About
Short for electronic sports, esports is competitive video gaming at the professional level. In the same way that conventional sports like tennis and golf hold tournaments for the top players in the world to compete in for cash prizes, esports do the same, bringing individual players or teams of players together to do battle in competitive video games like League of Legends and Overwatch.
Esports Games
League of Legends
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
Valorant
DOTA 2
Overwatch
Fortnite
Starcraft II
Rocket League
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Biggest Names in Esports
Top 3 Teams of Esports As Of 2019
1. Team Liquid
Total Prize Money Earned: $24,448,847
Total Tournaments Played: 1430
- Top Games:
- 1. Dota -$17,336,099
- 2. Counter-Strike - $1,772,175
- 3. StarCraft - $1,361,490.23
2. Evil Geniuses
Total Prize Money Earned: $20,751,172
Total Tournaments Played: 737
- Top Games:
- 1. Dota 2 - $17,870,742
- 2. StarCraft / StarCraft 2 - $798,548
- 3. Call of Duty - $781,050
3. Team OG
Total Prize Money Earned: $17,563,028
Total Tournaments Played: 50
- Top Games:
- 1. Dota 2 - $17,562,067
- 2. Super Smash Bros - $960
Top Players of Esports
1. Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok
Best League of Legends Player
Total earnings: $1,254,240.23
- First player to reach 1,000 kills in the LCK
- Champions Spring 2015 Week 1 using LeBlanc
- Along with Bengi, he is one of the only people to have won World Championship three times
2. Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
Best Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Player
Total earnings: $666,988.64
- Won Red Bull's eSports Player of the Year 2016
- Won FPL Award for Best Player of FPL 2017
- Known as excellent Rifler
3. Jung “Mvp” Jong Hyun
Best Starcraft II Player
Total earnings: $402,867
- All-Around Player
- Excellent macro management
- Wide range of build orders
Top Highlights
Most Played Games on Steam
1. Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Hours played last 30 days:
468,593,996
Peak players:
999,972
2. DOTA 2
Hours played last 30 days:
309,191,979
Peak players:
723,280
3. PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS
Hours played last 30 days:
121,467,872
Peak players:
403,211