One of many longest-running esports of all time, Counter-Strike has a storied historical past of legendary gamers. After numerous majors and big-money occasion, a few of these gamers have earned thousands and thousands in prize cash. These are the highest-earning CS professionals of all time, in each CSGO and CS2.
Again in 2018, Astralis stars Nicolai ‘dev1ce’ Reedtz, Peter ‘dupreeh’ Rasmussen and Andreas ‘Xyp9x’ Højsleth turned the primary CS:GO stars to interrupt the $1 million threshold in prize cash received.
Since then, they’ve been joined by a handful of gamers within the millionaires’ membership, which now options as many as 24 names. Since CS2 has changed CS:GO, the CS:GO listing will now not change, however we are going to replace CS2 after every huge occasion.
Astralis have given up their stranglehold on each match, and their dominant lineup is now not round. Nonetheless, these 5 gamers nonetheless dominate the listing of the highest-earning stars within the recreation.
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CS2 begins a brand new period
With the discharge of CS2 in 2023, there’s a break up within the historical past of CS once more, as we glance to a brand new period of younger stars who will intention to dominate the brand new recreation.
To maintain monitor of all of it, we are going to embrace separate earnings for CS:GO and CS2 within the rankings beneath, so we will see the kings of the respective eras.
Prime 20 highest-earning CS2 gamers (February 2024)
Rank
Participant
Nation
CS2 earnings
1
broky
LAT
$229,500
2
karrigan
DEN
$229,500
3
rain
NOR
$229,500
4
ropz
EST
$229,500
5
mezii
UK
$147,500
6
apEX
FRA
$147,300
7
flameZ
ISR
$147,300
8
Spinx
ISR
$147,300
9
ZywOo
FRA
$147,300
10
Twistzz
CAN
$141,100
11
donk
RUS
$123,825
12
magixx
RUS
$123,125
13
Chopper
RUS
$122,250
14
zont1x
UKR
$122,250
15
frozen
SVK
$119,000
16
Mir
RUS
$82,000
17
sh1ro
RUS
$82,000
18
FL1T
RUS
$80,500
19
fame
RUS
$79,800
20
Jame
RUS
$79,800
This listing will probably be up to date after every main CS2 occasion.
CS:GO wealthy listing
ESLThree of FaZe’s gamers are amongst CS:GO’s high 10 for many match winnings
Estonian star Robin ‘ropz’ Kool was the most recent addition to CS:GO’s millionaires’ membership following FaZe’s triumph in ESL Professional League 17, which additionally netted the workforce the $1 million Intel Grand Slam prize. Every member on FaZe received $240,000 in consequence, propelling Håvard ‘rain’ Nygaard into the highest 10 and placing in-game chief Finn ‘karrigan’ Andersen nearer to the highest 5.
In October 2022, dupreeh turned the primary CS:GO participant to interrupt the $2 million mark in match winnings when he received ESL Professional League 16 in Malta.
The highest 20 highest-earning CS:GO professionals of all time, through esportsearnings.com, could be discovered beneath.
Prime 20 richest CS:GO gamers in prize cash
Rank
Participant
Nation
CS:GO earnings
1
dupreeh
DEN
$2,181,164
2
Xyp9x
DEN
$2,001,285
3
dev1ce
DEN
$1,981,531
4
Magisk
DEN
$1,881,123
5
gla1ve
DEN
$1,869,042
6
s1mple
UKR
$1,718,355
7
karrigan
DEN
$1,651,752
8
electroNic
RUS
$1,558,058
9
Twistzz
CAN
$1,546,793
10
rain
NOR
$1,444,216
11
NiKo
BiH
$1,300,569
12
apEX
FRA
$1,298,119
13
NAF
CAN
$1,228,382
14
Stewie2K
USA
$1,186,573
15
Ropz
EST
$1,181,527
16
EliGE
USA
$1,179,846
17
FalleN
BRA
$1,175,586
18
Perfecto
RUS
$1,175,586
19
Boombl4
RUS
$1,098,738
20
TACO
Brazil
$1,095,886
Who’s the richest CS participant of all time?
dupreeh is the highest-earning CS:GO participant of all time – taking up his former Astralis teammate Xyp9x.
The 30-year-old tightened his grip on the highest spot by profitable IEM Rio and the BLAST Paris Main, which put him over $150,000 away from his closest suitors.
Michal Konkol/BLASTMagisk re-entered the highest 5 after profitable the BLAST Paris Main
s1mple broke into the highest 5 because of NAVI’s success in 2021, however he dropped right down to sixth following Vitality’s win on the Paris Main, which noticed Magisk reclaim his fifth spot on the listing.
