Fortnite

Release Date:

2017

Prize Money Awarded:

$209,108,965.33 From 2674 Tournaments

Recorded Date Range:

2018-02-17 to 2026-06-18

Fortnite is a third-person online Battle Royale action game launched as an early-access title, developed by Epic Games and People Can Fly. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on July 25, 2017.

Fortnite was originally launched as "Fortnite: Save the World", a co-op sandbox survival game with four players working towards a common objective on various missions. On September 26, 2017, a separate stand-alone free-to-play version of the game called "Fortnite Battle Royale" was released. It moves away from the co-op elements of the game in favor of a Battle Royale game-mode for up to 100 players to fight in increasingly-smaller spaces to be the last person standing.

Fortnite Battle Royale is the game used in Fortnite esports. Epic Games provided $100 million for Fortnite esports tournament prize pools in the first year of competitive play, with the Fortnite World Cup happening in 2019. As a Battle Royale game, Fortnite is a direct competitor to PUBG, Call of Duty: Warzone, and Apex Legends.

Largest Prize Pools

	Tournament Name	Prize Money
1.	» Fortnite World Cup Finals 2019 - Solo	$15,287,500.00
2.	» Fortnite World Cup Finals 2019 - Duo	$15,100,000.00
3.	» Fortnite Fall Skirmish Series - Clubs Standings	$4,000,000.00
4.	» FNCS: Global Championship 2023	$3,992,000.00
5.	» Fortnite World Cup Finals 2019 - Creative	$3,250,000.00
6.	» FNCS: Grand Royale 2021 - Europe	$2,250,300.00
7.	» Gamers8 2023 (Fortnite)	$2,040,000.00
8.	» FNCS 2025 Global Championship	$2,001,000.00
9.	» Fortnite Champion Series 2024 - Global Championship	$2,000,000.00
10.	» Fortnite Fall Skirmish Series - Week 6 - Grand Finals	$1,942,500.00
11.	» Fortnite Summer Skirmish Series - Week 8	$1,501,250.00
12.	» FNCS: Chapter 3 Season 1 - Grand Finals: Europe	$1,362,500.00
13.	» FNCS: Chapter 3 Season 2 - Grand Finals: Europe	$1,362,500.00
14.	» FNCS: Chapter 3 Season 3 - Grand Finals: Europe	$1,362,500.00
15.	» FNCS: Chapter 2 Season 7 - Grand Finals: Europe	$1,351,200.00
16.	» FNCS: Chapter 2 Season 8 - Grand Finals: Europe	$1,351,200.00
17.	» Winter Royale 2019 Europe Day 1 PC	$1,350,000.00
18.	» Winter Royale 2019 Europe Day 2 PC	$1,350,000.00
19.	» Winter Royale 2019 Europe Day 3 PC	$1,350,000.00
20.	» FNCS: Chapter 2 Season 5 - Grand Finals: Europe	$1,347,000.00
21.	» FNCS: Chapter 2 Season 6 - Grand Finals: Europe	$1,344,000.00
22.	» FNCS 2026 - Major 1 Summit	$1,296,000.00
23.	» FNCS: Season X - Grand Finals: Europe	$1,200,000.00
24.	» FNCS: All-Star Showdown 2021 - Solo Final: Europe	$1,137,500.00
25.	» Gamers8 2022 - Fortnite (BR)	$1,100,000.00

[more]

Top Players

	Player ID	Player Name	Total (Game)
1.	Bugha	Kyle Giersdorf	$3,771,558.38
2.	Aqua	David Wang	$2,193,575.23
3.	psalm	Harrison Chang	$1,874,588.80
4.	EpikWhale	Shane Cotton	$1,866,287.32
5.	Kami	Michał Kamiński	$1,676,725.34
6.	Anas	Anas El-Abd	$1,623,490.05
7.	Nyhrox	Emil Bergquist Pedersen	$1,543,145.69
8.	Queasy	Aleksa Cvetkovic	$1,450,895.89
9.	Th0masHD	Thomas Høxbro Davidsen	$1,404,052.91
10.	Wolfiez	Jaden Ashman	$1,368,308.07
11.	Setty	Iwo Zając	$1,325,347.37
12.	Malibuca	Danila Yakovenko	$1,290,240.32
13.	TaySon	Tai Starčič	$1,276,470.74
14.	k1nG	Thiago Bautista Lapp	$1,256,375.00
15.	Kreo	Nate Kou	$1,244,334.74
16.	Rojo	Dave Jong	$1,215,593.33
17.	Saf	Rocco Morales	$1,210,207.02
18.	Ceice	Davis McClellan	$1,209,565.47
19.	Zayt	Williams Aubin	$1,204,856.42
20.	mero	Matthew Faitel	$1,018,500.00
21.	Veno	Harry Pearson	$1,012,437.96
22.	PeterBot	Peter Kata	$998,974.17
23.	Elevate	Hayden Krueger	$992,233.20
24.	merstachhh	Andrej Piratov	$892,331.79
25.	Acorn	Abdullah Akhras	$876,177.39

[more]

Online/LAN Breakdown

Location	Prize Money	% of Total
Online Only	$147,697,052.28	70.63%
Offline/LAN	$61,411,913.05	29.37%

Comparisons

» Dota 2	-$173,169,285.63
» Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	+$46,339,390.06
» League of Legends	+$87,075,896.90
» PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS	+$142,071,257.42
» Apex Legends	+$177,305,728.32
» Free Fire	+$186,849,973.19
» Call of Duty: Warzone	+$195,254,155.38
» H1Z1	+$207,041,843.33

Top Countries

	Country Name	Prize Money
1.	United States	$53,463,713.18
2.	Canada	$9,377,904.96
3.	United Kingdom	$8,886,416.88
4.	Denmark	$8,764,845.94
5.	France	$8,461,200.66
6.	Poland	$7,110,331.63
7.	Brazil	$6,810,888.38
8.	Germany	$6,586,428.03
9.	Sweden	$5,477,301.94
10.	Russian Federation	$5,246,354.18

[more]