How much do Pro Gamers Make?

 

Content Creation vs Esports

• The two largest platforms for gaming content creation are YouTube and Twitch
• Popular content creators make around $3-5,000 a month, while the biggest can make tens and hundreds of thousands a month
• The top 100 esports players have all earned over $1 million in prize money

Earnings by game

• League of Legends: Average pro player salary is $410,000, the 2020 world championship has a $5 million prize pool
• Dota: The maximum player salary is $420,000, but Dota has prize pools of tens of millions, which is most of players' earnings
• Counterstrike: Similar to Dota, player salaries are lower (around $60,000), but prize pools earn players tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands more if they perform well.