6 Esports Players Making Serious Money Right Now

1. Johan “N0tail” Sundstein

Johan Sundstein, also known as “N0tail”, is a professional Dota 2 player from Denmark. He currently plays for team OG and has earned over $7 million playing the game competitively. He has won The International, which is Dota 2’s most prestigious tournament, twice, in 2018 and 2019.

2. Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok

Lee Sang-hyeok, who is more commonly known by his gaming pseudonym “Faker”, is a professional gamer from South Korea. He is famous for playing the game League of Legends, where he competes for the team SK Telecom T1. Faker has earned over $1 million since he began his professional gaming career and is considered one of the greatest players of all time.

3. Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf

Kyle Giersdorf, who is popularly known as “Bugha”, is an American Fortnite player. In 2019, he won the Fortnite World Cup, earning $3 million in prize money. The total amount he has earned playing the game competitively is estimated to be over $3.6 million-

4. Frederik “F-1N” Rasmussen

Frederik Rasmussen, who goes by the name “F-1N”, is a professional Forza Motorsport player hailing from Denmark. He has won the Forza Racing Championship twice, in 2017 and 2018. Since then, he has made over $200k playing the game winning races and endorsements became an everyday thing for him—He’s among the wealthy esports stars out there

5. Peter “dupreeh” Rasmussen

Peter Rasmussen, who is also from Denmark and popularly known as “dupreeh”, is a professional player known for his performances in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. He plays for the team Astralis, and they have won several tournaments, including multiple seasons of the Intel Grand Slam. Dupreeh has earned over $1.8 million playing CS:GO.

6. Anathan “ana” Pham

“Ana”, real name Anathan Pham, is a Vietnamese-Australian professional Dota 2 player competing under the banner of the OG esports team. He is said to earn between $6-7 million and popular due to High Earnings relative in Playing Countries—making him one of the highest-earning esports players of all time. One of OG’s MVPs, he helped lead OG to win the International in 2018 and 2019.