Numerous tournaments of various electronic sports games are held each year, with players competing for large sums of money. However, they are not acting on their own. In order to participate in a competitive eSport, teams are established and play against one another in one or more games. Just like in every sport, there are teams in eSport who stand out because of their exceptional achievements and have the potential to achieve tremendous success. This is a list of the top 5 most successful top eSports teams in the world, based on the amount of prize money they have won.
5. Virtus.pro
Virtus.pro did not acquire its high place in this list by winning a few big championships, as many other teams have done, but by accumulating a total of $15.956.049 in prize money over a long period of time. Founded in 2012, the team has been competing in professional eSports since that time. Since 2015, they have been a frequent participant in the Dota 2 The International Championships, and they have already won many ESL One championships of the famous MOBA with first-place finishes. This is a list of the most popular Virtus.pro games, in order of popularity:
- Dota 2 is worth $10.202.985.
- CS:GO: $4.046.690 dollars
- Counter-Strike: $364.12 in revenue
4. Fnatic
Instead of competing in Dota 2, like most of the other teams in the rankings do, Fnatic competes in the League of Legends World Championships, where its Dota 2 squad competes against the apparent dominance of the teams from the Korean and Chinese servers. To far, the squad has collected a total of $16,227,772 in cash and prize money. Fnatic, on the other hand, has had the greatest success in competitions involving the tactical first-person shooter CS:GO, where the team has consistently produced positive results, such as winning the WESG 2017 CS:GO Male category. The following is a list of the prize money that was earned in the various game titles.
3. Evil Geniuses
The eSports team Evil Geniuses has competed in over 60 different championships, yet it has earned more than 80 percent of its total prize money in a single game title: Dota 2, a famous multiplayer online battle arena game (MOBA) that is renowned for awarding the greatest prize money in its tournaments. Evil Geniuses' total prize money is $24.655.433, which is a result of their continuous high position in The International Championships in previous years, as well as their performance in Call of Duty events. The following is a list of the prize money that was earned in the various game titles:
- Dota 2: $20,246.670 dollars
- CS:GO is worth $974.450.
- StarCraft II is priced at $785.50.
2. OG
So near, but yet so far away. It is just a hair behind the first-place team in terms of prize money won, and OG is ranked second on the list of the most successful eSports teams of all time, with $34.546.223 in prize money earned. What makes OG unique is that it is based on a true story. The very young team has earned virtually all of its profits, a total of $33,658,036, in a single game title, which represents almost half of its entire earnings.
The team, which was formerly known as (monkey) Business and was established by Johan Sundstein, the most successful eSports professional of all time, has had remarkable results in Dota 2 under its new moniker in recent years. Sundstein is the most successful eSports professional of all time. As an example, the first-place finish in the Dota 2 The International Championships in 2018 and 2019 are examples of this. The following is a list of the prize money that was earned in the various game titles:
- Dota 2 is worth $33.917.126.
- CS:GO is worth $62,250.00.
- Super Smash Bros.: $6,847,46 dollars
1. Team Liquid
Team Liquid has climbed to the top of the rankings and has won $37.327.690 in prize money, making them the most successful eSports team in the year 2021. This is not unexpected given the following facts: Team Liquid has the most professional eSports experience of any eSports team in the world, having won a total of 1837 events and garnered victories in each of those tournaments.
Team Liquid, on the other hand, not only has a higher than average number of championships, but it also has a higher than normal number of teams and games in which it participates. So far, there have been a total of 37, to be precise. These are the ones that have had the greatest success:
- Dota: $23,026.431 dollars
- 4.970.175 dollars in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
- StarCraft II is worth $1.527.587.
- Fortnite is worth $1.269.375.
- 1.100.463 dollars for League of Legends