These Video Games Could Earn You Millions

These Video Games Could Earn You Millions

• Dota 2 is revealed as the game with the largest overall prize pools, both in total and on average, with events paying out $4,884,764 on average since 2011
• Fortnite ranks as the game to have seen the second-largest amount of prize money paid out in esports tournaments with events paying out $1,479,041 on average
• PUBG, Counter-Strike, League of Legends, and CoD are all among the games with the largest prize pools

A new study by crypto casino Gamdom has revealed the esports games where prize money is most abundant.

The study analyzed the prize pools of the 500 highest-paying tournaments in esports history, according to esportsearnings.com, establishing the games with the potential to gain players the most riches. The tournaments with these largest 500 prize pools were categorized by game, revealing the games whose tournaments have paid out the most in prizes. Tournaments that rank in this top 500 date back as far as 2011.

Dota 2 is revealed as the game with the highest overall tournament winnings. Close to 60 Dota 2 tournaments rank among the top 500 largest esports prize pools, with a total of $283,316,316 paid out in prize money. Of the 73 games from 37 different franchises that feature in the top 500 tournaments, Dota 2 has also seen the largest average prize pool, with each event paying out an average of $4,884,764. The seven tournaments with the largest prize pools were all Dota 2 tournaments.

Fortnite tournaments have paid out the second-largest amount in prizes, with as many as 69 of the games’ tournaments ranking in the top 500 for prize pools. In total, these Fortnite tournaments paid out $102,053,800, with the average prize pool for them coming in at $1,479,041, the ninth-largest average.

43 PUBG tournaments are among the highest 500 paying esports events and have paid out $88,995,330 in prizes. With an average tournament prize pool of $2,069,659 for tournaments within the top 500, PUBG ranks third for the total prize pool as well as the average prize pool.

Arena of Valor has had the fourth-largest esports prize pool. 35 Arena of Valor tournaments rank among the 500 with the highest prize pools, and these tournaments have paid out a total of $77,625,555. On average, these tournaments paid out the second-most in prizes, with an average pool of $2,217,873.

Counter-Strike is the fifth-highest-paying esports game, having seen 68 tournaments among the largest 500 prize pools. These tournaments paid out a total of $62,326,952 in prizes, with the average prize pool coming in at $916,573.

Table: Esports games paying out the most prize money

In sixth, League of Legends tournaments paid out total prizes of $55,648,679 across 38 tournaments among the top 500 highest-paying. On average this is $1,464,439 per tournament. Call of Duty follows in seventh having seen 25 tournaments rank in the 500 largest prize pools. CoD tournaments paid out $37,854,000 at an average of $1,514,160 per tournament, the eighth-largest average prize pool.

Rainbow Six tournaments have the eighth-largest total prize pool with $26,211,710 paid out in prizes. This coming from only 14 tournaments in the largest 500 prize pools, Rainbow Six tournaments average the fifth-largest per tournament pool of $1,872,265.

Overwatch ranks as the ninth-largest paying esports game with winnings totaling $21,110,000 paid out across 11 tournaments in those with the greatest 500 prize pools. This means Overwatch pays the fourth-highest average prize at $1,919,091 per tournament.

CrossFire is the final top-ten paying esports game having seen a total of $13,058,133 in prizes paid out among the top 500 tournaments for prize money.

Felix Römer, founder of Gamdom, commented on the findings: “Esports have been on the rise over the past decade or two and are bound to continue growing. With the increasing possibility of making a living from the act of gaming, more gamers will likely aspire to become professionals. The prize pools these tournaments feature are quite astounding, particularly to those not versed in the world of competitive gaming.

“It’s certainly interesting to see just how much money has been awarded to the most successful gamers and which games appear to have the greatest potential to make these gamers extremely wealthy. “

story credit: https://gamdom.com 

Sources: esportsearnings.com
Methodology: Data on esports tournaments and prize pools was collected from the listed source. Data aggregated individual games into the respective franchises.

• Total prize money = amount awarded across tournaments in specific game franchise
• Average prize per tournament = Total prize pool / Number of tournaments in top 500 prize pools

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