Top five CS:GO players have earned R130 million in prize money
Last month, we reported that the top five esports titles hit over $500 million in combined prize money, which equates to over R7.8 billion. CS:GO is second on that list, with just over $92 million (nearly R1.5 billion) in prize money from all recorded tournaments. The top CS:GO players are clearly raking in the cash, as a new report suggests.
Top five CS:GO players combined earnings
The top five CS:GO players in the world have earned a combined $8.1 million (R130 million) which is, of course, a massive amount of money. This is according to data gathered by LeagueOfBetting as of March 2020. Check out the top five CS:GO players and their reported earnings below:
- Andreas “Xyp9x†Højsleth – $1,753,920
- Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen – $1.750,720
- Nicolai “dev1ce” Reedtz – $1,715,220
- Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander – $1,584,880
- Emil “Magisk” Reif – $1,344,180
All of the top five CS:GO players currently play for Astralis, the legendary esports organization. Over the last nine years, more than 12,600 players competed in 4,782 CS:GO tournaments. The esports title just keeps on growing. In February 2020, it hit a new concurrent player record, so there is no sign of slowing down any time soon.
How do the top five SA players compare?
In terms of earnings, South African players are far behind, but that isn’t very surprising given tournament prize pools of big international Major events. Aran “Sonic†Groesbeek leads the way and is currently playing with Cloud9, so his winnings should increase even further over the course of the year.
- Aran “Sonic†Groesbeek – $52,328.89 (45 tournaments played)
- Johnny “JT†Theodosiou – $44,418.21 (41 tournaments played)
- Dimitri “Detrony†Hadjipaschali – $41,699.82 (43 tournaments played)
- Ruan “Elusive†van Wyk – $38,268.27 (36 tournaments played)
- Rhys “Fadey†Armstrong – $32,643.57 (30 tournaments played)
The top five SA players combined have therefore earned $209,356 which is just over R3.3 million at the current Dollar to Rand exchange rate. Please note that stats have been pulled from EsportsEarnings and although the calculations from the site are relatively accurate, this should be taken as a rough estimate and not exact numbers.
Header image via Astralis
