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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 | $1,056,863.19 | | | League of Legends | $1,056,863.19 | 100.00% |
| 2. | Bengi | Bae, Seong Ung | $810,683.00 | | | League of Legends | $810,683.00 | 100.00% |
| 3. | Wolf | Lee, Jae Wan | $794,785.34 | | | League of Legends | $794,785.34 | 100.00% |
| 4. | Bang | Bae, Jun Sik | $790,284.10 | | | League of Legends | $790,284.10 | 100.00% |
| 5. | Jaedong | Lee, Jae Dong | $622,222.75 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $397,389.22 | 63.87% |
| 6. | QO | Kim, Sunyeob | $580,523.21 | | | Dota 2 | $580,523.21 | 100.00% |
| 7. | Flash | Lee, Young Ho | $554,376.18 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $458,887.84 | 82.78% |
| 8. | Febby | Kim, Yong Min | $552,273.03 | | | Dota 2 | $552,273.03 | 100.00% |
| 9. | MP | Pyo, Noah | $523,697.73 | | | Dota 2 | $523,697.73 | 100.00% |
| 10. | MC | Jang, Min Chul | $506,725.69 | | | StarCraft II | $506,645.42 | 99.98% |
| 11. | sOs | Kim, Yoo Jin | $498,097.72 | | | StarCraft II | $497,647.27 | 99.91% |
| 12. | Forev | Lee, Sang Don | $497,151.37 | | | Dota 2 | $497,151.37 | 100.00% |
| 13. | Moon | Jang, Jae Ho | $496,937.32 | | | WarCraft III | $469,184.32 | 94.42% |
| 14. | Life | Lee, Seung Hyun | $475,900.67 | | | StarCraft II | $475,900.67 | 100.00% |
| 15. | Duke | Lee, Ho Seong | $465,127.13 | | | League of Legends | $465,127.13 | 100.00% |
| 16. | Polt | Choi, Sung Hoon | $451,599.10 | | | StarCraft II | $451,599.10 | 100.00% |
| 17. | INnoVation | Lee, Shin Hyung | $449,588.39 | | | StarCraft II | $446,090.69 | 99.22% |
| 18. | TY | Jun, Tae Yang | $448,889.19 | | | StarCraft II | $440,814.52 | 98.20% |
| 19. | DuBu | Kim, Du Young | $443,730.00 | | | Dota 2 | $443,730.00 | 100.00% |
| 20. | Blank | Kang, Sun Gu | $441,313.59 | | | League of Legends | $441,313.59 | 100.00% |
| 21. | Lyn | Park, Joon | $417,672.57 | | | WarCraft III | $384,718.48 | 92.11% |
| 22. | PawN | Heo, Won Seok | $412,354.78 | | | League of Legends | $412,354.78 | 100.00% |
| 23. | Mvp | Jung, Jong Hyun | $408,891.74 | | | StarCraft II | $404,265.42 | 98.87% |
| 24. | MMA | Moon, Sung Won | $395,456.54 | | | StarCraft II | $395,456.54 | 100.00% |
| 25. | Byun | Byun, Hyun Woo | $392,824.13 | | | StarCraft II | $392,824.13 | 100.00% |
| 26. | Mata | Cho, Se Hyeong | $391,453.78 | | | League of Legends | $391,453.78 | 100.00% |
| 27. | PartinG | Won, Lee Sak | $355,604.37 | | | StarCraft II | $355,604.37 | 100.00% |
| 28. | Looper | Jang, Hyeong Seok | $346,307.48 | | | League of Legends | $346,307.48 | 100.00% |
| 29. | sAviOr | Ma, Jae Yoon | $338,901.24 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $338,901.24 | 100.00% |
| 30. | Zest | Joo, Sung Wook | $332,350.91 | | | StarCraft II | $332,350.91 | 100.00% |
| 31. | Maru | Cho, Sung Choo | $323,087.10 | | | StarCraft II | $323,087.10 | 100.00% |
| 32. | NaDa | Lee, Yoon Yeol | $322,478.72 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $288,493.84 | 89.46% |
| 33. | Impact | Jung, Eon Yeong | $317,021.84 | | | League of Legends | $317,021.84 | 100.00% |
| 34. | Bisu | Kim, Taek Yong | $309,055.56 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $307,467.55 | 99.49% |
