• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 19:38
CEST 01:38
KST 08:38
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
Serral wins Maestros of the Game 231ByuL, and the Limitations of Standard Play3Team Liquid Map Contest #22: Results and Winners7Code S Season 2 (2026): RO4 and Finals Preview12TL.net Map Contest #22 - Voting & Ladder Map Selection7
Community News
Weekly Cups (June 29-July 5): Solar Doubles0MC vs IdrA, Boxer vs Nal_rA to be Legacy Matches @ BlizzCon415.0.16 Hotfix (June 30) - Balance + Bug Fixes40Weekly Cups (June 22-28): Zergs thrive in new patch5[TLMC] Summer 2026 Ladder Map Rotation0
StarCraft 2
General
Serral wins Maestros of the Game 2 Is the larve respawn broken? 5.0.16 patch for SC2 goes live (8 worker start) 5.0.16 Hotfix (June 30) - Balance + Bug Fixes Weekly Cups (June 29-July 5): Solar Doubles
Tourneys
Crank Gathers Season 4: BW vs SC2 Team League GSL CK #5 Race War HomeStory Cup 29 RSL Revival: Season 6 - Qualifiers and Main Event Vespene Cup #1 — $300+ USD, July 10
Strategy
[G] Having the right mentality to improve
Custom Maps
New Map Maker - Looking for Advice - Love or Hate Work In Progress Melee Maps [D]RTS in all its shapes and glory <3
External Content
Mutation # 533 Die Together The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 532 Nuclear Family Mutation # 531 Experimental Artillery
Brood War
General
ASL 22 Proposed Map Pool Snow On New ASL S22 Map, Zerg Nerf BW General Discussion BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Starcraft vs Retro Category on Twitch
Tourneys
IPSL Spring 2026 Top 4! CSLAN 4 is Coming! Escore Tournament StarCraft Season 2 The Casual Games of the Week Thread
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Creating a full chart of Zerg builds Relatively freeroll strategies Why doesn't anyone use restoration?
Other Games
General Games
Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Dawn of War IV Nintendo Switch Thread Summer Games Done Quick 2026! ZeroSpace at Steam NextFest - Last free demo
Dota 2
Looking for a Dota Mentor Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug
TL Mafia
NeO.D_StephenKing vs This Guy From 1 Million Dance TL Mafia Community Thread TL Mafia Power Rank Vanilla Mini Mafia
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread UK Politics Mega-thread YouTube Thread Canadian Politics Mega-thread
Fan Clubs
The HerO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Anime Discussion Thread Movie Discussion! Series you have seen recently... [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books [TV/BOOK] *SPOILERS* Game of Thrones Discussion
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread McBoner: A hockey love story Tennis[sport] Formula 1 Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
FPS when play League Of Legend on laptop How to clean a TTe Thermaltake keyboard? Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Major Shifts in the Gaming I…
TrAiDoS
An Exploration of th…
waywardstrategy
Gauntlet SC2: A Retrospectiv…
Ctone23
ramps on octagon
StaticNine
Funny Nicknames
LUCKY_NOOB
Evil Gacha Games and the…
ffswowsucks
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 4573 users

Money distribution in SC2

Forum Index > SC2 General
Post a Reply
1 2 Next All
Boanerges
Profile Joined March 2012
Switzerland156 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-20 18:24:15
March 19 2013 16:03 GMT
#1
This is based on http://sc2earnings.com/
The currency exchange rate is based on http://www.xe.com/

Considered price money till the 21.3.2013

Earnings: Top 50 Players of each race Total:

Zerg: 2'474'514$ ( best position: 3 / worst position: 154 )
Terran: 2'403'493$ ( best position: 2 / worst position: 127 )
Protoss: 2'101'216$ ( best position 1 / worst position: 166 )

Earnings: Top 10 Players of each race Total:

