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Overall Esports Stats For 2021


Total Prize Money: $257,152,078.65
Total Tournaments: 6254
Total Active Players: 32759
Mean Tournament Prize Pool: $41,118.02
Mean Earnings/Player: $7,849.81
Median Tournament Prize Pool: $1,569.85
Median Earnings/Player: $833.33




Top Players of 2021 for Chess.com

Chess.com$1,029,475.39356 Players121 Tournaments
 Player IDPlayer NameTotal (Year)Total (Game)% of GameTotal (Overall)% of Total
1.United States HikaruHikaru Nakamura$73,448.39$700,419.2510.49%$1,073,458.716.84%
2.Netherlands FundyFloris -$28,275.00$28,275.00100.00%$28,275.00100.00%
3.United States GMWSOWesley So$23,503.54$448,497.215.24%$895,411.642.62%
4.United States DanielNaroditskyDaniel Naroditsky$22,645.06$88,075.2225.71%$108,200.2220.93%
5.India junglebook1Nihal Sarin$20,421.89$172,392.9611.85%$175,392.9611.64%
6.China yifan0227Hou, Yifan$20,000.00$85,206.6923.47%$87,706.6922.80%
7.China chesspanda123Yu, Yangyi$20,000.00$57,264.2934.93%$69,044.2928.97%
8.United States LudwigLudwig Ahgren$17,275.00$21,087.5081.92%$25,212.5068.52%
9.Poland Polish_fighter3000Jan-Krzysztof Duda$15,923.08$110,469.7414.41%$313,909.745.07%
10.India champ2005Raunak Sadhwani$15,543.01$68,664.7522.64%$69,871.0822.25%
11.United Kingdom crokeyz- -$14,000.00$14,000.00100.00%$14,470.0096.75%
12.United States RainnWilsonRainn Wilson$14,000.00$14,000.00100.00%$14,000.00100.00%
13.China ChefshouseDing, Liren$13,379.25$53,188.6325.15%$228,027.935.87%
14.India Elegance_RiksHarika Dronavalli$12,700.00$44,027.6228.85%$44,027.6228.85%
15.Russian Federation mishanickAlexey Sarana$12,585.48$139,769.619.00%$140,854.618.94%
16.United States jefferyxJeffery Xiong$12,346.61$124,949.909.88%$196,249.196.29%
17.Hungary LordillidanRichárd Rapport$12,064.52$12,416.3797.17%$61,356.3719.66%
18.United States penguingm1Andrew Tang$11,794.00$55,444.0021.27%$85,010.0213.87%
19.Iran, Islamic Republic of Firouzja2003Alireza Firouzja$11,500.00$267,153.794.30%$408,468.092.82%
20.Peru JospemJose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara$11,225.00$130,156.778.62%$144,014.707.79%
21.Viet Nam wonderfultimeLê, Tuấn Minh$11,175.00$85,650.5013.05%$94,375.5011.84%
22.Ukraine Night-King96Olexandr Bortnyk$10,250.00$104,142.869.84%$117,952.868.69%
23.United States MrBeastJimmy Donaldson$10,000.00$10,000.00100.00%$10,000.00100.00%
24.United States rednova1729Awonder Liang$9,060.03$13,025.3669.56%$25,525.3635.49%
25.Spain El RubiusRubén Gundersen$8,500.00$8,500.00100.00%$83,100.4610.23%
26.United States RayRobsonRay Robson$8,000.00$38,984.6220.52%$61,364.6213.04%
27.United States GeorgeNotFoundGeorge Davidson$8,000.00$8,000.00100.00%$14,865.0053.82%
28.United States FabianoCaruanaFabiano Caruana$7,844.02$225,920.953.47%$391,349.562.00%
29.Russian Federation FandorineMaksim Chigaev$7,000.00$26,229.4926.69%$26,584.4926.33%
