Esports prize money
130 teams have been paid £161,100,815 across 19 tournaments from 2011 to 2025. OG has won the most, £21,671,768. The International began in 2011 with a fixed pot. From 2013 a share of what players spent in the game that year was added on top, so the pot grew with their spending to its peak in 2021, and by 2023, when a smaller Compendium replaced the Battle Pass, it was less than a tenth of that. VALORANT Champions pays a pot set in advance down all sixteen places, the same pot every year since 2023.
The esports money list
The top 100 of 130 teams by career prize money
| # | TEAM | WINS | PRIZE MONEY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OG | 2 | £21,671,768£21.7m |
| 2 | Team Liquid | 2 | £15,569,908£15.6m |
| 3 | Team Spirit | 2 | £14,904,365£14.9m |
| 4 | Evil Geniuses | 2 | £12,100,637£12.1m |
| 5 | PSG.LGD | 0 | £9,659,109£9.7m |
| 6 | Team Secret | 0 | £7,862,881£7.9m |
| 7 | Newbee | 1 | £7,523,115£7.5m |
| 8 | Wings Gaming | 1 | £6,769,631£6.8m |
| 9 | Tundra Esports | 1 | £6,618,271£6.6m |
| 10 | Vici Gaming | 0 | £4,463,992£4.5m |
| 11 | Virtus.pro | 0 | £4,170,015£4.2m |
| 12 | Invictus Gaming | 1 | £4,048,819£4.0m |
| 13 | LGD Gaming | 0 | £3,946,076£3.9m |
| 14 | Fnatic | 0 | £3,020,628£3.0m |
| 15 | Digital Chaos | 0 | £2,812,922£2.8m |
| 16 | Natus Vincere | 1 | £2,321,618£2.3m |
| 17 | Alliance | 1 | £2,298,024£2.3m |
| 18 | CDEC Gaming | 0 | £2,115,993£2.1m |
| 19 | LGD.Forever Young | 0 | £1,920,171£1.9m |
| 20 | EHOME | 0 | £1,790,812£1.8m |
| 21 | MVP Phoenix | 0 | £1,306,670£1.3m |
| 22 | Team Aster | 0 | £1,286,026£1.3m |
| 23 | Team Falcons | 1 | £1,030,588£1.0m |
| 24 | Gaimin Gladiators | 0 | £868,867£869k |
| 25 | beastcoast | 0 | £851,208£851k |
| 26 | Royal Never Give Up | 0 | £846,061£846k |
| 27 | Cloud9 | 0 | £842,381£842k |
| 28 | EDward Gaming | 1 | £829,630£830k |
| 29 | Mineski | 0 | £792,285£792k |
| 30 | T1 | 0 | £785,556£786k |
| 31 | NRG | 1 | £762,963£763k |
| 32 | Team DK | 0 | £751,313£751k |
| 33 | Infamous | 0 | £727,179£727k |
| 34 | TNC Pro Team | 0 | £658,949£659k |
| 35 | Team Empire | 0 | £637,186£637k |
| 36 | TNC Predator | 0 | £603,158£603k |
| 37 | Quincy Crew | 0 | £592,889£593k |
| 38 | OpTic Gaming | 0 | £583,950£584k |
| 39 | Thunder Awaken | 0 | £515,839£516k |
| 40 | VGJ.Storm | 0 | £472,839£473k |
| 41 | Team Undying | 0 | £444,667£445k |
| 42 | Elephant | 0 | £444,667£445k |
| 43 | Paper Rex | 0 | £433,333£433k |
| 44 | LOUD | 1 | £407,407£407k |
| 45 | DRX | 0 | £392,593£393k |
| 46 | Keen Gaming | 0 | £381,445£381k |
| 47 | Team Heretics | 0 | £359,259£359k |
| 48 | Xtreme Gaming | 0 | £349,523£350k |
| 49 | Entity | 0 | £330,504£331k |
| 50 | BOOM Esports | 0 | £312,927£313k |
| 51 | Team Serenity | 0 | £283,691£284k |
| 52 | Winstrike Team | 0 | £283,691£284k |
| 53 | Acend | 1 | £259,259£259k |
| 54 | Orange Esports | 0 | £231,436£231k |
| 55 | Leviatán | 0 | £214,815£215k |
| 56 | Hokori | 0 | £210,319£210k |
| 57 | PVISION | 0 | £192,088£192k |
| 58 | BB Team | 0 | £179,481£179k |
| 59 | TongFu | 0 | £167,561£168k |
| 60 | compLexity Gaming | 0 | £163,819£164k |
| 61 | HEROIC | 0 | £147,824£148k |
| 62 | Azure Ray | 0 | £137,702£138k |
| 63 | Sentinels | 0 | £125,926£126k |
| 64 | KRÜ Esports | 0 | £122,222£122k |
| 65 | BetBoom Team | 0 | £116,410£116k |
| 66 | Talon Esports | 0 | £115,922£116k |
