Top 10 Largest Prize Pools in E-Sports History.

#1 The International 2018 - $25,532,177 (Dota 2)

The latest edition of The International takes the coveted 1st place. The fan base came up strong again. With many people predicting that TI7's prize pool would remain the highest ever, the player base proved everyone wrong and shattered TI7's record posting a prize pool of over 25 Million Dollars. This is the highest prize pool in the history of The International.

The event was also moved from Seattle for the first time since TI1. The Rogers Arena in Vancouver, Canada hosted the tournament. The event was attended by 18 teams again who represented 24 countries from all over the world.

OG or Orgless Gaming won the tournament in one of the greatest underdog stories in E-Sports history. For their efforts, OG took home $11,234,158. PSG.LGD Gaming placed second failing to fulfil the Curse of TI where a Chinese team wins every even-numbered TI,(Invictus Gaming at TI2, Newbee at TI4, Wings at TI6) PSG.LGD won $4,085,148 in the process. Evil Geniuses returned to their winning ways again by finishing 3rd a record 3rd time ironically. They won $2,680,879 for their efforts.