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This list represents the top players of the specified country in esports who won prize money based on information published on the internet. Sources include news articles, forum posts, live report threads, interviews, official statements, reliable databases, VODs and other publicly-accessable sources that preserve "historical" information.
Highest Earnings for Korea, Republic of
| Player ID | Player Name | Total (Overall) | Highest Paying Game | Total (Game) | % of Total | ||
| 1. |  Faker | Lee, Sang Hyeok | $1,175,068.35 | | | League of Legends | $1,175,068.35 | 100.00% |
| 2. | Wolf | Lee, Jae Wan | $913,084.70 | | | League of Legends | $913,084.70 | 100.00% |
| 3. | Bang | Bae, Jun Sik | $910,451.46 | | | League of Legends | $910,451.46 | 100.00% |
| 4. | Bengi | Bae, Seong Ung | $810,683.00 | | | League of Legends | $810,683.00 | 100.00% |
| 5. | Maru | Cho, Sung Choo | $672,735.15 | | | StarCraft II | $672,735.15 | 100.00% |
| 6. | Jaedong | Lee, Jae Dong | $637,540.35 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $412,706.82 | 64.73% |
| 7. | Flash | Lee, Young Ho | $610,861.58 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $520,708.94 | 85.24% |
| 8. | QO | Kim, Sunyeob | $588,523.21 | | | Dota 2 | $588,523.21 | 100.00% |
| 9. | Rogue | Lee, Byung Ryul | $567,844.70 | | | StarCraft II | $567,844.70 | 100.00% |
| 10. | Febby | Kim, Yong Min | $567,273.03 | | | Dota 2 | $567,273.03 | 100.00% |
| 11. | Blank | Kang, Sun Gu | $559,518.75 | | | League of Legends | $559,518.75 | 100.00% |
| 12. | sOs | Kim, Yoo Jin | $541,803.47 | | | StarCraft II | $541,353.02 | 99.92% |
| 13. | Ambition | Kang, Chan Yong | $539,796.70 | | | League of Legends | $539,796.70 | 100.00% |
| 14. | MP | Pyo, Noah | $534,697.73 | | | Dota 2 | $534,697.73 | 100.00% |
| 15. | TY | Jun, Tae Yang | $527,202.95 | | | StarCraft II | $519,128.28 | 98.47% |
| 16. | INnoVation | Lee, Shin Hyung | $516,106.92 | | | StarCraft II | $512,609.22 | 99.32% |
| 17. | Moon | Jang, Jae Ho | $510,680.41 | | | WarCraft III | $482,927.41 | 94.57% |
| 18. | MC | Jang, Min Chul | $506,802.16 | | | StarCraft II | $506,721.89 | 99.98% |
| 19. | Duke | Lee, Ho Seong | $505,824.09 | | | League of Legends | $505,824.09 | 100.00% |
| 20. | Forev | Lee, Sang Don | $505,151.37 | | | Dota 2 | $505,151.37 | 100.00% |
| 21. | Life | Lee, Seung Hyun | $475,900.67 | | | StarCraft II | $475,900.67 | 100.00% |
| 22. | Crown | Lee, Min Ho | $469,350.31 | | | League of Legends | $469,350.31 | 100.00% |
| 23. | CuVee | Lee, Seong Jin | $466,192.81 | | | League of Legends | $466,192.81 | 100.00% |
| 24. | Core JJ | Jo, Yong In | $465,387.84 | | | League of Legends | $465,387.84 | 100.00% |
| 25. | Ruler | Park, Jae Hyuk | $462,849.19 | | | League of Legends | $462,849.19 | 100.00% |
| 26. | Peanut | Han, Wang Ho | $456,308.64 | | | League of Legends | $456,308.64 | 100.00% |
| 27. | DuBu | Kim, Du Young | $453,230.00 | | | Dota 2 | $453,230.00 | 100.00% |
| 28. | Polt | Choi, Sung Hoon | $451,904.48 | | | StarCraft II | $451,904.48 | 100.00% |
| 29. | PawN | Heo, Won Seok | $435,240.64 | | | League of Legends | $435,240.64 | 100.00% |
| 30. | Lyn | Park, Joon | $434,482.41 | | | WarCraft III | $401,528.32 | 92.42% |
| 31. | Dark | Park, Ryung Woo | $431,098.44 | | | StarCraft II | $431,098.44 | 100.00% |
