Top 10 richest Esports players

#1 Johan 'Notail' Sundstein - $6,889,591

Johan 'Notail' Sundstein is the richest esports player of all time

Johan 'Notail' Sundstein started his career in Heroes of Newerth. After switching to DotA 2, he became renowned for his micro-management skills thanks to his amazing Meepo and Chen plays. He started his DotA career in Fnatic's European team and after a string of substandard results, he decided to leave. He joined Puppey's Team Secret roster but after several internal issues, he left for North American team Cloud9.

It was this move that first separated Notail and Fly in their DotA 2 careers. However, both of them had very underwhelming performances in their new teams. So, after TI5, both of them decided to form a team of their own built on friendship and trust and founded OG. The team went on to win a record 4 Valve Majors and headed into TI6 as favorites. Unfortunately, they bombed out of TI6 early on. TI7 was the same for them as despite going in as strong contenders, OG failed to make an impact.

Just before TI8, Fly broke the promise OG was built on and left the team for Evil Geniuses. However, this change proved to be a blessing in disguise as OG's new roster went on to win back to back TIs. Notail is the only player to have won 6 Valve events, 2 TIs, and 4 Majors.

His career total earnings amount to $6,889,591. His highest earnings came from: His victory at TI9 ($3,124,036), 1st at TI8 ($2,246,831) and 1st at The Manila Major and Frankfurt Major ($222,000).

He is the highest-earning esports player of all time as well as the highest-earning Danish esports player of all time.