Clubs Lee began his club career in 2003 after signing a contract with the
Hyundai Capital Skywalkers. Prior to the 2013–14 season, Lee was traded to the
Samsung Fire Bluefangs for
Yeo Oh-hyun. Lee remained with the Bluefangs for three years before signing a contract with the
KB Insurance Stars as a free agent on May 19, 2016. Lee recorded his 900th career block on December 17, 2016. Lee is the only player in
V-League history to over 900 blocks in a career. Lee also scored his 3,000th career point on November 22, 2017, becoming the only middle blocker in V-League history to over 3,000 points in a career.
National team Lee first joined the national team program in 1999 as a member of the South Korean national under-18 team. He helped the team win gold at the
1999 Asian Youth Championship, and qualify for the
1999 World Youth Championship. In 2003 Lee was a member of the collegiate national team which won the gold medal in the
2003 Summer Universiade defeating
Japan in final. He also won the gold medal at the
2003 Asian Championship held in
Tianjin, as part of the
South Korean national team. Lee was part of the national team at the
2006 FIVB World Championship in Japan, where the team finished in 17th place. Lee had consistently participated in the
FIVB World League after his debut in
2006 and made his seventh appearance in the tournament in
2017. ==Individual awards==