Today we will talk about who are the highest-paid e-sports players. E-Sports It is a sport based on online games. electronic sportscan be defined as a sport where people from all over the world can meet and play games via the internet, or where people from different parts of the world can meet and play games through large international electronic sports organizations organized at certain times. As in other sports competitions eSports In competitions, individuals or teams are brought face to face and a pleasant environment is created where various talents can talk and watching and playing the game. Like other sports, it requires both physical and mental effort and skill.
The highest-paid e-sports players;
10- Lee Jae Dong, ‘Jaedong’
For Lee Jae Dong, one of the StarCraft 2 players in e-Sports, an important detail should be noted; The honor of being the world’s highest-paid player from StarCraft 2 belonged to Johnathan Wendel until 2013. However, Jeadong managed to seize this title in the StarCraft II 2013 World Championship Series. It is also worth mentioning that he has earned nearly $1 million in e-Sports earnings so far.
9- Newbee eSports Club
It should be especially added to this team that you meet the members of Newbee eSports Club;
- Chen ‘Hao’ Zhihao
- Zhang ‘Mu’ Pang,
- Zhang ‘xiao8’ Ning,
- Jiao ‘Banana’ Wang
- Zhaohui ‘Sansheng’ Wang.
This team has achieved the greatest success in E-Sports so far. In July 2014, he entered the Guinness Book of Records in the game Dota 2, earning $ 5 million from 4 competitions.
8- Lee Yun-Yeol, ‘NaDa’
South Korean Lee Yun-Yeol, named NaDa in the gaming world, is one of the most famous StarCraft players of all time. We can say that NaDa’s total income is close to 1 million dollars, earning 690 thousand dollars and 250 thousand dollars from the tournaments as a result of its agreement with WeMadeFox.
7- Jae Ho Jang, ‘Moon’
South Korean Jae Ho Jang continues his career as a professional Warcraft 3 player. He has earned 1 million dollars to date with the agreement and tournament revenues he signed with the professional game team WeMadeFox.
6- Johnathan Wendel, ‘Fatal1ty’
Known as ‘Fatal1ty’ in the gaming world, Johnathan started his professional E-Sports career in 1999, playing Cyberathlete, Professional League with Doom 3, Alien etc. He made a name for himself by gaining success in games such as Predator 2 and Painkiller. It is not known how much Wendel, whose last earnings were known as 455 thousand dollars in 2017, but who has a company called Fatal1ty Gaming Gear, currently earns.
5- Carlos Rodriguez, Ocelote
Spanish Carlos Rodriguez, who is only 27 years old, earns about 950 thousand dollars a year. It is known as ‘Oceleote’ in the e-Sports world. A professional League of Legends (LOL) player, Carlos is also known as the ‘David Beckham’ of eSports.
4- Sumail Hasan, SumailL
SumaiL, a Pakistani Dota 2 player, is currently continuing his E-Sports career as a middle player in the Evil Geniuses team. At the age of 16, he holds the title of the youngest professional player to earn $1 million. To date, he has earned a total of 2 million 507 thousand dollars.
3- Clinton Loomis, Fear
Born on February 19, 1988 in Lancaster, California, Clinton Loomis is better known as Fear. Fear, a professional Dota 2 coach and former player, retired in 2016. So far, he has won 2 million 383 thousand dollars from 58 tournaments.
2- Peter Dager, ppd
28-year-old American Peter is a professional Dota 2 player. He is the current CEO of Evil Geniuses and the captain of the team. As captain of the team, he won $6 million in prize money at The International 2015, making him one of the highest-paid eSports players in the world.
1- Saahil Arora (UNiVeRsE)
Saahil Arora (October 11, 1989), also known as UNiVeRsE, is an American professional Dota 2 player who plays the offlaner position for Evil Geniuses (EG). His E-Sports career, which started in 2014, is full of success. Saahil, who participated in almost countless tournaments, earned only 12 million 236 thousand 341 dollars from the tournaments. After these earnings, he retired from E-Sports.