The United States was the leading eSports country worldwide according to the number of active eSports competition players in 2023. The U.S. led the list with more than 3.5 thousand active competition players, followed by China and Brazil with two thousand and 1.36 thousand professional eSports players, respectively. The United States was also the country with the largest eSports market worldwide in 2022.
Who are the most successful eSports players worldwide?
If a professional gamer’s success can be measured by the prizes they win from tournament victories, then Denmark’s Johan Sundstein was the leading eSports player worldwide as of September 2023. Sundstein, who players under the alias of N0tail, earned more than seven million U.S. dollars, more than half a million U.S. dollars more than second placed Jesse Vainikka. Meanwhile, Canadian Sasha Hostyn was the most successful female eSports player worldwide according to her overall earnings, having won about 443 thousand U.S. dollars.
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