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Highest-Earning Players in the Most Popular Titles – Dota, LoL and More!

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From Fortnite to League of Legends!

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Overwatch's Joon-yeong "Profit" Park/Jae-hee "Gesture" Hong: ~$280,000 - The legendary duo from Seoul Dynasty take the top earnings in Overwatch. Both players have been on the same teams and in the same events and they're both very successful! (Image credit: Seoul Dynasty)
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Starcraft II's Joona "Serral" Sotala: $865,978.39 - Sotala recently surpassed the other top players (Rogue & Maru) in Blizzard's RTS. Serral was also the first non-Korean player to win the WCS and earned a well-deserved spot on our list. (Image credit: Helena Kristiansson)
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Call of Duty's Ian "Crimsix" Porter: $1,148,159.47 - Porter started his competitive career with Halo but then switched to Call of Duty in 2012. Ever since then he has become one of the most successful players in the game. (Image credit: MLG)
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League of Legends' Lee "Faker" Sang Hyeok: $1,257,615.87 - Faker is without a doubt the most famous League of Legends player and it comes as no surprise he's also the one with the highest earnings. (Image credit: T1)
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CS:GO's Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen: $1,772,722.74 - dupreeh has played for various CS:GO teams but all that changed when his stack TQM got signed by Astralis. The legendary roster went on an insane win-streak and dupreeh was instrumental in it. (Image credit: DreamHack)
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Fortnite's Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf: $3,098,250.01 - The Fortnite prodigy is the youngest player on our list but surpasses many other pros. Bugha won $3 million by taking first place in the Fortnite World Cup Finals (Solos) which skyrocketed his career. (Image credit: BarDown)
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Dota 2's Johan "N0tail" Sundstein: $6,940,222.80 - N0tail played Heroes of Newerth competitive before switching to Dota 2. In 2015 he founded monkey business which later turned into OG. The team did the unimaginable by winning The International (Dota 2's biggest event with the highest prize pool in esports) two years in a row. (Image credit: Benjamin Cotton/DreamHack)
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Who makes the most money? The number of players and teams in the world of esports keeps growing. It's sometimes hard to keep track of all of them. Some players are more successful than others and it often leads to worldwide fame. Today we'll take a look at the highest earners in some of the most popular esports titles.

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Who makes the most money? The number of players and teams in the world of esports keeps growing. It's sometimes hard to keep track of all of them. Some players are more successful than others and it often leads to worldwide fame. Today we'll take a look at the highest earners in some of the most popular esports titles.

READ MORE:

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