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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 | $1,175,927.15 | | | League of Legends | $1,175,927.15 | 100.00% |
| 2. | Duke | Lee, Ho Seong | $921,111.09 | | | League of Legends | $921,111.09 | 100.00% |
| 3. | Wolf | Lee, Jae Wan | $913,084.70 | | | League of Legends | $913,084.70 | 100.00% |
| 4. | Bang | Bae, Jun Sik | $910,451.46 | | | League of Legends | $910,451.46 | 100.00% |
| 5. | Bengi | Bae, Seong Ung | $810,683.00 | | | League of Legends | $810,683.00 | 100.00% |
| 6. | Maru | Cho, Sung Choo | $718,310.15 | | | StarCraft II | $718,310.15 | 100.00% |
| 7. | INnoVation | Lee, Shin Hyung | $675,091.72 | | | StarCraft II | $671,594.02 | 99.48% |
| 8. | Jaedong | Lee, Jae Dong | $638,872.35 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $414,038.82 | 64.81% |
| 9. | Flash | Lee, Young Ho | $621,966.58 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $531,813.94 | 85.51% |
| 10. | Rogue | Lee, Byung Ryul | $616,688.20 | | | StarCraft II | $616,688.20 | 100.00% |
| 11. | QO | Kim, Sunyeob | $590,309.79 | | | Dota 2 | $590,309.79 | 100.00% |
| 12. | sOs | Kim, Yoo Jin | $590,178.47 | | | StarCraft II | $589,728.02 | 99.92% |
| 13. | MP | Pyo, Noah | $586,679.73 | | | Dota 2 | $586,679.73 | 100.00% |
| 14. | Febby | Kim, Yong Min | $585,148.88 | | | Dota 2 | $585,148.88 | 100.00% |
| 15. | TY | Jun, Tae Yang | $561,740.35 | | | StarCraft II | $553,665.68 | 98.56% |
| 16. | Blank | Kang, Sun Gu | $559,518.75 | | | League of Legends | $559,518.75 | 100.00% |
| 17. | Ambition | Kang, Chan Yong | $553,234.20 | | | League of Legends | $553,234.20 | 100.00% |
| 18. | soO | Eu, Yoon Su | $548,182.18 | | | StarCraft II | $539,239.68 | 98.37% |
| 19. | Stats | Kim, Dae Yeob | $538,653.66 | | | StarCraft II | $533,334.77 | 99.01% |
| 20. | Rookie | Song, Eui Jin | $530,739.50 | | | League of Legends | $530,739.50 | 100.00% |
| 21. | Forev | Lee, Sang Don | $523,133.37 | | | Dota 2 | $523,133.37 | 100.00% |
| 22. | Moon | Jang, Jae Ho | $522,741.67 | | | WarCraft III | $494,988.67 | 94.69% |
| 23. | MC | Jang, Min Chul | $507,118.16 | | | StarCraft II | $507,037.89 | 99.98% |
| 24. | Dark | Park, Ryung Woo | $489,130.59 | | | StarCraft II | $489,130.59 | 100.00% |
| 25. | Crown | Lee, Min Ho | $482,787.81 | | | League of Legends | $482,787.81 | 100.00% |
| 26. | CuVee | Lee, Seong Jin | $482,492.98 | | | League of Legends | $482,492.98 | 100.00% |
| 27. | Ruler | Park, Jae Hyuk | $479,149.36 | | | League of Legends | $479,149.36 | 100.00% |
| 28. | Core JJ | Jo, Yong In | $478,825.34 | | | League of Legends | $478,825.34 | 100.00% |
| 29. | Life | Lee, Seung Hyun | $475,900.67 | | | StarCraft II | $475,900.67 | 100.00% |
| 30. | Mata | Cho, Se Hyeong | $470,666.44 | | | League of Legends | $470,666.44 | 100.00% |
| 31. | sake | Lee, Jung Hyeog | $462,790.78 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $462,790.78 | 100.00% |
| 32. | KyoCha | Jeong, Won Ho | $462,468.56 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $462,468.56 | 100.00% |
| 33. | Peanut | Han, Wang Ho | $459,171.31 | | | League of Legends | $459,171.31 | 100.00% |
| 34. | TheShy | Kang, Dong Geun | $458,738.66 | | | League of Legends | $458,738.66 | 100.00% |
