Top 11 richest players in the world

When it comes to out-of-this-world adventure, there's nothing better than an addictive video game. Alien worlds, high-speed racing tracks, motion-detected party games… and the options are endless! Surprisingly, there are video game players who just don't play games, but enjoy exciting adventures from another world, but they get paid to play these games.

With the advent of the latest motion technology, the video game industry has become the most successful entertainment business in the world and has created various teams of video game players around the world, such as Newbee in Dota 2 and many individual video game players who take part in various games. tournaments to prove they are champions and are rewarded with loads of money. Here are the 11 richest players in the world in 2022.

11. Carlos "Ocelote" Rodriguez Santiago | USA| earned: 900,000 $10 | tournaments

This infamous Spanish video game player is one of the highest paid video game players in the world. Carlos currently plays in the SK gaming group, a European gaming team, and he previously played in World of the Warcraft. He has taken part in more than 10 world tournaments such as the ESL ESEA Pro tournament and has also won many awards. Carlos is known for his potential and performance playing games such as Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. He has earned around US$1 million from these gaming tournaments around the world.

10. Zhang "Mu" Pan | China| earned: 1,193,811.11 1.2 37 US dollars (million US dollars) | tournaments

Another Dotta 2 player, Zhang Mu pang from China, started with Dotta 2, which was previously created as a "Warcraft" battle arena and later known as "Defense of the Ancients". So far, he has taken part in over 37 tournaments, and in 2015, he won $1 million from over five tournaments for his performance in Dota 2. He also plays in DotA: Allstars. He is quite popular for his electronic games and he plays as an individual and not for any teams like MLG teams, SK gaming group, Feriko etc.

9. Wang “SanSheng” Zhaohui | China | earned: $1,205,274.33 45 | tournaments

Zhaohui is another Chinese player who has been playing Dota: All-star and Dota 2 for many years. Last year, he earned almost 1,112,280.99 377,286 USD 2, and from this year until now, he earned USD XNUMX, which continues to grow. playing Dota. Additionally, this Chinese player has earned thousands of dollars through sponsorships and endorsements. He is known for his versatile playing style and energetic play.

8. Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel | America | Earned: NA | 20 tournaments

Jonathan's annual income from various tournaments last year was $455,000. Jonathan has competed in many tournaments such as Cyber-Athlete Professional League, World Cyber ​​Games Championship Gaming Series, Painkillers, Impossible 2003 Tournaments and quake 3 arena where he won 12 championship titles and won Player of the Champion awards four times with Lifetime Achievement Award to the video game industry. He plays Doom 3, Counter-Strike, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Quake.

7. Chen "Hao" Zhihao | China | earned: $1,562,946.23 47 | tournaments

Nicknamed "Gen. Hao is a Chinese Dota 2 player who formerly played Dota: All-star for Team Newbee and is known for his aggressive playstyle and vast experience in the gaming industry. Records show it brought in a total of $1,739,333. He previously played for gaming teams such as Vici Gaming, Invictus Gaming, TongFu and TyLoo.

6. Sumail Hassan | Pakistan | earned: $1,640,777.34 8 | tournaments

Suma1L is a professional Dota: 2 player by the nickname who played for the Evil Geniuses video game team that won the Asian Dota 2 Championship in Shanghai in 2015. He also played in tournaments with teams such as UNiVeRsE, Fear and Aui_2000 and managed to win. The International 2015. In 2, he earned almost 2015 million US dollars and currently plays for Evil Geniuses (EG) in tournaments such as The Shanghai Major, Frankfurt Major and The International 2016.

5. Zhang “xioa8” Ning | China | earned $1,662,202.73 $44 | tournament

Zhang Ning is the captain of the Newbee team that won the TI2 Dota 4 Grand Final in Seattle last year. He previously played for LGD.Forever Young, Big God and LGD.cn. His team once moved to Invictus Gaming with a $6 million contract, which was a complete fiasco. Currently, with the help of other team members, Nin has managed to earn $1 million a year.

4. Clinton "Fear" Loomis | America | Earned: $1,735,983.84 $44 | tournament

Another Evil Geniuses Dota:2 player after Sumail Hassan, Clinton won The International 2012, the largest Dota 2 tournament in the world, and brought in $1,326,932.14 2 USD. He previously played for PluG Pullers Inc, Online Kingdom and compLexity Gaming and is currently ranked among the top Dota:2014 players in EG. Additionally, he coached a team of video game geniuses for The International 2014 and ESL One Frankfurt 44. He played in 6 tournaments and won championship titles and other awards. Currently, his annual income is one million US dollars.

3. Kurtis “Aui_2000” Ling | Canada | earned: 1,881,147.04 $47 | tournaments

Kurtis, also known as "Aui_2000", is a Canadian Dota 2 player. At 22 years old, he is the second youngest player in e-Sports Earning's top 10. Last year, he earned nearly US$2 million at The International 2016, the largest Dota 2 tournament in the world. . He previously played for Speed.int, Team Dignitas, PotM Bottom and Evil Geniuses, but currently plays for Team NP. He has won a total of 6 championships such as MLG Championship Columbus, Dota 2 Asia Championship 2015 and Dota Pit League Sea 3 with EG and Team NP and has earned $6,634,660.68 USD so far.

2. Peter "ppd" Dagher | America | Earned: $1,961,183.29 $33 | tournament

Peter Dager was known in the gaming world as "ppd" ("peterpandam"). Another player from Evil Geniuses (CEO of the esports organization Evil Geniuses) plays Dota:2. He previously played for WanteD, Stay Free and Super Strong Dinosaurs. His $2 million annual income comes from his captain ship in Evil Geniuses. In addition, he is the winner of the Electronic Sports Prime/Shock Therapy Cup, ESL One New York 2014 and World E-sport Championships 2014, where he built a reputation as a professional video game player and attracted the attention of a video game team around the world.

1. Saahil “UNIVERSE” Arora | America | earned: $1,964,038.64 39 | tournaments

Indian-born American professional video game player Sahil Arora, also known as UNIVERSE, is another Evil Geniuses player and the highest paid video gamer in the world. UNiVeRsE or Sahil was part of the Online Kingdom team along with Fear aka Clinton Loomis who participated in the Dota 2 championship series, The International 2011 and in 2012 he finally won US$1,600,000.

After that, he participated in various tournaments around the world, which increased his reputation as a professional player and, of course, an annual income of 2.7 million US dollars. Previously, he played for It's Gosu eSports, Quantic Gaming and Team secret with an annual income of $1 million.

If you have ever doubted how much professional video game players have made from sponsoring and playing exciting games such as Counter-strike, GT5 and GT6, Dota 2, etc., check out this list of players at video games T-11. Moreover, with the advent of top-tier smartphones, a new era of mobile gaming has arrived, and thus new players. The gaming industry with the advent of the latest technology and games is getting bigger and bigger along with numerous professional video game players and a team of video game players such as Newbee, Team secret and Evil Geniuses.