CSGO: Top 20 highest earning players after ESL One Cologne 2019

Astralis still dominate the charts

In November 2018, Astralis stars: Nicolai ‘dev1ce’ Reedtz, Peter ‘dupreeh’ Rasmussen and Andreas ‘Xyp9x’ Højsleth became the first CSGO players to hit $1 million in prize money.

Since winning the IEM Katowice Major, Lukas ‘gla1ve’ Rossander and Emil ‘Magisk’ Reif joined two of their teammates in the millionaires’ guild, becoming the top 5 highest earning CSGO players.

After that, the Danish team was given the right to choose the tournament they wanted to participate in. Despite being in the top 5 CSGO players with the highest income, the CSGO boys can’t hold the position of the world’s No. 1 team.

After 406 days of Astralis dominance, Team Liquid has finally broken that dynasty – becoming the first North American team to claim the world No. With a resounding victory at ESL One Cologne, Team Liquid not only confirmed their status as the strongest team, but they also won the Intel Gram Slam, with four wins in a row.

$1,000,000 USD has helped Team Liquid jump on the bounty revenue charts, with all members and Jake ‘Stewie2K’ Yip – Stewie2K is currently the highest paid player in North America, ranked 10th in the top 20.

The North American boys still have a long way to go if they want to catch up with Astralis. As for MIBR, despite their recent disappointing performance, they are still ahead of Liquid thanks to their good performance in 2016 and 2017.

At the top of the earnings is still the boss of Clutch, Xyp9x. The 23-year-old player has a total CSGO bonus income exceeding $1.4 million after the success of IEM Katowice, and following him is dupreeh, losing only a few thousand dollars.

The top 20 highest earning players in CSGO esports as of July 8, 2019, according to esportsearnings.com, can be viewed below.