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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 | $1,172,048.35 | | | League of Legends | $1,172,048.35 | 100.00% |
| 2. | Wolf | Lee, Jae Wan | $909,970.50 | | | League of Legends | $909,970.50 | 100.00% |
| 3. | Bang | Bae, Jun Sik | $907,337.26 | | | League of Legends | $907,337.26 | 100.00% |
| 4. | Bengi | Bae, Seong Ung | $810,683.00 | | | League of Legends | $810,683.00 | 100.00% |
| 5. | Jaedong | Lee, Jae Dong | $627,936.35 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $403,102.82 | 64.19% |
| 6. | Flash | Lee, Young Ho | $613,455.28 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $517,966.94 | 84.43% |
| 7. | Maru | Cho, Sung Choo | $591,249.10 | | | StarCraft II | $591,249.10 | 100.00% |
| 8. | QO | Kim, Sunyeob | $588,523.21 | | | Dota 2 | $588,523.21 | 100.00% |
| 9. | Febby | Kim, Yong Min | $565,773.03 | | | Dota 2 | $565,773.03 | 100.00% |
| 10. | Blank | Kang, Sun Gu | $556,498.75 | | | League of Legends | $556,498.75 | 100.00% |
| 11. | Rogue | Lee, Byung Ryul | $553,383.44 | | | StarCraft II | $553,383.44 | 100.00% |
| 12. | Ambition | Kang, Chan Yong | $538,075.45 | | | League of Legends | $538,075.45 | 100.00% |
| 13. | sOs | Kim, Yoo Jin | $534,450.72 | | | StarCraft II | $534,000.27 | 99.92% |
| 14. | MP | Pyo, Noah | $533,197.73 | | | Dota 2 | $533,197.73 | 100.00% |
| 15. | Moon | Jang, Jae Ho | $509,145.31 | | | WarCraft III | $481,392.31 | 94.55% |
| 16. | MC | Jang, Min Chul | $506,725.69 | | | StarCraft II | $506,645.42 | 99.98% |
| 17. | TY | Jun, Tae Yang | $506,380.79 | | | StarCraft II | $498,306.12 | 98.41% |
| 18. | Forev | Lee, Sang Don | $505,151.37 | | | Dota 2 | $505,151.37 | 100.00% |
| 19. | INnoVation | Lee, Shin Hyung | $495,223.77 | | | StarCraft II | $491,726.07 | 99.29% |
| 20. | Duke | Lee, Ho Seong | $487,073.76 | | | League of Legends | $487,073.76 | 100.00% |
| 21. | Life | Lee, Seung Hyun | $475,900.67 | | | StarCraft II | $475,900.67 | 100.00% |
| 22. | Crown | Lee, Min Ho | $467,629.06 | | | League of Legends | $467,629.06 | 100.00% |
| 23. | CuVee | Lee, Seong Jin | $464,471.56 | | | League of Legends | $464,471.56 | 100.00% |
| 24. | Core JJ | Jo, Yong In | $463,666.59 | | | League of Legends | $463,666.59 | 100.00% |
| 25. | Ruler | Park, Jae Hyuk | $461,127.94 | | | League of Legends | $461,127.94 | 100.00% |
| 26. | DuBu | Kim, Du Young | $453,230.00 | | | Dota 2 | $453,230.00 | 100.00% |
| 27. | Polt | Choi, Sung Hoon | $451,599.10 | | | StarCraft II | $451,599.10 | 100.00% |
| 28. | Lyn | Park, Joon | $430,681.47 | | | WarCraft III | $397,727.38 | 92.35% |
| 29. | PawN | Heo, Won Seok | $423,765.64 | | | League of Legends | $423,765.64 | 100.00% |
| 30. | Dark | Park, Ryung Woo | $413,507.14 | | | StarCraft II | $413,507.14 | 100.00% |
| 31. | Mvp | Jung, Jong Hyun | $408,891.74 | | | StarCraft II | $404,265.42 | 98.87% |
| 32. | Peanut | Han, Wang Ho | $407,143.88 | | | League of Legends | $407,143.88 | 100.00% |
| 33. | Mata | Cho, Se Hyeong | $404,732.64 | | | League of Legends | $404,732.64 | 100.00% |
| 34. | MMA | Moon, Sung Won | $404,009.87 | | | StarCraft II | $404,009.87 | 100.00% |
| 35. | Byun | Byun, Hyun Woo | $395,358.93 | | | StarCraft II | $395,358.93 | 100.00% |
