100 Thieves, LLC (abbreviated 100T) is an American lifestyle brand and gaming organization based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2017 by Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag.
They currently operate four franchise teams, which compete in the League of Legends Championship of The Americas (LTA), Valorant Champions Tour (VCT), Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS) and the Call of Duty League (CDL) (branded as Los Angeles Thieves); their LTA team is currently a "provisional guest partner" in the North Conference.
[2] In November 2017, 100 Thieves received a multimillion-dollar investment from Cleveland Cavaliers and Quicken Loans owner Dan Gilbert allowing the company to expand into a full-fledged esports organization.
[3] On October 23, 2018, 100 Thieves announced that they finished their Series A funding round co-led by Scooter Braun and Drake, who both became co-owners when they raised $25 million.
[19] 100 Thieves' second-place finish qualified them for Rift Rivals 2018, an international tournament between the top three spring teams from Europe and North America.
In the best-of-five "relay race" finals, the team lost their game against Fnatic, contributing to North America's combined 1–3 loss to Europe.
[25] The team's performance across both splits allowed them to qualify for the 2018 League of Legends World Championship in South Korea as North America's second seed.
Huhi left the team, and Maurice "Amazing" Stückenschneider joined to replace AnDa, who was moved to the academy roster along with Ryu.
[57] After a fourth place finish in the spring split, the team parted ways with head coach Zikz and hired Bok "Reapered" Han-gyu as his replacement.
[58] Prior to the start of the summer split, 100 Thieves signed Felix "Abbedagge" Braun from the LEC, and Ry0ma was subsequently sent back to academy,[59] while Damonte was dropped by the organization.
[64] The team's performance secured them a bye into Group B alongside China's Edward Gaming, Korea's T1, and Japan's DetonatioN FocusMe.
[75] Following a group stage exit at the 2022 World Championship, General manager PapaSmithy and coaches Repeared, Mithy, and Freeze parted ways with the team.
[76][77] For the 2023 season, 100 Thieves released the entire roster except Closer, signing veterans Yiliang "Doublelift" Peng and Søren "Bjergsen" Bjerg and promoting Alan "Busio" Cwalina from the academy, and Tenacity to full-time top laner.
[78] The team also hired Christopher "Kaas" Oudheusden as their new head coach with Erlend "Nukeduck" Holm joining as an assistant and promoting Joseph "JungleJuice" Jang as general manager..[79] After a 5-8 start to the Spring Split, Kaas and 100 Thieves parted ways and Nukeduck was promoted to interim head coach with Danny "Dan Dan" Comte joining as an assistant from the challengers team.
[80] After Bjergsen's retirement, the team announced their new head coach in Jang "Cain" Nu-ri and the signing of Lim "Quid" Hyeon-seung as their new mid laner.
For the 2024 season, the team parted ways with the whole roster and coaching staff except for Quid, signing Rayan "Sniper" Shoura, Kim "River" Dong-woo, Brandon "Meech" Choi, and Bill "Eyla" Nguyen.
[88][89] The original team consisted of Keane "Valliate" Alonso, Diondre "YaBoiDre" Bond, Zachary "Venerated" Roach, and Alfred "Pride" Choi.
[101] They started 2022 with the signing of Adam "ec1s" Eccles and Hunter "BabyJ" Schline and promoting analyst Jovanni "Jovi" Vera to head coach.
[110] Following the end of the regular 2022 season, 100 Thieves released Will and signed XSET star player Matthew "Cryocells" Panganiban,[111] and Mikes was promoted to head coach, following Sgares's departure.
[118] 100 Thieves competed in the main event of Red Bull Home Ground #4 in Tokyo with Nicholas "NaturE" Garrison as a stand-in, and placed fifth.
In February 2019, 100 Thieves announced their entrance in the Apex Legends competitive scene, signing Connor "Gigz" White, Justin "Teenage" Phipps, and Isiah "Lifted" Slowik as their first roster.
In October 2021, 100 Thieves returned to Apex Legends, signing the roster of Brendan "Onmuu" Pode, Alex "scuwry" Scala, and Nicholas "Vein" Hobbs.
In February 2022, the team released Vein and signed Alan "Vaxlon" Gonzalez, with Tyler "Sickks" Clark joining later on as their new head coach.
In November 2024, 100 Thieves announced the roster of Tyler "Dezignful" Gardner, Noyan "Genburten" Ozkose, and Timothy "iiTzTimmy" An, with Deston "Bronzey" Nguyen as the head coach.
[125] After being eliminated in the group stage of the 2024 Apex Legends Global Series World Championship, Dezignful announced that he would be exploring his options for next season.
In the following months, 100 Thieves announced the roster of Eduadro "Eddie" Rojas-Torras, Jacob "Frost" Horsch, James "Pt105" Keresey, and Hoan "PureZuhn" Le, with Davis "Gilgamesh" Huang as head coach and William "Woody" Hix as the team's general manager.
[128] In late October 2019, 100 Thieves announced the signing of the former Renegades roster which included Aaron "AZR" Ward, Sean "Gratisfaction" Kaiwai, Joakim "jkaem" Myrbostad, Justin "jks" Savage, and Jay "Liazz" Tregillgas with Aleksandar "kassad" Trifunović as head coach.
[131] On October 12, 2020, 100 Thieves announced their departure from the competitive CS:GO scene, citing complications with travel, a focus on European events, and COVID-19 as the main reasons behind the move.
At the beginning of 2019, Risker and Parallax were released and the team signed Maurilio "Blind" Gramajo, Davis "Ceice" McClellan, Hayden "Elevate" Krueger, Brandon "Klass" Weaver, and Gabriel "Kyuzi" Harlos.
At the end of 2019, Blind, Kenith, and SirDimetrious were released, with the team signing Diego "Arkhram" Lima, Brendan "Falconer" Facloner, and Brett "grandmateets" Squires.