| 32. | Mata | Cho, Se Hyeong | $418,207.64 | | | League of Legends | $418,207.64 | 100.00% |
| 33. | Impact | Jung, Eon Yeong | $411,302.84 | | | League of Legends | $411,302.84 | 100.00% |
| 34. | Mvp | Jung, Jong Hyun | $409,621.15 | | | StarCraft II | $404,994.83 | 98.87% |
| 35. | MMA | Moon, Sung Won | $407,169.17 | | | StarCraft II | $407,169.17 | 100.00% |
| 36. | Byun | Byun, Hyun Woo | $403,211.17 | | | StarCraft II | $403,211.17 | 100.00% |
| 37. | Zest | Joo, Sung Wook | $400,322.12 | | | StarCraft II | $400,322.12 | 100.00% |
| 38. | soO | Eu, Yoon Su | $387,309.68 | | | StarCraft II | $378,367.18 | 97.69% |
| 39. | sAviOr | Ma, Jae Yoon | $375,020.44 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $375,020.44 | 100.00% |
| 40. | PraY | Kim, Jong In | $373,586.22 | | | League of Legends | $373,586.22 | 100.00% |
| 41. | Classic | Kim, Doh Woo | $366,011.41 | | | StarCraft II | $363,331.36 | 99.27% |
| 42. | PartinG | Won, Lee Sak | $359,108.67 | | | StarCraft II | $359,108.67 | 100.00% |
| 43. | sake | Lee, Jung Hyeog | $348,790.78 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $348,790.78 | 100.00% |
| 44. | KyoCha | Jeong, Won Ho | $348,468.56 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $348,468.56 | 100.00% |
| 45. | Looper | Jang, Hyeong Seok | $346,307.48 | | | League of Legends | $346,307.48 | 100.00% |
| 46. | Huni | Heo, Seung Hoon | $336,470.08 | | | League of Legends | $336,470.08 | 100.00% |
| 47. | Bisu | Kim, Taek Yong | $333,515.56 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $331,927.55 | 99.52% |
| 48. | Stats | Kim, Dae Yeob | $331,228.46 | | | StarCraft II | $325,909.57 | 98.39% |
| 49. | GorillA | Kang, Beom Hyeon | $325,160.50 | | | League of Legends | $325,160.50 | 100.00% |
| 50. | NaDa | Lee, Yoon Yeol | $322,501.66 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $288,493.84 | 89.45% |
| 51. | Haru | Kang, Min Seung | $321,360.21 | | | League of Legends | $321,360.21 | 100.00% |
| 52. | Rich | Lee, Jae Won | $311,292.66 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $311,292.66 | 100.00% |
| 53. | Deft | Kim, Hyuk Kyu | $302,416.66 | | | League of Legends | $302,416.66 | 100.00% |
| 54. | imp | Gu, Seung Bin | $299,730.28 | | | League of Legends | $299,730.28 | 100.00% |
| 55. | TaeJa | Yoon, Young Suh | $290,346.63 | | | StarCraft II | $290,346.63 | 100.00% |
| 56. | NesTea | Lim, Jae Duk | $288,225.07 | | | StarCraft II | $288,225.07 | 100.00% |
| 57. | DanDy | Choi, In Kyu | $281,150.19 | | | League of Legends | $281,150.19 | 100.00% |
| 58. | Leenock | Lee, Dong Nyung | $278,906.29 | | | StarCraft II | $278,906.29 | 100.00% |
| 59. | herO | Kim, Joon Ho | $277,788.74 | | | StarCraft II | $277,788.73 | 100.00% |
| 60. | Rain | Jung, Yoon Jong | $273,888.96 | | | StarCraft II | $236,690.51 | 86.42% |
| 61. | Stork | Song, Byung Goo | $273,727.23 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $255,752.82 | 93.43% |
| 62. | Piglet | Chae, Gwang Jin | $265,429.15 | | | League of Legends | $265,429.15 | 100.00% |
| 63. | HerO | Song, Hyeon Deok | $261,737.87 | | | StarCraft II | $261,737.87 | 100.00% |
| 64. | Solar | Kang, Min Soo | $260,203.97 | | | StarCraft II | $260,203.97 | 100.00% |
| 65. | sCsC | Kim, Seung Chul | $260,069.57 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $229,311.62 | 88.17% |
| 66. | DongRaeGu | Park, Soo Ho | $259,858.98 | | | StarCraft II | $259,858.98 | 100.00% |
