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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 | $1,049,272.93 | | | League of Legends | $1,049,272.93 | 100.00% |
| 2. | Bengi | Bae, Seong Ung | $810,683.00 | | | League of Legends | $810,683.00 | 100.00% |
| 3. | Wolf | Lee, Jae Wan | $787,195.08 | | | League of Legends | $787,195.08 | 100.00% |
| 4. | Bang | Bae, Jun Sik | $782,693.84 | | | League of Legends | $782,693.84 | 100.00% |
| 5. | Jaedong | Lee, Jae Dong | $622,222.75 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $397,389.22 | 63.87% |
| 6. | QO | Kim, Sunyeob | $568,179.21 | | | Dota 2 | $568,179.21 | 100.00% |
| 7. | Flash | Lee, Young Ho | $554,376.18 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $458,887.84 | 82.78% |
| 8. | Febby | Kim, Yong Min | $539,929.03 | | | Dota 2 | $539,929.03 | 100.00% |
| 9. | MC | Jang, Min Chul | $506,725.69 | | | StarCraft II | $506,645.42 | 99.98% |
| 10. | Moon | Jang, Jae Ho | $497,004.01 | | | WarCraft III | $469,251.01 | 94.42% |
| 11. | sOs | Kim, Yoo Jin | $482,211.72 | | | StarCraft II | $481,761.27 | 99.91% |
| 12. | Life | Lee, Seung Hyun | $475,900.67 | | | StarCraft II | $475,900.67 | 100.00% |
| 13. | Duke | Lee, Ho Seong | $454,405.63 | | | League of Legends | $454,405.63 | 100.00% |
| 14. | Polt | Choi, Sung Hoon | $451,599.10 | | | StarCraft II | $451,599.10 | 100.00% |
| 15. | MP | Pyo, Noah | $447,633.93 | | | Dota 2 | $447,633.93 | 100.00% |
| 16. | Blank | Kang, Sun Gu | $433,723.33 | | | League of Legends | $433,723.33 | 100.00% |
| 17. | TY | Jun, Tae Yang | $429,189.19 | | | StarCraft II | $421,114.52 | 98.12% |
| 18. | Forev | Lee, Sang Don | $423,087.57 | | | Dota 2 | $423,087.57 | 100.00% |
| 19. | Lyn | Park, Joon | $416,875.29 | | | WarCraft III | $383,921.20 | 92.09% |
| 20. | Mvp | Jung, Jong Hyun | $408,891.74 | | | StarCraft II | $404,265.42 | 98.87% |
| 21. | PawN | Heo, Won Seok | $407,041.60 | | | League of Legends | $407,041.60 | 100.00% |
| 22. | MMA | Moon, Sung Won | $395,456.54 | | | StarCraft II | $395,456.54 | 100.00% |
| 23. | Mata | Cho, Se Hyeong | $384,369.54 | | | League of Legends | $384,369.54 | 100.00% |
| 24. | Byun | Byun, Hyun Woo | $377,982.93 | | | StarCraft II | $377,982.93 | 100.00% |
| 25. | INnoVation | Lee, Shin Hyung | $372,174.79 | | | StarCraft II | $368,677.09 | 99.06% |
| 26. | DuBu | Kim, Du Young | $369,666.20 | | | Dota 2 | $369,666.20 | 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 | $330,784.91 | | | StarCraft II | $330,784.91 | 100.00% |
| 31. | NaDa | Lee, Yoon Yeol | $322,478.72 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $288,493.84 | 89.46% |
| 32. | Impact | Jung, Eon Yeong | $317,021.84 | | | League of Legends | $317,021.84 | 100.00% |
| 33. | Maru | Cho, Sung Choo | $314,657.50 | | | StarCraft II | $314,657.50 | 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. | TaeJa | Yoon, Young Suh | $284,752.52 | | | StarCraft II | $284,752.52 | 100.00% |
| 38. | DanDy | Choi, In Kyu | $279,750.19 | | | League of Legends | $279,750.19 | 100.00% |
| 39. | Stork | Song, Byung Goo | $270,721.63 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $252,747.22 | 93.36% |
| 40. | Deft | Kim, Hyuk Kyu | $270,446.56 | | | League of Legends | $270,446.56 | 100.00% |
| 41. | Peanut | Han, Wang Ho | $269,331.93 | | | League of Legends | $269,331.93 | 100.00% |
| 42. | Dark | Park, Ryung Woo | $266,162.89 | | | StarCraft II | $266,162.89 | 100.00% |
| 43. | Piglet | Chae, Gwang Jin | $264,929.15 | | | League of Legends | $264,929.15 | 100.00% |
| 44. | HerO | Song, Hyeon Deok | $264,105.72 | | | StarCraft II | $264,105.72 | 100.00% |
| 45. | Leenock | Lee, Dong Nyung | $263,772.13 | | | StarCraft II | $263,772.13 | 100.00% |
| 46. | DongRaeGu | Park, Soo Ho | $259,858.98 | | | StarCraft II | $259,858.98 | 100.00% |
| 47. | Bomber | Choi, Ji Sung | $258,335.13 | | | StarCraft II | $256,952.14 | 99.46% |
| 48. | PoohManDu | Lee, Jeong Hyeon | $256,771.39 | | | League of Legends | $256,771.39 | 100.00% |
| 49. | PraY | Kim, Jong In | $254,965.94 | | | League of Legends | $254,965.94 | 100.00% |
