Top 10 richest Esports players

#4 Topias 'Topson' Taavitsainen - $5,413,446

Topias 'Topson' Taavitsainen has won his first two TIs

Topias 'Topson' Taavitsainen was born in Finland. He started playing DotA when he was 8 years old and made his name as a pub star. His unorthodox playstyle got the attention of several professional players and analysts most of whom criticized him harshly for his unorthodox plays.

However, he caught the attention of Sebastian 'Ceb' Debs who realized the potential within the player. So when OG was down a Mid-Laner just before TI8, Topson joined the team. With Topson OG won the European Qualifier for TI and went on to win the tournament in one of the greatest underdog stories in esports history.

OG fell off right after TI8 failing to make it to 3 Majors and barely managing to get an invite to TI9. But at TI9, OG was once again at their finest and made history by winning TI back to back. This created a unique achievement for Topson as he became the first player to have won his first 2 TIs. Not only that, Topson has won only 2 tournaments in his career thus far, TI8 and TI9.

His career total earnings are $5,410,036. Over 99% of his career earnings come from his two TI victories. His win at TI8 got him $2,246,831 and his win at TI9 got him $3,124,036.

He is the 4th highest earning European esports player of all time and the 2nd highest earning Finnish player of all time.