The CS:GO competitive landscape is experiencing a major shift in power. While Danish players still dominate the top spots when it comes to earnings, other stars are surging behind them to cut the lead.
Back in 2018, Astralis stars Nicolai ‘dev1ce’ Reedtz, Peter ‘dupreeh’ Rasmussen and Andreas ‘Xyp9x’ Højsleth became the first CS:GO stars to ever break the $1 million threshold in prize money won.
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Since then, and their Major wins at IEM Katowice 2019 and StarLadder Berlin, they’ve been joined in the millionaires club by teammates Lukas ‘gla1ve’ Rossander and Emil ‘Magisk’ Reif.
Astralis have given up their stranglehold on every tournament, and their dominant lineup is no longer around – with dev1ce having left for NIP and dupreeh and Magisk now playing for Vitality. However, four of those five players still dominate the list of the highest-earning stars in the game.
20 players have now broken $1 million each
While Astralis were the first to clearly break the $1 million ceiling, there are now 20 players in the millionaire club. This includes the core of the old SK-Luminosity squad, as well as NAVI’s trio of Oleksandr ‘s1mple’ Kostyliev, Denis ‘electronic’ Sharipov, Ilya “Perfecto” Zalutskiy. Nineteen-year-old Valeriy ‘b1t’ Vakhovskiy, a full-fledged NAVI player for little over a year, is just $6,000 away from entering the millionaires club.
s1mple broke into the top five in the ranking following NAVI’s quarter-final finish in ESL Pro League 15, leapfrogging Emil ‘Magisk’ Reif.
dupreeh became on October 2 the first CS:GO player to break the $2 million mark in tournament winnings when he won ESL Pro League 16 in Malta. That event also saw Dan ‘apEX’ Madesclaire become the 20th player to enter CS:GO’s millionaires’ club.
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dupreeh has taken over former Astralis teammate Xyp9x as CS:GO’s highest earner of all time. And given Astralis’ struggles, the 29-year-old Dane’s grip on the top spot is tightening as he is now almost $40,000 ahead of the ‘Clutch Minister’.
s1mple is the only non-Danish player in the top five. The Ukrainian superstar walked into this elite list in large part thanks to NAVI’s success in 2021, when the team won a series of international titles, including the PGL Stockholm Major. NAVI remain one of the strongest sides in the CS:GO scene in 2022, with a number of top-two finishes and a BLAST Premier title since the start of the year.
The top 20 highest-earning CS:GO pros on October 3, 2022, according to esportsearnings.com, can be found below. This post will be updated after every major CS:GO event.
Top 20 Richest CS:GO Players in Prize Money – Updated October 3, 2022
Position
Name
Nationality
Earning
1st
dupreeh
Denmark
$2,014,331.07
2nd
Xyp9x
Denmark
$1,975,880.23
3rd
dev1ce
Denmark
$1,921,931.54
4th
gla1ve
Denmark
$1,828,042.41
5th
s1mple
Ukraine
$1,663,721.98
6th
Magisk
Denmark
$1,607,790.30
7th
electroNic
Russia
$1,517,458.66
8th
karrigan
Denmark
$1,328,752.06
9th
Twistzz
Canada
$1,218,293.10
10th
Stewie2K
United States
$1,186,573.20
11th
FalleN
Brazil
$1,147,186.54
12th
rain
Norway
$1,126,716.24
13th
NAF
Canada
$1,122,648.86
14th
Perfecto
Russia
$1,115,370.77
15th
TACO
Brazil
$1,092,186.48
16th
fer
Brazil
$1,074,586.54
17th
EliGE
United States
$1,070,579.62
18th
Boombl4
Russia
$1,069,333.20
19th
coldzera
Brazil
$1,038,401.46
20th
apEX
France
$1,024,785.72
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