| 50. | Rain | Jung, Yoon Jong | $242,340.81 | | | StarCraft II | $239,358.36 | 98.77% |
| 51. | Easyhoon | Lee, Ji Hoon | $240,395.62 | | | League of Legends | $240,395.62 | 100.00% |
| 52. | Stats | Kim, Dae Yeob | $235,908.60 | | | StarCraft II | $230,589.71 | 97.75% |
| 53. | HyuN | Ko, Seok Hyun | $235,164.80 | | | StarCraft II | $233,413.60 | 99.26% |
| 54. | Classic | Kim, Doh Woo | $231,458.23 | | | StarCraft II | $228,778.18 | 98.84% |
| 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. | Ambition | Kang, Chan Yong | $222,797.62 | | | League of Legends | $222,797.62 | 100.00% |
| 59. | Solar | Kang, Min Soo | $215,439.57 | | | StarCraft II | $215,439.57 | 100.00% |
| 60. | MaRin | Jang, Gyeong Hwan | $213,498.02 | | | League of Legends | $213,498.02 | 100.00% |
| 61. | Huni | Heo, Seung Hoon | $212,453.95 | | | League of Legends | $212,453.95 | 100.00% |
| 62. | Hydra | Shin, Dong Won | $211,227.74 | | | StarCraft II | $147,391.89 | 69.78% |
| 63. | GorillA | Kang, Beom Hyeon | $211,210.22 | | | League of Legends | $211,210.22 | 100.00% |
| 64. | MarineKing | Lee, Jung Hoon | $211,182.44 | | | StarCraft II | $211,182.44 | 100.00% |
| 65. | Smeb | Song, Kyung Ho | $211,099.03 | | | League of Legends | $211,099.03 | 100.00% |
| 66. | herO | Kim, Joon Ho | $206,677.24 | | | StarCraft II | $206,677.24 | 100.00% |
| 67. | sCsC | Kim, Seung Chul | $195,569.57 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $164,811.62 | 84.27% |
| 68. | soO | Eu, Yoon Su | $190,650.79 | | | StarCraft II | $181,708.29 | 95.31% |
| 69. | kurO | Lee, Seo Haeng | $190,134.83 | | | League of Legends | $190,134.83 | 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. | iloveoov | Choi, Yun Sung | $176,967.42 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $176,007.42 | 99.46% |
| 74. | aLive | Han, Lee Seok | $175,468.20 | | | StarCraft II | $175,468.20 | 100.00% |
| 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. | Soulkey | Kim, Min Chul | $168,425.47 | | | StarCraft II | $155,784.34 | 92.49% |
| 80. | FanTaSy | Jung, Myung Hoon | $164,876.86 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $126,077.66 | 76.47% |
| 81. | Zero | Yoon, Kyung Sup | $164,218.93 | | | League of Legends | $164,218.93 | 100.00% |
| 82. | Sign | Yoon, Ji Hoon | $157,604.46 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $157,604.46 | 100.00% |
| 83. | JangBi | Heo, Yeong Moo | $156,408.18 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $146,379.93 | 93.59% |
| 84. | ReMinD | Kim, Sung Sik | $156,395.36 | | | WarCraft III | $156,395.36 | 100.00% |
| 85. | Crown | Lee, Min Ho | $152,351.23 | | | League of Legends | $152,351.23 | 100.00% |
| 86. | Sniper | Kwon, Tae Hoon | $150,130.87 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $80,391.51 | 53.55% |
| 87. | CuVee | Lee, Seong Jin | $149,193.73 | | | League of Legends | $149,193.73 | 100.00% |
| 88. | Core JJ | Jo, Yong In | $148,388.76 | | | League of Legends | $148,388.76 | 100.00% |
| 89. | Ruler | Park, Jae Hyuk | $145,850.11 | | | League of Legends | $145,850.11 | 100.00% |
| 90. | PuMa | Lee, Ho Joon | $144,593.61 | | | StarCraft II | $143,862.24 | 99.49% |
| 91. | Dear | Baek, Dong Jun | $144,115.77 | | | StarCraft II | $143,655.30 | 99.68% |
| 92. | Wraith | Kwon, Ji Min | $142,880.25 | | | League of Legends | $142,880.25 | 100.00% |
| 93. | Ryu | Yoo, Sang Ook | $140,742.36 | | | League of Legends | $140,742.36 | 100.00% |
| 94. | EffOrt | Kim, Jung Woo | $140,103.48 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $121,082.50 | 86.42% |
| 95. | iamgrunt | Kang, Byung Geon | $135,666.67 | | | Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings | $78,666.67 | 57.99% |
| 96. | Rich | Lee, Jae Won | $135,292.66 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $135,292.66 | 100.00% |
| 97. | TRUE | Bang, Tae Su | $133,096.66 | | | StarCraft II | $132,896.66 | 99.85% |
| 98. | GuMiho | Koh, Byung Jae | $131,236.93 | | | StarCraft II | $131,236.93 | 100.00% |
| 99. | Lustboy | Ham, Jang Sik | $130,020.33 | | | League of Legends | $130,020.33 | 100.00% |
| 100. | Jjakji | Ji, Hoon Jung | $126,174.00 | | | StarCraft II | $126,174.00 | 100.00% |