CSGO NEWS | DUPREEH BECOMES THE FIRST CSGO PRO TO EARN MORE THAN $2M
October 26, 2022GAME OKBET : Peter ‘dupreeh’ Rasmussen, after leading Vitality to victory in ESL Pro League Season 16, became the first competitive Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player to earn more than $2 million. After more than a decade of professional play, this solidifies dupreeh’s position as the highest-earning CS:GO player. There may be more professional CS:GO players that catch up to him soon, but dupreeh will always have the distinction of being the first to reach $2 million.
Following a difficult year, Team Vitality triumphed in the ESL Pro League. While competing in the Pro League’s 15th season in March, Vitality’s lackluster play ultimately led to the team’s elimination. The year hasn’t gone well for the company, but this victory has secured $200k in prize money for the squad and invitations to the BLAST World Final and IEM Katowice 2023.
The triumph also sent dupreeh to the top of the OKBET CSGO money rankings and into the annals of history.
The view from the peak is lonely.
According to the data aggregation site esportsearnings.com, dupreeh is the 36th most paid player in the history of electronic sports. Only four of the top fifty players are really CS:GO esports participants, thus it’s a somewhat lonely playing field for CS:GO pros. Although dupreeh now sits atop the CS:GO rankings, he is closely followed by players like Xyp9x, dev1ce, and gla1ve. All but two of the top 36 incomes on the list are from the Dota 2 community, creating a significant “imbalance.”
Of course, the vast majority of them will have triumphed at The International, the most prestigious esports competition ever.
As a result of this achievement, dupreeh is now the third highest-paid esports player from Denmark. Long before Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was even published, in 2012, dupreeh was already well on his way in the esports world. In 2018, his most successful year, he snagged a stunning $729,550. Between the months of March 2018 and March 2019, dupreeh embarked on a winning streak like no other.
DreamHack Masters Marseille 2018 ($100k)
ESL Pro League Season 7 ($250k)
Esports Championship Series S5 ($250k)
ELEAGUE CSGO Premier 2018 ($500k)
FACEIT Major: London 2018 ($500k)
BLAST Pro Series: Istanbul 2018 ($125k)
IEM XIII ($100k)
Esports Championship Series S6 ($250k)
ESL Pro League Season 8 ($250k)
IGS Season 1 ($1,000,000)
BLAST Pro Series: Lisbon 2018 ($125k)
IEM Katowice 2019 ($500k)
BLAST Pro Series: Sao Paulo 2019 ($125k)
It was the hottest run ever witnessed by a CS:GO player, or any esports player, and it solidified dupreeh’s position as one of the finest CS:GO players in the world.
WHAT CS:GO PLAYERS HAVE MADE THE MOST MONEY?
Other CS:GO players make respectable sums, however they pale in comparison to dupreeh. There have been several notable players over the last decade or more who have emerged to claim this championship and then stayed at the top for a while. Despite the constant influx and ebb of new players, the scene’s elite have built up an impressive reputation and are eligible to compete for the industry’s most lucrative awards.
Even though Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is one of the top three esports games in the world, it does not have the largest prize pools. Dota 2 dominates the pile because it has the biggest prize pools in the industry. We’ve previously covered The International, a storied event that offered a whopping $40 million in prize money in 2021. League of Legends also has a prominent place at the pinnacle, but the $2.25 million prize pool at LoL Worlds, the most prestigious event in the scene, is not enough to make anyone’s jaw drop.
Okay, maybe not “only,” considering esports prize pools were almost nonexistent until recently.
Following dupreeh in terms of earnings (as of October 2022) are the following CS:GO professionals:
Andreas ‘Xyp9x’ Hojsleth – $1.97m
Nicolai ‘dev1ce’ Reedtz – $1.92m
Lukas ‘gla1ve’ Rossander – $1.82m
Alexander ‘s1mple’ Kostylev – $1.66m
Emil ‘Magisk’ Reif – $1.6m
Denis ‘electroNic’ Sharipov – $1.51m
Finn ‘karrigan’ Andersen – $1.32m
There are hundreds of CS:GO competitions every year, so the ecosystem is unlikely to lose value very soon. When will dupreeh slow down and, eventually, retire from competing? Many more players will soon break the $2 million mark.
