Top 10 the Richest DOTA 2 Players

DOTA 2 is a very popular MOBA game famous because of its grand tournament. What makes it becomes greater is the very big present. Unmitigated for the annual peak tournament, the International, presents tens of millions of dollars in prizes. As the organizer, Valve has held 11 “The International” tournaments for the whole time with a very huge amount of presents. Due to this fact, do you know who gets the biggest share of the prize in this tournament?

Top 10 the Richest DOTA 2 Players

Here, the following top 10 richest DOTA 2 players based on the tournaments earnings:

N0tail: $7,1 million

The first position is occupied by Johan “N0tail” Sundstein. He is the most accomplished player in history. This Danish player was part of the original OG that achieved 4 Major wins each offered over a million USD in prizes. With the addition of two TI wins, N0tail outperformed all other esports and Dota 2 players to become the richest in tournament earnings. After establishing the record, he took a long break and returned to the scene with Old G in 2023. Just for your information, Johan “N0tail” Sundstein is widely considered to be the most successful Dota 2 player of all time. As IGL (in game leader) he won two TI titles with OG.

JerAx: $6,4 million

JerAx is actually the familiar name for Dota esports fans. Even before getting into the pro Dota scene, he has been a pro player since he was 20 years old in another MOBA esports game, Heroes of Newerth. His name became so popular through Dota 2, but it turns out that JerAx’s career in esports started from another pro MOBA game scene, namely Heroes of Newerth which was also developed by the creator of Dota, Iceforg. In 2013, JerAx decided to move into the pro scene of Dota 2 and formed the QPAD Red pandas team in 2013.

Jesse “JerAx” Vainikka got his start in esports and has been very consistent in his career. The Finnish support player was in his great performance with Team Liquid in 2016, finishing 2nd at two Majors and in the top 8 at TI6. JerAx would later become the first player who can reach four consecutive Valve Major grand finals, half with Team Liquid and the other half with OG. Then he made history winning two TIs in a row and retired soon after that competition. However, he returned to playing with rival Evil Geniuses and went back to become Team Liquid coach. Unfortunately, in late December 2022, he announced his departure from the role.

ana: $6 million

Anathan Pham (born 26 October 1999) better known as ana, is a professional Dota 2 player from Australia.That carry player started out in China with Invictus Gaming and then moved to play in Europe with OG. Her debut year saw her earn her first Dota 2 Major win, the 2016 Boston Major. That Australian has won two Majors and back-to-back TIs in total in 2018 and 2019. After an intermittent retirement, Ana played as stand ins for Team Liquid at the 2022 Riyadh Masters featuring a $100,000 grab team. His last mission is very short with T1 and he is currently inactive again.

Ceb: $5,8 million

Sébastien “Ceb” Debs started competing in early 2011 but he got disappointing results. After that, he went into a very long retirement as he moved into the world of broadcasting and training. But he did take OG’s call for help in 2018 and helped the team win back-to-back TIs. In 2022, despite no longer committing to pro Dota, Ceb won his first Dota 2 Major as a replacement for the new generation of OG. After that, formed Old G with N0tail and Topson and compete in the DPC qualifiers. However, that campaign fell through and the team is currently inactive.

Topson: $5,7 million

Topias “Topson” Taavitsainen has the shortest career span of any player in the top 10. He started being the following player in 2017 , at that time he was actually nobody. Because of this, he is also considered the greatest underdog in esports. After winning two TIs and placing in the top 8 at TI10, Topson took a long break and focused on streaming. He now plays with Old G.

Kuroky: $5,2 million

The next player in the list is the ex-players of Team Liquid who won TI7 and get $10,8 million. Kuro “KuroKy” Takhasomi is one of veteran players in DOTA 2 who has so many achievements in his career. Kuroky got his first achievement with NAVI, he got the second position in TI3 and 8th position in TI4. In TI5, Kuroky played with Team Secret and get the 8th position. Then, he got the second position in Valve Majors 2016 and 8th position in TI6.

“Miracle-: $4,88 million

“Miracle-” is one of the ,ost popular DOTA 2 player. He became a star in 2015. At the beginning, he is a pub star, then he was picked up by OG and the team get success. This Jordanian player won $3 million Major with OG an became a winner with Team Liquid in TI7. Then, he stayed with Team Liquid and consistently appear in tournaments, earning $500,000 in  China Dota 2 Super Major, $1.7 million at TI8, and $4.4 million at TI9, among many others. Miracle- is currently on a health break and remains an inactive Nigma Galaxy member.

MATUMBAMAN: $4,87 million

Lasse “MATUMBAMAN” Urpalainen is the third Finn in the top 10. He recently retired after his last hurray with Team Liquid at TI11. His first major milestone was with Team Liquid, where he secured multiple top 3 spots in 2016 and eventually claimed Aegis at TI7. MATUMBAMAN left the team months before TI9 and was stuck in a rocky timeline. But he found major success in his later years finishing third with Team Secret and Team Liquid at TI10 and TI11 respectively.

MinD_ContRoL: $4,7 juta

Ivan “MinD_ContRoL” Ivanov started competing in 2014 but got his big break with 5Jungz which was later taken over by Team Liquid due to their successful performances. The Bulgarian sticks with the Team Liquid roster, now under the Nigma Galaxy banner. He had consistent form in 2017 – 2018, winning TI7 and finishing second at TI9.

GH: $4,3 juta

Lebanese pro player, Maroun “GH” Merhej, has only played for four teams in his career, two of which are Team Liquid and Nigma Galaxy. GH is known as one of the most positive Dota 2 players on the planet, GH started his career back in 2013 but found the perfect chemistry with his Liquid teammates. With a TI win in 2017 and a 2nd place finish at TI9, GH earned enough prize money to be among the top 10 richest esports and Dota 2 players of all time.