Esports championships with the biggest prizes in history

Do you know what the esports championships with the biggest prizes in history? Over the years, tournaments have grown and offered millionaire amounts to teams, as is the case with The Internationalwhich has already given more than US$40 million in prizes.

O More Esports prepared a list of the championships that had the biggest prize pool in the entire history of Esports. The data used here was taken from the website Esports Earnings, specialized in this type of accounting.

Which championship has the biggest prize pool in history?

O The International 2021 of Dota 2 is the esports championship with the biggest prize pool in historyhaving offered a total of US$ 40,018,400.00nearly R$680 million in direct conversion.

A Team Spiritwhich came first, took a slice of US$18.2 million of this award. The competition featured the Brazilian team SG Esportswho finished in last place and won US$100,000 in prize money.

How does The International get such a big prize pool?

This is not the first time that the Dota 2 World Cup has brought astronomical prizes. In fact, this was a trademark of the competition, which used a Battle Pass system, called “Compendium”. Players purchased an exclusive cosmetics package in the game and part of the income from the sale of these packages was converted to prizes.

With this system, The International has been breaking records for esports prizes year after year, occupying the top eight places on the list of esports champions with the biggest prizes.

Top 20 tournaments with biggest prize pools in esports history

1. The International 2021 (Dota 2) – $40,018,400.00
2. The International 2019 (Dota 2) – $34,330,069.00
3. The International 2018 (Dota 2) – $25,532,177.00
4. The International 2017 (Dota 2) – $24,687,919.00
5. The International 2016 (Dota 2) – $20,770,460.00
6. The International 2022 (Dota 2) – $18,930,256.00
7. The International 2015 (Dota 2) – $18,429,613.05
8. Fortnite World Cup Finals 2019 – Solo (Fortnite) – $15,287,500.00
9. Riyadh Masters 2023 (Dota 2) – $15,120,000.00
10. Fortnite World Cup Finals 2019 – Duo (Fortnite) – $15,100,000.00
11. The International 2014 (Dota 2) – $10,931,103.00
12. Honor of Kings International Championship 2022 (Arena of Valor) – $10,000,000.00
13. Honor of Kings World Champion Cup 2021 (Arena of Valor) – $7,742,070.00
14. PGI.S 2021 Main Event (PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS) – $7,068,071.00
15. LoL 2018 World Championship (League of Legends) – $6,450,000.00
16. LoL 2016 World Championship (League of Legends) – $5,070,000.00
17. LoL 2017 World Championship (League of Legends) – $4,946,969.00
18. Honor of Kings World Champion Cup 2020 (Arena of Valor) – $4,606,400.00
19. Call of Duty League Championship 2020 (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare) – $4,600,000.00
20. Honor of Kings World Champion Cup 2019 (Arena of Valor) – $4,533,661.52

This award list was updated on 22/12/2023.