| 35. | imp | Gu, Seung Bin | $297,719.56 | | | League of Legends | $297,719.56 | 100.00% |
| 36. | NesTea | Lim, Jae Duk | $287,702.13 | | | StarCraft II | $287,702.13 | 100.00% |
| 37. | Dark | Park, Ryung Woo | $287,495.89 | | | StarCraft II | $287,495.89 | 100.00% |
| 38. | TaeJa | Yoon, Young Suh | $284,752.52 | | | StarCraft II | $284,752.52 | 100.00% |
| 39. | DanDy | Choi, In Kyu | $281,150.19 | | | League of Legends | $281,150.19 | 100.00% |
| 40. | Deft | Kim, Hyuk Kyu | $277,530.80 | | | League of Legends | $277,530.80 | 100.00% |
| 41. | Peanut | Han, Wang Ho | $276,922.19 | | | League of Legends | $276,922.19 | 100.00% |
| 42. | Stork | Song, Byung Goo | $270,721.63 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $252,747.22 | 93.36% |
| 43. | PraY | Kim, Jong In | $269,724.77 | | | League of Legends | $269,724.77 | 100.00% |
| 44. | Leenock | Lee, Dong Nyung | $266,543.13 | | | StarCraft II | $266,543.13 | 100.00% |
| 45. | Piglet | Chae, Gwang Jin | $264,929.15 | | | League of Legends | $264,929.15 | 100.00% |
| 46. | Stats | Kim, Dae Yeob | $264,317.40 | | | StarCraft II | $258,998.51 | 97.99% |
| 47. | HerO | Song, Hyeon Deok | $264,105.72 | | | StarCraft II | $264,105.72 | 100.00% |
| 48. | DongRaeGu | Park, Soo Ho | $259,858.98 | | | StarCraft II | $259,858.98 | 100.00% |
| 49. | Bomber | Choi, Ji Sung | $258,335.13 | | | StarCraft II | $256,952.14 | 99.46% |
| 50. | PoohManDu | Lee, Jeong Hyeon | $256,771.39 | | | League of Legends | $256,771.39 | 100.00% |
| 51. | Easyhoon | Lee, Ji Hoon | $249,403.66 | | | League of Legends | $249,403.66 | 100.00% |
| 52. | Classic | Kim, Doh Woo | $242,649.03 | | | StarCraft II | $239,968.98 | 98.90% |
| 53. | Rain | Jung, Yoon Jong | $242,340.81 | | | StarCraft II | $239,358.36 | 98.77% |
| 54. | HyuN | Ko, Seok Hyun | $235,164.80 | | | StarCraft II | $233,413.60 | 99.26% |
| 55. | fOrGG | Park, Ji Soo | $231,452.46 | | | StarCraft II | $146,004.11 | 63.08% |
| 56. | March | Park, Tae Won | $230,887.97 | | | Dota 2 | $230,887.97 | 100.00% |
| 57. | July | Park, Sung Joon | $230,735.90 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $180,682.62 | 78.31% |
| 58. | GorillA | Kang, Beom Hyeon | $225,969.05 | | | League of Legends | $225,969.05 | 100.00% |
| 59. | Ambition | Kang, Chan Yong | $225,011.45 | | | League of Legends | $225,011.45 | 100.00% |
| 60. | Solar | Kang, Min Soo | $224,942.17 | | | StarCraft II | $224,942.17 | 100.00% |
| 61. | herO | Kim, Joon Ho | $220,958.64 | | | StarCraft II | $220,958.64 | 100.00% |
| 62. | Huni | Heo, Seung Hoon | $220,044.21 | | | League of Legends | $220,044.21 | 100.00% |
| 63. | Smeb | Song, Kyung Ho | $218,183.27 | | | League of Legends | $218,183.27 | 100.00% |
| 64. | MaRin | Jang, Gyeong Hwan | $215,711.85 | | | League of Legends | $215,711.85 | 100.00% |
| 65. | Hydra | Shin, Dong Won | $211,227.74 | | | StarCraft II | $147,391.89 | 69.78% |
| 66. | MarineKing | Lee, Jung Hoon | $211,182.44 | | | StarCraft II | $211,182.44 | 100.00% |
| 67. | soO | Eu, Yoon Su | $205,912.79 | | | StarCraft II | $196,970.29 | 95.66% |
| 68. | sCsC | Kim, Seung Chul | $195,569.57 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $164,811.62 | 84.27% |
| 69. | kurO | Lee, Seo Haeng | $194,562.49 | | | League of Legends | $194,562.49 | 100.00% |
