One of the longest-running esports of all time, Counter-Strike has a storied history of legendary players. After countless majors and big-money event, some of these players have earned millions in prize money. These are the highest-earning CS pros of all time, in both CSGO and CS2.
Since then, they have been joined by a handful of players in the millionaires’ club, which now features as many as 24 names. SinceCS2has replaced CS:GO, the CS:GO list will no longer change, but we will update CS2 after each big event.
Astralis have given up their stranglehold on every tournament, and their dominant lineup is no longer around. However, those five players still dominate the list of the highest-earning stars in the game.
CS2 starts a new era
To keep track of it all, we will include separate earnings for CS:GO and CS2 in the rankings below, so we can see the kings of the respective eras.
This list will be updated after each major CS2 event.
Estonian star Robin ‘ropz’ Kool was the latest addition to CS:GO’s millionaires’ club following FaZe’s triumph in ESL Pro League 17, which also netted the team the $1 million Intel Grand Slam prize. Each member on FaZe won $240,000 as a result, propelling Håvard ‘rain’ Nygaard into the top 10 and putting in-game leader Finn ‘karrigan’ Andersen closer to the top 5.
The top 20 highest-earning CS:GO pros of all time, viaesportsearnings.com, can be found below.
dupreeh is the highest-earning CS:GO player of all time– taking over his former Astralis teammate Xyp9x.
The 30-year-old tightened his grip on the top spot by winning IEM Rio and the BLAST Paris Major, which put him over $150,000 clear of his closest suitors.
Ross Deason was Acting Head of Editorial on Dexerto’s UK team, leading content globally. He is a Counter-Strike and Call of Duty expert. Ross has also worked at GAMURS Group.
