If you are really good at Call of Duty, you can make a living from it. We show you the 10 professionals who have earned the most money from tournaments.
What is being shown here? You can get really rich through gaming. Especially streamers sometimes sign contracts worth millions. But here we look at the professionals who became rich through prize money.
We therefore show the earnings they made exclusively from tournaments in the shooter series Call of Duty. Possible earnings from advertising or streams were not taken into account.
The list is based on a video from the magazine Dexerto. They also noted that some prize money was shared among the entire team.
The 10 professionals who have earned the most money in tournaments
Rank 10 – Enable: He has been participating in tournaments since 2013 and won a really big pile of money for the first time in 2015. He and his team placed third in the CoD Championships 2015, securing a prize money of 120,000 Euros.
Then he followed up with big successes in World War 2 and Black Ops 4. His earnings in these tournaments total to nearly 490,000 Euros.
Rank 9 – John: The American celebrated his first major success in 2013 when he and his team placed 5th at the CoD Championship. His team received a prize money of 70,000 dollars.
However, his biggest success was winning the CoD Championship in 2016. That brought his team a total of 800,000 dollars in prize money. Overall, he earned about 523,500 dollars on his own.
Rank 8 – Apathy: He and his team placed fourth at the CoD Championship 2014 and secured a prize money of 100,000 dollars. After that, he participated in countless other tournaments and won smaller amounts repeatedly.
His biggest success was also winning the CoD Championship in 2016. Together with John, he won 800,000 dollars there. In 2018, he won the Championship again and secured another 600,000 dollars for his team. His total earnings amount to approximately 580,000 dollars.
Rank 7 – Slasher: The American won the Championship in 2016 together with Apathy and John and continued to gather numerous victories or finals qualifications in highly lucrative tournaments.
Most recently, he was really successful in Black Ops 4 and won two CWL tournaments in 2019. His total prize money amounts to nearly 638,000 Euros.
Rank 6 – Formal: The professional won countless smaller tournaments and therefore collected a lot of money. However, his biggest success was winning the Championship in 2017. That brought his team a total of 600,000 dollars.
After that, he secured more victories that brought his team sometimes over 100,000 dollars. By the way, his start in Modern Warfare was quite rough, as he was banned shortly before the release on Twitch.
His total prize money amounts to nearly 643,000 dollars.
Rank 5 – Scump: The professional is already a real veteran and has been around since 2010. In 2013, he won 120,000 dollars with his team by placing 3rd in the CoD Championship.
The most important CoD tournament was then won by him in 2017. In addition, he collected numerous victories at the CWL and MLG tournaments. His total prize money amounts to approximately 695,000 dollars.
Rank 4 – JKap: He already collected big prize money in 2013 and earned 200,000 dollars with his team and the 2nd place at the CoD Championship in 2013.
He then won the CoD Championship twice – in 2015 and 2016. Thus, he and more victories in smaller tournaments accrued a total prize money of 707,000 dollars for the American.
Rank 3 – Clayster: He has been participating in tournaments since 2009 and has occasionally won smaller sums. As third place in the CoD Championship in 2013, his team received 120,000 dollars.
After that came the victory of the Championship in 2015 and 2019. He is already quite successful in Modern Warfare. His prize money currently amounts to about 752,000 dollars.
Rank 2 – Crimsix: Also collecting some prize money since 2009, Crimsix won the CoD Championship with his team in 2014 and 400,000 dollars.
Then came another Championship win in 2017 and another 600,000 dollars in prize money for his team. In addition, he won numerous smaller tournaments and secured his team several times over 100,000 dollars in prize money. His total earnings amount to approximately 805,000 dollars.
Rank 1 – Karma: The Canadian won the CoD Championship three times – in 2013, 2014, and 2017 he collected a total of 1.4 million dollars for his team.
In addition, there are countless other victories in smaller tournaments. His prize money therefore amounts to an incredible 806,000 dollars.
In the future, however, there will be silence around Karma. The professional has quit his career because he couldn’t cope with Modern Warfare. He simply said he was no longer good enough, the professional explained.