| 70. | viOLet | Kim, Dong Hwan | $187,555.93 | | | StarCraft II | $183,368.96 | 97.77% |
| 71. | Infiltration | Lee, Seon Woo | $184,546.48 | | | Street Fighter V | $80,892.00 | 43.83% |
| 72. | Noblesse | Chae, Do Joon | $184,037.54 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $164,811.62 | 89.55% |
| 73. | aLive | Han, Lee Seok | $181,704.00 | | | StarCraft II | $181,704.00 | 100.00% |
| 74. | iloveoov | Choi, Yun Sung | $176,967.42 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $176,007.42 | 99.46% |
| 75. | merryday | Lee, Tae Jun | $172,790.78 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $172,790.78 | 100.00% |
| 76. | sake | Lee, Jung Hyeog | $172,790.78 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $172,790.78 | 100.00% |
| 77. | KyoCha | Jeong, Won Ho | $172,468.56 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $172,468.56 | 100.00% |
| 78. | BoxeR | Lim, Yo Hwan | $171,858.91 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $151,302.91 | 88.04% |
| 79. | Zero | Yoon, Kyung Sup | $171,723.98 | | | League of Legends | $171,723.98 | 100.00% |
| 80. | Soulkey | Kim, Min Chul | $169,089.97 | | | StarCraft II | $155,784.34 | 92.13% |
| 81. | FanTaSy | Jung, Myung Hoon | $164,876.86 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $126,077.66 | 76.47% |
| 82. | ReMinD | Kim, Sung Sik | $159,026.15 | | | WarCraft III | $159,026.15 | 100.00% |
| 83. | Sign | Yoon, Ji Hoon | $157,604.46 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $157,604.46 | 100.00% |
| 84. | JangBi | Heo, Yeong Moo | $156,408.18 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $146,379.93 | 93.59% |
| 85. | Crown | Lee, Min Ho | $154,565.06 | | | League of Legends | $154,565.06 | 100.00% |
| 86. | Dear | Baek, Dong Jun | $152,759.97 | | | StarCraft II | $152,299.50 | 99.70% |
| 87. | CuVee | Lee, Seong Jin | $151,407.56 | | | League of Legends | $151,407.56 | 100.00% |
| 88. | Core JJ | Jo, Yong In | $150,602.59 | | | League of Legends | $150,602.59 | 100.00% |
| 89. | Sniper | Kwon, Tae Hoon | $150,130.87 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $80,391.51 | 53.55% |
| 90. | Ruler | Park, Jae Hyuk | $148,063.94 | | | League of Legends | $148,063.94 | 100.00% |
| 91. | Wraith | Kwon, Ji Min | $145,094.08 | | | League of Legends | $145,094.08 | 100.00% |
| 92. | PuMa | Lee, Ho Joon | $144,593.61 | | | StarCraft II | $143,862.24 | 99.49% |
| 93. | Trick | Kim, Gang Yun | $144,217.13 | | | League of Legends | $144,217.13 | 100.00% |
| 94. | TRUE | Bang, Tae Su | $142,694.16 | | | StarCraft II | $142,494.16 | 99.86% |
| 95. | GuMiho | Koh, Byung Jae | $142,014.93 | | | StarCraft II | $142,014.93 | 100.00% |
| 96. | EffOrt | Kim, Jung Woo | $141,210.98 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $122,190.00 | 86.53% |
| 97. | Ryu | Yoo, Sang Ook | $140,742.36 | | | League of Legends | $140,742.36 | 100.00% |
| 98. | iamgrunt | Kang, Byung Geon | $139,466.67 | | | Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings | $82,466.67 | 59.13% |
| 99. | Lee Sang Tae | Lee, Sang Tae | $136,000.00 | | | FIFA Online 3 | $136,000.00 | 100.00% |
| 100. | Rich | Lee, Jae Won | $135,292.66 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $135,292.66 | 100.00% |