Dallas Empire Are This Year’s Leaders in Terms of Earned Prize Money
Dallas Empire Are This Year’s Leaders in Terms of Earned Prize Money
The Esports Earnings website has published the overall stats for 2020 – according to the report, Dallas Empire are the leaders in terms of earned prize money – the Call of Duty League team managed to secure $1,797,504, $1,5M of which were awarded for placing first in the league’s inaugural season.
Dallas Empire are followed by a multigaming organization Team Liquid, whose rosters managed to win $1,569,502 over 225 tournaments. The third place is taken by winners of Overwatch League 2020, the American team San Francisco Shock with $1,555,000 of prize money. The list of leaders in terms of earned prize money looks as follows:
| # | Team | Prize Money | Tournaments |
| 1. | Dallas Empire | $1,797,504.47 | 27 |
| 2. | Team Liquid | $1,569,502.00 | 225 |
| 3. | San Francisco Shock | $1,555,000.00 | 2 |
| 4. | Spacestation Gaming | $1,383,310.62 | 79 |
| 5. | Virtus.pro | $1,381,915.00 | 39 |
| 6. | G2 Esports | $1,246,605.22 | 60 |
| 7. | Team SoloMid | $1,209,672.44 | 95 |
| 8. | Atlanta Faze | $1,187,500.00 | 14 |
| 9. | Natus Vincere | $1,123,558.50 | 57 |
| 10. | Team Secret | $1,122,570.84 | 57 |
Comparing this year and the previous one, the total amount of awarded prize money has decreased from $235M in 2019 to $101M in 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many tournaments were cancelled this year – the number of events has decreased from 5380 to 3808. One of the biggest losses was the cancellation of The International 2020, which would have featured a $40M+ prize pool. Those tournaments that transitioned to online often reduced their prize pools. The decrease in the number of tournaments also led to a smaller amount of active players – from 27693 to 21416.
In terms of disciplines, the leading ones in terms of awarded prize money are CS:GO ($15M), Dota 2 ($9.2M) and League of Legends ($8M).