Zerg: 1'455'995$ ( best: 3 / worst: 27 )
Terran: 1'389'067$ ( best: 2 / worst: 29 )
Protoss: 1'254'223$ (best: 1 / worst: 30 )

Add.: This means that in the Top 30 are 10 Players of each race
----
22 of the Top 30 Players are Korean; 5 from Europe; 2 from Americas; 1 Asia non Korean
----
(P)MC: #1 Global earnings / #1 Global Protoss: 365'713$

(T)MVP: #2 Global earnings / #1 Global Terran: 343'520$

(Z)NesTea: #3 Global earnings / #1 Global Zerg: 256'716$

(Z)Stephano: #4 G. earnings / #2 G. Zerg / #1 Non Korean Zerg: 216'305$

(P)MaNa: #15 G. earnings / #4 G. Protoss / #1 Non Korean Protoss: 94'705$

(T)ThorZaIN #21 G. earnings / #7 G. Terran / #1 Non Korean Terran: 79'214$

(Z)Scarlett: #49 G.earnings / #21 G. Zerg / #10 Non Korean Zerg / #1 Global Female: 40'630$


----


2010
Earnings: Top 50 Players of each race 2010:

Terran: 293'100$
Zerg: 270'805$ (just 39 Players with price Money)
Protoss: 212'925$ (just 48 Players with price Money)

Earnings: Top 10 Players of each race 2010:

Zerg: 240'245$
Terran: 193'230$
Protoss: 181'075$


Top earnings by Players in 2010
:

(Z)FruitDealer: 92'055$ / Global #1 / Global Zerg #1
(Z)NesTea: 91'000$ / Global #2
(P)MC: 90'090$ / Global #3 / Global Protoss #1
(T)RainBOw: 35'440$ / Global #4 / Global Terran #1

(T)Fenix: 20'225$ / G. #8 / Non Korean #1 / Non Korean Terran #1
(T)Naama: 18'170$ / G. #9 / Non Korean #2
(T)Jinro: 15'000$ / G. #10 / Non Korean #3
(Z)IdrA: 11'480$ / G. #14 / Non Korean #5 / Non Korean Zerg #1
(P)White-Ra: 10'350$ / G. #17 / Non Korean #7 / Non Korean Protoss #1
----
Top 30: 15Terran; 8Protoss; 7Zerg / 14 Koreans; 16 Non Koreans
----


2011
Earnings: Top 50 Players of each race 2011:

Terran: 1'285'330$
Zerg: 879'260$
Protoss: 710'450$

Earnings: Top 10 Players of each race 2011:

Terran: 873'700$
Zerg: 591'315$
Protoss: 467'200$


Top earnings by Players in 2011
:

(T)MVP: 253'600$ / Global #1 / Terran #1
(P)MC: 139'160$ / Global #2 / Protoss #1
(Z)NesTea: 138'840$ / Global #3 / Zerg #1

(Z)Stephano: 78'300$ / G. #8 / Non Korean #1 / Non Korean Zerg #1
(P)NaNiwa: 57'700$ / G.#11 / Non Korean #2 / Non Korean Protoss #1
(P)HuK: 52'475$ / G. #13 / Non Korean #3
(T)ThorZaIN: 35'030$ / G. #21/ Non Korean #8 / Non Korean Terran #1
----
Top 30: 12Terran; 11Zerg; 7Protoss / 17Koreans; 13 Non Koreans
----


2012
Earnings: Top 50 Players of each race 2012:

Zerg: 1'256'559$
Protoss: 1'172'917$
Terran: 821'804$

Earnings: Top 10 Players of each race 2012:

Zerg: 805'651$
Protoss: 783'418$
Terran: 527'982$


Top earnings by Players in 2012:

(P)PartinG: 171'599$ / Global #1 / Protoss #1
(Z)DongRaeGu: 134'908$ / Global #2 / Zerg #1
(Z)Stephano: 133'955$ / Global #3 / Non Korean #1
(T)IMmvp: 77'830$ / Global #11 / Terran #1