| 67 | Gambit Esports | 0 | £111,111£111k |
| 68 | Scythe Gaming | 0 | £111,111£111k |
| 69 | Nigma Galaxy | 0 | £106,725£107k |
| 70 | VGJ.Thunder | 0 | £94,564£95k |
| 71 | Execration | 0 | £91,437£91k |
| 72 | iG.Vitality | 0 | £91,437£91k |
| 73 | Aurora Gaming | 0 | £89,777£90k |
| 74 | FunPlus Phoenix | 0 | £88,889£89k |
| 75 | Team Tidebound | 0 | £85,363£85k |
| 76 | TSM | 0 | £85,035£85k |
| 77 | VG.Reborn | 0 | £76,927£77k |
| 78 | Escape Gaming | 0 | £76,927£77k |
| 79 | G2 Esports | 0 | £74,074£74k |
| 80 | Thunder Predator | 0 | £74,074£74k |
| 81 | SG esports | 0 | £74,074£74k |
| 82 | Bilibili Gaming | 0 | £66,667£67k |
| 83 | Chaos Esports Club | 0 | £63,574£64k |
| 84 | Ninjas in Pyjamas | 0 | £63,574£64k |
| 85 | MIBR | 0 | £62,963£63k |
| 86 | nouns | 0 | £62,584£63k |
| 87 | Meet Your Makers | 0 | £59,259£59k |
| 88 | Keyd Stars | 0 | £52,416£52k |
| 89 | FUT Esports | 0 | £51,852£52k |
| 90 | 9Pandas | 0 | £50,051£50k |
| 91 | paiN Gaming | 0 | £47,281£47k |
| 92 | HellRaisers | 0 | £45,719£46k |
| 93 | XSET | 0 | £44,444£44k |
| 94 | Nouns Esports | 0 | £41,099£41k |
| 95 | 1w Team | 0 | £41,099£41k |
| 96 | MVP HOT6ix | 0 | £40,955£41k |
| 97 | Yakutou Brothers | 0 | £38,383£38k |
| 98 | Wildcard | 0 | £38,383£38k |
| 99 | Shopify Rebellion | 0 | £37,601£38k |
| 100 | GIANTX | 0 | £37,037£37k |
The top fifteen
Every tournament
2 tournaments, by the prize money each has paid
| TOURNAMENT | EDITIONS | LATEST WINNER | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| The International | 14 | Team Falcons | £154,619,334£154.6m |
| VALORANT Champions | 5 | NRG | £6,481,481£6.5m |
What each tournament has paid
Season by season
What esports paid each year, and who earned the most
| YEAR | TOP EARNER | TOURNAMENTS | PAID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Team Falcons | 2 | £3,801,086£3.8m |
| 2024 | Team Liquid | 2 | £3,723,273£3.7m |
| 2023 | Team Spirit | 2 | £4,171,040£4.2m |
| 2022 | Tundra Esports | 2 | £14,763,153£14.8m |
| 2021 | Team Spirit | 2 | £30,384,000£30.4m |
| 2019 | OG | 1 | £25,429,681£25.4m |
| 2018 | OG | 1 | £18,912,767£18.9m |
| 2017 | Team Liquid | 1 | £18,287,347£18.3m |
| 2016 | Wings Gaming | 1 | £15,385,526£15.4m |
| 2015 | Evil Geniuses | 1 | £13,651,566£13.7m |
| 2014 | Newbee | 1 | £8,091,836£8.1m |
| 2013 | Alliance | 1 | £2,129,171£2.1m |
| 2012 | Invictus Gaming | 1 | £1,185,185£1.2m |
| 2011 | Natus Vincere | 1 | £1,185,185£1.2m |
Prize money paid per year
Frequently asked questions
Who has won the most prize money in esports?
OG, with £21,671,768 and 2 titles. Team Liquid is second on £15,569,908.
What is the biggest winner's cheque in esports?
Team Spirit took £13,487,630 for winning The International 2021, the largest single first prize we hold.
How much prize money was paid in esports in 2025?
£3,801,086 across 2 tournaments. Team Falcons earned the most that year, £907,209.
Which tournament pays the most?
The International has paid £154,619,334 across 14 editions. The richest single edition was The International 2021, at £29,643,259.
Where to next
The richest tournament here is The International, and the latest year is 2025. Every sport's richest competitions are ranked on prize money in sport, and what each winner keeps of the pot on the winner's share of prize money, and how many places each one pays on how deep prize money pays.