The highest earning esports players in the world

Esports has become a profession in its own right. With their hard work and efforts, the players can earn a lot of money.

Some games have extremely strong fan bases as well as more bonuses, making the champions much richer. Here is a list of the highest earning esports players in history – according to EsportsEarnings.

Call of Duty: Karma – $748,222.25 USD

Call of Duty may not have as much prize money as other games, but if you stick with this game for a long time and win many championships, you can still make a lot of money.

Topping the Call of Duty list is OpTic Gaming’s Damon ‘Karma’ Barlow. He has earned $748,222.25 in prize money since starting his career in 2011. The 3-time Call of Duty World Champion has consistently dominated tournaments, with the biggest prize pool of $269,500 coming from the championship trophy. third (2017) with OpTic in Infinite Warfare.

Not surprisingly, following him are two of his veteran teammates: Ian ‘Crimsix’ Porter and Jordan ‘JKap’ Kaplan – both of whom have been with the game as long as Karma.

League of Legends: Faker – $1,213,853.15

League of Legends has always been a highly competitive sport, but one name is always mentioned – Lee ‘Faker’ Sang Hyeok. Faker is one of the brightest talents of all time in League of Legends. He earned $1,213,853.15 in prize money with 3 World Championship trophies.

Although 2018 was a rough year for him and his teammates at SKT, Faker is certainly aiming to return to his throne by claiming his fourth World Championship title.

Faker is probably the only LoL star to break the $1 million mark, but Lee ‘Duke’ Ho Seong and Lee ‘Wolf’ Jae Wan are only slightly behind him. 100 Thieves star and former Faker teammate Bae ‘Bang’ Jun Sik is also a name worth mentioning.

DOTA 2: KuroKy – $4,233,703.61

Dota 2 may not go head-to-head with League, but the prize money from the sport may cause some gamers to decide to switch careers from Riot’s MOBA to Valve. However, not all Dota events have big bonuses. But, if you join the prestigious The International, you will certainly have a lot of money.

Topping the list is Team Liquid’s Kuro ‘Kuroky’ Salehi Takhasomi, with over $4 million in prize money. Winning TI7 earned him a share of the $10,862,683 prize money – more than 50% of his career prize money.

Although Kuroky has been involved in the Dota arena for a long time, this year there may be a change in the position of the highest paid player in Dota. The International 2019 has now surpassed last year’s prize money, reaching more than 25 million USD and still growing.

CS:GO: Xyp9x – $1,474,921.90

Although CSGO does not have as much prize money as its DOTA brother, that does not mean that the players do not earn a lot of money from competing. Winning a CSGO Major will bring the team $500,000 in prize money before being split.

Andreas ‘Xyp9x’ Højsleth has done it 3 times and started the era of highest earnings with his Astralis teammates. Since the beginning of 2018, and also the era of Astralis dominance, Xyp9x earned $883,350 – more than half of his total bounty earnings during his career.

Although the appearance as well as the number of championships at Astralis events is faltering, the Danish team is still at the top of the list of CSGO earnings. Opposing teams need to work very hard to bring them down.

Fortnite Battle Royale: Bizzle – $512,750.00

With esports growing, games are trying their best to polish their names by offering bigger bonuses.

Among them is Fortnite Battle Royale, the Battle Royale title of which Timothy ‘Bizzle’ Miller is the ruler. The professional Ghost Gaming player has earned $512,750 since competing. Coming soon, the throne may change hands when the Fortnite World Cup kicks off from July 26 to 28 – the winner of the solo category will earn $3 million.

Popular player Turner ‘Tfue’ Tenney was the one who held the top spot before deciding not to attend IEM Katowice in January. His duo teammate Dennis ‘Cloak’ Lepore came in third, just over $80,000 behind Tfue.

Starcraft II: Maru – $748,651.21

While Fortnite is the infant of the esports scene, Starcraft II has been around for quite some time. In this list dominated by Korean players, we have Cho ‘Maru’ Sung Choo at the top with $748,651.21.

Maru has been competing in Starcraft since 2010 but it was not until 2018 that his prize money increased rapidly. Maru earns 50% of total current earnings with $370,117.05 coming from 14 events in 2018 alone.

Maru started 2019 with over $50,000 earned in 7 events, so he could go even further. This is not good news for compatriot Lee ‘INnoVation’ Shin Hyung, who is second with $686,202.57.

The more esports titles (whether large or small), the more opportunities players have to change their lives. Esports is now not only a passion for entertainment but also a mainstream profession for many people.

According to Dexerto