World of WarCraft

Release Date:

2004

Prize Money Awarded:

$4,627,837.61 From 117 Tournaments

Recorded Date Range:

2007-04-28 to 2019-05-12

World of WarCraft is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the fourth released game set in the fantasy WarCraft universe, which was first introduced by WarCraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994. World of WarCraft takes place within the WarCraft world of Azeroth, approximately four years after the events at the conclusion of Blizzard's previous WarCraft release, WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne. Blizzard Entertainment announced World of WarCraft on September 2, 2001. The game was released on November 23, 2004, on the 10th anniversary of the WarCraft franchise.

Largest Prize Pools

	Tournament Name	Prize Money
1.	» BlizzCon 2017 (WoW)	$280,000.00
2.	» BlizzCon 2018 (WoW)	$280,000.00
3.	» BlizzCon 2014 (WoW)	$250,000.00
4.	» BlizzCon 2015 (WoW)	$250,000.00
5.	» BlizzCon 2016 (WoW)	$250,000.00
6.	» BlizzCon 2012 (WoW)	$189,000.00
7.	» BlizzCon 2013 (WoW)	$189,000.00
8.	» BlizzCon 2008 (WoW)	$120,000.00
9.	» BlizzCon 2009 (WoW)	$120,000.00
10.	» BlizzCon 2010 (WoW)	$120,000.00
11.	» BlizzCon 2011 (WoW)	$120,000.00
12.	» American Championship 2015 (WoW)	$100,000.00
13.	AWC Spring Finals 2018	$100,000.00
14.	AWC Summer Finals 2018	$100,000.00
15.	» European Championship 2015 (WoW)	$100,000.00
16.	Mythic Dungeon Invitational 2017	$100,000.00
17.	WoW Arena American Regional Championship 2016	$100,000.00
18.	WoW Arena European Regional Championship 2016	$100,000.00
19.	WoW Arena Finals - Spring 2019	$100,000.00
20.	WoW European Championship Finals 2017	$100,000.00
21.	WoW North American Championship Finals 2017	$100,000.00
22.	» EM II - DreamHack (WoW)	$75,000.00
23.	» EM III - Global Finals (World of WarCraft)	$75,000.00
24.	» BWI 2008 (WoW)	$63,000.00
25.	» CGS 2008 - WoW Arena Tournament	$50,000.00

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Top Players

	Player ID	Player Name	Total (Game)
1.	Fabss	Fabio Nardelli	$145,387.44
2.	Swapxy	Rene Pinkera	$143,924.35
3.	Boetar	Simon Merlin Heinks	$114,874.35
4.	Snutz	Kelvin Nguyen	$107,083.34
5.	Cdew	Charles Dewland	$85,958.34
6.	Zunniyaki	Mathias Esterlechner	$72,808.33
7.	Chanimal	Adam Chan	$69,020.83
8.	Raiku	Shaun Andreas Meaney	$66,678.77
9.	Trill	Ryan Costello	$59,383.34
10.	Mes	Richard Simpson	$58,716.67
11.	Venruki	Elliott Venczel	$58,183.34
12.	Loony	Martin Moazzez	$57,450.00
13.	Wealthyman	Marcel Rodriguez	$56,483.34
14.	Sodah	Alex Ringe	$55,516.67
15.	Câra	Maxime Montesquieu	$54,675.00
16.	Whaazz	Oscar Nicolai Wulff	$52,975.00
17.	Kubzy	Cameron MacDonald	$48,233.34
18.	Alec	Alex Sheldrick	$46,841.67
19.	Inflame	Patrick Costales	$46,833.33
20.	rghxwhfgj	Niki Kasper Hietala	$45,575.00
21.	joefernandes	Joseph Michael Fernandes	$44,786.91
22.	Jellybeans	Vincent Tran	$44,425.00
23.	Kollektiv	Timothy Yen	$43,683.33
24.	Pikaboo	Jason Smith	$42,050.00
25.	Lagyna	Sergei Gaponov	$41,000.00

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Online/LAN Breakdown

Location	Prize Money	% of Total
Online Only	$341,948.70	7.39%
Offline/LAN	$4,285,888.91	92.61%

Comparisons

» Counter-Strike	-$8,834,859.19
» StarCraft: Brood War	-$3,384,494.52
» WarCraft III	-$881,207.12

Top Countries

	Country Name	Prize Money
1.	United States	$1,371,512.48
2.	Germany	$416,130.22
3.	Korea, Republic of	$371,133.34
4.	United Kingdom	$324,971.83
5.	Canada	$302,575.01
6.	Sweden	$252,597.67
7.	France	$243,791.66
8.	Australia	$236,160.83
9.	Italy	$145,387.44
10.	China	$108,083.32