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.

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