(Z)Nerchio: 54'995$ / Global #16 / Non Korean #2
(P)MaNa: 52'680$ / Global #18 / Non Korean #3 / Non Korean Protoss #1
(T)ThorZaIN: 43'534$ / Global #21 / Non Korean #4 / Non Korean Terran #1
----
Top 30: 12Zerg; 9Protoss; 9Terran / 22 Koreans; 8 Non Koreans
----
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19368 Posts
March 19 2013 16:10 GMT
#2
The best part of this is showing people that Nestea is still relevant. He may not get #1 anymore but he's still present in leagues.
ModeratorFormer Afreeca Starleague Caster: http://afreeca.tv/ASL2ENG2
Salient
Profile Joined August 2011
United States876 Posts
March 19 2013 16:14 GMT
#3
It would be great if we also knew the players' salaries, royalties, and stream advertising earnings so we could get a sense of the overall financial rewards for pro gaming.
crbox
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada1181 Posts
March 19 2013 16:16 GMT
#4
wow that's.. a lot of money. + sponsorships and base salary (maybe?). That's insane!

Never realized.. XD
asdfOu
Profile Joined August 2011
United States2089 Posts
March 19 2013 16:20 GMT
#5
this is just tourney prize money right?
rip prime
Serimek
Profile Joined August 2011
France2274 Posts
March 19 2013 16:26 GMT
#6
On March 20 2013 01:20 asdfOu wrote:
this is just tourney prize money right?


If it's only based on sc2earnings, without a doubt.
SC2 is the best game to watch and was the best to play before I grew old and slow...
NubainMuscle
Profile Joined June 2005
South Africa423 Posts
March 19 2013 16:33 GMT
#7
NubainMuscle's SC2 earnings (as of 2013): negative 20$ =)
http://sc.gosugamers.net/bilder/members/9801.jpg
Locke-
Profile Joined December 2011
499 Posts
March 19 2013 16:39 GMT
#8
On March 20 2013 01:26 Serimek wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2013 01:20 asdfOu wrote:
this is just tourney prize money right?


If it's only based on sc2earnings, without a doubt.

God damn, they're RICH
Targe
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United Kingdom14103 Posts
March 19 2013 16:45 GMT
#9
Scarlett's done better than I thought.
11/5/14 CATACLYSM | The South West's worst Falco main
figq
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
12519 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-19 16:49:01
March 19 2013 16:46 GMT
#10
~$7 million total in SC2 prizes so far

not bad

Seven million dollars that Kespa will be missing. (being late to the party, i mean)
If you stand next to my head, you can hear the ocean. - Day[9]
liberate71
Profile Joined October 2011
Australia10252 Posts
March 19 2013 16:46 GMT
#11
On March 20 2013 01:10 BisuDagger wrote:
The best part of this is showing people that Nestea is still relevant. He may not get #1 anymore but he's still present in leagues.


I'm a huge NesTea fan, but this almost shows the opposite from my POV

He earnt the vast majority of his money in 2010/2011. Since the start of 2012, he's earn't just over $25,000, which is 10% of his total earnings, but almost 50% of the total time he's played the game.

I definitely don't think he's "done" - but he's riding amoungst the lower echelon of Code S players at the moment. I'll always cheer for him, and the crowd chanting his name at Iron Squid II was amazing and if he stays in the scene providing us with those moments, I'm DEFINITELY not done watching him play SC2

Cool stats though, I've tracked sc2earnings for quite a while, the top 3 have remained in that order for quite a while now.

I wonder who the first to crack half a mil will be :o One would think MC, but I would not be surprised if it was Life!
Minelord Stimfestor, also known as karma.
sabas123
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Netherlands3122 Posts
March 19 2013 16:47 GMT
#12
On March 20 2013 01:39 Locke- wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 20 2013 01:26 Serimek wrote:
On March 20 2013 01:20 asdfOu wrote:
this is just tourney prize money right?


