Random Largest Prize Pools In Esports History (12 items)

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  (#1) $34.3 Million: Dota 2 International 2019

  The Dota 2 world championships, formally called The International, began in 2011 as a promotional event for the game, but have since grown to be one of the largest esports championships in the world. The prize pool has been crowdfunded by the game's battlepass system since 2013, and has steadily risen every year. Since 2011, 16 teams competed annually, but that number increased to 18 in 2016.

  Final Rankings:

  1. OG ($15,620,181)
  2. Team Liquid ($4,462,908)
  3. PSG.LGD ($3,089,706)
  4. Team Secret ($2,059,804)
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  (#3) $24.6 Million: Dota 2 International 2017

  Although there are now well over 100 heroes to select in Dota 2, there is usually only a small pool to choose from depending on the current state of the game and the meta it creates. For example, at the 2017 International, the hero Earthshaker was played 71 times out of the 191 total games that were played during the tournament.

  Final Rankings: 

  1. Team Liquid ($10,862,683)
  2. Newbee ($3,950,067)
  3. LGD.Forever Young ($2,592,231)
  4. LGD Gaming ($1,728,154)
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  (#5) $18.4 Million: Dota 2 International 2015

  2015 was the first year of The International where all previous winners were not invited back. Natus Vincere and Alliance, winners of 2011 and 2013 respectively, instead had to go through qualifiers. The former was eliminated during the European qualifiers, while the latter was eliminated by losing early in the Lower Bracket Round 1.

  Final Rankings:

  1. Evil Geniuses ($6,634,661)
  2. CDEC Gaming ($2,856,590)
  3. LGD Gaming ($2,211,554)
  4. Vici Gaming ($1,566,517)
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  (#12) $4.9 Million: League of Legends World Championship 2017

  The 2017 League of Legends World Championship final will go down in history of one of the greatest esports matches of all time. Before the finals that year, SK Telecom T1 was nearly unbeatable, and had won half of all of the LoL world championships that had ever been held. This is why Samsung Galaxy's 3-0 victory was so shocking for the fans and players alike.

  Final Standings: 

  1. Samsung Galaxy ($1,540,000)
  2. SK Telecom T1($554,000)
  3. Royal Never Give Up (split $278,000)
  4. Team WE (split $278,000)
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  (#10) $5.9 Million: PUBG Global Championship 2019

  The first major tournament organized by PUBG was the Global Invitational in 2018, which became the Global Championship in 2019. 32 teams competed in this event, with the top 8 teams going to the semifinals, and the bottom 8 teams going to an Elimination Stage. The winning team got a Championship Celebratory item, with 25% of the sales going to the winner.

  Final Standings: 

  1. Gen.G Esports ($2,000,000)
  2. FaZe Clan ($600,000)
  3. Four Angry Men ($300,000)
  4. OGN Entus Force ($200,000)
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  (#11) $5.07 Million: League of Legends World Championship 2016

  One of the things the League of Legends World Championship is known for is its entertainment presentation, especially in regard to musical acts. In 2016, Riot had Russian-German DJ Zedd create an original song that was exclusive to the event, and his performance at the opening ceremony of the finals was lauded by fans and critics alike. In fact, the success of the opening ceremony prompted the team building the case for Los Angeles' bid for the 2024 summer Olympics to look into using the same presentation technologies Riot was using.

  Final Standings:

  1. SK Telecom T1 ($2,680,000)
  2. Samsung Galaxy ($1,005,000)
  3. H2k-Gaming (split $502,500)
  4. ROX Tigers (split $502,500)

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