Top 5 Richest League of Legends Players
As esports develop with each day of existence, we may see a considerable change in global tournaments of esports disciplines on the primary behalf of LoL tournaments. This development includes the increment in total prize pools and salaries of LoL pro teams worldwide. Millions of dollars were spent to take main LoL events and encourage professional players to compete in the arena where they can earn popularity and rank of the world’s number one team and the prize, which they will further divide among organizations and players inside the LoL pro team.
So who are those lucky players with the highest skill level who could get the biggest prize pools in the history of the LoL professional league?
“Bengi” Seon-woong
The last place out of six persons is taken by “Bengi” Seon-wrong – one of the most famous players in the Korean League, who helped to show the enormous effort of the region and now taking place in the T1 team in Korea. They are helping the area take Worldwide Championships on behalf of the region and prove that Koreans are the best in the game.
According to his performance, the average amount of prize money he won (not including his salary in the organization) is about 800,000$.
“Wolf” Jae-wan
If we mention the history of such an LoL player as “Wolf” Jae-wan, we can say that he dominated bot lane for more than three years in a row – from 2015 till 2017, when he helped his team get the greatest ranked on the professional stage. As he left, he joined the content creators community and started streaming full time, which gave him more fans as he retired and coached people further.
The total estimation of his earnings, which we calculated from LoL news and statistics of prize pools, along with his professional, is more than 900,000$.
“Duke” Ho-Seong
He had last seen in 2020 when the history of his presence in Invictus gaming ended so that he changed several professional teams along with his career. The champion of the 2016 World Championship with the T1 team is gaining worldwide popularity and status as one of the best professional players in the entire world.
Along with his history of professional gaming, which is still possible to add more experienced teams in the future count more than 950,000$ won prize money which counts as his earnings.
“Bang” Jun-sik
Nonstaphable player “Bang” Jun-sik, who is still playing professional LoL leagues on behalf of the Evil Geniuses team, was a member of different famous esports organizations such as T1, B team, and SK Telecom, gaining a lot of earnings along with his career. He provided the wins on the local tournaments for esports organizations and two World Championships with his skill.
The total earnings up now are more than 1,000,000$ as this number consists only of prize pools and still growing as his presence in the professional league remains.
“Faker” Sang-hyeok
One of the most famous players in the LoL community, who has become the most payable player in the industry and won three global Championships and local tournaments, MSI titles, and LCK first place finishers. All these achievements give him more than 1,250,000$ money won along with the history, which is still completed as he stays in the mid-lane position in the T1 team in 2022.