As 2018 has come to a close, we take a look back to see how our favorite teams did fiscally as the website Esports Earnings release their updated statistics regarding the earnings of teams in all of Esports. In the overall team earnings, Team OG tops the list mainly due to their victory in The International 2018 DOTA 2 tournament. Making up for 98% of their 2018 total earnings at $11,234,158.





Source: Esports Earnings





Team Liquid is the runner-up organization with their interests in multiple games, participating in a total of 269 tournaments in 2018. Other notable organizations are Fnatic, Vici Gaming and Invictus Gaming at 8th, 9th, and 10th respectively. Other teams include Cloud9 at 14th, RNG and G2 at 17 and 18th. LGD is also among the Chinese teams within the top 20 under the name Paris Saint-Germain Esports (LGD makes up for PSG's DOTA 2 team, making 96% of their total earnings).





IG made 89% of their annual earnings from winning the 2018 LoL Worlds Championship with the prize of $2,418,750.00. It is important to keep in mind that these are only figures that have been congregated from only tournaments throughout the year.

Written by: Benson Cheng @1337sn1per