| 35. | DuBu | Kim, Du Young | $453,212.00 | | | Dota 2 | $453,212.00 | 100.00% |
| 36. | Polt | Choi, Sung Hoon | $451,904.48 | | | StarCraft II | $451,904.48 | 100.00% |
| 37. | Lyn | Park, Joon | $440,867.72 | | | WarCraft III | $407,913.63 | 92.53% |
| 38. | Impact | Jung, Eon Yeong | $440,327.84 | | | League of Legends | $440,327.84 | 100.00% |
| 39. | PawN | Heo, Won Seok | $436,099.44 | | | League of Legends | $436,099.44 | 100.00% |
| 40. | Zest | Joo, Sung Wook | $429,096.57 | | | StarCraft II | $429,096.57 | 100.00% |
| 41. | Rich | Lee, Jae Won | $425,292.66 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $425,292.66 | 100.00% |
| 42. | Mvp | Jung, Jong Hyun | $409,621.15 | | | StarCraft II | $404,994.83 | 98.87% |
| 43. | MMA | Moon, Sung Won | $407,169.17 | | | StarCraft II | $407,169.17 | 100.00% |
| 44. | Byun | Byun, Hyun Woo | $403,571.57 | | | StarCraft II | $403,571.57 | 100.00% |
| 45. | Classic | Kim, Doh Woo | $391,251.56 | | | StarCraft II | $388,571.51 | 99.32% |
| 46. | sAviOr | Ma, Jae Yoon | $375,020.44 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $375,020.44 | 100.00% |
| 47. | PraY | Kim, Jong In | $373,586.22 | | | League of Legends | $373,586.22 | 100.00% |
| 48. | PartinG | Won, Lee Sak | $362,282.67 | | | StarCraft II | $362,282.67 | 100.00% |
| 49. | Deft | Kim, Hyuk Kyu | $354,875.46 | | | League of Legends | $354,875.46 | 100.00% |
| 50. | Reset | Im, Jin Woo | $353,645.16 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $353,645.16 | 100.00% |
| 51. | Ttsst | Kang, Woon Sung | $349,475.27 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $349,475.27 | 100.00% |
| 52. | Looper | Jang, Hyeong Seok | $346,307.48 | | | League of Legends | $346,307.48 | 100.00% |
| 53. | Huni | Heo, Seung Hoon | $336,470.08 | | | League of Legends | $336,470.08 | 100.00% |
| 54. | Haru | Kang, Min Seung | $334,797.71 | | | League of Legends | $334,797.71 | 100.00% |
| 55. | Bisu | Kim, Taek Yong | $333,515.56 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $331,927.55 | 99.52% |
| 56. | GorillA | Kang, Beom Hyeon | $325,160.50 | | | League of Legends | $325,160.50 | 100.00% |
| 57. | NaDa | Lee, Yoon Yeol | $323,389.66 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $289,381.84 | 89.48% |
| 58. | herO | Kim, Joon Ho | $305,244.54 | | | StarCraft II | $305,244.53 | 100.00% |
| 59. | imp | Gu, Seung Bin | $299,730.28 | | | League of Legends | $299,730.28 | 100.00% |
| 60. | Smeb | Song, Kyung Ho | $297,578.63 | | | League of Legends | $297,578.63 | 100.00% |
| 61. | TaeJa | Yoon, Young Suh | $291,376.63 | | | StarCraft II | $291,376.63 | 100.00% |
| 62. | Solar | Kang, Min Soo | $288,543.52 | | | StarCraft II | $288,543.52 | 100.00% |
| 63. | NesTea | Lim, Jae Duk | $288,225.07 | | | StarCraft II | $288,225.07 | 100.00% |
| 64. | Rain | Jung, Yoon Jong | $284,410.63 | | | StarCraft II | $236,690.51 | 83.22% |
| 65. | Leenock | Lee, Dong Nyung | $282,432.44 | | | StarCraft II | $282,432.44 | 100.00% |
| 66. | DanDy | Choi, In Kyu | $281,150.19 | | | League of Legends | $281,150.19 | 100.00% |
| 67. | Stork | Song, Byung Goo | $274,615.23 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $256,640.82 | 93.45% |