30.United States neekoNicole Sanchez$7,000.00$7,000.00100.00%$8,550.0081.87%
31.Netherlands AnishGiriAnish Giri$6,578.95$114,435.545.75%$376,889.151.75%
32.United States MrLlamaSCAlex Sementelli$6,200.00$7,575.0081.85%$10,460.0059.27%
33.Canada akaNemskoQiyu Zhou$6,150.00$6,293.4897.72%$6,668.4892.22%
34.Uzbekistan hanzo_hasashi1Nodirbek Yakubboev$5,650.00$20,650.0027.36%$20,650.0027.36%
35.United States ChristopherYooChristopher Yoo$5,611.61$34,377.7916.32%$43,384.3512.93%
36.Russian Federation FairChessDmitry Andreikin$5,500.00$181,427.113.03%$184,602.112.98%
37.Russian Federation lachesisQIan Nepomniachtchi$5,400.00$181,111.402.98%$428,539.031.26%
38.United States MichelleKhareMichelle Khare$5,250.00$5,250.00100.00%$5,250.00100.00%
39.Russian Federation EvgenyTEvgeny Tomashevsky$5,225.00$7,475.0069.90%$7,475.0069.90%
40.United States HansOnTwitchHans Niemann$5,215.62$55,733.879.36%$84,058.876.20%
41.United States JustinWang1234Justin Wang$5,206.50$5,206.50100.00%$5,206.50100.00%
42.Georgia LexySexyBaadur Jobava$5,100.00$18,233.3327.97%$21,145.1924.12%
43.China LOVEVAEWei, Yi$5,000.00$26,948.0118.55%$58,698.018.52%
44.Russian Federation KaterynaLagnoEkaterina Lagno$5,000.00$48,539.7610.30%$52,696.719.49%
45.China 123ltLei, Tingjie$5,000.00$5,000.00100.00%$8,357.9159.82%
46.United States Hutch- -$4,812.50$13,150.0036.60%$38,450.0012.52%
47.Monaco BlitzstreamKevin Bordi$4,750.00$7,812.5060.80%$7,812.5060.80%
48.Canada NorthernLionRyan Letourneau$4,750.00$4,750.00100.00%$6,175.0076.92%
49.India viditchessVidit Gujrathi$4,682.65$50,676.869.24%$83,456.865.61%
50.Russian Federation ShimanovAlexAleksandr Shimanov$4,550.00$20,672.5522.01%$20,672.5522.01%
51.Peru MITerrybleRenato Terry Luján$4,500.00$22,190.8320.28%$30,446.7414.78%
52.United States RLH2Robert Hess$4,425.00$7,781.9756.86%$7,781.9756.86%
53.Georgia lili_aniNana Dzagnidze$4,415.82$9,020.8248.95%$14,460.5530.54%
54.Armenia LevonAronianLevon Aronian$4,380.34$137,711.133.18%$458,030.430.96%
55.United States QTcinderellaBlaire -$4,375.00$13,087.5033.43%$13,087.5033.43%
56.Morocco PokimaneImane Anys$4,000.00$4,000.00100.00%$36,522.5110.95%
57.United States MoistCr1TiKaLCharles White Jr.$4,000.00$9,062.5044.14%$12,487.5032.03%
58.United States Tectone- -$4,000.00$4,300.0093.02%$4,925.0081.22%
59.Canada dnegspokerDaniel Negreanu$4,000.00$4,000.00100.00%$4,000.00100.00%
60.United States LogicSir Robert Hall$4,000.00$4,000.00100.00%$4,000.00100.00%
61.India samayrainaSamay Raina$4,000.00$4,000.00100.00%$4,000.00100.00%
62.Canada alexandrabotezAlexandra Botez$3,996.71$5,346.7174.75%$14,866.7526.88%
63.Iran, Islamic Republic of ParhamovParham Maghsoodloo$3,949.57$42,612.939.27%$48,012.938.23%
64.Russian Federation SibelephantVladislav Artemiev$3,900.00$58,423.116.68%$137,423.112.84%
