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KBO 2026

Teams

Ten clubs, four of them within an hour of Seoul and the rest carrying a city each. The record is this season; the story underneath it is not.

01KT WizSuwon
90–49–5
wOBA
.362
FIP
4.21
DIFF
+176
Luck
+4.4

Last in the league in each of its first three seasons, champion in 2021.

1 titles · last 2021 · founded 2013 · Suwon KT Wiz Park

02Samsung LionsDaegu
83–58–3
wOBA
.358
FIP
4.53
DIFF
+137
Luck
−0.2

Eight titles, four of them in a row from 2011 to 2014, and the longest stretch of sustained payroll advantage in KBO history.

8 titles · last 2014 · founded 1982 · Daegu Samsung Lions Park

03KIA TigersGwangju
79–63–2
wOBA
.357
FIP
4.74
DIFF
+105
Luck
−2.1

Twelve titles, more than any club in the league, and a run through the late eighties that ended with Sun Dong-yol on the mound almost every October.

12 titles · last 2024 · founded 1982 · Gwangju-KIA Champions Field

04LG TwinsSeoul
78–65–1
wOBA
.348
FIP
4.55
DIFF
−3
Luck
+6.8

Won in 1990 and 1994, then waited twenty-nine years for the third. The fourth followed in 2025.

4 titles · last 2025 · founded 1982 · Jamsil Baseball Stadium

05Doosan BearsSeoul
73–66–5
wOBA
.338
FIP
4.12
DIFF
+58
Luck
−2.3

Six titles, and the club that won the very first Korean Series in 1982. Shares Jamsil with LG, which makes the city series the league's oldest argument.

6 titles · last 2019 · founded 1982 · Jamsil Baseball Stadium

06SSG LandersIncheon
65–74–5
wOBA
.339
FIP
5.14
DIFF
−91
Luck
+3.8

Five titles in twenty-two years as an expansion club, built on a defence-and-bullpen model that the rest of the league spent a decade copying.

5 titles · last 2022 · founded 2000 · Incheon SSG Landers Field

07Lotte GiantsBusan
64–77–3
wOBA
.336
FIP
4.43
DIFF
−63
Luck
−0.4

Two titles, 1984 and 1992, and the loudest home crowd in the country in between. Sajik has waited longer than any park in the league.

2 titles · last 1992 · founded 1982 · Sajik Baseball Stadium

08NC DinosChangwon
64–78–2
wOBA
.347
FIP
5.08
DIFF
−53
Luck
−2.0

Entered the league in 2013 and won it in 2020, the fastest an expansion club has gone from first pitch to trophy.

1 titles · last 2020 · founded 2011 · Changwon NC Park

09Hanwha EaglesDaejeon
57–83–4
wOBA
.357
FIP
5.01
DIFF
−14
Luck
−11.8

One title, in 1999, and a reputation as the league's hardest place to be a fan — which is exactly why the 2025 run to the Korean Series mattered.

1 titles · last 1999 · founded 1986 · Daejeon Hanwha Life Ballpark

10Kiwoom HeroesSeoul
50–90–4
wOBA
.319
FIP
4.80
DIFF
−252
Luck
+3.9

No titles, three different names, and a development pipeline that has sent more players to the majors than any other KBO club.

0 titles · founded 2008 · Gocheok Sky Dome

League totals: 7,301 R · 1,366 HR · 11,054 SO · 5.07 R/G