2019 is coming to a close and with no tier one events taking place before now and then, the highest earners are safe for now. The list got a decent shakeup throughout the year outside of the top five. All monetary information used in this article is from esportsearnings.com.

Astralis maintained their hold at the top, however, Jake “stewie2k” Yip made leaps up the rankings into sixth, breaking the $1 million barrier and many of his Team Liquid teammates have soared as well. Twistzz currently sits just inside the top 20, however, with $777,176. His closest teammate is ELiGE in 14th place at $872,496.

It is worth noting as of February 5, 2019, only stewie2k represented North America in the top 25 highest earners in CSGO and that was in the 25th spot. Across 2019 North American added four more players to the top 20.

The core of 2015 fnatic is still holding strong in the top 20 with Olof “olofmeister” Kajbjer, Jesper “JW” Wecksell, Robin “flusha” Rönnquist, and Freddy “KRiMZ” Johansson taking 15th-18th respectively, with $856, 161 for olofmeister and $803,573 for KRiMZ.

Ladislav “GuardiaN” Kovács has dropped from 15th to 19th since August, 2019 as members of the current fnatic squad passed him by thanks to a tournament win at DreamHack Masters Malmö.

The top 20 highest CSGO earners at the conclusion of 2019.

1. Xyp9x $1,744,921.90 2. dupreeh $1,741,722.74 3. dev1ce $1,706,223.21 4. gla1ve $1,575,884.08 5. Magisk $1,335,181.97 6. Stewie2k $1,026,090.00 7. TACO $985,239.89 8. FalleN $981,320.54 9. fer $975,420.54 10. coldzera $970,581.46 11. NAF $924,565.66 12. karrigan $901,935.39 13. nitr0 $881,851.73 14. ELiGE $872,496.42 15. olofmeister $856,161.52 16. JW $833,510.68 17. flusha $813,418.95 18. KRiMZ $803,573.34 19. GuardiaN $798,520.80 20. Twistzz $777,176.43

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