquipedia MC shows up 16 times but if you go to MC's page and achievement list counting adds up to 18 finals 7 golds.
OK, I've found what's MC page is considering Premier win and 2nd place and, are not, in my opinion, as it is not main event finals : this and that (Pool B victory).
EPT
Serral
MC
INnoVation, 
As both of these lead to Song Hyeon Deok 
