Korea, Republic of
Total Prize Money Earned:
$156,871,749.12 From 9,081 Tournaments
World Ranking:
#3
There have been 5,963 Korean esports players that have been awarded a total of $156,871,749.12 USD in prize money across 9,081 tournaments. The highest awarding game was League of Legends with $41,645,617.74 USD won, making up 26.55% of all earnings by Korean players. Lee "Faker" Sang Hyeok is the highest earning Korean player with $1,922,084.56 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 | $41,645,617.74 |
| 2. | StarCraft II | $24,857,832.86 |
| 3. | Overwatch | $18,031,269.27 |
| 4. | PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS | $12,652,872.10 |
| 5. | Overwatch 2 | $7,441,330.08 |
| 6. | StarCraft: Brood War | $6,793,893.04 |
| 7. | StarCraft: Remastered | $5,891,609.19 |
| 8. | Heroes of the Storm | $5,850,327.15 |
| 9. | Dota 2 | $3,929,098.13 |
| 10. | VALORANT | $3,050,225.87 |
| 11. | PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Mobile | $2,443,398.68 |
| 12. | WarCraft III | $2,274,144.03 |
| 13. | Hearthstone | $2,071,649.90 |
| 14. | Rainbow Six Siege | $1,972,148.93 |
| 15. | Apex Legends | $1,739,043.76 |
| 16. | Arena of Valor | $1,467,128.12 |
| 17. | FIFA Online 4 | $1,423,985.49 |
| 18. | Tekken 7 | $1,376,205.64 |
| 19. | Fortnite | $1,081,553.20 |
| 20. | FIFA Online 3 | $949,871.26 |
| 21. | WarCraft III: Reforged | $799,772.10 |
| 22. | Tekken 8 | $761,582.68 |
| 23. | League of Legends: Wild Rift | $742,143.30 |
| 24. | Teamfight Tactics | $595,932.32 |
| 25. | KartRider | $560,130.35 |
Top Players
| Player ID | Player Name | Total (Overall) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Faker | Lee, Sang Hyeok | $1,922,084.56 |
| 2. | Maru | Cho, Sung Choo | $1,386,351.22 |
| 3. | Loki | Park, Jung Young | $1,245,451.79 |
| 4. | Dark | Park, Ryung Woo | $1,194,415.22 |
| 5. | Rogue | Lee, Byung Ryul | $1,101,363.80 |
| 6. | Ruler | Park, Jae Hyuk | $1,035,773.29 |
| 7. | Duke | Lee, Ho Seong | $959,072.51 |
| 8. | Bang | Bae, Jun Sik | $915,941.68 |
| 9. | Wolf | Lee, Jae Wan | $913,167.87 |
| 10. | Pio | Cha, Seung Hoon | $905,337.92 |
| 11. | Jaedong | Lee, Jae Dong | $876,398.79 |
| 12. | ESTH3R | Go, Jeong-wan | $871,858.71 |
| 13. | DuBu | Kim, Doo-young | $823,849.65 |
| 14. | Bengi | Bae, Seong Ung | $810,882.84 |
| 15. | INnoVation | Lee, Shin Hyung | $799,192.66 |
| 16. | Peanut | Han, Wang Ho | $793,351.93 |
| 17. | Moon | Jang, Jae Ho | $782,559.43 |
| 18. | CoreJJ | Jo, Yong In | $782,465.36 |
| 19. | TY | Jun, Tae Yang | $727,444.42 |
| 20. | Inonix | Na, Hee Joo | $703,435.17 |
| 21. | Flash | Lee, Young Ho | $700,820.76 |
| 22. | Canyon | Kim, Geon Bu | $692,839.49 |
| 23. | herO | Kim, Joon Ho | $690,347.49 |
| 24. | Zest | Joo, Sung Wook | $690,082.59 |
| 25. | Impact | Jung, Eon Yeong | $686,649.73 |