Top 10 highest CS:GO earners as of January 2021
If you’ve been wondering just how much pro CS:GO players can make after seeing what Cloud9 paid for es3tag, then we’ve got you covered. This article looks at the top 10 highest CS:GO earners in terms of tournament prize money. Keep in mind this excludes their salaries or contracts with organizations, as most of that information is unavailable.
Top 10 highest CS:GO earners
The top 10 list of CS:GO players in terms of tournament earnings might be very familiar for you, if you follow Danish team Astralis. Check out the list of top 10 CS:GO earners below as of 4 January 2021. Their earnings are in Dollars, and we’ve also added the rough amount in Rand as per the current conversion rate.
dupreeh
- Real name: Peter Rasmussen
- Age: 27
- Team: Astralis
- Earnings: $1,856,322.74 (R28 million)
Xyp9x
- Real name: Andreas Højsleth
- Age: 25
- Team: Astralis
- Earnings: $1,832,621.90 (R27.6 million)
dev1ce
- Real name: Nicolai Reedtz
- Age: 25
- Team: Astralis
- Earnings: $1,820,823.21 (R27.3 million)
gla1ve
- Real name: Lukas Rossander
- Age: 25
- Team: Astralis
- Earnings: $1,685,684.08 (R25.1 million)
Magisk
- Real name: Emil Reif
- Age: 22
- Team: Astralis
- Earnings: $1,449,781.97 (R22 million)
Stewie2k
- Real name: Jakey Yip
- Age: 22
- Team: Liquid
- Earnings: $1,107,340.00 (R17 million)
TACO
- Real name: Epitácio de Melo
- Age: 25
- Team: No current team
- Earnings: $1,063,858.27 (R16.4 million)
FalleN
- Real name: Gabriel Toledo
- Age: 29
- Team: No current team
- Earnings: $1,059,938.92 (R16.3 million)
fer
- Real name: Fernando Alvarenga
- Age: 29
- Team: No current team
- Earnings: $1,054,038.92 (R16.2 million)
coldzera
- Real name: Marcelo David
- Age: 26
- Team: FaZe
- Earnings: $1,019,651.46 (R15.7 million)
The data was pulled from EsportsEarnings. Keep in mind that as more tournaments get played, this info should change. It will be interesting to see which player breaks the $2 million earned from tournaments first, and the smart money is probably one one of the current Astralis members.
Header image via Astralis.
