Fortnite Esports

Fortnite


Release Date:
2017
Prize Money Awarded:
$179,830,520.57 From 2163 Tournaments
Recorded Date Range:
2018-02-17 to




Fortnite is a third-person online Battle Royale action game launched as an early-access title, developed by Epic Games and People Can Fly. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on July 25, 2017.

Fortnite was originally launched as "Fortnite: Save the World", a co-op sandbox survival game with four players working towards a common objective on various missions. On September 26, 2017, a separate stand-alone free-to-play version of the game called "Fortnite Battle Royale" was released. It moves away from the co-op elements of the game in favor of a Battle Royale game-mode for up to 100 players to fight in increasingly-smaller spaces to be the last person standing.

Fortnite Battle Royale is the game used in Fortnite esports. Epic Games provided $100 million for Fortnite esports tournament prize pools in the first year of competitive play, with the Fortnite World Cup happening in 2019. As a Battle Royale game, Fortnite is a direct competitor to PUBG, Call of Duty: Warzone, and Apex Legends.



Top Players


 Player IDPlayer NameTotal (Game)
1.United States BughaKyle Giersdorf$3,671,425.05
2.Austria AquaDavid Wang$2,190,575.23
3.United States psalmHarrison Chang$1,874,588.80
4.United States EpikWhaleShane Cotton$1,820,887.32
5.Denmark AnasAnas El-Abd$1,593,377.55
6.Norway NyhroxEmil Bergquist Pedersen$1,543,145.69
7.Poland KamiMichał Kamiński$1,419,944.20
8.United Kingdom WolfiezJaden Ashman$1,367,708.07
9.Hong Kong KreoNate Kou$1,244,334.74
10.Netherlands RojoDave Jong$1,215,593.33
11.United States SafRocco Morales$1,209,607.02
12.Canada ZaytWilliams Aubin$1,204,256.42
13.United States CeiceDavis McClellan$1,201,415.47
14.Argentina k1nGThiago Bautista Lapp$1,175,525.00
15.Slovenia TaySonTai Starčič$1,162,451.60
16.Denmark Th0masHDThomas Høxbro Davidsen$1,120,201.84
17.Poland SettyIwa Zając$1,075,801.81
18.Serbia QueasyAleksa Cvetkovic$1,020,170.50
19.Canada meroMatthew Faitel$1,008,200.00
20.Canada ElevateHayden Krueger$992,233.20
21.Russian Federation MalibucaDanila Yakovenko$868,588.65
22.France SkiteClément Danglot$868,492.77
23.Netherlands Mitr0Dmitri Van de Vrie$830,344.81
24.Germany JannisZJannis Matwin$808,378.38
25.United States ArkhramDiego Lima$791,861.68


Online/LAN Breakdown


LocationPrize Money% of Total
Online Only$126,942,294.8070.59%
Offline/LAN$52,888,225.7729.41%

Comparisons


» Dota 2-$165,288,912.47
» Counter-Strike: Global Offensive+$17,519,899.24
» League of Legends+$71,758,400.46
» PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS+$119,314,430.96
» Apex Legends+$157,927,283.56
» Free Fire+$163,243,428.43
» Call of Duty: Warzone+$168,960,799.40
» H1Z1+$177,763,398.57

Top Countries


 Country NamePrize Money
1.United States United States$47,153,196.49
2.Canada Canada$8,376,414.37
3.United Kingdom United Kingdom$8,058,946.86
4.France France$7,754,375.50
5.Denmark Denmark$6,947,523.67
6.Brazil Brazil$5,885,616.38
7.Germany Germany$5,406,255.37
8.Poland Poland$5,309,813.11
9.Sweden Sweden$4,711,086.41
10.Russian Federation Russian Federation$3,951,243.61