| 68. | sCsC | Kim, Seung Chul | $270,069.57 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $239,311.62 | 88.61% |
| 69. | Piglet | Chae, Gwang Jin | $265,429.15 | | | League of Legends | $265,429.15 | 100.00% |
| 70. | HerO | Song, Hyeon Deok | $261,737.87 | | | StarCraft II | $261,737.87 | 100.00% |
| 71. | DongRaeGu | Park, Soo Ho | $260,050.08 | | | StarCraft II | $260,050.08 | 100.00% |
| 72. | Bomber | Choi, Ji Sung | $258,365.13 | | | StarCraft II | $256,982.14 | 99.46% |
| 73. | PoohManDu | Lee, Jeong Hyeon | $256,771.39 | | | League of Legends | $256,771.39 | 100.00% |
| 74. | kurO | Lee, Seo Haeng | $251,351.95 | | | League of Legends | $251,351.95 | 100.00% |
| 75. | March | Park, Tae Won | $250,387.97 | | | Dota 2 | $250,387.97 | 100.00% |
| 76. | Easyhoon | Lee, Ji Hoon | $249,497.86 | | | League of Legends | $249,497.86 | 100.00% |
| 77. | Surrender | Kim, Jung Soo | $242,881.57 | | | Hearthstone | $242,881.57 | 100.00% |
| 78. | HyuN | Ko, Seok Hyun | $235,535.11 | | | StarCraft II | $233,783.91 | 99.26% |
| 79. | fOrGG | Park, Ji Soo | $233,568.97 | | | StarCraft II | $147,378.95 | 63.10% |
| 80. | Scout | Lee, Ye Chan | $231,677.28 | | | League of Legends | $231,677.28 | 100.00% |
| 81. | July | Park, Sung Joon | $230,774.13 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $180,682.62 | 78.29% |
| 82. | Zero | Yoon, Kyung Sup | $229,438.65 | | | League of Legends | $229,438.65 | 100.00% |
| 83. | Soulkey | Kim, Min Chul | $221,126.02 | | | StarCraft II | $153,116.49 | 69.24% |
| 84. | MaRin | Jang, Gyeong Hwan | $219,660.30 | | | League of Legends | $219,660.30 | 100.00% |
| 85. | MarineKing | Lee, Jung Hoon | $212,397.14 | | | StarCraft II | $212,397.14 | 100.00% |
| 86. | Hydra | Shin, Dong Won | $211,295.74 | | | StarCraft II | $147,459.89 | 69.79% |
| 87. | Sign | Yoon, Ji Hoon | $211,104.46 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $211,104.46 | 100.00% |
| 88. | Infiltration | Lee, Seon Woo | $204,816.48 | | | Street Fighter V | $81,392.00 | 39.74% |
| 89. | Jeongha | Lee, Jeong Ha | $200,447.42 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $200,447.42 | 100.00% |
| 90. | GuMiho | Koh, Byung Jae | $199,147.38 | | | StarCraft II | $199,147.38 | 100.00% |
| 91. | Sniper | Kwon, Tae Hoon | $196,130.87 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $126,391.51 | 64.44% |
| 92. | aLive | Han, Lee Seok | $195,588.65 | | | StarCraft II | $195,588.65 | 100.00% |
| 93. | Gesture | Hong, Jae Hee | $194,730.97 | | | Overwatch | $194,730.97 | 100.00% |
| 94. | Profit | Park, Joon Yeong | $194,730.97 | | | Overwatch | $194,730.97 | 100.00% |
| 95. | Closer | Jung, Won Sik | $194,526.19 | | | Overwatch | $194,526.19 | 100.00% |
| 96. | EscA | Kim, In Jae | $192,273.68 | | | PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS | $153,763.01 | 79.97% |
| 97. | Dear | Baek, Dong Jun | $190,102.99 | | | StarCraft II | $189,642.52 | 99.76% |
| 98. | viOLet | Kim, Dong Hwan | $187,755.93 | | | StarCraft II | $183,568.96 | 97.77% |
| 99. | merryday | Lee, Tae Jun | $184,790.78 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $184,790.78 | 100.00% |
| 100. | Ryu | Yoo, Sang Ook | $184,100.69 | | | League of Legends | $184,100.69 | 100.00% |