5 Esports titles with best tournament prize pool

5 Esports titles with best tournament prize pool

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Esports players have seen some outrageous payouts over the last 20 years. By participating in the esports tournaments that are arranged by the respective games, gamers earn a very huge fortune. However, the prize pool does not determine the prestige of the events, but it is a major factor that determines whether people will show up or not. The first esports prize was given away in 1997 when Dennis Fong won Quake developer John Carmac’s red Ferrari 328. Nowadays, the prize pools are so huge that esports players can retire after winning them and still lead a good life.

In this article, we have listed down the top picks for the 5 best games that have the best tournament prize pool.

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5 Best Esports Games with Huge Tournament Prize Pool

5. Arena of Valor

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The Arena of Valor International Championship 2022 will be the sixth iteration under the AIC franchise, organized by Garena and Tencent. The prize pool has increased from last year from $1,000,000 to $1,685,000. The world championship will feature a prize pool of $10 million. The winners of the 2022 World Cup will take home $3.5 million while every other team is guaranteed at least $250,000. In addition to the competitive esports circuit, there will be events featuring Arena of Valor content creators with separate prize pools.

4. Fortnite

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Fortnite is a popular esports game which pits up to 100 players against each other in a fight to death. The cumulative prize pool for Fortnite competitions stood at 19.96 million US Dollars in 2021, making it one of the biggest cumulative Esports prize pools among online games in that year.

3. Player Unknown’s Battle Grounds Mobile

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The PUBG Global Championship is the final event and the World Championship of the 2022 competitive season organized by PUBG Corporation. Only the best teams of the year are invited. The tournament’s prize pool is $2,000,000. Moreover, PUBG Mobile World Invitational 2022 is a mid-season international PUBG Mobile event which has a prize pool of $2,000,000.

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2. Counter Strike: Global Offensive

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CS:GO Major Championships, commonly known as Majors, are tournaments sponsored by Valve with a prize pool of at least $1,000,000. It was first introduced in 2013. Starting from the ELEGUE Major: Boston 2018, Valve announced a new overall tournament format, which brought in the Offline Qualifier as a part of the Major Championship. This change increased the number of teams at the Major Championships from 16 to 24 and renamed each stage of the tournament.

1. DOTA 2

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The world’s top Dota 2 players compete in an annual esports competition known as The International. Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena game that was first released in 2013. The International 11, Dota’s 2022 championship, which took place in Singapore had a prize pool of just under 19 million U.S. Dollars. A very lucrative crowdfunding campaign is created specifically for fans of the game. This means that the growing prize pool size is really just down to the continued dedication of their fans.

These are the top tournaments among esports games, that have the best and highest amount of prize pool.

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