World’s 10 richest CS players in terms of prize money
The IEM Katowice, which ended on February 27, was the first top CS tournament in 2022. And now we can compile the most current ranking of active CS players according to such indicators as total prize money won since the beginning of the career, the most significant financial results from the tournaments and the most serious successes in the team.
10: Epitacio “TACO” de Melo.
This cyborg athlete, now on Team GODSENT, has won $1.09m in prize money since the start of his career.
The most serious “coup” per tournament was in 2016, when he won $100k each at two tournaments (ESL One: Cologne and MLG Columbus). In 2017, one of the tournaments gave the player $50k in prize money.
From July 2016 to March 2018, TACO was a member of SK Gaming, his most notable achievement being winning 11 tournaments, including some very prestigious ones. The athlete earned a total of over half a million dollars in prize money while playing for SK Gaming.
9. Gabriel “FalleN” Toledo
Total prize money earned by the player is $1.14 million. The player was most successful in terms of prize money won in 2016 when he won a total of $200k.
The best period of his cyber sports career to date has been with Team SK Gaming. He has won 13 tournaments, including a major in Columbus. While on that team, FalleN has earned $537,300.
8. Jackie “Stewie2k” Yip.
This player, who has earned $1.18million during his career, currently plays for Evil Geniuses. His maximum win per tournament is $200,000. Stewie2k played Intel Grand Slam Season 2 with this financial result.
From December 2018 to December 2021, Stewie2k played for Team Liquid. This period is considered to be the most productive of the athlete’s career to date. He has won 11 tournaments, including the Intel Grand Slam. The total financial result of this period for the sportsman is $638.1 thousand.
7. Denis “Electronic” Sharipov.
The player, who has been a member of Team NAVI since 2017, has earned $1.39 million for his career. The best personal figure of this athlete is $200,000. He has won that amount in tournaments twice.
As part of the team where Electronic still plays today, he has won 17 tournaments, including Grand Slam + the majors. If you add up all of this player’s prize money, it comes to $1.33m.
6. Alexander “S1mple” Kostylev.
Another player from the NAVI roster. He racked up $1.54m in prize money during his career, the most successful in terms of financial results from two tournaments, each of which brought him $200,000. This was the most he ever won in a single tournament.
Playing for NAVI since August 2016, the player has won 21 tournaments, including the Grand Slam + Major. Total prize money for this period is $1.45 million.
5. Emil ‘Magisk’ Reif
Currently playing for Team Vitality, he has a combined net worth of $1.54million in his career. The maximum the player could take in one tournament was $200,000.
With Astralis, where Magisk played from February 2018 to November 2021, he won 23 tournaments, including Grand Slam + 3 majors with a combined financial result of $1.35m.
4. Lucas “Gla1ve” Rossander.
The Astralis player has amassed a total of $1.78 million in prize money, the most notable successes to date being five tournaments where he won $200,000 at one tournament and $100,000 at the others.
This cyber sportsman’s career since October 2016 has been associated with the Astralis team. During this time, the player has won 27 tournaments, including Grand Slam + 4 majors. Total prize money won at these tournaments is $1.75m.
3. Nikolay “Dev1ce” Ridtz
Runs for Team Ninjas in Pyjamas, and his current status is inactivated. Since the beginning of his career he has earned $1.92m in prize money. His best individual result was $200,000 for one tournament and he won $100,000 in four other tournaments.
The most productive period to date for the player was from January 2016 to April 2021, when he played for Team Astralis. At the time, he won 26 tournaments and earned a total of $1.74 million in prize money.
2. Andreas “Xyp9x” Hoyslet
The player, who has been with Astralis since January 2016, has earned $1.93 million in prize money since the start of his career. The player’s best result in a single tournament, so to speak, was $200,000 in personal finance. Four times he took home $100,000 per tournament.
All in all, as a member of the Astralis team he won 26 tournaments, the most significant of which were: “Grand Slam + 4 majors. The total financial impact of the victories was $1.8 million for the player.
1. Peter “Dupreeh” Rasmussen.
The Team Vitality standout has amassed $1.95m in prize money, having once finished with $200,000 in prize money and four times with $100,000 in tournament winnings.
The most successful stage of his career to date was from January 2016 to November 2021, when the player played for the Astralis team. During this period he won 27 tournaments, the most prestigious of which were Grand Slam + 4 majors. The total financial result from this stage of his career is $1.8m.
