List of the most successful e-athletes by prize money

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Newbee : Winner of The International 2014

This page lists the most successful e-athletes based on the prize money they have won .

The basis for the list is the esportsearnings.com database , in which the results from around 22,800 tournaments are recorded. Other databases exist or existed for certain esports titles such as sc2earnings.com and aligulac for StarCraft II and lolearnings.com for League of Legends , some of which are no longer updated, however.

Please note that this list does not include income from salaries, merchandise, advertising and sponsorship contracts or streaming, but only tournament prize money. For team games such as League of Legends , Dota 2 or Counter-Strike , the prize money for this list is distributed equally among all team members. For example, if a team of five wins $ 100,000 in prize money, $ 20,000 will be counted for each team member.

As of August 2017, there are 43 players who have won more than $ 1,000,000 and 98 who have won more than $ 500,000 in prize money. The front runner for a long time was the American Johnathan Wendel , who collected around $ 450,000 in prize money in various shooters between 1999 and 2006, but has since dropped out of the top 100. In late 2013, he was overtaken by South Korean StarCraft player Lee Jae-dong , who was the first to break the half-million dollar mark.

The leadership changed again with The International 2014 , a Dota 2 tournament endowed with over 10 million dollars in total prize money. Since then, all five members of the victorious Chinese team Newbee have clearly topped the list. In 2015, the International set a new record with total prize money of over 18 million dollars. Since then, the players on Team Evil Geniuses have topped the list. After the International 2017, in which another record prize money of around 24.5 million dollars was played, the German Kuro "Kuroky" Takhasomi led the list until the summer of 2019. Since then, the Dane Johan "N0tail" Sundstein , who won The International in 2018 and 2019 with OG. In general, the list is currently dominated by Dota-2 professionals, with Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf the first player from one another esports discipline.

Gender ratio

It is pointed out again and again that women are massively underrepresented in the list. There is not a single woman in the top 300. At No. 329 is the Canadian transgender -Athletin Sasha Hostyn , the only woman in the top 500 at No. 2 followed by Chinese Li Xiaomeng (ranked 603 in the standings). The top 400 women on the list add up to less prize money than the best male player.

list

As of September 26, 2019

Note: The list can be sorted: By clicking on a column header, the list is sorted according to this column, clicking twice reverses the sorting. Any combination can be achieved by clicking on several columns in a row.