If it's only based on sc2earnings, without a doubt.

God damn, they're RICH

its only like 1 year salery of flash rofl.
The harder it becomes, the more you should focus on the basics.
FromShouri
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
United States862 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-19 16:56:34
March 19 2013 16:50 GMT
#13
Going through the numbers it looks like MC is pulling in ~90,000 a year just from tournaments alone lol.

Edit- For just 2013 so far Flash is at #7 with 15,000 =D and Roro #1 with ~46,000

Lol...I hate to keep editting but its just funny how the same people who were really good for most teams stay the best. July is the 3rd Highest earner for Startale yet hasn't won anything in almost a year. Also Life accounts for ~43% of all of Startale's prize money.
Limited Edition, lets do some simple addition, $50 for a T-Shirt is just some ignorant bitch shit.
Toss.Pro-
Profile Joined August 2010
83 Posts
March 19 2013 16:53 GMT
#14
A few of the players at the top are making more than I do as an IT analyst. Time for a career switch.
liberate71
Profile Joined October 2011
Australia10252 Posts
March 19 2013 16:57 GMT
#15
On March 20 2013 01:50 FromShouri wrote:
Going through the numbers it looks like MC is pulling in ~90,000 a year just from tournaments alone lol.

Edit- For just 2013 so far Flash is at #7 with 15,000 =D and Roro #1 with ~46,000

Lol...I hate to keep editting but its just funny how the same people who were really good for most teams stay the best. July is the 3rd Highest earner for Startale yet hasn't won anything in almost a year. Also Life accounts for ~43% of all of Startale's prize money.


That last bit is a bit skewed though, due to Parting departing (rofl) and Squirtle... de-parting...
Minelord Stimfestor, also known as karma.
Boanerges
Profile Joined March 2012
Switzerland156 Posts
March 19 2013 17:13 GMT
#16
Do you want me to add year race Distribution?
Larkin
Profile Blog Joined January 2012
United Kingdom7161 Posts
Last Edited: 2013-03-19 17:44:24
March 19 2013 17:28 GMT
#17
Posted something about this a while back, gonna copy and paste:

There are 11 foreigners in the top 20 highest earning Zergs (2 of the other 9, July and FruitDealer, are not currently playing). But 5 of the top 6 are Korean. Also in the top 20 are Sen and XiGua, who are still SEA/KR based. So 55% of the top 20 highest earning Zergs are non-Korean.

There are 5 foreigners in the top 20 highest earning Terrans, however, one of whom - Sjow - is no longer playing. Of the 15 Koreans, 4 - Rainbow, Select, Rain and Nada - are no longer playing.

There are 8 foreign Protoss in the top 20 highest earning Protoss. Of the 12 Koreans, only one - HongUn - is no longer playing (or so I believe?)

However, this doesn't tell us that much useful information. Most of the foreigners' prize money has come from 2010, 2011, and early 2012. Players like Parting and Life - who only really started winning in 2012 - have already overtaken most foreigners. Only 4 foreigners - less than any for the race distribution shown above - make it into the top 20 worldwide: Stephano, Mana, Nerchio and Thorzain (with Naniwa in 21st).


The numbers will have slightly changed as I believe this was before IEM and MLG, but the point is still the same. I think it's interesting to look at the top earning Koreans and foreigners on a per race basis.


EDIT - or even on a per year basis. In 2010 the top 7 winners were Korean - but 9 of the top 20 were foreign. 4 Zergs (albeit numbers 1 and 2 were Zerg), 5 Protoss (number 3 was a Protoss) and 11 Terrans.

In 2011 again the top 7 winners were Korean, and only 7 of the top 20 were foreign. 9 Terrans (number 1 as well) 5 Protoss (including number 2) and 6 Zergs (including number 3).

