Korea, Republic of
Total Prize Money Earned:
$141,263,488.70 From 8,246 Tournaments
World Ranking:
#3
There have been 5,721 Korean esports players that have been awarded a total of $141,263,488.70 USD in prize money across 8,246 tournaments. The highest awarding game was League of Legends with $36,471,393.41 USD won, making up 25.82% of all earnings by Korean players. Lee "Faker" Sang Hyeok is the highest earning Korean player with $1,582,369.76 USD in prize money won overall, all of which was won from playing in League of Legends tournaments.
Top Games
| Game Name | Total (Game) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | League of Legends | $36,471,393.41 |
| 2. | StarCraft II | $24,031,490.98 |
| 3. | Overwatch | $18,016,082.26 |
| 4. | PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS | $11,777,731.32 |
| 5. | StarCraft: Brood War | $6,793,893.04 |
| 6. | Overwatch 2 | $6,071,044.32 |
| 7. | Heroes of the Storm | $5,850,327.15 |
| 8. | Dota 2 | $3,927,598.14 |
| 9. | StarCraft: Remastered | $2,755,742.35 |
| 10. | WarCraft III | $2,274,144.03 |
| 11. | PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Mobile | $2,192,294.19 |
| 12. | Hearthstone | $1,936,552.90 |
| 13. | Rainbow Six Siege | $1,849,453.83 |
| 14. | VALORANT | $1,822,847.00 |
| 15. | Arena of Valor | $1,463,618.12 |
| 16. | FIFA Online 4 | $1,400,219.41 |
| 17. | Tekken 7 | $1,371,193.17 |
| 18. | Apex Legends | $1,252,710.46 |
| 19. | Fortnite | $1,071,373.20 |
| 20. | FIFA Online 3 | $949,871.26 |
| 21. | WarCraft III: Reforged | $723,661.73 |
| 22. | League of Legends: Wild Rift | $643,695.30 |
| 23. | KartRider | $560,130.35 |
| 24. | Clash Royale | $520,182.54 |
| 25. | Auto Chess | $515,267.34 |
Top Players
| Player ID | Player Name | Total (Overall) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Faker | Lee, Sang Hyeok | $1,582,369.76 |
| 2. | Maru | Cho, Sung Choo | $1,296,583.05 |
| 3. | Loki | Park, Jung Young | $1,229,651.79 |
| 4. | Dark | Park, Ryung Woo | $1,092,559.07 |
| 5. | Rogue | Lee, Byung Ryul | $1,074,715.88 |
| 6. | Duke | Lee, Ho Seong | $954,872.27 |
| 7. | Bang | Bae, Jun Sik | $915,941.68 |
| 8. | Wolf | Lee, Jae Wan | $913,167.87 |
| 9. | Pio | Cha, Seung Hoon | $905,087.92 |
| 10. | ESTH3R | Go, Jeong-wan | $871,858.71 |
| 11. | DuBu | Kim, Doo-young | $823,849.65 |
| 12. | Ruler | Park, Jae Hyuk | $815,773.29 |
| 13. | Bengi | Bae, Seong Ung | $810,882.84 |
| 14. | INnoVation | Lee, Shin Hyung | $799,192.66 |
| 15. | Moon | Jang, Jae Ho | $774,487.02 |
| 16. | Jaedong | Lee, Jae Dong | $713,054.01 |
| 17. | TY | Jun, Tae Yang | $707,742.59 |
| 18. | CoreJJ | Jo, Yong In | $706,890.36 |
| 19. | Zest | Joo, Sung Wook | $690,082.59 |
| 20. | Flash | Lee, Young Ho | $684,590.40 |
| 21. | sOs | Kim, Yoo Jin | $665,449.84 |
| 22. | Peanut | Han, Wang Ho | $662,526.93 |
| 23. | Rookie | Song, Eui Jin | $659,829.40 |
| 24. | Lyn | Park, Joon | $646,606.05 |
| 25. | soO | Eu, Yoon Su | $643,025.52 |