| 67. | Bomber | Choi, Ji Sung | $258,335.13 | | | StarCraft II | $256,952.14 | 99.46% |
| 68. | PoohManDu | Lee, Jeong Hyeon | $256,771.39 | | | League of Legends | $256,771.39 | 100.00% |
| 69. | Easyhoon | Lee, Ji Hoon | $249,497.86 | | | League of Legends | $249,497.86 | 100.00% |
| 70. | Smeb | Song, Kyung Ho | $244,905.13 | | | League of Legends | $244,905.13 | 100.00% |
| 71. | Reset | Im, Jin Woo | $239,645.16 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $239,645.16 | 100.00% |
| 72. | HyuN | Ko, Seok Hyun | $235,535.11 | | | StarCraft II | $233,783.91 | 99.26% |
| 73. | Ttsst | Kang, Woon Sung | $235,475.27 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $235,475.27 | 100.00% |
| 74. | fOrGG | Park, Ji Soo | $232,827.30 | | | StarCraft II | $147,378.95 | 63.30% |
| 75. | March | Park, Tae Won | $232,387.97 | | | Dota 2 | $232,387.97 | 100.00% |
| 76. | Surrender | Kim, Jung Soo | $231,781.57 | | | Hearthstone | $231,781.57 | 100.00% |
| 77. | July | Park, Sung Joon | $230,774.13 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $180,682.62 | 78.29% |
| 78. | Zero | Yoon, Kyung Sup | $229,438.65 | | | League of Legends | $229,438.65 | 100.00% |
| 79. | MaRin | Jang, Gyeong Hwan | $219,660.30 | | | League of Legends | $219,660.30 | 100.00% |
| 80. | MarineKing | Lee, Jung Hoon | $212,397.14 | | | StarCraft II | $212,397.14 | 100.00% |
| 81. | Hydra | Shin, Dong Won | $211,295.74 | | | StarCraft II | $147,459.89 | 69.79% |
| 82. | kurO | Lee, Seo Haeng | $208,351.95 | | | League of Legends | $208,351.95 | 100.00% |
| 83. | Infiltration | Lee, Seon Woo | $199,296.48 | | | Street Fighter V | $81,392.00 | 40.84% |
| 84. | Sign | Yoon, Ji Hoon | $195,104.46 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $195,104.46 | 100.00% |
| 85. | Gesture | Hong, Jae Hee | $194,730.97 | | | Overwatch | $194,730.97 | 100.00% |
| 86. | Profit | Park, Joon Yeong | $194,730.97 | | | Overwatch | $194,730.97 | 100.00% |
| 87. | Closer | Jung, Won Sik | $194,526.19 | | | Overwatch | $194,526.19 | 100.00% |
| 88. | aLive | Han, Lee Seok | $193,487.55 | | | StarCraft II | $193,487.55 | 100.00% |
| 89. | Soulkey | Kim, Min Chul | $191,762.02 | | | StarCraft II | $153,116.49 | 79.85% |
| 90. | GuMiho | Koh, Byung Jae | $191,672.48 | | | StarCraft II | $191,672.48 | 100.00% |
| 91. | Jeongha | Lee, Jeong Ha | $190,447.42 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $190,447.42 | 100.00% |
| 92. | Scout | Lee, Ye Chan | $188,677.28 | | | League of Legends | $188,677.28 | 100.00% |
| 93. | viOLet | Kim, Dong Hwan | $187,755.93 | | | StarCraft II | $183,568.96 | 97.77% |
| 94. | Noblesse | Chae, Do Joon | $184,037.54 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $164,811.62 | 89.55% |
| 95. | EscA | Kim, In Jae | $183,955.35 | | | PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS | $145,444.68 | 79.07% |
| 96. | Mystic | Jin, Sung Joon | $181,670.77 | | | League of Legends | $181,670.77 | 100.00% |
| 97. | Dear | Baek, Dong Jun | $178,633.39 | | | StarCraft II | $178,172.92 | 99.74% |
| 98. | TRUE | Bang, Tae Su | $178,425.42 | | | StarCraft II | $178,200.42 | 99.87% |
| 99. | iloveoov | Choi, Yun Sung | $176,967.42 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $176,007.42 | 99.46% |
| 100. | birdring | Kim, Ji Hyuk | $175,453.84 | | | Overwatch | $175,453.84 | 100.00% |