![]() ![]() The Japanese esports pro won $200,000 aged just 20 back in 2018 and has since gone on to become one of the best players ever to play the game. Starcraft II player Cho 'Maru' Sung Choo has earned just under $1million in prize money, from competing against the best in the real-time strategy game. Cho, Sung Choo (Maru) - Starcraft IIĬho Maru Seong Ju during StarCraft II game between Astralis and ENCE eSports during ESL Intel Extreme Masters 2020 at Spodek Arena on Februin Katowice, Poland.īiggest Single Prize Earned: $200,000 (WESG 2017) Not much is known about this mysterious Japanese esports player, who has gone into eighth on this list following his $1million prize win in a Shadowverse tournament back in 2018, a strategic multiplayer digital card game. Feg - Shadowverseīiggest Single Prize Earned: $1million (Shadowverse World Grand Prix 2018) Seth 'Scump' Abner has earned just over $1million competing against the best Call of Duty players in the world, but his biggest win came in Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare back in 2017, when he won $150,000 in the CWL Championship 2017. Seth "Scump" Abner of Chicago OpTic reacts to the crowd during an interview after defeating Florida Mutineers in the Call of Duty League Championship at Galen Center on Augin Los Angeles, California.īiggest Single Prize Earned: $150,000 (CWL Championship 2017) So just how much money do the top esports players earn, and what games do they compete in? We've taken a look at the highest-earning esports players of all time from the top 10 gaming titles.Īll figures have been sourced from and are approximate values that are subject to change. Professional esports players earn the majority of their wealth through prize money from official esports competitions, and the majority of top players also get paid a salary by the esports team they are signed to.īut players can also earn significant revenue through platforms like YouTube, Twitch and other streaming platforms, as well as through official sponsorship deals, the more high-profile the player, the higher earning potential. To put that into context, that figure is the equivalent of over 61,266,666 90-minute football matches. In 2020, the biggest tournament by live viewership hours on Twitch and YouTube was the League of Legends World Championship, with 91.9million hours of watch time during the tournament. Additionally, the total global esports audience will grow to 474 million people in 2021, a year-on-year growth of +8.7%, with the majority of the audience coming from countries like China (92.8million), USA and Brazil. The esports industry is booming, with some of the world's best professional esports players able to earn vast sums of money by competing in the world's biggest tournaments.Īccording to market insight company NewZoo, global esports revenues will grow to $1.084billion in 2021, a year-on-year growth of plus 14.5%, up from $947.1million in 2020.
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