SNK World Championship 2025 has crowned the world's best players for four SNK fighting games!
$4.1 million total prize pool for SWC 2026 also announced!

Osaka, Japan — SNK is pleased to announce the globe’s greatest players of SNK fighting games, per their results during SNK World Championship 2025 (SWC 2025). The finals event was held in Atlanta, Georgia (USA) from October 31 through November 2, 2025.

SWC 2025 consisted of three invitationals (FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves, THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV, and SAMURAI SHODOWN—all featuring Qualifying Tournament winners from around the world) and one open tournament (ART OF FIGHTING 3). The top player in each earned a spot in the coveted SNK Fighting Game Champion division, with these four competitors then squaring off in a gauntlet of all four tournament titles to find out who was the best of the best. After three days of intense fighting game competition, individual title champions—and the overall SNK champion—were finally decided, as follows.

FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves (Invitation, 32 players)

1st: Laggia @laggia9 (Prize: $1,500,000)

2nd: GO1 @GO13151 (Prize: $300,000)

3rd: ZJZ @ZJZ_GxBridget (Prize: $150,000)

4th: xaohai @Xiaohai_ (Prize: $75,000)

5th: mi2ha4 @koyoiGUREN (Prize: $30,000)

5th: Lokof @lokofruletas (Prize: $30,000)

THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV (Invitation, 32 players)

1st: Lauyagami @Lauyagami1 (Prize: $500,000)

2nd: xiaohai @Xiaohai_ (Prize: $150,000)

3rd: Lokof @lokofruletas (Prize: $100,000)

4th: KAISER666 @Kaiser_666999 (Prize: $50,000)

5th: M’@arubionhat (Prize: $25,000)

5th: Madkof (Prize: $25,000)

SAMURAI SHODOWN (Invitation, 16 players)

1st: MASATON @masato_2063 (Prize: $250,000)

2nd: NISHINOYU @yuyamaguchi1985 (Prize: $75,000)

3rd: SCORE @score33333 (Prize: $50,000)

ART OF FIGHTING 3 (Open Tournament)

1st: sou @sou_1op (Prize: $50,000)

2nd: ArcadeGameCalifornia (Prize: $15,000)

3rd: Mjima @Mjima1022 (Prize: $10,000)

SNK Fighting Game Champion

Champion: Laggia @laggia9