Fortnite

Release Date:

2017

Prize Money Awarded:

$200,018,757.58 From 2549 Tournaments

Recorded Date Range:

2018-02-17 to 2025-07-12

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.

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.	» FNCS: Global Championship 2023	$3,992,000.00
5.	» Fortnite World Cup Finals 2019 - Creative	$3,250,000.00
6.	» FNCS: Grand Royale 2021 - Europe	$2,250,300.00
7.	» Gamers8 2023 (Fortnite)	$2,040,000.00
8.	» Fortnite Champion Series 2024 - Global Championship	$2,000,000.00
9.	» Fortnite Fall Skirmish Series - Week 6 - Grand Finals	$1,942,500.00
10.	» Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series - Week 8	$1,501,250.00
11.	» FNCS: Chapter 3 Season 1 - Grand Finals: Europe	$1,362,500.00
12.	» FNCS: Chapter 3 Season 2 - Grand Finals: Europe	$1,362,500.00
13.	» FNCS: Chapter 3 Season 3 - Grand Finals: Europe	$1,362,500.00
14.	» FNCS: Chapter 2 Season 7 - Grand Finals: Europe	$1,351,200.00
15.	» FNCS: Chapter 2 Season 8 - Grand Finals: Europe	$1,351,200.00
16.	» Winter Royale 2019 Europe Day 1 PC	$1,350,000.00
17.	» Winter Royale 2019 Europe Day 2 PC	$1,350,000.00
18.	» Winter Royale 2019 Europe Day 3 PC	$1,350,000.00
19.	» FNCS: Chapter 2 Season 5 - Grand Finals: Europe	$1,347,000.00
20.	» FNCS: Chapter 2 Season 6 - Grand Finals: Europe	$1,344,000.00
21.	» FNCS: Season X - Grand Finals: Europe	$1,200,000.00
22.	» FNCS: All-Star Showdown 2021 - Solo Final: Europe	$1,137,500.00
23.	» Gamers8 2022 - Fortnite (BR)	$1,100,000.00
24.	» FNCS: Grand Royale 2021 - NA East	$1,055,250.00
25.	» Esports World Cup 2024 (Fortnite)	$1,050,000.00

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Top Players

	Player ID	Player Name	Total (Game)
1.	Bugha	Kyle Giersdorf	$3,764,758.38
2.	Aqua	David Wang	$2,192,375.23
3.	psalm	Harrison Chang	$1,874,588.80
4.	EpikWhale	Shane Cotton	$1,851,487.32
5.	Anas	Anas El-Abd	$1,622,990.05
6.	Kami	Michał Kamiński	$1,550,475.34
7.	Nyhrox	Emil Bergquist Pedersen	$1,543,145.69
8.	Wolfiez	Jaden Ashman	$1,368,308.07
9.	Th0masHD	Thomas Høxbro Davidsen	$1,363,502.91
10.	Queasy	Aleksa Cvetkovic	$1,252,695.89
11.	Kreo	Nate Kou	$1,244,334.74
12.	TaySon	Tai Starčič	$1,242,020.74
13.	k1nG	Thiago Bautista Lapp	$1,223,275.00
14.	Rojo	Dave Jong	$1,215,593.33
15.	Saf	Rocco Morales	$1,210,207.02
16.	Ceice	Davis McClellan	$1,209,565.47
17.	Zayt	Williams Aubin	$1,204,856.42
18.	Setty	Iwo Zając	$1,202,697.37
19.	Malibuca	Danila Yakovenko	$1,066,340.32
20.	mero	Matthew Faitel	$1,014,450.00
21.	Elevate	Hayden Krueger	$992,233.20
22.	Veno	Harry Pearson	$899,937.96
23.	Skite	Clément Danglot	$869,692.77
24.	JannisZ	Jannis Matwin	$851,617.41
25.	PeterBot	Peter Kata	$846,674.17

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Online/LAN Breakdown

Location	Prize Money	% of Total
Online Only	$142,917,627.53	71.45%
Offline/LAN	$57,101,130.05	28.55%

Comparisons

» Dota 2	-$174,378,027.38
» Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	+$37,261,511.22
» League of Legends	+$82,065,689.15
» PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS	+$133,031,049.67
» Apex Legends	+$170,215,520.57
» Free Fire	+$180,892,765.44
» Call of Duty: Warzone	+$186,163,947.63
» H1Z1	+$197,951,635.58

Top Countries

	Country Name	Prize Money
1.	United States	$51,806,693.18
2.	Canada	$9,081,179.96
3.	United Kingdom	$8,602,666.13
4.	France	$8,292,620.61
5.	Denmark	$7,846,667.60
6.	Brazil	$6,511,288.38
7.	Germany	$6,191,449.61
8.	Poland	$6,162,467.59
9.	Sweden	$5,191,921.64
10.	Australia	$4,643,883.76

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