| 36. | Impact | Jung, Eon Yeong | $376,597.64 | | | League of Legends | $376,597.64 | 100.00% |
| 37. | sAviOr | Ma, Jae Yoon | $375,020.44 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $375,020.44 | 100.00% |
| 38. | soO | Eu, Yoon Su | $367,604.37 | | | StarCraft II | $358,661.87 | 97.57% |
| 39. | Zest | Joo, Sung Wook | $362,191.31 | | | StarCraft II | $362,191.31 | 100.00% |
| 40. | PartinG | Won, Lee Sak | $356,009.37 | | | StarCraft II | $356,009.37 | 100.00% |
| 41. | Classic | Kim, Doh Woo | $350,517.65 | | | StarCraft II | $347,837.60 | 99.24% |
| 42. | Looper | Jang, Hyeong Seok | $346,307.48 | | | League of Legends | $346,307.48 | 100.00% |
| 43. | Huni | Heo, Seung Hoon | $335,636.75 | | | League of Legends | $335,636.75 | 100.00% |
| 44. | Bisu | Kim, Taek Yong | $333,515.56 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $331,927.55 | 99.52% |
| 45. | PraY | Kim, Jong In | $324,421.46 | | | League of Legends | $324,421.46 | 100.00% |
| 46. | sake | Lee, Jung Hyeog | $322,790.78 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $322,790.78 | 100.00% |
| 47. | NaDa | Lee, Yoon Yeol | $322,478.72 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $288,493.84 | 89.46% |
| 48. | KyoCha | Jeong, Won Ho | $322,468.56 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $322,468.56 | 100.00% |
| 49. | Haru | Kang, Min Seung | $319,638.96 | | | League of Legends | $319,638.96 | 100.00% |
| 50. | Stats | Kim, Dae Yeob | $308,451.90 | | | StarCraft II | $303,133.01 | 98.28% |
| 51. | imp | Gu, Seung Bin | $299,730.28 | | | League of Legends | $299,730.28 | 100.00% |
| 52. | Deft | Kim, Hyuk Kyu | $288,941.66 | | | League of Legends | $288,941.66 | 100.00% |
| 53. | NesTea | Lim, Jae Duk | $287,702.13 | | | StarCraft II | $287,702.13 | 100.00% |
| 54. | Rich | Lee, Jae Won | $285,292.66 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $285,292.66 | 100.00% |
| 55. | TaeJa | Yoon, Young Suh | $284,696.63 | | | StarCraft II | $284,696.63 | 100.00% |
| 56. | DanDy | Choi, In Kyu | $281,150.19 | | | League of Legends | $281,150.19 | 100.00% |
| 57. | GorillA | Kang, Beom Hyeon | $275,995.74 | | | League of Legends | $275,995.74 | 100.00% |
| 58. | herO | Kim, Joon Ho | $272,258.95 | | | StarCraft II | $272,258.94 | 100.00% |
| 59. | Stork | Song, Byung Goo | $271,435.23 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $253,460.82 | 93.38% |
| 60. | Leenock | Lee, Dong Nyung | $271,045.53 | | | StarCraft II | $271,045.53 | 100.00% |
| 61. | Piglet | Chae, Gwang Jin | $264,929.15 | | | League of Legends | $264,929.15 | 100.00% |
| 62. | HerO | Song, Hyeon Deok | $264,105.72 | | | StarCraft II | $264,105.72 | 100.00% |
| 63. | DongRaeGu | Park, Soo Ho | $259,858.98 | | | StarCraft II | $259,858.98 | 100.00% |
| 64. | Bomber | Choi, Ji Sung | $258,335.13 | | | StarCraft II | $256,952.14 | 99.46% |
| 65. | PoohManDu | Lee, Jeong Hyeon | $256,771.39 | | | League of Legends | $256,771.39 | 100.00% |
| 66. | sCsC | Kim, Seung Chul | $254,069.57 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $223,311.62 | 87.89% |
| 67. | Easyhoon | Lee, Ji Hoon | $249,403.66 | | | League of Legends | $249,403.66 | 100.00% |
