Faker breaks records to become highest-grossing League of Legends player of all time
How does it feel knowing that there’s someone in some place in this world who has now grossed more than $1 million dollars by himself by playing video games? Yeah.
After 35 tournaments with his team, SK Telecom T1’s mid laner Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok has become the first League of Legends player to earn more than $1 million in prize money, according to Esportsearnings. The player reached this threshold after SKT won and defended their Mid-Season Invitational title by defeating G2 Esports of the EU LCS 3-1 in the final.
Faker has made $1,047,606 over the tournaments he has attended since the start of 2013. This means that his average winnings at every tournament over the past five years has been just under $30,000. He’s showing no signs of slowing down, however, with SK Telecom setting their sights on winning the World Championship in China later this year.
Next highest League of Legends player in terms of prize money would be the former SKT and Vici Gaming jungler Bae “Bengi” Seong-woong, who has earned $810,000 in total.
Faker hasn’t won the most prize money in esports, however. The list of top 10 earners is dominated by Dota 2 players. Saahil “UNiVeRsE” Arora has earned $2,777,796 in his career, which is more prize money than any other player in esports history, according to Esportsearnings.
