ESL Intel Extreme Masters

Prize Money Awarded:

$25,546,444.35 From 192 Tournaments

Recorded Date Range:

2007-03-15 to 2024-04-14

The Intel Extreme Masters (or IEM for short) are a series of gaming tournaments held in various European locations. These ESL sanctioned events include events in Starcraft II, Counter-Strike 1.6, Quake Live, and League of Legends. The Intel Extreme Masters are a product of the ESL.

Largest Prize Pools

	Tournament Name	Prize Money
1.	» Intel Extreme Masters Rio Major 2022	$1,250,000.00
2.	» IEM 2023 - Cologne	$1,000,000.00
3.	» IEM Season XV - World Championship	$1,000,000.00
4.	» IEM Season XVI - Cologne	$1,000,000.00
5.	» IEM Season XVI - Katowice	$1,000,000.00
6.	» IEM Season XVII - Cologne	$1,000,000.00
7.	» IEM Season XVII - Katowice (CS:GO)	$1,000,000.00
8.	» IEM Season XVIII - Katowice (CS2)	$1,000,000.00
9.	» IEM XIII - Katowice 2019 (CS:GO Major)	$1,000,000.00
10.	» IEM Season XIV - World Championship	$500,000.00
11.	» IEM Season XV - Global Challenge	$500,000.00
12.	» IEM Season XVI - Katowice (SC2)	$500,000.00
13.	» IEM Season XVII - Katowice (SC2)	$500,000.00
14.	» IEM Season XVIII - Katowice (SC2)	$500,000.00
15.	» IEM XII - World Championship (CS:GO)	$500,000.00
16.	» IEM XIV - Katowice 2020 (SC2)	$400,200.00
17.	» IEM XII - World Championship (SC2)	$400,000.00
18.	» IEM XIII - Katowice 2019 (SC2)	$400,000.00
19.	» IEM XI - Oakland (CS:GO)	$300,000.00
20.	» IEM XII - Oakland (CS:GO)	$300,000.00
21.	» IEM Season XIV - Beijing	$251,500.00
22.	» IEM 2023 - Dallas	$250,000.00
23.	» IEM 2023 - Rio	$250,000.00
24.	» IEM 2023 - Sydney	$250,000.00
25.	» IEM 2024 - Chengdu	$250,000.00

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Top Players

	Player ID	Player Name	Total (League)
1.	Serral	Joona Sotala	$427,300.00
2.	NiKo	Nikola Kovač	$373,400.00
3.	rain	Håvard Nygaard	$372,950.00
4.	Rogue	Lee, Byung Ryul	$365,700.00
5.	karrigan	Finn Andersen	$360,286.67
6.	dupreeh	Peter Rasmussen	$315,033.33
7.	Magisk	Emil Reif	$309,483.33
8.	Twistzz	Russel Van Dulken	$302,466.67
9.	Xyp9x	Andreas Højsleth	$298,233.33
10.	dev1ce	Nicolai Reedtz	$296,033.33
11.	gla1ve	Lukas Rossander	$293,733.33
12.	huNter	Nemanja Kovač	$292,300.00
13.	broky	Helvijs Saukants	$283,866.67
14.	jks	Justin Savage	$283,316.67
15.	electroNic	Denis Sharipov	$260,666.67
16.	s1mple	Oleksandr Kostyljev	$258,500.00
17.	ropz	Robin Kool	$256,566.67
18.	sh1ro	Dmitry Sokolov	$249,166.67
19.	Maru	Cho, Sung Choo	$246,500.00
20.	Perfecto	Ilya Zalutskiy	$245,866.67
21.	m0NESY	Ilya Osipov	$219,200.00
22.	Zest	Joo, Sung Wook	$195,757.00
23.	B1t	Valeriy Vakhovskiy	$189,000.00
24.	Jame	Dzhami Ali	$185,450.00
25.	Boombl4	Kirill Sergeyevich Mikhailov	$183,200.00

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Top Games

	Game Name	Prize Money
1.	» Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	$15,056,500.00
2.	» StarCraft II	$4,581,907.00
3.	» League of Legends	$1,807,414.00
4.	» Counter-Strike 2	$1,500,000.00
5.	» Counter-Strike	$1,451,323.92

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Online/LAN Breakdown

Location	Prize Money	% of Total
Online Only	$3,365,000.00	13.17%
Offline/LAN	$22,181,444.35	86.83%

Top Countries

	Country Name	Prize Money
1.	Korea, Republic of	$3,850,034.96
2.	Denmark	$3,833,418.51
3.	Russian Federation	$3,690,425.68
4.	Sweden	$1,730,310.45
5.	United States	$1,558,289.32
6.	France	$1,537,571.25
7.	Germany	$1,063,843.26
8.	Brazil	$1,051,112.51
9.	Finland	$997,453.06
10.	Ukraine	$962,017.23

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