In 2012 only ONE PLAYER in the top FIFTEEN wasn't Korean - Stephano, who was the third highest earner in 2012. Only Mana and Nerchio made it into the top 20 besides him. 8 Protoss (including number 1), 7 Zergs (including numbers 2 and 3) and 5 Terrans.

In 2013 so far we have a similar pattern. The top 11 are all Korean. Only two - Snute and Lucifron - are in the top 20. 7 Zergs (including numbers 1 and 2) 8 Terrans (including number 3) and 5 Protoss.

Only MC has managed to stay in the top 10 for each year so far. Despite being the highest earning player overall, he has never been the highest earning player in a year. Mvp was the highest earner in 2011, but apart from that has never finished within the top 10 of a year - making his second highest earner status all the more impressive.
https://www.twitch.tv/ttalarkin - streams random stuff, high level teamleague, maybe even heroleague
Boanerges
Profile Joined March 2012
Switzerland156 Posts
March 19 2013 22:53 GMT
#18
Updated with the 2010only calculations. Will do 2011 as soon as possible..
Boanerges
Profile Joined March 2012
Switzerland156 Posts
March 20 2013 01:50 GMT
#19
Updated with the 2011only calculations. 2012only will be done tomorrow...
If you have any suggestions what i should add let me know.

winthrop
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Hong Kong956 Posts
March 20 2013 02:07 GMT
#20
2012 is missed
Incredible Miracle
1 2 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
OSC
17:00
Mid Season Playoffs
Krystianer vs IbaLIVE!
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
ViBE198
SpeCial 116
Temp0 108
StarCraft: Brood War
Rain 1974
GuemChi 438
Artosis 414
910 60
Jaeyun 17
Dota 2
NeuroSwarm215
Counter-Strike
summit1g8901
minikerr15
Super Smash Bros
PPMD35
Other Games
Day[9].tv1621
shahzam576
C9.Mang0322
Mew2King74
Maynarde42
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick31100
BasetradeTV295
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
[ Show 14 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• HerbMon 12
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Other Games
• Day9tv1621
• imaqtpie897
• Shiphtur272
Upcoming Events
Replay Cast
22m
Replay Cast
10h 22m
CrankTV Team League
11h 22m
OSC
13h 22m
Big Brain Bouts
16h 22m
Replay Cast
1d
RSL Revival
1d 9h
Serral vs Bunny
ByuN vs GgMaChine
CranKy Ducklings
1d 10h
Afreeca Starleague
1d 10h
Snow vs Jaedong
YSC vs hero
RSL Revival
2 days
Solar vs Rogue
Maru vs NightMare
[ Show More ]
Sparkling Tuna Cup
2 days
GSL
3 days
Replay Cast
4 days
WardiTV Weekly
4 days
The PondCast
5 days
Replay Cast
6 days
CrankTV Team League
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

CSL Season 21: Qualifier 2
HSC XXIX
Eternal Conflict S2 E1

Ongoing

IPSL Spring 2026
Acropolis #4
YSL S3
CSL 2026 Summer (S21)
CranK Gathers Season 4: BW vs SC2 Team League
SCTL 2026 Spring
Heroes Pulsing #3
XSE Pro League 2026
IEM Cologne Major 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 2
CS Asia Championships 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026

Upcoming

Escore Tournament S3: W2
ASL Season 22: Wild Card Qualifier
CSLAN 4
Blizzard Classic Cup 2026
SC4ALL II: StarCraft II
Kung Fu Cup 2026 Grand Finals
RSL Revival: Season 6
Light Tournament 2026
Eternal Conflict S2 Finale
Eternal Conflict S2 E3
Eternal Conflict S2 E2
Logitech G Connect 2026
StarSeries Fall 2026
FISSURE Playground #5
BLAST Open Fall 2026
Esports World Cup 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer 2026
BLAST Bounty Summer Qual
Stake Ranked Episode 3
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.