Prize Money
Prize pools and payouts: how much is on the table, how it is split and who has earned the most.
A Guide to How Esports Prize Pool Funding Models Differ
Dota 2, League of Legends and the Esports World Cup all fund their biggest prize pools in very different ways. Here is how each model actually works.
Prize MoneyPUBG prize money in 2026: ranking prizes, special prizes, crowdfunding
How Krafton's PUBG: Battlegrounds events pay in 2026: placement money, MVP and match awards, fan crowdfunding, and the rules that decide who receives what.
Prize MoneyRocket League prize money in 2026: the pools and who funds them
Psyonix pools, a bundle whose net sales go to players and teams, a third-party US$1 million in Paris and a new US$2.5 million Club Championship: how Rocket League money works.
Prize MoneyRocket League Worlds bundle: all net sales go to teams and players
Psyonix sells a World Championship bundle from September 1 to 23 and keeps none of the net sales: 70% goes to the 20 teams by final placing, 30% to players who win awards.
Prize MoneyFC Pro 27: EA spreads US$2.5 million across six stages of the season
EA Sports published the prize pools of FC Pro 27 on August 27: US$2.5 million in six lines, from a US$152,000 qualifier in London to a US$1 million World Championship.
Prize MoneyEsports World Cup 2026 club earnings tallied at US$68.6 million
The Esports Advocate added the Club Championship pool to every prize table of the 2026 Esports World Cup: US$68.6 million reached organizations, led by AG.AL with US$8.2 million.
Prize MoneyThe International 2026 prize money: what each of the 16 teams received
Team Spirit took US$1,416,786, or 42.5% of a pool of more than US$3.3 million, at The International 2026. The full table by placing, as published by Dot Esports.
Prize MoneyHLTV reports Passion UA owe former team their Budapest sticker money
HLTV reports that the former Counter-Strike players and staff of Passion UA are owed Budapest Major sticker money, prize money and wages. The CEO stopped answering its questions.
Prize MoneyCologne Major stickers paid teams a fraction of Budapest, HLTV reports
A month after the IEM Cologne Major, HLTV sets out what Valve's new sticker system paid teams: about US$60,000 for one early exit, against US$600,000 for a Budapest capsule.
Prize MoneyEsports World Cup 2026: the prize pool of each game, compared
From US$3 million for Mobile Legends to US$500,000 for Trackmania: what each game pays at the Esports World Cup 2026 in Paris, and how much goes to the winner.
Prize MoneyCounter-Strike Major sticker money: how it reaches teams and players
Beside its prize pool, a Counter-Strike Major pays teams through the sale of stickers. How that money was shared under capsules, and the formula Valve applies from Cologne.
Prize MoneySpirit forfeit a projected US$420,550 ESL club share after skipping Atlanta
ESL has confirmed that Team Spirit lose their 2026 share of its Annual Club Incentive after a third declined invitation in two years, the one to IEM Atlanta.
Prize MoneyValve drops capsules for the Cologne Major and sets how teams are paid
Valve has released the IEM Cologne Major stickers without capsules. HLTV reports that half of sticker revenue is shared, by ranking first and by Major placing afterwards.
Prize MoneyGamerLegion and the Paris Major sticker share: the offers and replies
An HLTV investigation sets out the dispute over the players' share of GamerLegion's Paris Major sticker money, the offers that followed and the organization's written replies.
Prize MoneyPrize money, club share, incentives: how CS2 organizers pay in 2027
BLAST, PGL and ESL have each set what they will pay Counter-Strike 2 teams in 2027. The totals are close, but the four kinds of payment behind them are not mixed the same way.
Prize MoneyESL puts US$11.45 million on the table for 2027 and redraws Kraków
ESL published on March 25 what it will pay Counter-Strike teams in 2027: US$11.45 million with one Grand Slam, a new IEM Kraków prize table and playoffs that count for the club incentive.
Prize MoneyPGL pledges US$22 million to Counter-Strike teams for 2027 and 2028
PGL will pay Counter-Strike teams at least US$11 million a year in 2027 and 2028, HLTV reported on March 9: prize money, an invitation reward and a viewership pool.
Prize MoneyFC Pro World Championship 2026 raises its prize pool to US$1.5 million
The Esports World Cup set the 2026 FC Pro World Championship pool at US$1.5 million on February 6, half a million more than the 2025 event and than EA's own season plan.