Parents seldom permit their children to indulge in days of video gaming. Typically, they prioritize completing homework over acquiring Fortnite skins.

However, in this article, you’ll discover a ranking that might just convince any parent to invest in the ultimate gaming setup, guaranteeing their children never have to sleep before the crack of dawn again. 

In games like Destiny 2, players can earn money by participating in competitive modes and tournaments where they can win prize money.

Creating and selling game items and accounts is also a lucrative business for some players.

They invest time and effort into character development and collecting rare items, although many of them also benefit from destiny 2 boosts.

Some players make money by creating content about games on streams, YouTube, or other platforms, attracting an audience, and generating income from ads and subscriptions.

But today we will look at the list of the richest gamers. These are the richest eSports players, determined by their total prize earnings.

Johan “N0tail” Sundstein – $6.9 million

• Country: Denmark
• Age: 27
• Game: Dota 2
• Team: OG

The richest esports player in the world received almost $7 million for participating in 122 tournaments, and two of them brought him $5.4 million – The International 2018 and The International 2019.

N0tail won both world championships as the captain of the OG team. In addition, the Dane has four major wins (the most important tournaments in Dota after The International), which makes him the most titled player in Dota 2.

Jesse “JerAx” Vainikka – $6.5 million

• Country: Finland
• Age: 28
• Game: Dota 2
• Team: retired

OG became the first team to win The International (or simply TI) twice in a row. It won both tournaments with the same squad.

There are five players on the roster, and they occupy all the top spots on our list. In second place is Jesse “JerAx” Vainikka.

Like N0tail, he got his hands on Heroes of Newerth (a popular implementation of the DotA map from Warcraft III in the early 2010s).

JerAx moved to Dota 2 after serving in the Finnish army. It was not in vain that Jesse made the move – by the age of 28, Jesse had earned $6.5 million in prize money and retired with a light soul and a heavy wallet, announcing the end of his professional career.

Anatan “ana” Pham – $6 million

• Country: Australia
• Age: 21
• Game: Dota 2
• Team: OG

He started playing Anatan Fam in Dota at the age of 12 and very soon got down to business in a serious way.

Due to the weak esports scene and high ping in Australia, Pham, the son of a Chinese woman, moved from Melbourne to Shanghai, where he played for Invictus Gaming.

But he really showed himself in Europe. Pham played for the local OG with breaks for long holidays and performances for other teams, but the main thing is that he did not miss the victorious The International, thanks to which he became one of the top millionaires in the world of eSports.

Sebastian “Ceb” Debs – $5.5 million

• Country: France
• Age: 28
• Game: Dota 2
• Team: OG

Before OG, Debs managed to change more than a dozen teams and, as it seemed then, to survive the sunset of his playing career.

In OG, Seb (then still known as 7ckngMad) was called not as a player, but as a coach. In this role, the Frenchman led the team to majors in Frankfurt, Manila, Boston, and Kyiv.

But, as it turned out, the peak of his playing career was yet to come. Shortly before The International 2018, Debs replaced Roman Fominok (Resolut1on) in the OG roster and as a result, became a two-time world champion and took fourth place in our ranking.

Topias “Topson” Taavitsainen – $5.4 million

• Country: Finland
• Age: 22
• Game: Dota 2
• Team: OG

At the age of eight, Topias played Dota for the first time, and at 20 he became a two-time winner of The International and the MVP of the last of them.

Well, a millionaire at the same time. In quarantine, Topias also does not waste time in vain – he recently had a daughter. So the achievements are not only behind the keyboard.

Kuro “KuroKy” Takasomi – $5.2 million

• Country: Germany
• Age: 27
• Game: Dota 2
• Team: Team Nigma

The level and stability of KuroKy’s game is best described by one fact – Kuro has participated in every The International since the tournament was founded in 2011.

In 2017, the German of Iranian origin won TI with Team Liquid, and in 2013 and 2019 he finished second with NaVi and Team Liquid, respectively.

Amer “Miracle-” al-Barqawi – $4.8 million

• Country: Jordan, Poland
• Age: 23
• Game: Dota 2
• Team: Team Nigma

Along with N0tail and KuroKy, Amer is included in all rankings of the best players in Dota 2 history.

Before earning millions in the professional arena, Miracle lived up to his nickname in rating matches.

He was the first in the world to score 9,000 points in the individual ranking, and this year he crossed the 10,000-point mark.

Miracle achieved his first great success among professionals with OG (two titles at majors), and spent his best seasons with Team Liquid, with whom he won TI7, took fourth place at TI8, and second at TI9.

Many people play games, but these highest-earning players have accumulated substantial wealth through their dedication to gaming.