German organizers, teams and professionals play a very important role in the global eSports ecosystem, even if they are often not directly in the public eye. At Prize Money German players are not at the top in a worldwide comparison, but they can always be found in the top 10 in the annual ranking. The milestone of one million euros in prize money won has so far been achieved by two professionals from Germany, and a good 50 have won more than 100,000 euros. These figures come from esportearnings.com and Liquipedia and are therefore fairly accurate estimates. Which twelve pros are at the top and in which disciplines did they win their prizes?
12. Maurice “KheZu” Gutmann
Dota 2, Heroes of Newerth – around 293,000 euros
Maurice “KheZu“Gutmann was known in the MOBA title “Heroes of Newerth” as an outstanding suicide pro – that’s what players on the offlane were called in that scene – and had success in many tournaments from 2011 to 2014. A quarter of his prize money comes from this era. In 2015, he switched to “Dota 2” and ended up with OG and Team Secret, among others.
Two appearances at the lucrative The International have boosted his winnings, and he’s currently back on track, captaining Quincy Crew to the top of the first North American division in the first – Season of 2022.
11 Florian “syrsoN” Rische
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – around 298,000 euros
Florian “syrsoN“Rische belongs to the German elite in “Counter-Strike” and plays as AWPer at Berlin International Gaming (BIG). Previously, the 26-year-old played for well-known teams like ALTERNATE and Sprout, so he is a true product of the German shooter scene. Similar to other BIG players on this list, his big breakthrough only came in association with the rest of the current quintet.
10 Umut “Umut” Gültekin
FIFA – about 304,000 euros
Umut “Umut“Gültekin crowned himself the 2022 World Champion in “FIFA 22”, succeeding his compatriot Mohammed “MoAuba” Harkous. “Umut” is contracted to RBLZ Gaming, RB Leipzig’s eSports team, and catapulted into the top 10 German eSports players by prize money by winning the virtual world championship, which delivered a winning purse of 250,000 euros.
9th Tobias “ShoWTimE” Sieber
StarCraft 2 – around 320,000 euros
Tobias “ShoWTimE“Sieber is the only “StarCraft 2” player at BIG and is known globally in the scene as “the Wall” – a nickname earned by his defensive style of play. He uses the Protoss faction in the real-time strategy game and usually tries to defeat his opponents in a longer duel thanks to his better economy and army.
His biggest success was winning the WCS Spring Championship in 2016, since then the Swabian failed several times in the finals of major tournaments, including WCS Leipzig 2018.
8th Titian “tiziaN” Feldbusch
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – around 327,000 euros
Titian “titiaN” Feldbusch currently plays for Berlin International Gaming (BIG) and started his professional career in tactical shooter back in 2012 at dotpiXels, where he played with Nikola “LEGIJA” Ninic and Johannes “tabseN” Wodarz, two of the three founders of BIG, among others. At another career stop, the traditional German club ALTERNATE aTTaX, he also already had Fatih “gob b” Dayik, the third BIG founder, as a teammate.
Although he already celebrated his first international and national successes with ALTERNATE and MOUZ (formerly mousesports), the big breakthrough and thus the lion’s share of his profits came after he joined BIG in 2018.
7th Raphael “BunnyHoppor” Peltzer
Hearthstone – around 349,000 euros
Raphael “BunnyHoppor“Peltzer currently plays for Team Liquid and had his first successes on the international stage back in 2016. He made his big breakthrough in 2018 by winning the HCT Summer Championship, and in 2019 he achieved a top-4 finish in the World Championship. In the process, he lost out to another German pro, Torben “Viper” Wahl, who just missed out on making it into this ranking.
6th Maximilian “qojqva” Bröcker
Dota 2 – around 365,000 euros
Maximilian “qojqva“Bröcker began his professional career in 2012 and took a break from the competitive scene in 2015. Currently, the carry plays again with Team Liquid, where he was already engaged in 2013 and 2014. Several participations in The International have added tremendously to the prize money account of the 26-year-old.
In addition, “qojqva” is known for having achieved the highest kill-death-assist ratio (KDA) ever recorded in a professional game – he achieved this feat in the role of Zeus with 51.00.
5. john “tabseN” Wodarz
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive – around 383,000 euros
John “tabseN“Wodarz is one of the founding members of BIG and currently leads the team as captain. He has his roots in “CS:GO”, just like “tiziaN” at dotpiXels, and has similar stops with MOUZ and Playing Ducks. Of the BIG founding trio, “tabseN” is the only one who is still an active player in “CS:GO”.
4. mohammed “MoAuba” Harkous
FIFA – around 383,000 euros
Mohammed “MoAuba“Harkous played several versions of the soccer series “FIFA” professionally, achieving his greatest success in “FIFA 19” by winning the World Cup. The prize money from this success accounts for about 70 percent of his total haul. He is now considered the eternal world champion in the “FIFA” community because Electronic Arts (EA) failed to host another World Cup until 2022 to crown his successor due to the Corona pandemic.
3rd Jannis “JannisZ” Matwin
Fortnite – around 480,000 euros
Jannis “JannisZ“Matwin celebrated his first successes in “Fortnite” in 2019 and then landed a huge coup in May 2020 by winning the FNCS Invitational Europe as a 15-year-old. Since then, he’s consistently found himself in the final rounds of FNCS tournaments – the switch to the duo format hasn’t changed that, as evidenced by his recent success at the FNCS Grand Finals Europe for Chapter 3 – – Season 1, where he and “Vortex” finished in the top four duos.
2nd Adrian “FATA” Trinks
Dota 2 – around 1.4 million euros
“FATA” is considered an outstanding player, but has historically had a lot of bad luck with his teams.Adrian “FATA“Trinks recently returned from a hiatus from competitive action in “Dota 2” – after his team Tundra Esports stabbed him in the back and booted him out in favor of another pro, he initially lost his appetite for more. “FATA” was long considered one of the best mid-level players in Europe and moved to the offlane as a support in 2017, where he also delivered strong performances.
He enjoyed his greatest successes with Team Liquid, Team Secret and Ninjas in Pyjamas, reaching high positions at The International several times and winning several tournaments. The successes he still celebrated in 2021 and 2022 speak for the fact that “FATA” still has a lot to offer. That might be one of the reasons why the US organization Quincy Crew brought him on board.
1. Kuro “KuroKy” Takhasomi
Dota 2 – around 5.2 million euros
“KuroKy” holds the Shield of Immortality, the trophy of The International.Kuro “KuroKy” Takhasomi already played the original “DotA” professionally in 2008 at the then club mousesports and got to know his long-time companion Clement “Puppey” Ivanov, among others. With his winnings, “KuroKy” is not only a record holder in Germany, but also a formidable figure in the entire “Dota 2” scene. For example, he is the first player to achieve 1,000 victories in professional games and has played the most different heroes in the course of his career.He has been to the finals of The International a total of three times with two different teams and captured the title with Team Liquid in 2017. In 2019, he left Liquid after four years of working together to start his own organization with Team Nigma. “KuroKy” may be considered by far the most famous and successful eSportsman from Germany.
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