65.Uzbekistan ChessWarrior7197Nodirbek Abdusattorov$3,800.00$107,056.893.55%$140,156.132.71%
66.Kazakhstan SaraBlackPantherBibisara Assaubayeva$3,784.00$5,788.6765.37%$14,428.6726.23%
67.Cuba SebastianLeinier Domínguez Pérez$3,750.00$42,662.938.79%$120,062.933.12%
68.India GHANDEEVAM2003Arjun Erigaisi$3,661.64$72,738.605.03%$142,304.592.57%
69.Russian Federation tigraBoris Savchenko$3,400.00$4,000.0085.00%$4,500.0075.56%
70.United States iamastrawBrandon Jacobson$3,284.87$7,618.2043.12%$9,943.2033.04%
71.Russian Federation Sanan_SjugirovSanan Sjugirov$3,200.00$9,809.0032.62%$14,484.0022.09%
72.Argentina FedexFederico Perez Ponsa$3,084.00$9,902.7531.14%$15,080.5920.45%
73.Brazil RobertoJBMRoberto Molina$3,068.68$3,068.68100.00%$3,068.68100.00%
74.Ireland JustaMinxRebecca -$3,000.00$3,000.00100.00%$3,625.0082.76%
75.United States CodeMiko- -$3,000.00$3,000.00100.00%$3,000.00100.00%
76.United States harrymackHarry Mack$3,000.00$3,000.00100.00%$3,000.00100.00%
77.Russian Federation ChessQueenAlexandra Kosteniuk$2,982.65$38,085.647.83%$43,411.316.87%
78.Russian Federation Sviridov_ValeryValery Sviridov$2,950.00$3,711.0079.49%$4,186.0070.47%
79.Armenia Micki-taryanHaik Martirosyan$2,920.09$18,628.3115.68%$19,778.3114.76%
80.United States SPEEDSKATERNicolas Checa$2,918.80$5,038.8057.93%$6,138.8047.55%
81.Canada erichansenEric Hansen$2,875.00$25,040.0411.48%$57,570.474.99%
82.Azerbaijan AzerichessssShakhriyar Mamedyarov$2,823.08$40,927.586.90%$171,506.361.65%
83.United States SpeedofLight0Andrew Hong$2,784.87$8,244.8733.78%$8,244.8733.78%
84.United States asms9699Atulya Shetty$2,784.87$2,784.87100.00%$2,784.87100.00%
85.Kazakhstan Zhansaya AbdumalikZhansaya Abdumalik$2,665.31$3,865.3168.95%$5,711.0446.67%
86.India SavithashriSavitha Shri B.$2,665.31$3,665.3172.72%$3,673.2672.56%
87.India abhijeetguptaAbhijeet Gupta$2,665.31$3,415.3178.04%$3,415.3178.04%
88.India ArjunkalyanArjun Kalyan$2,665.31$2,665.31100.00%$2,671.9299.75%
89.India ButterflyBhakti Kulkarni$2,665.31$2,665.31100.00%$2,665.31100.00%
90.Belarus Zhigalko_SergeiSergei Zhigalko$2,650.00$6,825.0038.83%$9,625.0027.53%
91.India youngKIDKarthikeyan Murali$2,500.00$15,431.8016.20%$20,277.4012.33%
92.India hitter1999Aravindh Chithambaram$2,500.00$5,192.2648.15%$5,618.5244.50%
93.Kazakhstan LordBalrogRustam Khusnutdinov$2,350.00$2,450.0095.92%$2,450.0095.92%
94.Russian Federation photochessMaria Emelianova$2,325.00$4,500.0051.67%$4,500.0051.67%
95.United States turk- -$2,325.00$2,325.00100.00%$2,325.00100.00%
96.United States GothamChessLevy Rozman$2,289.13$10,396.9622.02%$10,771.9621.25%
97.Russian Federation Vanina1989Valentina Gunina$2,200.00$27,093.938.12%$27,093.938.12%
98.Norway gmjlhJon Ludvig Hammer$2,175.00$4,014.2854.18%$4,014.2854.18%
99.Germany GeorgMeierGeorg Meier$2,125.00$26,739.907.95%$29,190.927.28%
100.Poland KacparovKacper Drozdowski$2,100.00$11,943.2517.58%$12,193.2517.22%