Korea, Republic of
Total Prize Money Earned:
$149,355,244.70 From 8,745 Tournaments
World Ranking:
#3
There have been 5,857 Korean esports players that have been awarded a total of $149,355,244.70 USD in prize money across 8,745 tournaments. The highest awarding game was League of Legends with $37,805,776.65 USD won, making up 25.31% of all earnings by Korean players. Lee "Faker" Sang Hyeok is the highest earning Korean player with $1,727,084.56 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 | $37,805,776.65 |
| 2. | StarCraft II | $24,476,284.25 |
| 3. | Overwatch | $18,016,082.26 |
| 4. | PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS | $12,125,528.73 |
| 5. | Overwatch 2 | $6,962,988.77 |
| 6. | StarCraft: Brood War | $6,793,893.04 |
| 7. | Heroes of the Storm | $5,850,327.15 |
| 8. | StarCraft: Remastered | $5,048,259.83 |
| 9. | Dota 2 | $3,927,598.14 |
| 10. | VALORANT | $2,599,675.85 |
| 11. | PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS Mobile | $2,443,398.68 |
| 12. | WarCraft III | $2,274,144.03 |
| 13. | Hearthstone | $1,939,052.90 |
| 14. | Rainbow Six Siege | $1,913,648.93 |
| 15. | Apex Legends | $1,567,710.45 |
| 16. | Arena of Valor | $1,463,618.12 |
| 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 | $760,445.05 |
| 22. | League of Legends: Wild Rift | $742,143.30 |
| 23. | Tekken 8 | $587,311.48 |
| 24. | KartRider | $560,130.35 |
| 25. | Teamfight Tactics | $559,182.32 |
Top Players
| Player ID | Player Name | Total (Overall) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |  Faker | Lee, Sang Hyeok | $1,727,084.56 |
| 2. | Maru | Cho, Sung Choo | $1,355,101.22 |
| 3. | Loki | Park, Jung Young | $1,245,451.79 |
| 4. | Dark | Park, Ryung Woo | $1,191,173.02 |
| 5. | Rogue | Lee, Byung Ryul | $1,076,789.66 |
| 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 | $905,337.92 |
| 10. | ESTH3R | Go, Jeong-wan | $871,858.71 |
| 11. | Jaedong | Lee, Jae Dong | $840,069.12 |
| 12. | DuBu | Kim, Doo-young | $823,849.65 |
| 13. | Ruler | Park, Jae Hyuk | $815,773.29 |
| 14. | Bengi | Bae, Seong Ung | $810,882.84 |
| 15. | INnoVation | Lee, Shin Hyung | $799,192.66 |
| 16. | Moon | Jang, Jae Ho | $779,068.63 |
| 17. | CoreJJ | Jo, Yong In | $740,890.36 |
| 18. | TY | Jun, Tae Yang | $713,237.38 |
| 19. | Peanut | Han, Wang Ho | $691,326.93 |
| 20. | Zest | Joo, Sung Wook | $690,082.59 |
| 21. | Flash | Lee, Young Ho | $684,590.40 |
| 22. | sOs | Kim, Yoo Jin | $665,449.84 |
| 23. | Rookie | Song, Eui Jin | $664,414.73 |
| 24. | Lyn | Park, Joon | $659,484.31 |
| 25. | Inonix | Na, Hee Joo | $657,690.92 |