Topson

Player Information

Name:

Topias Miikka Taavitsainen

Nationality:

Finland

Born:

April 14, 1998 (age 28)

Region:

Europe

Years Active (Player):

2016 - Present

Role:

Solo Middle

Approx. Total Winnings:

$3,454,807

Signature Hero:

Links

History

2017-08-29 — 2017-10-16	SFTe-sports
2017-10-16 — 2017-12-07	No Rats
2017-12-07 — 2018-03-23	5 Anchors
2018-06-04 — 2021-11-19	OG
2021-11-19 — 2023-09-07	OG(Inactive)
2022-08-16 — 2022-11-16	T1(Stand-in)
2023-09-07 — 2024-09-24	Tundra Esports
2024-09-24	Retired

Recent Matches

RH	0:2 (Bo3)	L1GA
June 9, 2026 - 20:00 CEST TI2026 EU OQ1

RH	1:0 (Bo1)	Hive
June 9, 2026 - 18:35 CEST TI2026 EU OQ1

MB	0:2 (Bo3)	YeS
January 26, 2026 - 19:50 CET EPL Championship S1

MB	1:2 (Bo3)	Z10
January 20, 2026 - 17:00 CET EPL Championship S1

MB	2:1 (Bo3)	NLJM
January 19, 2026 - 17:00 CET EPL Championship S1

Upcoming Tournaments

No Upcoming Tournaments

Topias "Topson" Taavitsainen (born April 14, 1998) is a retired Finnish player who last played for Tundra Esports.

Tundra Esports announced his retirement on September 24, 2024.^[1] In January 2025, he left for his Finnish military service.^[2]

Biography

Topson was born in Haukipudas, Finland. He has seven older siblings and four younger siblings.^[3] He began playing Dota when he was 8 years old after being encouraged by his brothers.

His professional career began in 2017 with brief stints at SFTe-sports and 5 Anchors No Captain, and he represented his country at WESG 2017.

His high leaderboard ranking subsequently attracted attention, and in June 2018 he was announced as the new midlaner for OG prior to The International 2018 regional qualifiers. OG qualified for the event and, despite low expectations at the start of the tournament, lifted the aegis after defeating PSG.LGD in the grand final.

On August 25th, 2019, he became the first two time TI-Winner, after winning two consecutive TIs, TI8 and TI9. He achieved this together with his teammates N0tail, Ceb, ana, and JerAx on OG. After placing 7th-8th in The International 2021, he took a break from the competitive scene. He joined T1 as last minute stand-in for The International 2022 qualifiers but didn't manage to qualify. He later form a team named Old G with former teammates Ceb and N0tail but the team didn't manage to qualify to division 1. He would later play for Tundra Esports at The International 2023, replacing Saksa who went inactive due to health reasons.^[4]^[5]

Trivia

He studied to become a chef but he decided to quit to focus on Dota.^[6]

Reached 15,000 MMR on December 3, 2025.^[7]

Statistics

Topson is the all time leader in premium/professional matches played as Arc Warden (31 matches and 14 wins), although Arteezy leads in matches won as Arc Warden (28 matches and 19 wins).
Had the highest average deaths per game (7.28) of any core player at The International 2018.
Had the highest average kills per game (9.43) at The International 2019.

Stats from datdota as of as of 08-Mar-2025

Achievements

Date	Place	Tier		Result	Prize

2024-09-15	3rd	Tier 1	The International 2024	1 : 2	$249,843
2024-07-20	4th	Tier 1	Riyadh Masters 2024	0 : 2	$400,000
2024-05-24	5th - 6th	Tier 1	DreamLeague Season 23	0 : 2	$57,500
2024-04-28	3rd	Tier 1	ESL One Birmingham 2024	0 : 2	$120,000
2023-09-23	5th - 6th	Tier 1	DreamLeague Season 21	1 : 2	$57,500
2023-02-14	1st	Tier 2	BetBoom Universe: Episode 1	3 : 2	$60,000
2020-12-13	2nd	Tier 1	EPIC League Season 2 Division 1	2 : 3	$100,000
2020-09-06	2nd	Tier 1	OMEGA League: Europe Immortal Division	0 : 3	$125,000
2019-08-25	1st	Tier 1	The International 2019	3 : 1	$15,620,181
2019-05-11	5th - 6th	Tier 1	MDL Disneyland® Paris Major	1 : 2	$60,000