As you know, E-sport is becoming more and more popular and csgo teams earning more and more money like other sports teams. With prize pools up to $1.500.000 in the most prestigious competitions, here is the top 5 teams that earned the most money up until now.
5) Ninja in Pyjamas
Swedish organization founded in 2000, they started with the first counter strike to quickly arrived on counter strike global offensive.
With a total of 119 tournaments played, they won the modest sum of $1,622,200.18
4) Astralis
A danish organization from the TSM team created by the players with the help of their manager. It is the first team to create their own organization in the counter strike’s history.
They only played in 31 tournaments but that did not prevent them from earning $1,750,952.1
3)Team EnVyUs
French team owned by an American organization founded in 2007.
This one had initially a team on call of duty but decided to expand into another game when they signed the French csgo team LDLC in 2015.
Moreover, in 2016, team Envyus was named “eSports Team of the Year”.
They have participated in 65 tournaments and won $1,835,482.76
2) Fnatic
Swedish organization founded in 2004. It was considered as the best team in the world until recently. With 2 major tournaments won in a row they won $652,331 in 2016.
134 tournaments played to get $2,126,177.22
1) Virtus.Pro
Russian organization founded in 2003 but with polish players. It is considered as one of the most popular team in counter strike. Also known to never have to change a player for several years... this team have the oldest player in the game, Taz 31 year.
100 tournaments played with the highest earnings $2,347,454.47
Source : https://www.esportsearnings.com/