Contrary to popular beliefs, esports might not always be fun and games. Esports has been a legitimate career choice for quite a while now, and the numbers behind the industry prove the point.
In the world of esports, thousands of tournaments are being organized every single year across hundreds of games with humungous prize pools, and as the scene continues to grow, more and more people are interested in following their dream as a professional gamer.
According to a recent study by Fandom Gamer, the top esports pros can earn the average annual United States salary of $49,764 in only six days.
The top 5 spots in the list of highest-earning esports pros are all occupied by Dota 2 players of team OG, the two time TI winners. Needless to say, most of the earnings of Topias “Topson” Taavitsainen, Sébastien “Ceb” Debs, Johan “N0tail” Sundstein, Anathan “ana” Pham, and Jesse “JerAx” Vainikka came from winning the two Internationals.
The #6 spot in the list is occupied by Sentinels star Kyle “Bugha” Giersdorf, one of the youngest players in esports and the winner of the Fortnite World Cup.
For the unaware, The International is the largest Dota 2 tournament and perhaps the biggest annual tournament in all of esports combined. TI has been holding its top spot as the esports tournament with the largest prize pool in history for quite a while now, with TI10 overtaking its predecessor with prize money of a whopping $40,018,195.
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