| 68. | Solar | Kang, Min Soo | $247,938.32 | | | StarCraft II | $247,938.32 | 100.00% |
| 69. | Rain | Jung, Yoon Jong | $243,232.81 | | | StarCraft II | $239,358.36 | 98.41% |
| 70. | HyuN | Ko, Seok Hyun | $235,164.80 | | | StarCraft II | $233,413.60 | 99.26% |
| 71. | fOrGG | Park, Ji Soo | $231,452.46 | | | StarCraft II | $146,004.11 | 63.08% |
| 72. | March | Park, Tae Won | $230,887.97 | | | Dota 2 | $230,887.97 | 100.00% |
| 73. | July | Park, Sung Joon | $230,735.90 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $180,682.62 | 78.31% |
| 74. | Smeb | Song, Kyung Ho | $229,594.13 | | | League of Legends | $229,594.13 | 100.00% |
| 75. | Zero | Yoon, Kyung Sup | $229,438.65 | | | League of Legends | $229,438.65 | 100.00% |
| 76. | Surrender | Kim, Jung Soo | $223,281.57 | | | Hearthstone | $223,281.57 | 100.00% |
| 77. | MaRin | Jang, Gyeong Hwan | $215,711.85 | | | League of Legends | $215,711.85 | 100.00% |
| 78. | Reset | Im, Jin Woo | $213,645.16 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $213,645.16 | 100.00% |
| 79. | Hydra | Shin, Dong Won | $211,227.74 | | | StarCraft II | $147,391.89 | 69.78% |
| 80. | MarineKing | Lee, Jung Hoon | $211,182.44 | | | StarCraft II | $211,182.44 | 100.00% |
| 81. | Ttsst | Kang, Woon Sung | $209,475.27 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $209,475.27 | 100.00% |
| 82. | kurO | Lee, Seo Haeng | $202,568.20 | | | League of Legends | $202,568.20 | 100.00% |
| 83. | Infiltration | Lee, Seon Woo | $191,546.48 | | | Street Fighter V | $80,892.00 | 42.23% |
| 84. | Soulkey | Kim, Min Chul | $188,667.47 | | | StarCraft II | $155,784.34 | 82.57% |
| 85. | Sign | Yoon, Ji Hoon | $188,104.46 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $188,104.46 | 100.00% |
| 86. | viOLet | Kim, Dong Hwan | $187,555.93 | | | StarCraft II | $183,368.96 | 97.77% |
| 87. | aLive | Han, Lee Seok | $187,262.90 | | | StarCraft II | $187,262.90 | 100.00% |
| 88. | Roar | Lee, Jeong Ha | $184,447.42 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $184,447.42 | 100.00% |
| 89. | Noblesse | Chae, Do Joon | $184,037.54 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $164,811.62 | 89.55% |
| 90. | Mystic | Jin, Sung Joon | $181,576.57 | | | League of Legends | $181,576.57 | 100.00% |
| 91. | Scout | Lee, Ye Chan | $180,272.42 | | | League of Legends | $180,272.42 | 100.00% |
| 92. | GuMiho | Koh, Byung Jae | $177,750.67 | | | StarCraft II | $177,750.67 | 100.00% |
| 93. | iloveoov | Choi, Yun Sung | $176,967.42 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $176,007.42 | 99.46% |
| 94. | merryday | Lee, Tae Jun | $172,790.78 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $172,790.78 | 100.00% |
| 95. | BoxeR | Lim, Yo Hwan | $171,858.91 | | | StarCraft: Brood War | $151,302.91 | 88.04% |
| 96. | Dear | Baek, Dong Jun | $170,426.47 | | | StarCraft II | $169,966.00 | 99.73% |
| 97. | Sniper | Kwon, Tae Hoon | $170,130.87 | | | Heroes of the Storm | $100,391.51 | 59.01% |
| 98. | Trick | Kim, Gang Yun | $168,035.20 | | | League of Legends | $168,035.20 | 100.00% |
| 99. | Expect | Gi, Dae Han | $165,169.85 | | | League of Legends | $165,169.85 | 100.00% |
| 100. | TRUE | Bang, Tae Su | $164,925.16 | | | StarCraft II | $164,700.16 | 99.86% |