Top 20 CS:GO Players: The Highest Earners

Since its release in 2012, Valve's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) has been one of the greatest esports titles to watch. CS:GO as an esport continues to impress, and over the eight years, a total of $103 million in prize money has been awarded to players. If you've been wondering who the top CS:GO players with the highest earnings are, then we've got you covered.

Top 20 CS:GO players: Highest earnings

Keep in mind the top 20 CS:GO players in terms of earnings below is just for tournament winnings. This does not include sponsorships or salaries paid to the players by their respective organizations.

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CS:GO isn't like Dota 2, as it doesn't have something like The International, which breaks prize pool records annually. To put the difference into perspective, The International 10 has a prize pool of $40 million, while the biggest CS:GO esports tournaments in terms of prize pools (WESG 2016 & 2017) only had $1.5 million each.

(Picture: Astralis Group)

Check out the top 20 highest earners in CS:GO below, starting with five Danish players from the legendary Astralis organization. We've added age, full name, current team and nickname of all top 20 CS:GO highest-earning CS:GO players. The highest earners are ranked by prize money won.

dupreeh

• Real name: Peter Rasmussen
• Age: 27
• Team: Astralis
• Earnings: $1,797,822.74

Xyp9x

• Real name: Andreas Højsleth
• Age: 25
• Team: Astralis
• Earnings: $1,774,121.90

dev1ce

• Real name: Nicolai Reedtz
• Age: 25
• Team: Astralis
• Earnings: $1,762,323.21

gla1ve

• Real name: Lukas Rossander
• Age: 25
• Team: Astralis
• Earnings: $1,627,184.08

Magisk

• Real name: Emil Reif
• Age: 22
• Team: Astralis
• Earnings: $1,391,281.97

Stewie2k

• Real name: Jakey Yip
• Age: 22
• Team: Liquid
• Earnings: $1,082,840.00

TACO

• Real name: Epitácio de Melo
• Age: 25
• Team: No current team
• Earnings: $1,063,858.27

FalleN

• Real name: Gabriel Toledo
• Age: 29
• Team: No current team
• Earnings: $1,059,938.92

fer

• Real name: Fernando Alvarenga
• Age: 29
• Team: No current team
• Earnings: $1,054,038.92

coldzera

• Real name: Marcelo David
• Age: 26
• Team: FaZe
• Earnings: $1,019,651.46

(Picture: MIBR)

NAF

• Real name: Keith Markovic
• Age: 22
• Team: Liquid
• Earnings: $978,265.66

karrigan

• Real name: Finn Andersen
• Age: 30
• Team: mouseports
• Earnings: $951,135.39

ELiGE

• Real name: Jonathan Jablonowski
• Age: 23
• Team: Liquid
• Earnings: $926,196.42

nitr0

• Real name: Nick Cannella
• Age: 25
• Team: No current team
• Earnings: $920,151.73

olofmeister

• Real name: Olof Kajbjer
• Age: 28
• Team: FaZe
• Earnings: $877,761.52

JW

• Real name: Jesper Wecksell
• Age: 25
• Team: fnatic
• Earnings: $877,460.68

flusha

• Real name: Robin Rönnquist
• Age: 27
• Team: fnatic
• Earnings: $857,368.95

KRiMZ

• Real name: Freddy Johansson
• Age: 26
• Team: fnatic
• Earnings: $847,523.34

Twistzz

• Real name: Russel Van Dulken
• Age: 20
• Team: Liquid
• Earnings: $830,876.43

GuardiaN

• Real name: Ladislav Kovács
• Age: 29
• Team: No current team
• Earnings: $798,520.80

So there you have it, the top 20 CS:GO players in terms of lifetime earnings from tournaments. Keep in mind there's always a CS:GO tournament going on, and there's always room for these players to bolster their earnings.

It will be interesting to see which player breaks the $2 million milestone first since most of these players are still active.

Earnings data via EsportsEarnings.