2020 was not a good year for esports competition as many events were canceled or postponed for health reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic, in simple terms, the loss of potential prize pool money, especially in Dota 2 with its 40 million USD, which would come from the canceled The International, resulted in some teams fighting and others leaving the scene, as was the case with ninjas in pajamas Counter-Strike: The global offensive would also feel the crisis, as large prize pool Events like the ESL One Rio Major and its $ 2 million lost to the pandemic
The impact of these cancellations on the total amount available to the winning teams was enormous, as the team that won the most money this year would have come in 1st place compared to last year’s list
Last year there was roughly $ 240 million in esports prize pool winnings This year? Only $ 92 million
Riot Games and its League of Legends World Championship, as well as Activision Blizzard’s Overwatch and Call of Duty League championships, were the big money-makers in 2020 and did a great service to esports by finding ways to keep the esports competitive scene moving to hold
For the first time since 2014, Fnatic is below the 1 million mark through no fault of its own USD and drives with his CS: GO team and the 321000 USD it earned in 2020 to No. 1 10 position This team was able to continue participating in various online events and even took third place in Flashpoint Season 2
Fnatic’s Dota 2 team had 168 winnings from a very limited number of eventsSecure $ 000 after not attending an event since September 27 This is in stark contrast to the 753000 that the organization took home in 2019 and the 524000 USD in 2018
League of Legends also made up a large chunk of the organization’s profits in 2020, with Fnatic 214Took $ 000 home, including $ 101$ 000 from the 5th-8th Place at the world championships
This year, Team Secret earned roughly 33% of the prize pool the organization won in 2019. Last year, Team Secret was fifth on this list for $ 336M
Team Secret’s prize wins are tied to the Dota 2 roster, however, with Valve postponing the 2020 Dota 2 International, there was simply no chance of taking home the same money as last year when Organization 2 US – Dollars took home 06M due to a fourth place finish at the above International
Team Secret was able to put together a great year for Dota 2 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, where it was all about taking home $ 1017M plays in 12 events that survived the pandemic
This organization’s prize pool money is tied directly to the Dota 2 scene and it is hoped that Valve, along with many other organizations, will revive the scene in 2021
TSM played chess while several other esports titles were playing TSM’s forward thinking brought in chess winnings of 125$ 000, along with monies won by playing a wide variety of titles that do not cost a lot of money
With a varied team field structure, TSM participated in 11 different games and won cash, including League of Legends, Fortnite and Valorant
TSM won 158 in League of Legends000 USD and a prize money of 179 in FortniteWinning USD 000 The organization will revisit its multi-game approach in 2021 in the hope that more events will become available as more tournament organizers can host live events with the permission of local governments
The Call of Duty League’s Atlanta FaZe went out of their way to be a success in 2020 FaZe finished the regular season as the # 1 seed for playoffs after earning the most points during the regular season competition
This would give the team a reunion until the third winning round, where they would face the Chicago Huntsmen, who eventually defeated FaZe 3-2, and would lose to eventual champions Dallas Empire in the winners final
FaZe beat the Huntsmen again in the Losers Final before losing again to the Dallas Empire in the championship
Second in the Call of Duty League, the team took a cool 900000 US dollars to take home to see the winnings from the various tournaments during league play
Carlos “ocelote” Rodríguez ‘ability to develop competitive teams across multiple titles helped get G2 Esports to # 1 this year, G2 has teams that have made it into League of Legends, CS: GO, RainbowSix: Siege, Valorant, Rocket League, Fortnite and Sim Racing compete against each other
G2 earned 383000 USD in League of Legends, more than 330000 USD in CS: GO, 163000 USD in R6, 159000 USD in Rocket League, more than 100$ 000 in Valorant and up in other titles Rodriguez was able to weather the pandemic and dwindling esports prize pools by putting together multiple teams, some of which didn’t require a lot of overheads
G2 could be positioned for a big payday in 2021, with any sort of return to esports normalcy
Coming at # 4, Spacestation Gaming has more than tripled its esports prize money revenue from last year when it hit 436$ 000 earned for Spacestation, it was the R6 team that won the day, winning two of the four events they participated in, and taking home $ 1M in prize money
Spacestation, similar to G2, has teams in several esports titles, here 5000 USD and there 10Won $ 000 which helped improve the numbers for 2020
R6 is a sport that should be scaled Four teams have been added for a total of 20 who will now take part in the Six Invitational 2021, which Spacestation will obviously be a part of
VirtusPro competes in two of the top sports with teams in CS: GO and Dota 2, which brought in most of their prize money in 2020, but the Russia-based esports organization also competes in titles like Fortnite and Apex Legends
Before pausing Dota events, VirtusPro could be more than $ 472Take home 000 in prizes by participating in various tournaments including the EPIC League and winning ESL One Los Angeles
It was Virtus, the CS: GO team from pro, who raised the majority of this year’s prize money; 641Bring in $ 000, including a payday of $ 500$ 000 by winning Flashpoint Season 2
The organization also brought in more than 25$ 000 from Fortnite and $ 4 home6K in the Apex Legends by Electronic Arts
Similar to VirtusPro, Team Liquid brought home the majority of its 2020 prize money from CS: GO and Dota 2, but Similar to G2, Liquid has diversified its team portfolio and brings in cash from multiple titles
Check out the diversified wins that the Dota 2 roster from Team Liquid 414$ 000, CS: GO 292$ 000, Starcraft II 95$ 000, Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds 83$ 000, League of Legends 81$ 000, Hearthstone 75$ 000 and Fortnite takes home $ 64, K and Arena FPS are 49$ 000
The multi-title approach has allowed Liquid to maintain its elite presence in the sport as it is the No. 1 was 2 earner last year with more than $ 9 million in prize money
Team Liquid will look to capitalize on its CS: GO, Dota 2, League of Legends, and possibly Valorant teams in 2021
Activision Blizzard’s ability to keep the Overwatch League and Call of Duty League operations going during the pandemic was instrumental in keeping the North American esports scene relevant by creating a plan and moving to online events, the roof top -Teams at NRG take home a significant amount of money
The Overwatch League season three champions San Francisco Shock took home $ 1 55 million in prize money from a total prize pool of $ 3 05M over the regular season and playoffs
The Shock defeated the Seoul Dynasty 4-2 in the final to take home the lion’s share of the prize money
The Dallas Empire is the inaugural season winner of Activision Blizzard’s Call of Duty League With this championship, the team took home $ 1, 79 million in prize money after beating the Atlanta FaZe in the final three-card-two
While it’s typical in sports that an event like the Dota 2 International is usually the cause of the No. This is the first time a single Call of Duty match is the trigger for the No. 1 was 1 ranking
Kevin Hitt is a business reporter for The Esports Observer who specializes in investigative journalism. Kevin has a law enforcement and administration background and uses the skills he has learned to gain insight into what is happening in the sports field
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