Fortnite

Release Date:

2017

Prize Money Awarded:

$85,164,796.14 From 537 Tournaments

Recorded Date Range:

2018-02-17 to 2020-02-23

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, and is a direct competitor to PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS (PUBG). Epic Games announced that they will be providing $100 million for Fortnite esports tournament prize pools in the first year of competitive play, and the Fortnite World Cup will be coming in 2019.

Largest Prize Pools

	Tournament Name	Prize Money
1.	» Fortnite World Cup Finals 2019 - Solo	$15,287,500.00
2.	» Fortnite World Cup Finals 2019 - Duo	$15,100,000.00
3.	» Fortnite Fall Skirmish Series - Clubs Standings	$4,000,000.00
4.	» Fortnite World Cup Finals 2019 - Creative	$3,250,000.00
5.	» Fortnite Fall Skirmish Series - Week 6 - Grand Finals	$1,942,500.00
6.	» Fortnite Champion Series - Season X - EU - Finals	$1,680,000.00
7.	» Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series - Week 8	$1,676,250.00
8.	» Fortnite Champion Series - Season X - NAE - Finals	$1,050,000.00
9.	» TwitchCon 2019 - Fortnite - Finals	$1,002,000.00
10.	» Fortnite World Cup 2019 - Week 10 - Europe	$800,000.00
11.	» Fortnite World Cup 2019 - Week 9 - Europe	$800,000.00
12.	» Fortnite Fall Skirmish Series - Week 6 - Stream-Vitational	$730,000.00
13.	» Fortnite World Cup 2019 - Week 10 - NA East	$600,000.00
14.	» Fortnite World Cup 2019 - Week 9 - NA East	$600,000.00
15.	» Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series - Week 2 EU	$540,000.00
16.	» Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series - Week 2 NA	$530,000.00
17.	» Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series - Week 4 EU	$500,000.00
18.	» Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series - Week 4 NA	$500,000.00
19.	» Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series - Week 5 EU	$500,000.00
20.	» Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series - Week 5 NA	$500,000.00
21.	» Fortnite Winter Royale Series 2018 (EU)	$500,000.00
22.	» Fortnite Winter Royale Series 2018 (NA)	$500,000.00
23.	» Fortnite Champion Series - Season X - Eu - Week 1	$480,000.00
24.	» Fortnite Champion Series - Season X - EU - Week 2	$480,000.00
25.	» Fortnite Champion Series - Season X - EU - Week 3	$480,000.00

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Top Players

	Player ID	Player Name	Total (Game)
1.	Bugha	Kyle Giersdorf	$3,062,966.67
2.	psalm	Harrison Chang	$1,870,138.80
3.	Aqua	David Wang	$1,798,341.23
4.	Nyhrox	Emil Bergquist Pedersen	$1,525,225.69
5.	EpikWhale	Shane Cotton	$1,299,374.87
6.	Rojo	Dave Jong	$1,203,873.33
7.	Kreo	Nate Kou	$1,174,550.00
8.	Wolfiez	Jaden Ashman	$1,140,026.67
9.	Ceice	Davis McClellan	$1,099,888.80
10.	Zayt	Williams Aubin	$1,092,233.20
11.	Saf	Rocco Morales	$1,044,288.80
12.	kinG	Thiago Lapp	$1,006,150.00
13.	Elevate	Thomas Krueger	$986,758.20
14.	Skite	Clément Danglot	$809,994.02
15.	Mitr0	Dmitri Van de Vrie	$696,599.81
16.	Crue	Theo Ferrer	$682,850.00
17.	Bizzle	Timothy Miller	$593,125.00
18.	Tfue	Turner Tenney	$581,900.00
19.	Mongraal	Kyle Jackson	$567,454.23
20.	Arkhram	Diego -	$534,800.00
21.	Falconer	Brendan Falconer	$476,200.00
22.	ZexRow	Anthony Colandro	$461,924.73
23.	stompy	Klaus Konstanzer	$460,271.94
24.	Cloak	Dennis Lepore	$427,725.00
25.	Nate Hill	Nate Hill	$416,925.00

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Online/LAN Breakdown

Location	Prize Money	% of Total
Online Only	$43,209,678.46	50.74%
Offline/LAN	$41,955,117.68	49.26%

Comparisons

» Dota 2	-$137,548,486.57
» Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	-$8,029,338.33
» League of Legends	+$11,034,389.58
» PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS	+$62,598,451.01
» H1Z1	+$83,097,674.14

Top Countries

	Country Name	Prize Money
1.	United States	$29,723,288.10
2.	Canada	$4,162,081.74
3.	France	$3,951,377.38
4.	United Kingdom	$3,425,902.00
5.	Austria	$2,625,387.34
6.	Netherlands	$2,390,633.95
7.	Norway	$2,338,164.48
8.	Sweden	$2,195,563.19
9.	Germany	$1,696,824.63
10.	Australia	$1,563,147.20

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