Highest Earning Players of All Time in of Counter-Strike
The Million Dollar Club
Counter-Strike is an iconic game, it has influenced how people perceived professional careers and along the way has helped some people develop a very successful and lucrative career.
Noone could ever imagine that would be possible to earn over a million dollars by playing Counter-Strike tournaments, but after more than a decade there are a lot of examples that broke that barrier.
Even though that the early days lacked the sponsors, there are more than 25 players that have joined the million dollar club in Counter-Strike.
Longevity pays off for apEX
Just like the top Earners of Counter-Strike 2, Europe is the region with the most players within the top 20. This isn't really a surprise, considering that throughout the history of the franchise, Europe was always fighting to be on the top of the podium.
The longevity of apEX puts him on the number one spot, earning more than 2.6 million dollars and more than 70 tournaments won. The french captain is followed by one of his buddies, ropz, who has recently crossed the 2.5 million mark. The estonian is the youngest of the top 5, but his success has slingshoted him into glory.
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The Astralis dominance over in CS:GO puts players like dev1ce, gla1ve, magisk, dupreeh and Xyp9x in the top 10 of the players that have earned the most money.
From outside of Europe, only two examples rise on the top 20. FalleN, the brazillian superstar, and NAF are the only representatives of the Americas.
Even with a small break from competitive Counter-Strike, s1mple is on the top 10 and and is almost hitting the 2 million mark.
The top 20 of highest earners
In the table below you can read which are the professional players that have earned more in Counter-Strike, these earnings are estimates.
| Rank | Player Name | Earnings |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | apEX | $2,648,887 |
| 2. | ropz | $2,585,227 |
| 3. | dupreeh | $2,227,384 |
| 4. | karrigan | $2,178,977 |
| 5. | dev1ce | $2,171,978 |
| 6. | ZywOo | $2,167,560 |
| 7. | Magisk | $2,060,532 |
| 8. | Xyp9x | $2,015,280 |
| 9. | gla1ve | $1,954,565 |
| 10. | rain | $1,889,907 |
| 11. | NiKo | $1,842,696 |
| 12. | Twistzz | $1,840,814 |
| 13. | s1mple | $1,746,722 |
| 14. | electroNic | $1,682,738 |
| 15. | flameZ | $1,585,784 |
| 16. | b1t | $1,577,555 |
| 17. | mezii | $1,466,608 |
| 18. | FalleN | $1,466,038 |
| 19. | sh1ro | $1,369,019 |
| 20. | NAF | $1,347,618 |
This piece was last updated on 20/04/2026.