rank nationality Surname Nickname Total prize money highest single prize money Discipline (s) current team
1. DenmarkDenmark Johan Sundstein n0tail $ 6,889,592 $ 3,124,036 ( The International 2019) Dota 2 Heroes of Newerth 1st floor
2. FinlandFinland Jesse Vainikka JerAx $ 6,469,000 $ 3,124,036 ( The International 2019) Dota 2 End of career
3. AustraliaAustralia Anathan Pham ana $ 5,999,412 $ 3,124,036 ( The International 2019) Dota 2 1st floor
4th FranceFrance Sébastien Debs Ceb $ 5,488,233 $ 3,124,036 ( The International 2019) Dota 2 1st floor
5. FinlandFinland Topias Taavitsainen Topson $ 5,413,446 $ 3,124,036 ( The International 2019) Dota 2 1st floor
6th GermanyGermany Kuro Takhasomi KuroKy $ 5,128,788 $ 2,172,537 ( The International 2017) Dota 2 DotA Nigma
7th JordanJordan Amer Al-Barkawi Miracle $ 4,692,419 $ 2,172,537 ( The International 2017) Dota 2 Nigma
8th. BulgariaBulgaria Ivan Ivanov MinD_ContRoL $ 4,483,493 $ 2,172,537 ( The International 2017) Dota 2 Nigma
9. LebanonLebanon Maroun Merhej GH $ 4,086,426 $ 2,172,537 ( The International 2017) Dota 2 Nigma
10. PakistanPakistan Sumail Hassan SumaiL $ 3,590,225 $ 1,326,932 ( The International 2015) Dota 2 1st floor
11. FinlandFinland Leave Urpalainen Matumbaman $ 3,557,781 $ 2,172,537 ( The International 2017) Dota 2 Team Secret
12. United StatesUnited States Kyle Giersdorf Bugha $ 3,052,800 $ 3,000,000 ( Fortnite World Cup Finals 2019 - Solo) Fortnite Sentinels
13. United StatesUnited States Saahil Arora UNiVeRsE $ 3,038,938 $ 1,326,932 ( The International 2015) Dota 2 Ninjas in pajamas
14th United StatesUnited States Peter Dager ppd $ 3,001,531 $ 1,326,932 ( The International 2015) Dota 2 Heroes of Newerth , Gwent Ninjas in pajamas
15th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Lu Yao Somnus 丶 M $ 2,916,865 $ 0817,030 ( The International 2018) Dota 2 PSG . LGD
16. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Xu lentils fy $ 2,825,675 $ 0817,030 ( The International 2018) Dota 2 PSG . LGD
17th EstoniaEstonia Clement Ivanov Puppey $ 2,655,686 $ 0411,961 ( The International 2019) Dota 2 DotA Team Secret
18th United StatesUnited States Clinton Loomis Fear $ 2,531,840 $ 1,326,932 ( The International 2015) Dota 2 DotA J. Storm
19th SwedenSweden Gustav Magnusson s4 $ 2,502,654 $ 0536,176 ( The International 2018) Dota 2 Heroes of Newerth Evil Geniuses
20th SwedenSweden Ludwig Wåhlberg Zai $ 2,315,219 $ 0436,180 ( The International 2016) Dota 2 Heroes of Newerth Team Secret
21st IsraelIsrael Tal Aizik Fly $ 2,307,896 $ 0536,176 ( The International 2018) Dota 2 Heroes of Newerth Evil Geniuses
22nd China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Wang Chunyu Ame $ 2,210,450 $ 0817,030 ( The International 2018) Dota 2 PSG . LGD
23. RomaniaRomania Aliwi Omar w33 $ 2,180,001 $ 0892,582 ( The International 2019) Dota 2 Nigma
24. CanadaCanada Artour Babaev Arteezy $ 2,169,953 $ 0536,176 ( The International 2018) Dota 2 Evil Geniuses
25th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Yiping y` $ 2,035,080 $ 1,827,800 ( The International 2016) Dota 2 EHOME
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31. United StatesUnited States Harrison Chang psalm $ 1,946,461 $ 1,800,000 ( Fortnite World Cup Finals 2019 - Solo) Fortnite Heroes of the Storm Counter Logic Gaming
35. AustriaAustria David Wang aqua $ 1,785,208 $ 1,500,000 ( Fortnite World Cup Finals 2019 - Duo) Fortnite Cool esports
46. DenmarkDenmark Andreas Højsleth Xyp9x $ 1,576,692 $ 0200,000 ( Intel Grand Slam Season 1) CS: GO CS Astralis
47. DenmarkDenmark Peter Rasmussen dupreeh $ 1,571,823 $ 0200,000 ( Intel Grand Slam Season 1) CS: GO Astralis
49. DenmarkDenmark Nicolai Reedtz dev1ce $ 1,541,445 $ 0200,000 ( Intel Grand Slam Season 1) CS: GO CS: S Astralis
64. Korea SouthSouth Korea Lee Sang-hyeok Faker $ 1,228,282 $ 0338,000 ( World Championship 2016) League of Legends SK Telecom T1
90. Korea SouthSouth Korea Lee Ho-seong Duke $ 0954,621 $ 0403,125 ( World Championship 2018) League of Legends Invictus Gaming
93. Korea SouthSouth Korea Lee Jae-wan wolf $ 0913,085 $ 0338,000 ( World Championship 2016) League of Legends SuperMassive eSports
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298. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Duong Huynh Kinstaar $ 0370,627 $ 58,750 (Fortnite Fall Skirmish Series - Week 1 EU)00 Fortnite Solary

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ esportsearnings.com
  2. ↑ sc2earnings.com ( Memento from June 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ aligulac.com
  4. ↑ lolearnings.com ( Memento from July 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Jaedong: “ It's an honor to be the highest-earnings esports player ever ” ongamers.com
  6. ↑ Kirk McKeand: The top 400 women in esports combined earn less than half of what the top man makes. VG247, September 9, 2019, accessed February 1, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Li "Liooon" Xiao Meng - Female Hearthstone player. esportsearnings.com, accessed February 1, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Benjamin Jakobs: The 400 best women in esports together earned less than half of the most successful male players. Eurogamer , September 11, 2019, accessed February 1, 2020 .