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How much do Dota 2 pro players earn?

Q: How much do Dota 2 pro players earn?

The best-paid Dota 2 player, N0tail, has won $7,164,369 in prize money. Number 100 on the list has $1,145,087. Salaries are not public, so prize money is the number everyone can check.

All-time prize money of the pros.

Over $1 million: 110
Over $5 million: 10
Teams over $10M: 10

Top 5 earners, all time

N0tail#1 all time$7,164,369
JerAx#2 all time$6,480,911
Yatoro#3 all time$6,427,735
Collapse#4 all time$6,426,269
Miposhka#5 all time$6,233,631

TI prize pools2011–2026, Liquipedia

Our answer“Up to $7.2 million.”

Windranger as a show host fans out dollar bills next to a cheering Alchemist while money rains down

Most prize money · all time

$7,164,369

N0tail

#10$5.3M
#100$1.1M
#500$54k

OG: $37,768,267the richest team · see the ranking

TI 2026 prize pool: $3,906,263
Record prize pool: $40,018,195
Top 10 together: $61,758,820
Top 500 together: $385,781,645

$20M$40M$3.9M

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Windranger as a show host hands a giant golden check to Alchemist, who cheers on a stage with golden confetti

By Kevin · updated October 6, 2026 · numbers updated every day

How much prize money do Dota 2 pros win?

110 Dota 2 players have won more than $1 million in prize money, and 10 of them more than $5 million.

The numbers come from Liquipedia's list of all-time earnings. It adds up the prize money of every tournament a player has played with a team. It does not include salaries, streaming or sponsor money.

#1 all timeN0tail$7,164,369

#10 all timeKuroKy$5,304,809

#50 all timeAui_2000$2,070,331

#100 all timeCrystallis$1,145,087

#500 all timeXcalibur$54,407

Prize money from Liquipedia's all-time list. Full ranking →

Who is the richest Dota 2 player by prize money?

N0tail leads the all-time list with $7,164,369. All ten players at the top have won The International, the tournament with by far the biggest prize pools. The record was $40,018,195 at TI 2021.

Among the teams, OG has won the most money: $37,768,267. See the full player ranking and the team ranking.

Do Dota 2 pro players get a salary?

Players in top teams are paid by their organisation, but teams do not publish the amounts. That is why nobody outside a team knows the exact salary of a pro.

Many pros also earn money with their own streams, videos and sponsors. These amounts are private, too. Prize money is the one number that is public for every player.

Why is there less prize money in Dota 2 today?

For many years a part of what fans spent in the game went into the prize pool of The International. Since 2023 the TI prize pools are much smaller.

TI 2021 had $40,018,195, TI 2026 had $3,906,263. Other tournaments, run by ESL, PGL, BLAST and others, pay out their own fixed prize pools. Read how prize money in Dota 2 works.

Questions players ask

Who has earned the most money in Dota 2?

N0tail, with $7,164,369 in prize money, according to Liquipedia.

Which Dota 2 team has won the most prize money?

OG, with $37,768,267 in prize money.

What was the biggest prize pool in Dota 2?

$40,018,195 at The International 2021 in Bucharest.

How much prize money does number 500 on the list have?

$54,407. Liquipedia's list of all-time earnings has 500 players, from $7,164,369 at the top to $54,407.

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Sources: Liquipedia: Player earnings, Liquipedia: Team earnings, Liquipedia: The International. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.