Evolution Championship Series

Evolution Championship Series

Prize Money Awarded:
$2,905,075.78 From 249 Tournaments
Recorded Date Range:
1996-07-20 to




The Evolution Championship Series is an annual tournament that focuses exclusively on fighting games. In fighting game communities it is commonly referred to as "Evo", and is currently the premier video game tournament for fighting games in the United States.

Largest Prize Pools


 Tournament NamePrize Money
1.» Evo 2022 (MultiVersus)$100,000.00
2.» Evo 2015 (USFIV)$72,270.00
3.» Evo 2023 (SF6)$70,600.00
4.» Evo 2019 (SFV:AE)$69,510.00
5.» Evo 2015 (MKX)$61,620.00
6.» Evo 2017 (Injustice 2)$58,800.00
7.» Evo 2016 (MKXL)$57,130.00
8.» Evo 2015 (Killer Instinct)$53,970.00
9.» Evo 2019 (Samurai Shodown)$47,290.00
10.» Evo 2019 (SSBU)$35,340.00
11.» Evo 2014 (BlazBlue)$35,080.00
12.» Evo 2015 (Tekken 7)$34,580.00
13.» Evo 2019 (MK11)$30,670.00
14.» Evo 2024 (GBVSR)$30,000.00
15.» Evo 2024 (GGST)$30,000.00
16.» Evo 2024 (KoFXV)$30,000.00
17.» Evo 2024 (MK1)$30,000.00
18.» Evo 2024 (SF6)$30,000.00
19.» Evo 2024 (SFIII3S)$30,000.00
20.» Evo 2024 (T8)$30,000.00
21.» Evo 2024 (UNI2)$30,000.00
22.» Evo 2014 (USFIV)$29,790.00
23.» Evo 2017 (Tekken 7)$27,860.00
24.» Evo Japan 2019$27,150.60
25.» Evo Japan 2019 (SFV: AE)$27,150.60


Top Players


 Player IDPlayer NameTotal (League)
1.United States SonicFoxDominique Mclean$125,898.00
2.Korea, Republic of InfiltrationLee, Seon Woo$98,193.07
3.Japan TokidoTaniguchi, Hajime$79,060.53
4.Pakistan Arslan AshArslan Siddique$59,302.70
5.Japan MomochiMomochi, Yusuke$51,785.20
6.Japan FuudoAi, Keita$50,194.12
7.United Kingdom Problem XBenjamin Simon$42,244.00
8.United States DragonRyan Walker$42,001.30
9.United States PunkVictor Woodley$40,585.04
10.Japan BonchanTakahashi, Masato$38,674.00
11.China Xiao HaiZeng, Zhuojun$38,638.26
12.United States Rico SuaveJonathan Deleon$35,058.00
13.Taiwan, Republic of China E.T.Lin, Chiahung$32,908.04
14.Sweden ArmadaAdam Lindgren$28,758.80
15.United States JWongJustin Wong$28,211.20
16.Japan NOBIDaichi Nakayama$26,112.60
17.Sweden LeffenWilliam Hjelte$24,747.20
18.Korea, Republic of JDCRKim, Hyun Jin$24,310.00
19.Japan FujimuraFujimura, Atsushi$23,087.20
20.Japan GarireoOkamoto, Keiji$23,048.00
21.Korea, Republic of KneeBae, Jae-min$22,945.60
22.United States HungryboxJuan Debiedma$22,575.20
23.Japan Go1Kishida, Goichi$22,400.80
24.Japan KazunokoInoue, Ryota$22,320.40
25.Dominican Republic MenaRDSaul Leonardo Mena Segundo$21,825.00




Top Games


 Game NamePrize Money
1.» Tekken 7$261,876.79
2.» Street Fighter V$219,820.00
3.» Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition$209,107.39
4.» Guilty Gear -STRIVE-$132,743.79
5.» Street Fighter 6$113,250.00


Online/LAN Breakdown


LocationPrize Money% of Total
Online Only$168,500.005.80%
Offline/LAN$2,736,575.7894.20%

Top Countries


 Country NamePrize Money
1.Japan Japan$968,473.83
2.United States United States$908,731.08
3.Korea, Republic of Korea, Republic of$234,260.72
4.United Kingdom United Kingdom$87,909.20
5.Taiwan, Republic of China Taiwan, Republic of China$75,977.86
6.Pakistan Pakistan$69,093.50
7.Sweden Sweden$53,506.00
8.Canada Canada$51,151.70
9.France France$48,686.59
10.Chile Chile$46,527.90